International Relations (August 1955)

Questions on security policy and disarmament control. Comparison of the
USA and the USSR. Attitude to the peaceful and military use of atomic
energy.

Topics: judgement on one´s own economic situation; attitude to space
flight; attitude to selected countries and politicians in East and
West; judgement on the international conference on nuclear questions;
judgement on the efforts of selected countries in peaceful use of
atomic energy; characterization of the USA and the Soviet Union;
assessment of the danger of war and the efforts of the USA and the USSR
in preventing a world war; the country responsible for the strained
relations between the USA and the USSR; desired political orientation
of one´s own country; judgement on the Eisenhower plan for disarmament
control; attitude to NATO and to the admisssion of China to the UN;
attitude to arms limitations even without a control system; expectation
of the next Four Power Conference; attitude to restriction of trade
with the East; attitude to a demilitarized zone in Europe and judgement
on a European security system on condition of reunification of Germany;
evaluation of the independence of Eastern countries from the USSR and
changes perceived from the Geneva Conference; assessment of the
priorities in the use of atomic energy for peaceful or military
purposes in the USA or USSR; seriousness of the American and Soviet
efforts to outlaw nuclear weapons; judgement on the attitude of the USA
to China; desired position of one´s own country in case of a conflict
in Asia; assessment of the danger of war between the USA and China as
well as between China and Formosa; preferred form of government for
Formosa and desired American reaction to an attack on Formosa by Red
China; party preference; trade union membership (only FRG and Great
Britain).

Interviewer rating: assessment of social class of respondent.

In France the following questions were also asked: housing status;
possession of vehicle and radio; employment of household help.