ALLGEMEINER DEUTSCHER NACHRICHTENDIENST (ADN)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006700780008-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 10, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
COUNTRY East Germany REPORT
DATE OF INFO.
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Allgemeiner Deutacher
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1, The foreign now staff of the ADN is divided into two sections A (capitalist
countries) and B (Soviet Union and People0s Democracies), Directives and
guidance are imparted at staff meet~in?s by the chief editar~s office, Section
A has access to material from TASS
2, Political developments of major importance are not reported on until TASS
has issued its report and indicated the approved political line,
3, The ADN has correspondents in Moscow Ott o Schreiber and Erika Nietesohke),
Peking (D&ing, , and Prague (Liebsch and Eduard 25X1
Tautz, It is n an o een correspondents to the capitals of other
states of the Eastern bloc, Reports are also obtained from Communist papers
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well as west European newspapers, Furthermore, reports
are frequently translated and passed on as ADN reports.
Many reports from Western
sources are withheld from publication, and are passed only to high government
and SEA officials.
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6; All staff members are forbidden to visit West Berlin.
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