PROPAGANDA WORK OF THE NATIONAL FRONT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003601080008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 28, 2002
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL. INTELLIGENCE' AGENCY
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Rro ande Work of the National ?rrnt
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or i? L? U1ITVD STATHS. VIIHIN THE a:EAMNO OF ME '46. SECTWNS 783
,'AD 796. OF THIS U. S. CIDS, AS A0 j DCs D. RTS TRA6SMSSEtOR OR RCVEi-
,rT7OH OF fY9 C321TEN i'3 T( OR RICEIPT ST A:a U?JAUTL OR121M P#R503
f3 PRhHiet:'ED DY LAVi ' TUN R$taOUEICTtffi OF t4 Y FORM IS PC) Mitzi).
1EPOR11' NO.
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DATE DS?R. 8I o1v1954
NO. OF PAGES H
NO.. OF ENCk S.
SUPPLEMENT TO'
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1I cif *:e Ia ic;r. al t - ,.cga. '1a: 1Z,. card file . a:,-3 -?urc,;,
I cfri corit .srle`c+. 22 0?04)0 va.res? of Vest Ga r .n? rc
Uder_i 21*. Cc t
~?a tlIS F1lry. as increased to x,:rcXimately 40,000 ri iLL lde
T'
he ihwtvidi.tal::.i?e eArds ccnti.i.r., the following info mationz
n,: Trade or Profess ion
don .,"s
a... Employed or unemployed
eO If applicable, membership in KPL and date of entry into Party0
Each card. wa.s marked with a letter or a number, the significance of
wt` ` not known,
..' persons rho .e names appeared in the card file were constantly sent
ite. alture by the National Front. The two brigades in the istior;al.
Councii. which. e.. ?e responsible for .the shipping of this Crater al consist of
about 15 pe.rson3 each who preprred a daily average of 4,000 to 5,000
2 I ivi yu.a9 pieces of propaganda for shipment. Various-sized properly addressed,
bundles of this material were then sent to many different post offices in
East overmany for mailing to the Federal Republic. _.f
Propaganda material sent to individuals residing in Western countries is
always included as an attachment to a personal letter written by an employee
of the National Council
The origin of the addresses in the card file is not known, but all employees
of the National Council, inc?_uding secretaries, charwomen, e-:?c0., arc. canstarztly
1~ig,ed to suiuriit the addresses of relatives and acquaintances in 'rest Berlin
grid est Gerc;anyy, The National Council allegedly employe about 250 ,eaple0
Cf, ASSI IGAf ION .13WR Id
i STATc~s~W y NsRB DISTRIBUTION_.__..
,ARMY r" c AIR ( t=91. _.~ _ ( . ~_
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-, i neen t The National Council fears that thousands of letter:
:! ;orliii- frog.. E:ast Berlin would arouse the suspicions
of the
postal authorities:.
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