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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, July 11, 1980
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"Some experts believe the campaign is being manipulated
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East Germany
and its Communist supporters in this country, a sensitive issue in
ferociously anti-Communist West Germany. West German television rP.cently
showed a film of a 'stop Strauss' weekend holiday camp near Frankfurt.
The camp was organized by the West Germany Communist Party's Youth Move
ment {SDAJ) and attended by a large delegation from East Berlin's official
youth organization. The film also showed SDAJ leaflets encouraging people
to throw rotten eggs and fruit during Mr. Strauss' rallies.
"Mr. Strauss does not seem worried by the hate campaign directed at him.
'It consoles me to think that each time these "stop Strauss"insects show
their faces, it probably wins a few more votes for the conservative cause,'
he told a televison interviewer."
We'll try to keep you continuously posted about the progress of the West
German election campaign.
--Gene H. Hogberg, News Bureau