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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EMET1KELEAS1 TO GERMANY OKIL REL Ger Secret Secret REL Ger %MI-27784, if we interpret the presence of ZIPPER operators in an American station under these circumstances to be "in American interest". If we take the position of either "a" or "b" above, it will be contested by ZIPPER. Solution "c" is obviously the ZIPPER solution. If we reject it we should deter- mine beforehand on what basis we wish to reject it. Is At be- cause we do not agree with the basic ZIpPERooncept Of retaining their organizational integrity under these circumstances? . Ig it because of the difficulties we envisage they will encounter in attempting to develop a 10-position base station in OSMOSIS? Is it because of our own security considerations at US controlled and operated base stations? Solution "d" could be stated in several variations - for example, in terms of an inadequate OSMOSIS station and-the alternate solutions of "a" "b" or "c". However, it is felt that the various aspects of this problem have been adequately presented. 7. I feel that we should determine the limits of the posi- tion that we are willing to discuss . with ZIPPER and then 14tiate herein Pullach discussion designed to clarify and resolve, once and for all, the misunderstanding and outright differences that cloud all of our present planning in this field. • 8. A year frOm now we expect to have trained and prepared to operate approximately 60 MIT agents. At present we have 21 trained M/T F-Net operators; 27 in .training. This does not include MIT agents in the Sovzone . or Satellite areas who are being integrated gradually into our SATURN plans. See MGLA-6124, 6434, and 6701. Although we know that a number of them would not sur- ---„; we feel that we must plan on a-base-station with approxi- mately 10 operating positions, 9. In general, the entire SATURN program is progressing satisfactorily. The burial program is underway. e believe the technical problems have been solved. 11111111 and are .aurrently. in Berlin observing burials fia7Tbit area. We are • planning several CPX problems during the summer to check our E-Plan communications. is handling this entire matter .most effectively. 10. A . mitter of real-concern to us is the fact that we have 1 been almost completely unsuccessful in obtaining Army agreement to plan for logistical or administrative support of our evacua- 'tion and subsequent Operational plans for ZIPPER. We have lowest priority for road space in the evacuation. We are being promised no trucks. A check with Lt. Col. Leffers, formerly with us and now with the EUCOM Detachment in France and responsible for setting up supplies for a possible evacuation to France of EUCOM units (including the Munich Post personnel), reveals the fact that no consideration is being given to supporting any non-U.S. personnel, and specifically ZIPPER, in France. Equally serious t all reserve SECRET•SECRET/RELEASc 'MANY ONLY 646
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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.