EAST GERMAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002900400005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2002
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 21, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY' RE?~`RT N0.
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1~. During; the laot sta.r*~ , n~; ...orld "ar II the Derma.r~ Academy of CcieY~,~e
was :host inactiveA Its e:ork ,Jas mainly confined to the
continuation of vome pP~~loio~ical and historical uoriz datir~E . fron pP3~
.r4x? times!, In the summer of ig4~ the i_cademy ~.:?is reestablished ur~c~~er., the =?
spon:~orship oi' the iiussi4n authoritiES anu under the auspices of t,ze _
:~;ast Gerli.~tn .':dr;:ir~istr~:.tit~n for Lduca.tion, Thus, the German ._cacleLi-~ of? r
sciences bECame Gn exclusively ~aet German or~4miza.tion, in spits cf t1Le
,~?~? ,fast the t t?ze r.!ea:.bership roster of the I.c~deln,)r continues to include ,aumerouq
~.;est German ~.inc forci~n scientists.. Inforn;ation on the deve~,c~pr:ent .;~nr
structure of the _cadem;t since 1946 is contained in ttso yearbooks
I~ublishEyd b~,r the r",kademiewVerla~; in 1950 and 19;71, one coverink, .the
period from 1g~6 to 19t.g, she othew the period from 1950 to 14.9;1:. 'llus~3
of the i'actual information contained in these books io believed t,o b= ~:~ae:.
Zt ,:k~ planned to publish a third yearbooi: in 1g53~ `he plan tiv~:s defea-red '
after tree dismissal from the position of l,cademy Director of :fir= Josef
Naas in the spring of 1953 Naas had compiled the first tr:o postx~a~?
rcaCem;% yearbooks
2~ Lecause the orb-, ni4ation structure of the t.cademJ hUs underr one; chY3n~?er
since the :ublication of the la;~t yearbooi: and becaase tho ;; earbooks
dive-only scant personnel information, a.n outline of the present
structure follotiss;
a.. i12e l4cademy is headed by the i'residium. This body is ccm +~ssd of ',he
:icade:~y President,. the tco Vice-tPresidont s, the five Deane o1.' the ~"~cadE>my
Classes, and the '_cadeQy Director, The PresidiuTM is the u_permost nutrorit
in all cuestions conccrnin~; .caden-y policy, in ~~4rticular its reldton~ -
l.ith the Govern:~ent. Z'?ze I'xesident cannot act independently, but oniy on
be~iGlf of the F-r~.sidium, ~:hich is responsible to the Government. DuY?ii~~ t?z~c
first ~:~ost-tsar period the t,cademS- ~:.as subordinated to ..:mister E?aul ?'a~idela
:':ho first headed the 1_drninistration for Education of the ~Gst Gerna,n
Economic Commission and later become I.mister of Educations Cubsequcntly
the ~'~cadomy ::as placed directly under the authority of the Chief of this
Government Chancelleryy estate Secretary Dro Geyer. 11^here folio~:~ed ~n
interim period. durm~ tighich the academy etas left ;~ra,etically ::ith.out
,roper afi'iliation ~:ith an~T special Govern envy .~en-~y but gas ncmina9l~.r
undex? tie C}f'~'ioe of the- 1inister--I'resid~" ~ I` i/iie'sumner of 1~5! t~?e :!cadem~,?
r;~;c~ fin 31y l~l~:ced undc;r the authorit~r of the `Council of I.~inisters, :.hlrre
Pau:! "'~n.d.el, at ~,x?esent coordinator ~:ith the i?snz: of "'nister for :~cic~nceq
::x?t .::nr ducation, L:~s a~ uin put in char4e gf .:ct~de:a~tters..
