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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:V44v,',Zikv#04f1M(4,11:44priM.1:1, vimA- lECRET/RELEASE • :TO GERMANY ONLY ..egr Evaluation Good Good Excellent Excellent Good Excellent I Secret REL Ger 4. ZIPPER capabilities to report on major Soviet head- quarters in East Germany have been assessed on the basis of number of sournes reporting, nature of reports, and time inter val between reports. Almost all of ZIPPER's reports indicate that the souroee are German and that the information is based on observation and some very fragmentary documentary material. Because the coverage of these headquarters is tied to general military movements in the area, a specific capability . for the headquarters is difficult to determine. The following is the key to the evalaution of ZIPPER capabilities to cover major Soviet headquarters: Excellent: Good: Fair: Poor: Three or more sources reporting regularly on activities in the area. The reports indicate that some important movements at or near the headquarters are regularly observed and that the sources are conscious of the nature of the target. Three or more sources reporting regularly on activities in the area. . Reports indicate a restricted source capability to observe and report. Some regular reporting by less than three sources from the area, but reports lack details. Irregular and dketohy reports. 'None: No coverage. East Germany Target Name:. Furstehberg Eberewalds Magdeburg Dreaden Nohra Juterbog SEG • ETRELEASE TO GERMANY ONLY REL Ger Secret 786
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