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An Organization of Voters or a Party with a Philosophy? The Political Conflict within the SPÖ in the 1960s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2009

Helmut Konrad
Affiliation:
Professor of History at the Karl-Franzens UniversityGraz, A-8010 Graz, Austria.

Abstract

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Type
Forum: The Austrian Socialist Party Since 1945
Copyright
Copyright © Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota 1992

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18 All documents relating to the history of the financing of the Kronenzeitung, including copies of the passbooks to the mortgaged bank accounts and all credit agreements, are in the private collection mentioned in note 15. A book on the subject by Helmut Konrad and Manfred Lechner is in preparation.

19 Confidential information to Federal Minister Probst of October 28, 1964 (see my note 15).

20 Settlement between the disputing parties, November 7, 1969. Private collection (see my note 15).

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