International Relations (May 1956)

Judgement on international relations and the new Soviet government.

Topics: Attitude to West German neutrality; attitude to a western
policy of strength; judgement on the destruction of the Stalin Myth;
judgement on the increased travel activity of Bulganin and Khruschev;
assessment of the seriousness of Soviet foreign aid for India; assumed
effects of the culture offensive on the reputation of the Soviet Union;
attitude to establishment of cultural and economic relations between
the Soviet Union and the FRG; assessment of the actual interest of the
Soviet Union as well as of the Americans in general international
disarmament; reading or knowledge of American newspapers and magazines,
books, films, American exhibitions and the ´Voice of America´; visit to
America Houses; knowledge of visitors to America or personal travel to
America; contacts with Americans since the end of the war; loans and
possession of stocks; preferred investment form; local residency.

Demography: membership in clubs und organizations and offices taken on
there; frequency of participation in meetings and get-togethers; party
preference; age (classified); sex; marital status; religious
denomination; school education; occupation; household income; state;
refugee status; possession of assets; social surroundings.

Interviewer rating: social class and willingness of respondent to
cooperate; number of contact attempts; city size.

Also encoded was: sex of interviewer and age of interviewer;
identification of interviewer.