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United States. Office of the US High Commissioner for Germany. Information Services Division / RIAS, Berlin
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Is listening to RIAS forbidden?, p. 14
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- 13 - Is Listening to RIAS Forbidden? "Church and Radish"Y slest German, Februa rj": Despite con- trary reports recently circulated- in the. West German press, we learn from Soviet Zone church authorities that no prohibition on listen- ing to Western stations exists...,but having listened to ',West German or Lest Berlin stations plays a role when there are other charges against a man." "Der Tate 195a: "IKurt Frank of Roehmhild, Thuringia, was sentenced by the M1-einingen Criminal Court to four months in prison and a fine of 300 East larks for having listened to West German radio stations.I "'Saechsische Zi i Sod:en ete The paper re- 'ported that Frau Christa .7ager of Dresden had been sentenced-to 18 months penal servitude for writing to RIAS. Although the Soviet Zone constitution guarantees secrecy of the mails, her letter had not reached RIAS, but was opened by the People's Police. (The case was reported in detail in the New York "Herald Tribune l of October, 3, 195o.) "Die -2elt, Iiab &%95: "The district court of Schwerin sentenced a farmer to seven years of hard labor -for having repeated news which he had heard over RIAS .... He- had stated that a 'Hero of T7JorkI had fled to the West T... The verdict readq libdl and agitation agaiust democratic organizations.'M Depi -Ri~sks1, Peop ise - - - 1 _ Ripp~t thele Listen (The newspapers quoted are all Communist-controlled.) ur 1achrichtenj o "A: "A cafe not far from Lunzenau offers its guests RIAS's reports on the FDJ rally. This is really too much." "M1aerkische To' lk sstimme", i p "People put up with it when .... radio dealer K7upiak daily and publicly lets RIAS shrill out its provocations t" - 14 -
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