International Relations (February 1955, Germany)

Attitude to problems of international policy as well as judgement on
various countries, their policies and politicians. The USA image of the
Germans.

Topics: Most important problems of the FRG; attitude to unification of
Europe and assumed chances of realization; evaluation of the American
stand on unification efforts; necessity of a Western European defense
organization and a German defense contribution; image of NATO;
evaluation of German-American and German-Soviet relations; assessment
of the danger of war; judgement on the American and Soviet efforts to
avoid a war and the possible usefulness of an East-West conference;
ideas about the political orientation or neutrality of the FRG;
judgement on the successes of communist or western powers in Europe and
Asia; attitude to disarmament, a prohibition of production of nuclear
weapons and peaceful use of atomic energy; judgement on Adenauer,
Mendes-France, Eden, Dulles and Molotov; attitude to France, England,
China, America and the Soviet Union; knowledge about the term ´peaceful
co-existence´; assessment of the credibility of the American and Soviet
policies; expected influence of the communists in the FRG and the
Soviet Union on the KPD; party preference; membership in a trade union.

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

Interviewer rating: social class of respondent; number of contact
attempts; identification of interviewer; city size.