STRUCTURE AND PERSONNEL OF THE BUERO FUER WISSENSCHAFTLICH-TECHNISCHE ZUSAMMENARBEIT

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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• Publication Date: January 17, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Structure and Personnel of the Buero fuer
Wissenschaftlich - Technische Zusammena.rbeit
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
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80-82, in ast Berlin.
Ovember 1952, the WTZ office
was affiliated administratively with ZA1 .
It
then
became independent
and was placed under the direct supervision
of
the
East German State
Planning Commission.
in charge of WTZ.
Bruno Leuschner, the
head
of
this Commission,
is
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2. WTZ is responsible for a rl ma ~s? concerning the exchange of scientific-
technical personael_._% "Ift- weep East C{q -any, OV ;JJe O e otge --
Fa the USSR and It also includes the
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1. The Buero fuer 4is. enschaftlic 6 Technische Zusammenarbeit (WTZ) t
(Office for Scientific-Technic Cooperation) is located on the second
floor of the building of the Central Office for Research and Technology
(Zentralamt fuer Forsehung undp Teo - ZAFT) at Koepenicker Strasse 25X1
3. ViTZ ra head office, a n r of departl:uents and secre-
tariates, each of which is responsible no foreign country or a
group of foreign co:ntries, and a numbbr of administrative departments.
Headed by HelfriedPoch. His secretary_isMra. Paetzold,(.f.nu).
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b. Departmentsand Secretariates for Foreign Countries
(1) Department for the USSR (Abteilung SO)
STATE Eve NAVY
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Pech is assis
and Schlueter
are scheduled to be a
(2) Department for Czeaho
Headed by Franz Gabriel.
'(fnu). Gabriel is assisted
engineer (not identified), an
identified).
(3) Department`fo. China (Abteilung China
Headed by Mosterz _tin). H
stated
of idea
(4) Secr
and Alban
Headed by - "ch -(fnu). He has no secretary of his own;
his office wo handled by the secretary of h Department
'
has a slot for an engi
for n a. This retariat
r. Both slats were unoccupied as of
5wcretariat JKulkMor ekhetariat Ungarn
Secretariat, and, i ed to fil
future with i.ts' o el.
Department for Czechoslovakia,, and i
that department's owever it
This a retari t, a been headed by
Mrs. Hartung (fn (now occupied-in a Dre
Headed b Krueger n -dince 1 November 1
Secretariat f Polasd (5ekretariat Polen)
secret
Heinz
The secret
partment is Miss Giesela Garaki, who at the s
the position of Sachb A ~? where were no as
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and to fill its e167
of a. However, it
The work of this Secretariat has b
c. Administrative tepartments
(1) Department for P1 its and Coo d (Abteilung
fuer Planung, UrichterstkikkU and Koordiriterung .
Headed by Wilhelm Hoffman from 1 September throuxt 15 Nov-
ember 1954.`
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meat was no -1w-, iatence prior to
of 15 November 1954, but i
a achbearbeiter to the at
to add an engineer and
ear future. This Depart"
ptember 1954.
(2) Finance Department (Abteilung *inanzen)
(3)
(4)
Headed by Strei fnu , the deputy head of WTZ. It has two
Sachbearbeiterinnen /not identified).
Registry Department .(Abteilung,~Registratur)
Headed by Deck (fnu). Deck is assisted by Schuchelski (fnu),
messenger.?
Travel Office (Zimmer fuer Enteendungen)
Headed by Rothe (fnu), who is assisted. by Mrs, Gertrud Grund.
Rothe is also Pary Secretary of the WTZ SED organization,,
employee uled sit
occupati ear future.
every em to ee
e, with t
ty membe
is an
s principal, the
be dismissed of~
There is no essential difference between the functions of a Department
and those of a Secretariat. The difference in designation rather re-
flects the importance attached to th I unit, a Department being considered
more important than a Secretariat. he Departments and. Secretariats
are responsible for WTZ functions pertaining to the country or countries
for which the unit is responsible.. Each Department of Secretariat has
one engineer or more who
the country or cou
or more Sachbearbeit
the unit
e Depart
responsible for all relations with the trade delegations in East German y
of the USSR and the s litwm? and for overall relations with the Eas
German Ministries, State Secretariatee and the East German entral
organizations. It is also reponsible for o erall planning, s well as
for the coordination of requests made by the individual Departments and
Secretariats. It is furthermore responsible for the cooed
earning the work of the individual DepartmenjtIan
Travel Office is not a Department, properlysp
a u ,t by itself within the WTZ. This office is r e- s~ s ons
as visits of East German personnel. are concerned, the WTZ is responsible
for the procurement of passports and visas. With respect to East German
personnel who are to be sent into foreign countries, the office also ful-
fills the functions of a Cadre Department, i.e. it investigates and re-
ports on the political reliability of such personnel.
for prepay ng f and carrying out visits by East German scientific and
technical pers6 el to the USSR and the satellites, and by scientific
and technical p sonnel from these countries to East Germany. As far
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re. The two othe
nical aspects of relations with
unit. In addition, it has one
e for the administration of
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6? aY" e m e ahoy lens provide for an in..
crease in the number of WTZ personnel and-an i provement of its struc-
tural pattern. This reflects the fact that an ever-.increasing import-
ance is attached to the y'unctions of the WTZ in East German government
circles. The separation of the-WTZ.from ZAFT administration was the
first step in this direction. There are plans, though not yet clearly
defined, of reducing the personnel strengll of Zaft In favor of an
increased nhmber of WTZ personnel.
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