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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ECREVRELEASE GERMANY ONL Secret REL Ger 2. Since the maneuver areas of Bast • Germany.00cupy large areas and contain many other,targete, the ZIPPER Capabilities in these areas are covered in railroad, airfield and order of battle reports. The evaluation of the ZIPPER coverage of these targets is noted belOws Exoellents Fifteen lo:twenty sourcesraporting regularly On activities in the target area. The reports give a clear picture of the activities in the area and indicate that the sources are in a good position to report the material. Most of the reported material is oorroborated by other information. . Good: Less than fifteen sources regularly reporting on abtivitiee in the area. "Good" also indi- cates that the sources are in a restricted position to report on the events in the area. Fairs Lees than fifteen sources reporting on activi- ties in the area. Reports are incomplete or laok desirable details. Sources are not trained to report the events completely or their infor- mation is:difficult to confirm. Poor: Few reports from the area. Wones No coverage. .East Germany Target . Wame, Evaluation . • • 4 ■ • 1, Wittetook(Tng Area) I. • SloOd • 2. Schwerin • '''O.O ..Ott . .. .. 3. Ludwigelust --God 44 Salswedel • . Fair .5. Ju'terbog . Excellent• 4 , • O. Halberstadt •••••• 7. Nordhausen Pair 8. Heilingenetadt .None • 4. 9. Muhlhausen . Fair .... 10..Eisenach Excellent . 11. veining. ...Good . . 12, Saalfeld Good ' • , . 13, Plauen SECRET/RELEASEPW TO GERMANY ONLY. • .. REL Ger 781 Secret 7
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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.