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CIA • 1989

NID: EAST GERMANY: PRESSURE FOR POWER SHARING RISES

Approved for Release: 2019/10/29 C06826780 EAST GERMANY: Pressure for Power Sharing Rises A record number of demonstrators turned out in Leipzig yesrerda amid signs of rifts in the Communist Party over power sharing. Some 500,000 demonstrators marched yesterday in Leipzig to demand free elections, totally free travel, and an end to the party's leading role he party is split over whether to begin formal talks with opposition groups. .A new draft law, which was published yesterday...
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Created
Nov 26, 2019
Released
Dec 10, 2019
Publication
Nov 7, 1989
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Metadata

Document #

06826780

Case #

Document Type

SPECIALCOLLECTION

Collection

The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe: A 30-Year Legacy

Release Decision

RIPPUB

Original Classification

U

Sequence

Pages

1 pages

File Size

36.6 KB