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Observation of locations, training areas, and maneuvers
of the Soviet Army,
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in Its execution, exhibited aetounding speed and flexibility in the
making of deeitions. In the SCHULTZ cace, the action agelnet SCHU12Z°0
wife was carried out withim a few hours after his-arra/A D and the *mai
came thereby into poesession of doeumentary material that waa moat
valuable for him.
In all flaps described in Section B, the enemy attempted to
F0 ° further, and sent individual letters of entortion to blown case
officers in the West, suggesting that they come to the lost Sector with
a promise of complete immunity from punishment. The letters were nor -
mally brought by relatives who resided in the Soviet Zone.
The striking per of the opposition executive is aloe remuurk-
able. As a result of the incident in West Berlin, ERRABDT'reported on
the afternoon of 29 October to his $SD case officer, and the arrest of
all persons mentioned in the personality files (including prospsote)
followed that night at approximately 2400, throughout the entire GDR.
It would be cumpletely wrong, in the present situation, to under-
estimate the opposition—eapecially the SSD. On the contrary, we must
OWSUM2 that the anew is improVing his methods evenings, on the basis of
these enporiences, and is training hie personnel more intensively.
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The knowledge gained by the -enemy in the separate flaps is
sketched in Attachments -I. – 3.
a. Persons
Ihowlidge gained about persons is not treated here. The
probable ocausequenoes have been discussed thoroughly with the competent
offices.
b. am/
it can be assumed that the organization and structure of
our organisation as it existed at the end'of 1953, is known to the
enemy in broad t:rms. The extensive correspondence earned on with the
KLEINBACH office made an important contribution to thip knowledge.
a. Ijkle oULABLOml,
The opposition has almost complete knowledge of our EEI's
for the GDR, as a result of seised documents, e.g.,