VOLKSKAMMER-ELECTION IN 1950: PREPARATION AND DELIVERY

The paper examines the plan of preparation and holding of elections to the People's Chamber in 1950. The author gives an estimate of their value in the context of US-Soviet confrontation. The paper substantiates the importance of studying the significance and character of elections in terms of social experiments, the role of elections in Germany while maintaining the authority and control of the occupying powers. The author emphasizes the need to study the impact of the co-existence of two German states on the security of the winner-states and the security sector. With regard to the German Democratic Republic, the Soviet leadership had two seemingly contradictory objectives: a) to strengthen pro-Soviet elements; b) to create more favorable conditions for further negotiations on the unification of the country, taking into account the security interests of the USSR. The paper uses archival sources: the conversations the President of the Soviet Control Commission in Germany with the leadership of the German Democratic Republic.