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b, '._hilc~ the ,?re5idiu~ convenes ,periodically - mostl~~ ::eekly :nd on :~~xE:cia2
occasions ....current mutters sre hsndled by tho Gfi'ice of the 1~r~ssident.: :`:eesen'~
_~ac:e:~y ;'reeident is 70 ;?ear-old Profs ":alter I'riedr?ich, c:ho c:1so holes 4 cha-~r
at Ber? in Humboldt University rind ho~:ds thQ flcadert~: Institute for 'et; ycine and
Bialo~:y in Berlin-Bucho Iia is a sT~ocialiyt on medical ~~hL?sic:: sn;: racAi~~tion
theru~leuticsa HE acruircd hio scientific reputz~tion during the .first
quarter ay tho contury ti:hen he : orl~od :;ith ir~obel Prize ~ h;,-airist '.pax voZ Laue
on ~-ray interforenceo Friedrich. is an `.,i~I} sym athizer; t:hether he is c ~z~:rty
nernbcr is not knarsno .'lthou/;h he ~ubsnits to t,ra,eticall;;~ ~~.11 !',ov^rn:::c~nt rcru_re-=
:;.eras, he is not cntirelJr trusted by the ruling -uthoritieso Corac trrs af{.:er
h:~ becar..e hcademy 1'recident he :~~s invitQd for ~ visit to Lioyco~: ;1:~on ~nis
return he ti:?as 3'ull of ;~ra.ice of the Itiuysis.n syste~:~ He. iy a, r.:e:~~:er cry the
~~residium of the Cormunist controlled ';:orld ."sate Council snd chairs<
f} ~''CtiCxE'1i7;;1 Ztii'17G2'~l~Oi;y' fnr ~rTlthotiC *?.ittt~'ruBriC:c.;~CC. ~'y Z}rv l~:lf*?f.d ~:~E'n:~(~`
iz1i~ ..~'S fOT'o~~?.ai
Hef,~r~-n---t to ?fiiffinnstcr of c;dxzc~~tion Pc.a1 _rcelo ile then ,as ria4Y
laud of tl:,e JJ.:titlJ.UL,ion.for the s~dvarxc~:r?ent of Technical I~itc~ll:~~~:..co~
IIe; is l~noxan to Yxr~.ve had ver, fTooc:. rel~~+tions ritr~ the Corxtral Cup:; i.ttc?e
cif tl.~: .:?:,D z.nd to ?gave beL~n oxa frzend.l;,~ ter_~..s c:ith. the le~-r_1 e:*:;.?rt Cf
i~?he "cn~tr~l Co:c;~;~itteea ; rcfo :'o:llr~ck (fn;z)~:
2) Tlyie Cf'.tice of t?le Ac:r.~~nititr~:tive Director has the ic:llo.~in~? ss`~c._i~risi.ar3s~?
E j .,;3t'iStrS' r} i ~.C~, I1E'~.C~Gt.~ b;;t 1 ,.iC ,xOVLr ,.. c, ;1 W .,..~ 'Csi G:.^.rf, ro;.r.o~:cll C C t,. -~'
t't)r j}r?:'7Gti.?~' :^_;'tv.rC.l C::71~:?. ACC'';;Y?-!e~.l ~:iC:l.~i?CG: ~t t}l. E' ::A`'pE'n.~:?e ,.~i :~tJC].::.1=
.iC].CriCE?:'.? .`"'Ylri J~1;'C i.'~'JEc?t~;?l;;" iYl^tY".:CtCC. '~'ziC ~'rE:`7.G1T.1T1 t4 r@OI '*ialii4E' _ U?' 1.:] ' -.
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ii?VE:~.J'!L'lET>t O~ ~~Cli:;ntiilC~tL'E;r'i:1Cv~ ~'Tli: CE.'.If_'.':?ti.{.?iC-SOCl~~.~ ::_C~i`.'1:..: ::1: t,'::-.`~
.:c;;;trouk9 1?ro `l~heoc:or Br~z~sch of the Berlin C~rite
ho?l i;*,al, ~ dminis~;rati?c~e Director ::~~:ikov~ski in th,, abwence cf d1~a.s,
a.nc: ~iikitin, then ~;ussian liaisoi3 officer vrith the .scs.de~:y~~
In this ~;t,s.:ion it r:ac decided thot the /~c~jdemy statutes ;.?hc;usd be
revisec'~ for tl~~e t+urr,ose ,of establishinU 4nd ?~~fining sore c' ~