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Opinions of Soviet citizens about the Germans. Topics: most positive developments in Soviet foreign policy; sources of information about the Federal Republic; judgement on media reporting about the Federal Republic and the USA; personal contacts with Germans and desire for trips to the Federal Republic; attitude to the Germans in the Federal Republic and the Americans; judgement on German and American foreign policy; characterization of Germans, Soviet citizens and Americans by means of a list of characteristics; most important events that have molded the attitudes of the respondent to Germans from the Federal Republic and Americans; assessment of the current east-west relationship; confidence in peace; feeling of threat from the Federal Republic; assessment of scientific and cultural areas in which the Soviet Union is ahead of the FRG; interest in foreign policy; characterization of American foreign policy in comparison to Soviet foreign policy; assessment of the military superiority of NATO or the Warsaw Pact; assessment of the seriousness of interest in disarmament of the USA in comparison to that of the USSR; judgement on ´adequate armament´; assessment of the primary goal of current American and Soviet military policy; attitude to a mutual troop reduction in Europe; trust in the USSR and the USA as leadership nation; most important areas for German-Soviet cooperation; effect of Perestroika on the East-West relationship; attitude to the internal reforms of the Soviet Union and judgement on the probability of success of Glasnost and Perestroika; interest in good relations with the Federal Republic, the USA and the GDR; interest in disarmament negotiations; sympathy scale for current and earlier heads of government as well as significant politicians from the whole world; thinking about World War II; party affiliation; religiousness; scientific degree; city size.