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. u laruu Q../d cr SECRET/RELEASE nCIDIR/1 /1111V A Survey Report of ZIPPER's Satellite Operations t lo reMMOr T 19011Y General Statistics--Agents and Renorts 1. During report period the following -agents were committed successfully with regard to reporting: 28 agents in Poland against Poland 6 agentsin the CSR against CSR 12 agents in Hungary against Hungary 1 agent in Romadia For details see attachments C thru G. 2. The following reports sent in hy agents as indicated under para. 1 above were forwarded under B-Nr.: 156 reports on Poland 18 reports on CSR (including operational reports submitted by 50/S/Cs to • 25.50) 232 reports on Hungary including Soviet Zone Austria 7 reports on Romania 3. Measures for activation of Satellite operations in 1953: a. Converting positive "Forschung" results into operations. b. Use of border-crossing operations, except for special cases, in the re- • eruitment of native sources in the target areas and the establishment of command and courier-channels to the target areas. a. Utilization of legal channels to the Satellites for intelligence purposes (chiefly a job for General Agencies supported by 50/0. d. Intensified efforts to uncover jumPing-off points for Satellite operations in the Soviet Zone, Germany (code name, EXORIAR) and in Austria (main con- centration on Vienna). The target is for each field office (except for DA.E whose strategical work is to begin in March) to establish 2 to 3 fixed connections in the Satellite states in which the respective field office has to work (GA,B: Poland; GA.G: Poland and CSR; GA.C: Poland and CSR; CSW: CSR; PE: Poland; 01: Hungary, Bulgaria). The measures initiated, adopted, or intended in the organizational and personnel sector for reaching this target will be seen in attachments B thru G. SECRET/RELEASE TO GERMANY ONLY Attachment -B 661 REL Ger Secret
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