8th SED party conference: after Ulbricht’s downfall, the "socialist community" that he propagated is shelved. Erich Honecker sets out a new, pragmatic course: he says the new "main task" of SED policies is to be the further "improvement of the material and cultural living standards of the people on the basis of a high rate of development of socialist production, an increase in the effectiveness of scientific, technological progress and the growth of productivity."more
