SOVIET TELEPHONE MONITORING IN VIENNA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002000610003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 16, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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NTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REP'ORTI
INFORMATIOSE
COUNTRY Austria/tT SR
PLACE
ACQUIRED
Soviet Telethon Monitoring in Vienna
TH15 DOCUMENT CONTAINS WIWFORNATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL #T'TFENSE
OF THE UNITED STAT2S WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. S. C.. $I AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANS"UIBSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS tic ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON 19 PRO-
MIMED BY LAW. REPRODUCTION Or THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED. HOW-
EVER. INFORMATION CONTAtT1ED IN BODY OF THE FORM MAY DE UTILIZED
AS DEEMED NECESSARY DY THE RECEIVING AGENCY.
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dome 105, 1069 and 1017 are used by the Soviets to tap Vienna
city Cal-to rou d to them from their agents in the various citlr exchanges,, . 50X1-HUM
This official had not heard that recording, machines were being used.)
In Room 105 290=1 a
authorities had installed recording machines in Room 105 of the monitoring
office D Conversations in French and English are monitored and Austrian inter 50X1-HUM.
Peters are' called upon from time to time to determine the relative importance
of calls, since there are not sufficient recorders to cover all the lines tapped
Room 105 in known to the Austz en employees as the room of the Soviet expertso
All important processed intercepts are brought there for transmittal to two
Soviet officers, If both .are absent, such intercepts are taken by an Aus-
trian employee to the Soviet Censorship Headquarters at Vienna IV, Techniker
strasse 5s Austrians are not allowed in the building, but they ask for the
?ensurstal.'P a and a Soviet off ioiah comes to the door to accept the intercept 0
Telephone monitors were instructed during the week of 4 - 10 October 19.8
to watch especially for calls concerning border cr )ssing from Czechoslovakia,
discussion of the Ptta.rshall Plan, and compensation transactions with or 50X1-HUM
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intels;gence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
STATE NAVY ~ ~SRB f)ISIRiBUTION
ARiWY
V a NI NOTI . THIS 151STMALIV6N LISTING USIP A
EXCISED BEFORE PUBLIC RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT.
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DATE DISTR. 16 'November 1948
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