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# Intelligence Information ReportThis material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaningof the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in anymanner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.DIRECTORATE OFPLANSNO FOREIGN DISSEMTHIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT. NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCEPAGE 1 OF 1 PAGESCONFIDENTIALREPORT NO. CS LT-313/01123-69COUNTRY West GermanyDATE DISTR. 9 July 1969DOI 1 January 1969SUBJECT German Government Evidence againstthe National Democratic Party (NPD)ACQ Germany, Bonn (26 March 1969)FIELD NO. EGN-4107SOURCE An official West German security service.1. A 77-page German-language report, describing the   National Democratic Party (NPD) and presenting documentary   and testimonial evidence of possibly unconstitutional aspects   of the NPD, has been deposited in the files of the CIA Docu-   ment and Pictorial Services Division, from which copies may   be obtained upon request. The report is the shorter of two   versions prepared by the Federal Office for the Protection of   the Constitution (Bundesamt fuer Verfassungsschutz). This   shorter version is said to be complete in substance and is   the version which was made available to West German Cabinet   members in preparation for Cabinet discussion of whether the   NPD should be banned. The longer, two-volume version has not   been obtained.2. Appraisal of the legal validity of the evidence   against the NPD was omitted from the report at the order   of the Minister of the Interior, who reserved to himself an   assessment of the NPD's "legality. Also, pages 9 to 13--a   section entitled Chief Features of the Ideology (Grundzuege   der Ideologie)--was omitted from the report at the request   of the Minister of the Interior. (Headquarters Comment:   The evidence in the report appears to be overt and less than   conclusive. The West German Cabinet decided in the spring   of 1969 not to request a ban of the NPD; substantial doubt   existed as to whether there were sufficient grounds to obtain   a legal ban of the NPD. The omissions from the text, referred   to in this paragraph, may reflect realization by the Interior   Ministry of the weakness of the case against the NPD.)4. Field Dissemination: U. S. Embassy Bonn (limited).Distribution of Attachment:CRS/ADDCONFIDENTIAL NO FOREIGN DISSEM| STATE   | DIA                              | ARMY | NAVY | AIR | NSA | CRS | (For Field Distribution see final paragraph) || ------- | -------------------------------- | ---- | ---- | --- | --- | --- | -------------------------------------------- || C/E/R   | 1E/G/R (WP2.1) - 1               |      |      |     |     |     |                                              || C/E/G   | 1E/G/R/L                         |      |      |     |     |     |                                              || E/G/INT | 1E/G/R/P                         |      |      |     |     |     |                                              || E/G/CE  | 1E/Bonn                          | 12   |      |     |     |     |                                              || E/G/R   | 2                                |      |      |     |     |     |                                              || TOTALS  | IE 2, CI 2, FI 3, DO 1, EUR 9(2) |      |      |     |     |     | LIAISON 32                                   ||         |                                  |      |      |     |     |     | CAWHISPER EGN-4107                           ||         |                                  |      |      |     |     |     | COORDINATING RELEASING HM: JL/ rmm\\y        |543214321