PRESS OFFICE OF THE MINISTER PRESIDENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000400200005-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 28, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2009/01/28: CIA-RDP80-00810A000400200005-3
CLASSIflCATION uMRET
SECURXTY INFORWTTON
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
?U'R t" East Germcmny
SUBJECT Press Office of the Minister President
PLACE
ACQUIRED
aJIA~^, E OF
rN4O.
REPOR1
CD NO.
DATE DISTR. 9 April 1953
NO. OF PAGES I
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BEWWb
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
I MIS S IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
'a''he press offa.cc of the "':inisteroreside nt in Eas? Germany vhirh bras located
in rooms of the Ar't fuer Infor*n :ion (AT'i) >t 8/'9 Thaelmannplatz was headed
y hurt Blecha who had been section chief in the AFI press department.
K_opietz (fnu) who had been chief of the studies section in the AF w
de' ut chief of the -press office. Liesbeth Roesler was secretary. 25X1
the press of Ci e would probably not be transferred 25X1
to another location Albert Prorden.who had been chief
o ' the f Z press c . nwrtment.m:,yshed to work as private w,riter,F]no 25X1
decision had yet been made on his future asvd ent.
ozt~ ent. The studies section was charged with .he processing of 25X1
information pertaining to Go; ny. ITo details on Kopiet are available.
It Is possible, t}lou^?h not c?,nf:.rmed, that Albert Norden did not wish
to be charged with ' of'fici a.l functions '_ecause of his Jewish descent