Germans in Soviet Zone Feel Pinch of Economic Isolation
l New Zealand Press Association —Copyright Rec. 9 p.m. LONDON, Apl. 18. New evidence of the disquiet among the Germans in the Soviet zone about their economic and political plight owing to the artificial isolation of their area from the rest of the country is forthcoming, says the Berlin correspondent of , the Daily Telegraph. German railway chiefs are reported to have told the Russians that the resumption of interzonal and transit traffic was essential if the disastrous financial situation of the East German railway organisation is to be remedied. The railway in the Russian zone has lost trade worth several millions of pounds and the railway equipment has deteriorated through the lack of Ruhr hard coal. The spirit of the Germans in the Western sectors of Berlin is rising while the people in the Russian zone are steadily becoming more gloomy and dissatisfied, says the correspondent.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27059, 19 April 1949, Page 5
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