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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SECRETAIELEASE. • . • • TO GERMANY .ONLY. • .4r:1" I Secret REL Ger 3.. In order pro/362.1Y. to aseasathe ZIPPER oipabilities for covering the rail center targeto in the following listo • the POB reports staff studied the POE.filee.bn souroSsuAargets and recently produced reports on the rail centers of Bast Germany.. The evaluation of the coverage is a composite of all the mater. ials consulted and attempts to find a common denolinator.for over-all coverage of a rail.oenter.. It shoulCbenoted that sources who are reporting on other-materiale . from these areas, can easily report on rail traffic, and official records in,many areas record the activities in other areas. •Possible evalua- tions are indicated below:, Excellent:. .Three or more sources reporting regularly , on activities in the target area. The reports indicate that the sources are in position to report.properly and that they know the nature of the target. All targets which.are indioated to be covered "Excellent" have corroboraive information from other rail .TOInte. • Goods Three or more oourcee reporting ton aotivitiee in the target area. The content of the reports ' indicates that the sources are in a 'position which restricts their oapabilitiee to report activities in the target area. Pair: One or two sources reporting regularly. The content of the reports indicates that the sources: are not in a good position to report the infor- mation desired on a target. Poor: No regular reporting. Sketchy reports. • None: No coverage. Through East Germany Track No. lat Stettin Pair Pasewalk Fair Gus trow Pair Traok No. 2as Stettin Fair Eberswalde Good Templin Good • SECRET/RELE TO GERMANY ON REL Ger Secret 782
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