Foreign Minister Willy Brandt today publicly attacked the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party and declared that neo-Nazism is treason against the German people, Mr. Brandt, who is leader of the Social Democratic Party, said “we shall not wait long before asking the high court to investigate whether the NPD is unconstitutional.” The Government has so far refrained from making such a request to the constitutional high court on the grounds there is insufficient evidence against the NPD to make the charge stick. Should the court turn it down, the Government would be embarrassed and the right wing party’s stature would be enhanced, government spokesmen have said.
East German refugees in the Federal Republic were urged today to support the National Democratic Party. Dr. Limus Kather, a refugee leader and former member of the Bundestag, told a rally of 1.200 to vote for the NPD because it is “the only party defending the rights of the homeland.”
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