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"content": "lZ April 1956 MEMORANDUM FOR: DCI } SUBJECT: Hana GLOBKE Aw}}~~ 1. Considering the enormoua influence Subject haa on Adenauer and his regime and considering an accumulation of power unique ln a democracy he has achieved, I think you will be interested in my views about the man such aa l have drawn them from my long conversations with him. z. First of all, he haa a discreet and agreeable presence, not too personal, rather detached, without apparent eagerness, well bred but not grandselgneural, giving out just the right amount of warmth without undue enthusiasm, just the right amount of respectful attention without undue flattery, just the right amount of self-assurance without conceit and without ever trying to pull his power on you but rather succeeding in making you forget this power. 3. It is probably very convenient for the Old Man to lean on this tactful, knowledgeable civil servant whose Catholic formation.resembles his own, and who is \"un grand commis\". For that's what explains bis lniluence, that he ia a ~irst-rate adminiatrator--everyone agrees on that one--and probably the only one around the Chancelor who knows his way about the intricacies of the various government agencies and thus holds all the wires. 4. Whether he went about accumulating power consciously is hard to say. His friend.s and admirers (he has quite a few) say that, feeling th.at he alone knows all about the technical workings of this administration, he bates to have anyone interfere-- DECLASSIFIED AND RELEASED BY CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ABENCY S0UR CE.S METH 0 DS. EXE Mp T I DN3B2B NAZI WAR CRIMESDISCLDSUREACT .... ~.ATE 20PJ 2.006 .,",
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"content": ".. ··------·--------- ;, . and that th!11 ls why he hu come to run the whole ahow. His enemiea eay that his poeition of power ia by no n:ieana a by- product of technical per!ectioniam but hu been built up by him purposefully and ruthleuly. But even hie enemlee are not eure whettJer he wants thla power !or hla own greater glory or (or the greater glory o{ that conservative-clerical- lnternatlonalistlc regime he stands for and which he doesn't want to end with Adenauer. (The latter conception, I ahould say, rather corresponds to his Catholic training. On the other hand: Catholic training or not, there ia nothing 110 eaay as to conluae the greater glory of a cause with one 1a own greater glory.) 5, There is al.so the question, wheiher the power and the influence of \"Globke Pasha\", as the Bonners call him, la as strong and ubiquitous as it's cracked up to be. No doubt, Globke has become a symbol to the Opposition of anything they dislike about the regime; in him the whole system is demonically embodied and personalised. Journalists and politicos !ind it more striking and simpler to say or write, \"Globke did it,\" than to seek !or any real explanation. He has become the Gray Eminence, the Pere Joseph, the mystery man of the regime. The Bonners tell each other with bated breath and with furtive glances, lest they be overheard, about his latest show of ruthless power (which might be the transfer o! an am- bassador, an intrigue against Mario, the advancement o! some Catholic officer). One never tells a mot or a joke o! him. 1 don't think he ever makes any. 6. There is no doubt that he does dominate all the nerve centers of the Government--the Press and Information serv- ices le. the Gehlen organization depend directly on the Bundes- kanzleramt, the Defense-ministry unofficially, the CDU-party- organi.zations naturally. Thus the pressures he can bring, aided by the \"Reptilien!onds\", are considerabt~· And in view of the !act that to him the Opposition is the enemy, you can be sure that he uses his power in a strictly partisan manner, This, along •.:. -~-~--~----·~-------~",
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"content": ",, with the pointed confesalonalism of the regime (and which too Is put at Globke 1s doorstep), hu built up the criela o! the Government to the point where thf! Dnsseldorf-coup busted It wide open ••• 1. Facing Herr Globke across his smooth empty deak, I would say to myself: so this is the center of German political power. And I would wonder: is he a man of superior political intelligence? 