CONTROL OF THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY IN THE RUSSIAN ZONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000500680001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 14, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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-' CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
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'CCUNTRY t'armaYw/ Russian Zone
DATE:
INFO.
Prig to 20 Feb. 941
SU3JECT
Control of the Publishing Industry in the
Russian Zone
DlST: 14
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1947
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l, Control of Paper 3upp13.es: In Leipzig the Russians have set upa"Paper
oduati -. Center" by forcing a partnership between two local firms,
F.A. Woeibling and Ferdinand Flinch.. Paper production and distribution
in the Russian Zone id directly under the oontrol of the Military
Publications -Press (MilitArverlag) of the Russian Government Printing
Office in Moscow.
R. Russian Exprapriat~: The following presses have been taken over by
the Russians:
a. The Garold Press in P%seneok. This press is now
called the Karl Warm Press and has aciwuired a quantity
of the best machinery from other Thuringian presses
and bookbinding establishments.
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with th@b
letter of 1 October 1978 from the
l Intelligence to t
Director of Centra
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date; 2008
Kirstein & Wandler of Leipzig has been dismantled.
Gunther of Leipzig has been dismantled.
The Fikentaoher Bookbinding Company of Leipzig
has been dismantled.
Vabach & Co., Leipzig, is sohedua&d for dismantlement.
Kohler & Volkmar in Leipzig is packing 300,000
volumes a day for shipment to Russia. An estimated
60,000,000 books and pamphlets have been shipped
since August 1946. Fifteen hundred men are
employed to pack and crate printing equipment and
books at this firm.
Much of the publishing and press equipment seized in Leipzig has been
labelled "booty" or "trophies" and stored in the Flinch & Co.
warehouse.
have supervised paper distribution include Capt. Pittler,, lot Lt.
Elburin, and Capt. Orlowski. In addition a Prof. Kusmin has made a
visit from Russia_in_aonneotion with control of paper supplies.
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A sia jor L13wenstoin and a female Major Bauer are in charge of an FDJ
press calls d "Neues Lsbcn".
5.
Books Printed for Russian Go ion: The Karl rt'ar
x Press at
P ssn?ck will print 1,000,000 English language textb
plus 1,500,000 Russian-,nglish dictionaries.
ooks for Russians,
6.
In Halle the ',',ilhelm Knapp publishing house has recei
150,000 textbooks in Chinese, The firm expects to b
the order has been completed.
ved an order for
e dismantled after
7.
Plates, for books published at Uhler d: Volkmar, Leipzig, arrived from
1'osooww. They are usually for Ikranian school texts and scsxgbooks.
Among specific works published are a "History of Cormnmism" and the
"Biography of Lenin".
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