7769TH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (AUSTRIA), OFFICE DIRECTOR INTELLIGENCE, UNITED STATES FORCES AUSTRIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00706R000200020053-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 24, 2003
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: October 11, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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11 October 1948
7769th Military Intelligence Service (Austria), Office Director
Intelligence, United States Forces Austria, APO 777
Date Visiteds 15-18 August 1948
ORGANIZATION
1. 7769th Military Intelligence Service (Austria) (MIS/.A)
is under the control of the ODI, USFA. The Headquarters and one
detachment of MIS/Aare located in Vienna. It also has another
detachment in Salzburg, Austria which, in turn, has a sub detachment
in Linz, Austria..
2. The main function of MIS/A is the Interrogation of displaced
persons, refugees, and returned prisoners of war for intelligence
information. This information is compiled in the form of narrative
reports and included in the Bi-V{eekly Intelligence Summary of the ODI.
CAPTURED DOCUNTS
3. The majority of the captured doewnents in the Austrian Zone
were shipped a year ago to the Document Sectioh, ECIC. The document
center at Linz, Austria has been dissolved.
4. The remaining documents in the Austrian zone are listed in
an inventory produced by MIS/A, dated 9 April 1948. These documents
are all in the custody of MIS/A and consist of maps and reference
material, most of which is available in Washington, D. C.
5. MIS/A has very little current Russian language material. Its
sources for what books and periodicals it has are the Globus Buchhandl~ ui
and the International Buch Verla in Vienna. Both of these book stores
are, in effect, Russian controlled outlets, the latter being the Vienna
representative for the International Book Company (Nezhdunarodnaya Kniga)
of Moscow. The Moscow newspapers and the primary Satellite dailies are
bought at the local newsstands.
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6. A set of ICF cards was requested by the ODI, USFA a year
ago. At the date of this party's visit, it had not been received.
These cards will be of great value to the interrogators as a means
of corroborating the information collected through interrogations.
(One copy each of all available ICF cards were packed and shipped to
ODI, USFA by FD B, CIA in early September this year.
7. Interest was expressed by MIS/A in receiving the IC cards
and the CIA press and periodical abstracts as a means of furnishing
reference and current background material to the members of the
detachment.
RECOMMENDATIONS
8. The distribution of all future ICF cards should be increased
to include the ODI, USFA.
9. One set of one copy each of all available IC cards should be
made up from the surplus now at FDB and sent to the 013I, USFA. In
addition, the distribution of all future IC cards should be increased
to include the ODI, USFA.
10. Distribution of CIA press and periodical abstracts should be
increased to include the ODI, USFA.
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