DR. HERMES RETURNS TO BERLIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000100290008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 20, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: December 11, 1946
• Content Type: IR

Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R000100290008-5
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELUGEN.CE REPORT
COUNTRY Germany
SUBJECT Dr. Hermes Returns to Berlin
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DATE:
F 14 October 1946
DESK : 11 December 1946
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SUPPLEMENT
1. Informant indicated that Hermes came to Berlin principally
because Karlshorst had recently expressed the desire to have
a talk with him. However, informant does not expect that the
result of any discussion that may take place will be very
favorable with respect to a Soviet change of attitude toward
the CDU in general, and toward that party's freedom of develop-
ment..
2. Since Hermes' arrival in Berlin, Karishorst has again expressed
the wish to see Hermes. Rather than give him an appointment 25X1A6a
at Karlshorst, Karishorst has left the choice of a meeting place
to Hermes, including the non-Soviet sectors of Berlin.
Comment: Former Deputy :Mayor of Berlin and chief of 'the Berl
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Food Q'ffice, Hermes was forced to resign from the CDU under
Russian pressure. He later went to the American Zone.
prelirmi)aery to a meeting with Karlsh.orst, Hermes received a Sovi