Soviet Amnesty in East Zone Rouses No Enthusiasm
LONDON, Nov. 11. The Times Berlin correspondent says the jubilation with which it is received in the Soviet-licensed press does not coneeal the meagrenesk of the amnesty approved by the Lower House of the East German Parliament. The amnesty favours only those guilty or^aecused of ordinary and not too serious criminal offenees and speeifieally excepts political offenders. It will touch few if any of the 36,000 people reported to be in concentration camps in the Soviet zone. The correspondent adds: "At the moment there are few signs that the Soviet authorities contemplate any speeial acts of generosity such as wnuld greatly popnlarise the .new Eastern regime, or that they will allow the East German Government any great scope in this direction. The impression here is that the Government is beiug kept on a fairly tight rein and that the Socialist Unity Party which dominates it is adopting the same attitude towards the Liberal Democrats and Christian Democrats wbo, some observers believe, will be squeezed ont of existence before the elections next Oetober. "
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 November 1949, Page 5
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