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World War IIe, because of the poor leadership he gave to his unit.
a hcavy accent from Saxony, which makes him hard to understand for
Austrians. ‘he presence of thes two men ag the helm of the rarty
has greatly weakened the hopes of Val at gaining subs tantiallye
Experts agree that the Vdú is likely to p&¢k up a few seats in
West rm Austria; but they do no longer expect the great victory which
the rarty could rightfully hope for earlier this year.
thus, it seems today that the Soviet plan at creating a
maryist majority in “ustria will not be successfule it woulda be on the
oth r hand dangerous, if, at the result of this fact, one would under=
estimste the power of the communists in Austriae “hile they certainely
are poor in votes, they are powerful by the number of their agents
infiltrating the executive branches of the Austrian governmente This
is especially true of the police forces. It is not exagerated to
state that there are no secret documents in Austria's police force,
which are not communicated at once to the Soviet authopilies. aA
Similar situation exists also in many other executive branches and will
remain as Long as the Soviets sccupy basteim Austria. Because the
Soviet presence prevents effectively any large-scale purge of subversive
elements.