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This Central Intelligence Agency release, declassified in 2007 under the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, is part of the collection CIA and the Origins of the BND, 1949-56, Volume 2, in the section on ZIPPER operations and counterintelligence. It contains early 1950s memoranda on Russian, Ukrainian and other emigre groups, a plan for a stay-behind network and for evacuating ODEUM staff if war broke out, a JUPITER status report dated 16 April 1951, and evaluations of Zipper reports. It does not discuss UFOs.

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MEMORANDUM FOR* Chief .f Operations
SUBJECTI Report entitled °Hated States Intelligence
Operations in Germay" -- :eliding General
Gehlen l e Organisation
1. Although the report, 0 0: S. Intelligence Opera-
tion) in Germany°, from one of Mr. Walter Lippmann i e etringern
in Germany Sc essentially accurate reggrding the development of
the Gehlen organization under U. S. trusteechip from 190 to
date it dose contain striking errors and distorted half-trutha
on points where source is clearly misinformed.
2. The following lea brief outline of noteworthy
misrepresentations as opposed to the rectos
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a) Gehien's first same is
given es °Gustav°, an error
which has appeared fre-
quently in the U. S. and
East German press in recent
weeks.
b) Source identifies the U.S.
sponsored Weetlernan sabotage
organisation, exposed In 1951,
as an instrument of the &Wan
organisation.
0) Source-elaina that General
Smith went to Germany, fol-
lowing& joint investigation of
the SW by the federal Republic
and U. 11. High Commission, to
"clean the organisation out".
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a) Gana*, aldsti
.Gehlen is well known s°
the chief ore U.S. sub-
'sidised Meet German intel-
ligence group in both of.
. tidal and unofficial
circles in the Federal
Republic.
b) Source obvioualymi
fors to the which
was exposed in the fall
of 1952. Gehlan was in
no way involved.
c) General Smith sever
went to Germany for this
purpose.
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