8. The answer I have arrived at In the course of our conversations is: NO! He might be a first-rate bureaucrat, but he lack\" the resourcefulness, flexibility, combinazlone of a statesman. Au fonds he is just as unrealistic as he claims the Opposition is, only the other way 'round. Take his favorite word: German stability! It occurs in his every phrase and re- fers to his one and only idea of what German politics ought to be--namely a perpetuation of the CDU-regirne. In the field o( German foreign politics, £1rinstance, stability to him means the formula of \"survival of Christian-occidental civilization, preserved in alcohol and, for the rest, any cue from Mr. Dulles to be followed ••• I wondered out loud, whether his conception of German stability wasn't altogether illusionary, considering the constanUy changing political world-constellations to which Ger- many was more exposed than any other .European country, con- sidering fuo that the Russians can roughly disturb his so-called stability any minute by some proposal of a federated reunited Germany or some. such tricks? And wouldn't it be wiser and more realis~c to replace this entirely sta'ic ideal of stability by a sort of suppleness, the capacity of thinking on one's feet, which allowed one to react to and cope with the ever new challenges to that formula of \"survival ol Christian-occidental civilization? 11 (What I tactfully didn't say was that the immo- bilism and lack of ideas which the regime brought to foreign policy naturally exasperated the Opposition.) He answered primly that in Washington one was very satisUied with German stability. I thought: Pourvu que sa dure ••• -3- '·. ,·,; \\ ..:· ....",
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"content": "9. For whether Herr Globke likes it or not, a great many Germans of All cla1111ea and parties are deeply l'ppre- henslve with regard to the e!!ectiveneaa o{ the western al- liance to which the Adenauer-regime has bound them, Their apprenhenaion ia rooted in about the aame arguments which have been voiced by Pineau and Gronchi. Especially ln view oC their criticism and the sympathetic and even respect!ul hearing It received in the Anglo-Saxon countries, the tabu which the Adenauer-regime has imposed on any disucssion of the problems involved on the pretext that the Americans wouldn't like it is a great mistake--mistake which might have a Cacheux influence on U. S. -German relations in the long run. This might not be all Globke 1s fault, but he certainly doesn't do anything to remedy this state 0£ affairs,,. 10. For the rest: Globke never gives a dementi to any- thing said or written about him. He never explains nor com- plains. As I said - he is no crybaby. I wish to book this in his favor, especially considering that in present- day Germany politics are principally made Crom personal rancune and resentment. l l. The only point in his life which Globke deigns to di~-=~1ss is his infamous commentary to HiUer 1 s Nuremberg laws. He wrote it when he was a Regierungsrat in the Ministry of Interior. Globke will tell you that this com- mentary was the only justification for his staying on in Nazi Germany: because he thus could help the Z.5 per cent Jews! IZ.. Actually, op•··· .. , .Ufer as to \"hether Globke 1s commentary made things easier or harder for the Jews, To me that's not the point at all. The point is, that in writing this commentary, in thus giving the Nuremberg laws a legal basis, be made himaell at leut an accessory alter the fact. It Is probably true that he h~lped many people, also Jews, to get out of Nazi-Gei-111.any, to hide, to go underground. This honors him. Still, I should say, a man so deeply implicated in one of the worst features o! the Third Reich has no business to play such an all-important role in the Adenauer regime. -4-",
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"content": "Thie has always been my opinion ••• (Lately the Soclali11t Pren Service which ha11 it In tor Globke ha11 publl11hcd alleged excerpts from the Globkc commentary which arc, indeed, ahurluanh, · e1pcclally Crom the Cathollc point of view, in that they lirmly uphold the religion o! the \"pure race\". But I don't know whether theae really mon1trou11 excerpts are authentic). 13. There a.re quite a !cw pc.,plc In Bonn who think that Globkc will have to go because o! these and other ex- poses. I doubt that the Old Man will let him go, though. But even if he doe11, Globke had quite a run for his money. Some 11even years ago, his mode11t dream wa11 to become mayor o! Trier. He didn't make it because he wall found too gauche and inexperienced. Well recommended by Cardln1~· Frings o{ Cologne (say most), by Dr. Weitz of the Red Cross ('aye Globke himself) he was accepted as a Ministcr- ialdircktor in Bonn early in the regime and wa11 given Lenz' job alter the elections in 1953. H he mu11t resign, he will get a nice pension. Besides, be haa quite a wealthy wile-- a minor helre11s; the Beyer Gas-Badeoe{cn-!irm, which makes gaa-gcyscrs for heating bathwater) belongs to her. L Chief, CI/SPD -5- J",
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