CENTRAL GERMAN ADMINISTRATION OF THE INTERIOR (GAI)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001700900003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 19, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Gsr y (Russian zone)
SUBJECT Central German JWrdnistration of the
Interior (o,ai) CQ1 Ld, i N i f - ,
PLACE 25X1 A
ACQUIRED
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GAI will be recogni eed as havi r?- complete and cen trali7e i control
over the police it the Russian ;one, Thus Erich Reschke (;SLD ,
now President o7 the GAl, will become head of the 'oval police
will 1 b1
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1e Since its creation i:n the fall of 1?45, the GAl has son r at in..,
~~ec ~,,~
become ultimate the ';tr L c r~!
ly inistry of 'the interior'
nto rior' in a L' a~ . T a t
gone government, although even then it will in. practice be an o
for the trans ittal of the orders of tn..
' e% "Ai, as it is
at; ;re Er
or S,7pz',or ttf. d x. Ct T? . l
lc; GAl is bas(--,d entirely or
sne?!_' i` r tr ?^ t: rt3 fro i h
of i p ans and p .ror)La:`9Sa Y:1 o by
S ! c3.f..h"`t Unity iY"eJ the C e-n. 1 ai Se T(?t. "~_t'1`
icy; Party and a pr`coved by Ka -rishors`t.
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2 i I_ r r i v T of tic GAl is s'-
i:''c!.' E C on ?. / F .^t t' a nn art c e~ns r1 of t !>fa A r ., " t .J~_.t1
1. I prom'). o j ' a1 v e r74--e j
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it f`.ew, an at tempt was made to dr",rbl h 'r
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W - r* C !,a lio -- ~' "~ _der;t d F ~+F tt"e AI currently- i s, t
r l t s rJ eted to acsvi s-
ing and coordinating the policy activities of the state F c:v rB men
In fact,. however, it exercises a far grea.te?r :i nfluence a
its true author ty by means of a system of indirect controls bss e.I
on the assignment of all police positions of irnpora;a~~ce to ELI)
members picked for their political "eliabii ty, As a conseouenc-
of them.- training and discipline, it is necessary onil..y to .?_ndicate
the political need for any o"derv to iris re complier cc This- me s
that it is not necessary- to set up the ctiannels of o, 'fic:ial aut cn ,
~' of the customary 711"i ? ~'over?b~ e r rs$
reachink. . throe p~
g.y `~ all ..~. e V e .. i9 I insures r .)..:i c i .L Z?,~1y:+ 1-t .Z also
keiii ood that he s!icce eda
orrnaTly, the police furtcticm a of tine r AT .rte' ,,.t ~
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and...a half a o has beer. perry: .t ntly abardo ed as superfluous.'
.
Y . cyo
e system of political obedience actually functions so smoothly
t, at a.uniform, code of disciplinary -eas:
;ras .worl-
ed nut a nn"
necessary tc set up an official Certr1 ' cii
silirar
soh ?a c..a.se le , { wo'ld accept the duds Mena of the PrG,sid Iu'T
rPyL rt F.T m. __
wr~,Ald find "rimself it dark-e> of removal fro- office, not by t;'rje
I~ t:h1ch does not have. tat authority, but by the S"'''. .gin
r
will take? t .-.e hint. I. the police e tie f ~:~e*e rEC a lc; tl'a~~ e
~)f7
When the GAI decides a- police official in the -one is undesirable,
the state police chief corcer-? ed is notified, and it is urr-e-tly
recoirierded that ;1e take suc&2 act ion as ' he dee~? s :)ro .e r u The
e-even though legally th.. y are responsible orly to t Fv
"
ac V." 7y supervise with co. s1derabl.e irdependerce t, e activities
o
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location of pe rsons. The. various sections o Ahteiluno ??: Doti,
t 1
for approval. Completely independent Instructions may be issued
by the G..I-only in a very limited 'field, hardly exter-dis)>-- r-eyonci
purely teehr;'cal operatin irstructions to the crirrina.l police.
Abteilun' - K is the first to achieve any executive freedom, ,.?'.,J.ch.
is- particularly . apparent In the fields of
'id nt ific zt t
t
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a.... pro~iotions and appoirte.er;t, must be subrr?itted to K rl h ~r
'entea or ir.tportant instructions of a ^o~al yzature Lr ~.. d'
pore ..
pit ,u tad, end onwS'A orders or on. state lati s, coordinated on a
wa,e
.*sof the interior, of their respect ive states.
....the:: ~jdmintstration.-of the Interior has no
lei i dative erg
p e, ce ?I&5
also beer achieved by the political crit iral police (K ) w',ich
.is the basic regulatirg, cor.trollinC-, and reporting office of the
GAI.
011 5.E . enc.
K7, Ider^tification and Sea>ch, which fu 'ctior..s as va zo'-al. 6rir^i'al
Police Office. A certain measure of executive irde er d -
v
.
r. i ) I L s:v .. Q u.1-()
take over direct.eha>Fa of investigations of serious criies, a
function hitherto forbidden by the S"A. Despite these ?'?ecent in--
creases in,aut`hority, the boundaries of Abteilun[' K's ?ur-isdiction
and power are still not clearly defined Ar exce ti i f
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