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/REL. TO GERMANY ONLY 6. ZIPPER occasionally reporte on ports and re pairaotivi- ties in West German ports. It also oovere movements of Russian and Iron Curtain vessels as they move in the.Baltio Sea or through the Kiel Canal. No evaluation of ZIPPER capabilities to report on such targets in Weet Germany oan be made since there is so little material available for assessment. Evaluation of ZIPPER'e capabilities in East Germany which was made on the basis of sources reporting, type of reports, and reporting periods is made as follows: Excellent: Three or more sources reporting regularly on activities in the target area. Reports indi- cate that sources are in a good position to observe events and are conscious of the nature of the target. Other sources occasionally con- firm materials reported by regular sources. Good: Three or more sources reporting regularly on activities in the target area. Reports indi- cate a restricted capability to observe events. Pair: Less than three sources reporting on the area. Reports lack detail and do not come at regular Poor: Only occasional reports. Sketoby reports. None: No coverage. Baltic Evaluation Fair Good Good Good Good Target Name Stettin Swinemunde Stralsund Warnemunde Rostock Wismar SECRET/RELEASE TO GERMANY ONLY 789 REL Ger Secret
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