MICELLANEOUS NOTES ON AUSTRIAN COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002000800003-2
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 30, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL I vTELL.IGENCE AUF/INCY REHORy
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COUNTRY Austria/USSR
SUBJECT Tiiscellaneous Notes on Austrian
Gounist Activities
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A,s'ni.le Corn w'af st intellectual leaders,, Ernst Fischer, Dr. Viktor 111atejka
;ikol Bus TTo aorka, Dr. Lane (?or :ier general t Manager of Glo Su c) , and i ?ave b~ `a r`y
will be replaced by Dr. Otto Langbein, Dr. Ludi-rid Sos.rinic-3 (eco .or:ric expert
for the Central Co?z~rittee), and Generaldirektor `',c%n dt of Globus lone Dr. Karl AIt?"I.aan forner i:inister of Electrification
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force M to jka.4 s reiif.tion as Stadtrat in favor of Dr. Otto tan-;hefn; f ato jk a
staved off the resinnittion by obtaining the intervention of Josef Lnuoc%ar in
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2. Priedl Fuernberg was in 13udapes?t ~
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Ilonnor visited 3ncharest, whore he is said to have submitted 9tr: ?te! .c plans
to the Cor for. for esti abliah.ing a 1 reo ,Te t s dorzocracyP1 in Austria. Ernst
Fischer returned to r enna : rrnn tlce I.ntollectual Con'ress in 50X1-HUM
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Con mmists carrying out special missions, couriers, and the like 4 Until
recently, such passes were issued by the Soviet headquarters in Vienna,
but at present a particular office of. the 1,91) in Vienna I, address Schuler -
strasse, handled all such matters.
Q Schnitlce, chief editor of the Soviet-sponsored newspaper, t K
? ' ung,, who also used the names Schnittkow and Sehnit'tkin, lot for Moscow
to s lain the boor financial situation of his newrsnarse
inidess journalist and economic expert, is the publishor? of 50X1-HUM
at economic weekly paper, 02 rrpi.chj t rt f ?
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I0. The Soviets a greatly disappointed with the work of the Society for the
Cultivation of Cultural and Econonic -Relations with the Soviet Union, which
has become more and more a dorumani.;3t, gr i a aon, alienating non-Co mist
liberals s ho night otherwise be successfully u3oed in the Interest of t'r:.era `
relations with the USSR. Financial support for the organisation has been c t
and even its gasoline s ar+ply has been reduced. As a result, the society r
duced its office staff. Rudolf Kendo, Crganisationereferent for more than
three years, and Erich "oerster, head of the youth and sport section,, have
both been dismissed Dr. Nikolaus 50X1-HUM
I1ovorka, vice president of the Society, is now attempting to reorganize the
Society to restore its appeal to non-Carrzranaists. For this purpose, tiovorka-a
has started a speech training class which meets every Monday under the dic ..
Lion of the Soviet national, Goldenbr a censor At Rava . ~ ca..y ; ,}
Soviet Major Goldenberg has been t_ a Soviet
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Control, Officer at Ravage) A discussion group called the 'Gorki--Runden ,
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riich meta with Soviet itn?ctionarios and invites participation frcn orpnni.
zaticns not affiliated with the aociety, represents another attempt to wim
non-Communist support. The Gorki-Runde stet for the first time
at the Gorki-Ecke on the Schube ris4g, Vienna I. Dr. Walther I'isc-ea a 50X1-HUM
new member of the society
en3ox~em the vie~apoisrt flf I18 at~3.n 'orbn as app3F