MARRIAGES BETWEEN GERMAN AND SOVIET NATIONALS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007100110003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 20, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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COUNTRY East Germany
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
REPORT
Marriages between German and DATE DISTR. 20 June 1955
Soviet Nationals
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
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1. Marriages between Soviet'officers or civilians and German women are
officially allowed, but they materialize very rarely because of formal
difficulties and because Soviet officers are usually separated from their German
b rides before they olan,, actually aarryo, Only one . inata nca . ins known where the
marriage took place or, at least, in which the Soviet officer and his
German bride left for the USSR in order to get married there
Usually, however, the procedure is to
accept the officer's application and then to transfer him to a station,,
usually in the USSR, where he cannot be again contacted by hisiprospeetive'bride.a
2. One 'German girl and her Soviet fiance are known to have applied for a
marriage license in February 1954 and to have received an approval
in May 1954. However,they were informed by General Grechko that the marriage
could not take place in Germany, but only after a permanent transfer to
the USSR. Two reasons were given:
a. There were no marriage license bureaus (ZAGS) in Germany in which
a mixed marriage could be registered and be valid in terms of Soviet
law;
b. They could not go on leave to the USSR together,
After May 1954, when the original permit had expired, the Soviet bride-
groom applied again. In October, however, he was sent on leave to the
USSR, and approval of the application was still pending,
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