SMA INSTRUCTIONS TO KPD LEADERS IN THE WESTERN ZONES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000400520010-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 1999
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 26, 1947
• Content Type: IR

Approved For Release 1999/09/08 CIA-RDP82-00457R0004
CONF1DENTAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GRI OUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
{;OU iTRY Gen a /Four Z o.,*
SECT SHA Instructions to FPD Leaders in the
Western Zones
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DIST. 26 March 1947
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1, KPD fti,?1cta.ona ? '-b from the Amavican and Tritt41 .ohea -were received
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Ore ;iaw ..e to c ie oecau 4 they could not obtain travel permito o
V416 r 011 u 1c, al. i.L IN i, s1 art or : ne SSA Karl shorst a ;.t 1. February
947a 14ax P itu n and -ICur ?'(Ul r f.*oejm the Britis Zone and Fritz
Sperli..1g and ;'inter F'izch from the nerican Zone are reported to
have e` to to ; ej:-ii, a CauiunLit. rr pro?sentativos fran the French Zone
tea, ~h ?. Fol1 c?rl Division= ordorec the ~a ate rn t; n is
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eny meExeu.rtl c ,i.t.;h vieuld help to bring about German -unity rogardleas
c :$ wha , pare s `Jcraeors the measures. Wherever the KPD has repr?eserat&-
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Attent:.on Is tc be drawn tip al. measures of the occupying powers
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IV06 'n 10g'. Sj_.13..' 010 , 4~' ~,Sr a to pr opagartdizo the unity of Germany
~~it: 1eec+ s a 46 propoea s ~aey~ are tp point. out that, the U&31 i
the on:.;y pow r Which has categorically ax ziounced its upport of the
r oltoy . whilo the other powers wish to out up Oern ny int i t 3.e
rf eces ; The K:PD is to point out that the ve3tern zones are unable
to oVe,rycom hunger and despits the wealth of the occupythg
.cowers 'In contraet,, the .BPD Is to portray ' he cohesive thdustrial
territoxiy wh ch tsold is from the Urals to the Rhine with a
u:nifiecd Corn.?nye All ed ras..et are to be, attacked as "enemies of
the Oe34nan future". The way ;. o t c be pr parod for 1 referendum on
the qu etican of, Germs n unit .G
The 1j& ns fur?t? er tr ttruotec the CPD in astern Germany to ex-
Plait ? it crag.=cia: t tr and "Oer pan U alemer?ts in 'hs tithe
ti
x en ;, re~s
cn and suppress German unity,
t.,.;.-.-eg det to 1
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Director of Unit States.
Archivist of the
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