REVOLUTIONARY VIGILANCE AND THE FIGHT AGAINST AGENTS IN THE SED

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CIA-RDP82-00457R006800150005-3
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S
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2
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December 14, 2016
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March 29, 2002
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5
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February 6, 1951
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REPORT
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CL k',13SCA'?{ CO.I .i.,.. ;., ?_? i; }-~.T : ',.. .;i ~'{ i -Approved For Release 2002/08/0$ : CIA-RDP82-00457R00680015O00 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT N), INFORMATION REDO COUNTRY Geary ar' usoian Zone) CON FI DENTIAIQ TE DIST. 6 Feb 25X'h BJEC Pev ,1ution:ty Vi larce and the Fi?,ht Aga:rst Agent in the SED a HO refit;:?urant in Ehe:rawa.ide (sic) 'hau maned rx;8entmunt amo;_Fg St, functionaries and raumerons ;? eaaltafiararas hfivm been addre=,, ed to Politburo pr?otesting his x??:`.?aase,* * HO. OF RAGES 2 NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT Nr). The directive order?iog the purge of Marker nd his grouap has '?c pt. produced the results which the b eiit ro and the Cow".ral cin iti;ee it wuztl bring .forth,. This sl}ould bi, attributed to the c.ix atai :s i3 .nce taax~ f.ra al~-: party discussions conc3rning the directive were overshadowed' y p,~^ep&.ra" .leas for the October t.ecA t Ir ra, In connection wit,-,h the exch tng .af mrir"bership books the discussion will "h i rrsaruzed,, erk+ r ~, s app:oin' cent, a,3 rnena ea k,,-f 2. U any inst anew have 4-,o :a no feel where Party units cor $ ncd to R cztin,` 7 ex,~xac:ts fr r, tri`3 Ci3rtral Cor.rrittoe } e resoluG .ou covie ; ~.:i.Ya'?; I'Ella? Iiorker, rather than driving fron it an inrulso for indoperoear, rove ,t ? 25X1A 25X1X tions of no-.,wible agg,,nt activities ithin their own un_Ivs an lants. 3. The forthcoming eachvtra n^ nerber;,hip hook? has already Epro-.ate?~d a foei_ in, of ra.n c ar'onr Party r, J,_-ber r, . This of G3 roasuro b 6Z, been fostored by throats expressed by fu-ctionarios who have 'ern ;,e? lin , Party ner-: r,:, that they would be ousted unless- they porfoi ccrta?n du ,ry_e with e' pedi+, ion. The ZPKK innts the investiation to '} col d~Yc;{.od in the chaser of a corredol r convorsaGaon rather than that of a tribtnai.a ; * -; Z:ia 5X1 A Paul iiurkker has been Jrov'ioro2i' re-nor+i d as `?< *ri~ 2 a : retaurant in. hte i~c~n lc;a, fee _21 1A ' 3 '",q?C} 5 3 ',in 4a; ' l f'g. tiowevei. ;Let,, to w rico-_s1an u- ; C}j:i 25X1A 25X1A~~F ~r~ er The 7-PXK had coanted on a izeabie ins :seas. :-n thta enia ac at; ',-on of a: 1, g~d agontrs ~ This apparent : f ?i ,ie ~4: ""o- Ta CONFIDENTIAL STATE eaa}wN r?st 3 ~~ E3151 F21i2UTMN A33AtY X5162 ~_.._~.F6}. __..__._---~ This document is hereby regraded to CONFIDENTIAL In accordance with the letter of 16 October 1978 from the Director of Central Intelligence to the Archivist of the United States. P emV EMFa r V9ka 0W002/08/08 ; CONFIDENTIAL ApproveV ;it4 Db2%0&/08?: dIA-1182-66,4 7R006800150005-3 DA I /A C f:1L i T: TL:iG :Tl,C itGEr C! -2- D :umrc , The investigation, as planned, is geared to identif.r and render impotent, dissident groups within the SED, ~~icl ? followers of the Fischer-r1aslow group, Brandler, Thalheimer, the ISH kfounded in 1924 by Leonhard Nelson), the SAP, the Lenin Bund, the KPC and Luxemhurgians, Beginning November 1950, the head of the Fl.at.ry Department of the Karl Marx Academy,,.sri:.h Paterna, receiv=d instructions from the Pulitbt?ro to prepare a lengthy study .f the histocical role of Ernst,'haelmann with Special emphasis on the damage inflicted upon the KFD by the grours and factions that separated from it efore 1933., Cc nment. See also Max Sense article on the composition of the Party commissions charged with the exchange of membership rooks, Td Deutschland, 5 January 1951, page 4 fac'" /C01'TR0-,~ U.S TFIC .:3 I~ 'r Approved For Release 2002/08/68 : CIA-lDP82-00457R0068d015fG05-3 CONFIDENTIAL