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 SECRET/RELEASE TO GERMANY ONLY 1 December 1953 25 Yroat 30.0 Subject! Lessons learned from the Uprising. Summer 1953 Our organization learned valuable lea eons during this summer's unrest in Berliniand the Soviet Zone I) and was able to spot numerous gaps and insufficiencies which we must now eliminate. A part of these remedial measures could be applied within the sphere of our own organization. The basic questions, however, impinge on areas which demand a preliminary agreement with the 25 staff, or must be decided by 25. Several of the following points have been discussed many time, and have up to now been rejected by the 25 staff. We are convinced, however, that our viewpoints have been justified by the events of the past summer and the experiences a. It would be of great value in estimating the situation, and steering the intelligence collection effort, if the Organization could be briefed on the situation as seen by-the BS in the light of information available to them. This need becomes more acute in time of crisis. We revest, therefore, that at such times a close contact be established and maintained to exchange information acquired. This would mean above all getting such information to the evaluation section (45) rapidly. b. We would also welcome an exchange of knowledge in the radio intercept sphere. Up to now we have merely delivered our material, and have had no reaction whatever. It Is particularly necessary in time of crisis that radio interception agencies working in the same area, and per- haps on the same targets. Beep a close mutual contact. This would un- questionably eliminate duplication of effort, and bring a considerable rise in results. We do not plan to dwell on details hers. Once a continuing contact is established, cooperative work on details will develop. The stress on secrecy, usual in radio interception work, should not hinder this cooperation. Security can be achieved through suitable measures to the extent necessary for both agencies. c. Operational information has particular value to the collection effort in Berlin. The Organization will have operational information collected by the Berlin head exponents, and put directly at the disposal of the Berlin operational leaders . In order to create a means to exchange information here too, mutual orientation by the head exponents in Berlin and a staff member of the BS would be welcomed. We request that you establish this contact. SECRET/RELEASE TO GERMANY ONLY arising from them. del 1. Orientation of the Organization by the BO.41tultX 757 REL Ger Secret
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 218 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.