THE IRON CURTAIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-02771R000200400002-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 20, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 17, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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SWAZI
17 October 1955
A
Pion S4*ttin t theXaltliz to Trio, in Ow
A tia, an iron n has deseend*a ears** tha
?attn.:ant. Behind t lie all the capitals
of the eneient states of Central and &miters &grape;
Warsaw* Serlin, Prague. Vienna. Budapest, ikeligrads,
lasbarest sad tom. All thee* tome ettles and
the populations around then lie la what I alight
*all the Soviet sphere. *ad all are subject, in
*se tone or anether. not only to eyelet influence
but to a very high, and in sore eassep Unread,*
aeasure of control tram anima.
rd
Winston Churehill? Pultea.
Itiesearli 5 lisreh 1946
25X1A2g
closed atter the 1917 revolu-
tion. deem. the Central Illseautive Committee and the
Com* People' a Cearissare in JUT* 19117 authorised the
rip stui of border seats and obstacle* that hes bestow
the Iron Curtain as se mew km, it. The
t* was tended t. the 110 Satellites after World War
Is were orsed *bedew it also ea-
in the Fir Mast
* recent deslarstions that they
favo nternaticcal catstsad that the Imo Curtain does
not exist an effective tars of p iibarriers and atesiats-
tretive controls bars all but regiae-Noprove4 end supervised
crossinips between Ilist and lieet.
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Nuiss have been reported
on the Cocobsolovels-Nest
Ite
ti
co
ountj
Control Asla Sin4 up
Chlso4 North Vietnam.
lu--to soca the popea
UI tact mith the rest
W.Pari4
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4 strips of la
tion devises and for-
biddenzs etrt te ivtiabiiity *t the border* of
Satellites *nd the USSR.
Gthr era and **strolls behind the Ti*n Curtain
toii *e 1 series of curtains sealing Communist
1st country. In fast,* the curtain
If is as thick and impenetrable as
trio* around it
iron Curtain is butt
documents reitiAred of
nspeetions surprise inveati
imers through
ut wide world
n "Itch
'orb* and
tions wit
ntry sake iv
cult
,33ft and the Satellites belie
protestation* that the iron Curtain
ion * The Iron Curtain was
and is enforced by that la*.
*a and regulatione outline
lea to be used to seal the
lea for boor crosser,
The *
the measures *itd p3rst cal obi
rders and provide heavi per
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d for relatives left
e: t* Sews ht. bounderi
tines and to
closely
cbeeked,
**tan Pederatiod aspublie
s fltght froa th
sbl* by death before a
o 10 years in
personnel
5 Iva
y did not. The
d 127 and hes Weett el
bitsd the eurtaia on all
of varying d*ptb t.nciudtng
and restricted sr**0
is inspections and house
points and contealen
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b.4144440 Of terrain
Motive amain( et the herders has carried Out the,
4 b
4 for the
want*
Val dwirle**
* rov1mg
parties
r crossings*
re hos boon thoroughly elaborated sine*
1t*n 1a provides tor 3 to 10 years 1st.
OQOOOOO el Moe for iUei*1 entry or
to border
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roes*
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Criminal Co
be by death* and report,e4ly
conment for persons
do not report theis. rosily members *f
tnd by **save** may be deprived of their
rpert. A 1952 edition or the Communist
tci**k* ieiodee *red that Bulsari***
14 had been converted
es.* Albania also *Ethel)* ite separate
crtstn 4th e rat.control** prohibited
a trench and barbod-uire *rot., and
iet the takilles of escapees
6
r*vei docu
In reality,
he Curtain*
and
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son 4*
a
is a
tills his
ravel ststis by iese p.Vtt, tavola?
a
would
gistrat ion
petv *
en. Un
rule against,
.osar mit be
is personal documents or *the
of Asia le Satellites 'titan are
1 tram permits sometixos even
a ad ?las it lause
lye
d patrol*
Med by
its
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4
A-bgUtabiltaelos may
here thit Iron Curtatls. oueb**
IlytM re1rctorc.4
*tangs*
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Wia sat*
the ~144 to
their matures att
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lirisanhatatEr ,ea,14t
in a speech at
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or the USSR on th*
the develossent or
b4t the ceidnfors Jakarta' Watch
Atom
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ltlod Pinot and Weet.
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