CHIEF DIRECTORATE FOR SOVIET PROPERTY ABROAD/DIRECTORATE FOR SOVIET PROPERTY IN GERMANY/DIRECTORATE FOR SOVIET PROPERTY IN AUSTRIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040434-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 434
• Publication Date: August 19, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Chief Directorate for Scvie'r Property pbrcadf
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GOLINTRY USSRj~ermary (Soviet Zore)/Austria (Soviet Zone) DATE DISTR. i
9 AUG 97.,
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- ...._.LL_._._..,.,_ CLAStiIFICATION /SECRET
CEiJTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO
INF4RIOAATIOIV 1~EPOF?T
Directorate fcr SoCi.et Propert:,~ 3r. Garmar>ty/
D::ractorate fcr Soviet Prcnprt?y in Austria
N0. OF ENCLS.
II.ISTEb OELOWI
Direr*cra+p for Soviet Proparti ir. re_mary (^USI3~~);
Direc.,cra,.e for Soviet Prope_ty in Austria ("USIA"),
2? The Chief 7iranr.n?,te fcr a:,viet Properly Abroad w abbzev;ated "GUSIMZ~'?~
was created after World War II and is located in Mo;coa, The fc_lcxirg
~rgani.zat?ions are subordina?e to this chief dirs..-.o.3te;r
here xere else directnrstes fo^ Sovi t F'^
.o_an , urga ; - e . ~operty ~n
rY~ Czechcaicvakiar Eaigar_ay Rwvania~ :hina,
The Chief Di:?ectarate itself is ar. i-Yiepsnd?::t ergs,-~iaiun and is no*. a
part of at~y ministry?
~o The .ifuaai pw-pose of "GUSIl~iZd is tc keep a record of9 sad to arrange
storage fcTr;, property belonging to the USSR and located abrcadu .lctual3,y,
the font*. ions of the Directorate are much broader and are directed tcxard
cbtal.iing fcr the iLS$R a __ nc., s::or. _
occupied by Soviet ~'crces at bey - _ ~~-~ ~~ _ - _ _
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- ,_- -:.~, xti:.-disew__~? ~iunder cf Germany and other ccurtries
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~," 1?US?':," 3rti;i*v was FyiBar..ari _n the .`c:,io?ir.~ i,:;,:,...'.
.a.r^ e . _ r; .~~~.r.i._aticna flmct2an"
Germans as well 2g Russians work ir. the Direetorateo
'Phb Soviet 3cint~atcck Society (SAO)a "BRII~T"~ ~'TRAia'T?1ASH" er,.? ethers are ~uboruAnate3
tc "USIG'ym Ir, additicnA the activity of ;he "'1~TSMtri`~' _;nhinar r:hicix carries our, tPna
p: c :pectii;p and mining of uranium is tied in w_th C`.-:e 1,_ ~ - , ty c. ~iIISI"s~,. `
she ~^USI':" _.,_..~~,.ra-, -.: ~4~mon~;xaled tha~
~KU .~.,, . _,reater rignts tear. the mili?~r;; -,::-i _.~. SY; .. , .~..;streticn :t r.
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obliged tc eo:a,>iie monthly rbports on Lhe movemenc? ar_9 '.echn_csl cord~t_on c a~.i
this fer transxnitt.i to 1?USIC",
~? ,nest: a generator c;ar,es, exca:atnra~ _zrer:,~,r1x~~- ,:w~car-..,,`rar.sfc~
,-.emnro er..~-~ f.. ,a 1~..- .._____ .~
o he Leipzig affiliate of the Direc'.cra`e f.:s Scviet Prcper:y
ermarLy xa; located in the same building as *.he SAC _rpresentaive cr rcliser
Straase (phonetic) ir, the center o2 Leipzig? 1~hipi~sy~aiIii~ate :hrC'a.~~'- i+,s
t l!,ve5 BllDF^S7~iP.~ t. Fin in r ~~?.....L -..~J...x _- ~C11SItf'TGr .. ~IPE'f,S'T.!S.`'~I~L
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9r In addit9.on to reparations, production was shipped cut of Germany to the USSR under
the guise of purchasos obtained at extremely low prices dictated by +he USSRo
A.~ K result of such policies, German industry operates st a loss w~dch in turr.
places a burden upon t he German people,
,~ 'tUSIG+~ is provided with exceptionally great po;rers ir. technical and ma~erials
probl etr.~ u
iii Ir. ec.^.elusior. it should be acted that, the '+USIG~ admirdstration hardlea ;ecuri?y
.:.ea,~ances of all ;ezann+.e h'~red ~,s e~nploy3es o* jcirgnstcok comparie~,
~ c T};w 1)=I'eC?C.r r_Cr; fcr nJ0'vlet p2"C~pE:'t)' jn A'1~t?r'i1 10 :lI[Li 1.3Z ._ i~%13'` .'. f. Gam. ;Ti _,~j o
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