International Relations (August 1955, Germany)

Attitude to problems of international policy and above all the policies
of the superpowers.

Topics: Judgement on one´s own economic situation; knowledge of space
flight projects and attitude to them; attitude to atomic energy,
selected countries and politicians in east and west; characterization
of the USA and the Soviet Union; assessment of the danger of war and
the efforts of the superpowers to prevent a world war; desired
political orientation of the FRG; attitude to NATO, a disarmament
treaty and admission of China into the UN; evaluation of freedom of
movement in the countries of Eastern Europe and the seriousness of the
American and Soviet efforts to outlaw nuclear weapons; assessment of
the danger of a war between the USA and China and between China and
Formosa; party preference; membership in a trade union.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; school education;
occupation; household income; head of household; state.

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