REORGANIZATION OF THE GERMAN ADMINISTRATION OF INTERIOR (GAI)

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 20, 1999
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 16, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL iNTELEIGENCE AGENGY REPORT N0.
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COUNTRY Gerdy {Iiussien Zone)
SUBJECT
PLACE
,~,C(~UiRED
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R~,or~anization of the GertaQa Administration
of Interior {GAI)
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DATE DISTR. 16 AuSuat 191;
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SUPPLEMENT TD
REPDRT N0.
This document i+s h~rer+~by--re~r~led to
C~'N-t~iDENTtAL !n Bccardar~ wlth the
Nt[br t# tQ Cktober 1978 from the
Lltrsotgr of Gentrat inteiti{ter~ce kt the
Atoht+rlst of the Untied States.
tYext Revi~i
1. A r?victtr of Dr. Yurt FigeherT s first month aetiv5.ty as President of the
GerF^w.n Adrain3.Etration of Interior (GAI) indicates that the present resor~aniz~~.tion
l e Z ~ M~~ iF such r.~orv extensive than t~ previaualy announced per: cmnel raahv~flinC
for uraa.t9r a.3ffi,nistrative ef'Ficienc{q. Pert of the informtioa ie not concretQ
in the sense that aol~ ohar~er~ aro still. auaitin~ SrIA approt:al. but the
information te?~en ta~Qthar indicates a dofinite plan to extend G11I authority
and influence far beyond the limits of ;~alice aff?cirs into the intimate
control of annul ,,_^,averrunent drn~m to I:rcaia leval. Tho GAZ now open],y e~er~es
ar the I -iniatry of Interior with a3.1 the fsr reaching; potrerw that the QQency
had duringn TJaai days, iiev3ewin~; tho recc3nt police developr~nts, a strikir~
ir~i7.arity 'Ex3tireen thr~ syate~t of con~~rr~lization candor the PJa,zis and the ayste~
presently bean.; st~.aped 3n the ~oviot Zone icy be di~:eerned,
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trhile the ~~.~orit3T of ardors
tion have not yot been epprovQd by the "I:A, it seers sr,.fo to
assume that Fischer in3.tiated the process only a.ftc3r thorough discus~ioa trith
~t'D authorities. ~
2. In a. 10 Au:~ust ae~:tir~ frith runkin~ officialo, I'isoher indicated tt~^t tho
liI~'!'f' tri]1 et an i~portmnt role. I~'otrtierly responsible for nolic? personnol
affairs only, ABTP ~~r13.1 assutae ~; ~ersonnal policy affairs for the entire
`'aviet Zone Qad trill. trork closely Frith the DQUt,3che .Jirtschafts Kcmr~iss3on (Ai3K).
F~rthernore, a gradual. uaifioetion t~ttd centralization of level avarnr.-ent under
the GAI trill be extendad throv,~h Linder c~nnala to 3~ndret level.,
3. Knotrn r.~.~or chances are a3 fallous: .
a. Onl~- ``.~D r~r?~bors arcs to ba er.~loyed in the future, All present non-"
enpl.ayeev, re~rdless of pCSt service ens conduct, ere to be dimsissed.
Zr,Loitz, Ilac.d of AI3gTV~ ura,s di~issed on 12 Au.^ust.
e, I)eutcalmanri, Hood of tho Iimuptselsretc~riaty, etas tranuforrod to a r~or
pou3.tfon. Froth of tha above departnanta erc~ to bo reor~.nized cor:p3etoly.
d. Anew A~ io to bo are~t.ted trlth tha Grenzno2ia?i hc~ded b,~ Rensch (I2esch?:e?},
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thc~ Cultural Politiccl Depuxt~ent fieedod by ~ialek end
the Secrot Section
IZeaded ~y- Iaxi^.~ Zentc, forr~r aeeratary o? ~ , t~ hE+.ndle ~-'.order I .._iv~~,~,
port of tha I:ilitasy Palfoe, and S:IA ~?,atters. !t ~Qnt g,d also ~ ~ ' creatrl~
sor Cag^~unr:1. lff~~irs and Iic3sQtt3.onent Prob2ons.
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CETITRAL ITIT~LIGEt~~CE AGEiICY
Thar ~Crimi~.1. Falice rc3orranizution f e reported to be ae follows:
a. -The AB'i'K is to be split and uill absorb a mrl.~ority of the r+ea~fr~3stg
personnel sad facilities of tho former 8erlia Central Kripo office.
b. ~ A new office is to sot as a Z t and ~w32.1 server as the
CQntral L'gecutima Ageno~ for Kripo AFfairs.
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After the recent ~3erlin split, only about t+went~q+-fivo
percent of th? Ceatral Krfpo personnel stayed with the Eastern Sector
police, the rest ~oinin~ Stun. The remainder of the former ABTK9 about
thirtg porsons, will a~9' is the GAI as a polies ~ bo8~r on mini.ator3al.
level. It is bsliavad in tho GAI that $-~ 5ection (pol.itioal police}
CQ1~~'31ne t~3.th ~~3 (Offease8 llCainst the national 6t3C3nOd~ 18.4T8~ ~
remain independent of the.reCular Kripo setup. Anathc3r c3ource roCards.
tbi.s as t~ first step 3a the establishment of a aaenet police atsuetur?
ana3.oCous to the ear],y PvKVD develapmant. ~
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