International Relations (April 1956, Germany)

Views on various countries, judgement on American and Soviet policies
as well as the USA image of the Germans.

Topics: Most important problems of the FRG; attitude to England,
France, Sweden, Netherlands, China, America and the Soviet Union;
desired political orientation of the FRG; judgement on Soviet foreign
policy, the peace efforts of the superpowers, the danger of war and the
general successes of the western powers and the communist powers;
attitude to American or Soviet aid for Africa and to extension of Trade
with the East; attitude to unification of Europe, atomic energy and
nuclear weapons tests; judgement on disarmament efforts; attitude to
conflicts in the earlier possessions of England, France and the
Netherlands; attitude to socialism, communism and capitalism (scale);
desired agreement of the economic system of the FRG with that of the
USA; judgement on the term ´capitalism for everyone´ and various areas
of American life; knowledge about the race problems in the USA and
their effects on the image of America; 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.

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