International Relations (October 1954)

Attitude to questions of international policy, judgement on selected
countries as well as judgement on their policies and politicians. The
image of the USA of Germans, English and French.

Topics: Judgement on the results of the London Nine Power Conference;
attitude to participation by the Federal Republic in the defense of
Western Europe; attitude to the unification of Europe and to the
solution of the Saar question; attitude to a greater German
sovereignity; attitude to a West-East Conference proposed by the Soviet
Union; judgement on soviet willingness to negotiate and on their
disarmament proposals; assessment of the danger of war; attitude to a
neutral Germany; preferred East or West orientation of the Federal
Republic; expected winner of the East-West confrontation; judgement on
the peace efforts of the two great powers; the one responsible for the
strained relations between the USA and the USSR; judgement on Adenauer,
Mendes-France, Eden, Molotov, Dulles as well as attitude to England,
France, Italy, Russia, America; attitude to the admission of China into
the UN; views about the influence of the USA on one´s own country;
attitude as well as perceived efforts of the great powers for peaceful
use of atomic energy; attitude to the use of nuclear weapons; preferred
reaction of the USA in case of an attack by Red China on Formosa;
judgement on the American defense efforts in Western Europe and on the
American commitment in the Far East to stem communism; expected
reduction of the European defense efforts in case of an increased
involvement of the Americans in the Far East; party preference; trade
union membership; size of city.

Interviewer rating: social class of respondent.

In the Federal Republic the following questions were also asked:
judgement on the chances for reunification after the London Conference;
satisfaction with the federal chancellor; preference for reunification
or European unification; the one responsible for the division of Germany.