endencies ." ▁ ▁Foundation ▁of ▁the ▁Ex il - CD U ▁▁ ▁Since ▁free ▁party ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Zone ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁possible ▁after ▁the ▁CD U ▁had ▁been ▁joined , ▁the ▁Ex il - CD U ▁was ▁formed . ▁Al one ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 4 ▁of ▁the ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁S B Z - CD U ' s ▁Democratic ▁Party , ▁dem ocrat ically ▁elected ▁at ▁the ▁last ▁free ▁party ▁conference ▁on ▁September ▁ 7 , ▁ 1 9 4 7 , ▁had ▁gone ▁ten ▁to ▁the ▁West . ▁These ▁invited ▁the ▁deleg ates ▁of ▁the ▁Second ▁Congress ▁of ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁to ▁the ▁First ▁Congress ▁of ▁the ▁Ex il - CD U ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁and ▁ 2 5 ▁September ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁in ▁West ▁Berlin . ▁Over ▁ 2 0 0 ▁em igr ated ▁Christian ▁Democr ats ▁from ▁the ▁G DR ▁participated . ▁Kaiser ▁and ▁Lem mer ▁were ▁confirmed ▁in ▁their ▁board ▁offices . ▁ ▁Since , ▁after ▁ 2 0 ▁December ▁ 1 9 4 7 , ▁the ▁stat ut ory ▁free ▁elections ▁in ▁the ▁East ▁were ▁no ▁longer ▁possible , ▁the ▁CD U ▁regarded ▁the ▁last ▁freely ▁elected ▁executive ▁committee ▁as ▁a ▁legit imate ▁representative ▁of ▁the ▁Party ▁in ▁the ▁East . ▁ ▁Organisation ▁and ▁work ▁▁ ▁The ▁Ex il - CD U ▁was ▁treated ▁as ▁a ▁national ▁association ▁by ▁the ▁federal ▁party . ▁It ▁had ▁eight ▁represent atives ▁from ▁the ▁Federal ▁Party ▁Committee ▁and ▁deleg ates ▁from ▁the ▁federal ▁parliament