A problem for the Soviets that they identified with the early SED was its potential to develop into a nationalist party . At large party meetings , members applauded speakers who talked of nationalism much more than when they spoke of solving social problems and gender equality . Some even proposed the idea of establishing an independent German socialist state free of both Soviet and Western influence , and of soon regaining the formerly German land that the Yalta Conference , and ultimately the Potsdam Conference , had ( re ) allocated to Poland , the USSR , and Czechoslovakia . < ! -- Unsourced image removed : Soviet negotiators reported that SED politicians frequently pushed past the boundaries of the political statements which had been approved by the Soviet monitors , and there was some initial difficulty making regional SED officials realize that they should think carefully before opposing the political positions decided upon by the Central Committee in Berlin
Potsdam Conference
Potsdam Conference
Socialist Unity Party of Germany