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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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  • p. 46 …lereioe end, ile..hops,,,s friendly end cooperating cmes , Pot our present luer,ore.tica 1itsbnlasts…
  • p. 56 …All preparations and plans for such an • eventuality are made in closest cooperation with the DS…
  • p. 64 …between ZIPPER and the BrIr is deplorable; cooperation is al- most non-existent: ZIPPER provides the…
  • p. 73 …countries overseas; others are recruited for IS- cooperation by Allied IS authorities. Only worthless individuals or…
  • p. 112 …Gehlen who closely cooperates With the Adenauer Government in West Germany and who keeps several branches…
  • p. 116 …close cooperation with the State agencies of security. The papers cited other cases in the past…
  • p. 128 Secret REL Ger intelligence -- 4 • Cooperation is close, without question. The organization has been turning up…
  • p. 135 …Propaganda effect on the people, in order to get them to cooperate lin the untsovering of…
  • p. 170 …Once a continuing contact is established, cooperative work on details will develop. The stress on secrecy…
  • p. 187 …is far outweighed • by the value of cooperation with KUBARK in this field. Thus, the collection…
  • p. 188 …To what extent this will event—: - ually effect our cooperative effort with the ZIPPER intelligence apparatus…
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who were mentioned by name, all but three are currently employed by
GV L. As a result of the opposition's extensive knowledge- it will
be necessary to take imbediate steps to ensure that no further dam.
age will he done.
Fivu'members.of OV L were compromised is a reault of the ceb.:,
auction and successful interrogation of. Wolfgang HOMER by the East
German Ministry :of State Security. It has not yet been possible to
ascertain how the opposition learned the name of the other QV 1,1 mem.
hers, and how they were able to determine, accurately, their dates
of birthvaddresses and in some eases, even telephone numbers. In
general, however, certain ninorerrors medwie these Identifications
would tend to indicate that this infonvitgon was obtainetinot by
direct observation, but by verbal rape:tins.
,Drastic measures will be taketeto.inorease the,sedurity of
QV L. It has been ouggeeted that CV L be completely mulmrdsed,
and that each member of CV L be thoroughly reassessed.
Oeneral'Asenev 0 (CV Ott The op
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positiotkla knowledge of CV 0
Immo to be rather meagre. The location of the min office of CV
is not in Stocking, as reported, but in Stockdarf. It is not known •
however, how the'oppositiactatained thie information. The covws
tomes of the leader of UV 0 and of his deputy were mentioned in the
press reports. These names have been used for maw years end there-
fore could have become known to the opposition through any oftt
number of way*.
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