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Attitudes to questions of international policy and security policy. Judgement on selected countries and their policies and politicians. Topics: Most important problems of the country; attitude to the unification of Europe and assumed chances of achieving it; evaluation of the American attitude to the unification efforts; necessity of a Western European defense organization and attitude to a German defense contribution; evaluation of the relations of the country with America and the Soviet Union; assessment of the danger of war; judgement on the American and Soviet peace efforts; country responsible for the strained relations between the USA and the USSR; utility of a possible East-West-conference; ideas about the political orientation or neutrality of the country; judgement on the success of communist or Western powers in Europe as well as in Asia; attitude to NATO; attitude to disarmament, to a prohibition of the production of nuclear weapons and to the peaceful use of atomic energy; attitude to use of atom bombs or hydrogen bombs on enemy cities as well as on front-line troops; countries threatened by a possible nuclear war (except France); judgement on Adenauer, Mendes-France, Eden, Dulles and Molotov as well as general attitude to France, England, China, the USA and the USSR; attitude to so-called ´peaceful coexistence´; judgement on the credibility of American and Soviet world politics; supposed influence of the communists in one´s own country; supposed dependence on the Soviet Union of the communist party of the country; party preference; trade union membership (except France). Interviewer rating: assessment of social class of respondent. In Great Britain the following questions were also asked: attitude to the admission of China to the UN; desired American reaction in case of an attack on Formosa by Red China; preferred government for Formosa; duration of interview; number of contact attempts and contact result. In France the following questions...