DIRECTIVE TO THE PRESS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006100400007-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: March 17, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

CLASSIFICATION
SECRET
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY East Germany DATE DISTR.
17 March 1955
SUBJECT NO. OF PAGES
OA-
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ACQUIRED
DATE OF
SUPPLEMENT T
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INFO.
REPORT NO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE.
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE N$ANINS OF TITLE 14. SECTIONS 788
AND 7S4. Of THE U. S. CODE. AS AMEMOED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL-
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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editors-in-chief
Radio Committee,
were Rent by courier to the
2. Steps to be taken by the GDR after the ratification of the Paris 25X1
agreements include the promulgation of universal military
service, pre-military training by the Gesellschaft fuer Sport
and Technik (Athletic and Technical Association), the holding of
refresher courses for ex-KVP and ex-Wehrmacht soldiers, the
establishment of restricted areas along the zonal boundaries and
in Berlin, the tightening of the control of passenger and
vehicular traffic in Berlin and along the zonal boundaries,
the confiscation of billeting facilities for the East German
national army, the reduction of the budgets of all branches of
the administration in favor of the KVP budget, reduction of rail
passenger traffic, especially to Berlin, the tightening of rail
and highway controls, cuts in the supply of foodstuffs,
promulgation of a law making the possession of daily newspapers
from west Berlin illegal, confiscation of terrain suitable for
training grounds for the national army and for aiffields,
reduction of FDGB passenger traffic to health resorts on the
Baltic Sea.
. The directives were signed by Beyling and Klinger.
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Approved For Release 2008/06/17: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006100400007-6