MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ON THE HVA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008700450007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 24, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION ,5 ., '~: i ^OL CIJLY
CE IGENCE AGENCY RUPORT NO.
SUPPLEMENT TO 25X)=
i;EPORT NO.
~. The latcst offer for all-Germany elections by the DPP. has bro-4:11t forth no
reactions from the IHV.% su;? esting that any practical, 3;onsideration has been
given to even the rerlote contingency that the 3ovic-: Antiy night evacuate 25X1A
Eastern Gerriany.
3.
General Incpelcteur Karl Ileinz IIoff-riann said that ne xly should delude himself
into thinking that even if ;Jcstern Germany introduc-4 pcncral conscription,,
Eastern Germany would do like :rise,,
here 'iac been a cor.1 ,lcte turn-about on ?IVA policy ;oncerning personnel whose
three-year contract is up. As a general rule they rill now be discharged
unless their superior T)ientstclle:ilcitcr porsonall decides that they should
be retained. ilcmever,, all for-acr :;T1 personnel vzi L he registered and the
IWA ;plans to recall t: en for temporary duty at set iatec in order not to
lose sight of them.
A recruiting campaign ,?rill be started in the very icar future in order to
provide roplaco-vents.
The inforriation available on t:ic forthcoming recrganization is still not con
clucivey but the latest p reva:il:ing impression i: that no major changes are
contemplated, "Inc most lilucly change is that t..re Trill be an increase in
3ercitccara:"t company ct-rengtl.
Tile Dc;,uty Cenral to tic Chief of Staff,, Incp; ktc ar Fritz 'c 11
recently returned from an inspection tour. !i1: purpose of his raise on,,
zrhich has been kept secret,, was to select offi;cr and ac)i:linistr:..tivc -:crsonilel
rrital the qualifications for division staff pos;.ti-ns. Pcyher reported that
there wore not s,,rffic ent numbers of c'rch perEmnnel available. The inference
thick was drawn from this by visually well irift r od staff personnel was that
a decision was made to postpone the activatim of division staffs until after
VIC return of the 150 HVA officers who are naT undergo'.ng one year of training
in the US- 52,
MATION REPORT a) NO.
COUNTRY C:er any (Russian '",one) CATE DJSTR.
SUBJEC1' "RS scellaneous Inforr ation on the IWP.
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A selective purge of former German Army officers now in key positions is
under way. The standards of selection seem to be: imprisonment by the
Western Allies, relatives living in Western Germany,, former general officers,
The grapevine has it that Hans von Weech, Hans -'lulz and (fnu) Freytag are
on the way out.* Heinrich Heitsch may replace 'leech as chief of supplies,
Former Lt. ^en. :' dolf !amler, Chief of the Gloev n School, has been dismissed.
It has been reported that ex-Berlin Police Chief Paul Liarkgraf is also on
his way out,
Comment: Possibly ':falter Freeytaga
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