Documents / FOIA release
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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Secret REL Ger -2 _ SECRET/RELEASE TO GERMANY ONLY d, ie tbe . gAgma Asmara], ;ULU reincarnate bent upon ur- ponearinR. This attack hae been based on United Statea and British war-tine propaganda themea aimed at destroy- ing German Militarism. In this oonnection the attacks use war-time organisational termsto describe the organi- sation. It in said to have a "II Section", the war-time term for the sabotage division of the Abwehr. 3. In addition to these tour MaD themes in the attack on the Gehlon organisation there will be wedge-driving efforts. To being fear to our t401111111 in partieularvthe American IS will be said to depend entirely on the Clehlen organization for its intelligence on the Soviet Union. It will be implied. that the Germane desire mar dud that their in- telligenee will mislead us into war. To throw oonfusion in our own ranks the C/A will be accused of having lost control and to have failed to "penetrate" the organisation. To split the German-intalligeneeeffort into three. parts Gehlen will be eons:NJ of internal meddling with the aim of creating a politically pow:oil:I intelligence) servioe at the ex- pense of the Blank °Mee, the future Defense Ministry of the Dona Govern- ment, and the BfV, the Gamma Internal Security ortioo. The etern effort will harp on the mein themea and seeds of suspicion planted in western prose ehannele ii1/ result in these and Other wedge-driving efforte. • (Attachment "C") 4. Possalenguata-ggitge. We gen expect that newspaper stories • m111 be presented to CIA with 'a query as to their veracity. In answer it is suggested that there should bents absolute denial but merely a reiteration of the necessity for secrecy in intelligence matters. The interested parties should be told of the EOpt German Prose propaganda themes end the danger that western rocognitiOn of these stories willlbe taken as "proof of the pudding". Attached is a selection of the Eastern pros:agenda, The propaganda themes are underlined. The aceompanying enalYsla of the press 4:average of the Geyer Case will also clarify the Soviet approach. (Attachment WO 5. bawl. The entire campaign hoe its roots in the June 17 .up.- rising. Brea effort-is being made bylaw opposition to prOVO to their, own people and the rest of the world that the uprising ves inet epontaneouet that it was leapired:by western espionage organizations. It le.00noeivable that the Soviets will use the ilerlinOonferenee-to pound this propaganda theme home, Attached to this memorandum (Attachment 4 E0 ) is a factual i aeoomnt of the Geyer Come. Although it dorm not reflect the propaganda themes of the rant it became grist for the propaganda :AMA= the laealiohaDiidseban (last item Attachment V") picked it up as proof of their allegations. From this sample it should be clear to all that att Pnblie1tyie dangerous and to be avoided. ' SECRET/RELEASE JOHN BROSS TO GERMANY ONLY Chief, SE Distribution Orig. & 1- Addressee Er/FIG/4111/111111111 1 - c/EE 2 - Fyinvz 4 January 19 4 REL Ger Secret 752
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