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Uprising in East Germany 1953 : the Cold War, the German question, and the first major upheaval behind the Iron Curtain /

"The volume is the first documented account of this early Cold War crisis from both sides of the Iron Curtain. Based on the recent unprecedented access to the once-closed archives of several member states of the Warsaw Pact, this collection of primary-source documents presents one of the most n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ostermann, Christian F., Byrne, Malcolm
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2001.
Colección:National Security Archive Cold War readers.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface / Charles S. Maier
  • The Origins of the Crisis
  • Soviet and East German Minutes of Conversations between Josef Stalin and SED Leaders in the GDR, 1 April and 7 April 1952
  • CPSU CC Resolution Approving the Deployment of Border Guards along the Eastern Border of the GDR, 2 January 1953
  • Memorandum of Discussion at the 136th Meeting of the National Security Council, 11 March 1953
  • Draft Instructions for General Vasilii Chuikov and Vladimir Semyonov Regarding GDR Control of Borders, 18 March 1953
  • Memorandum by Ivan Tugarinov, "On the Western Powers' Policy Regarding the German Question, " 18 April 1953
  • Memorandum on the German Question, from Georgii Pushkin and Mikhail Gribanov to Vyacheslav Molotov, 18 April 1953
  • Soviet Foreign Ministry Memorandum, "Regarding Further Measures of the Soviet Government on the German Question, " 28 April 1953
  • Cable from N. Spencer Barnes to U.S. Department of State Reviewing Developments in the GDR since Stalin's Death, 30 April 1953
  • Memorandum from Vladimir Semyonov to Vyacheslav Molotov Evaluating the Prospects for a Successful Resolution of the German Question, 2 May 1953
  • Report on 4 May Disturbances at the Tobacco Depot in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 7 May 1953
  • USSR Foreign Ministry Draft Memorandum, "On Further Soviet Government Measures Pertaining to the German Question, " 8 May 1953
  • Memorandum from the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs to Vladimir Semyonov, "On the Question of Preventing the Defection of Inhabitants from the GDR to West Germany, " 16 May 1953.