BEST LISTENING TIME FOR RADIO PROGRAMS TO SOVIET PERSONNEL IN GERMANY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000100280006-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2013
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 4, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIC~ENGE AGENCY
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COUNTRY ~88~~xzn.ar~y ~8o~iei; uan=)
SUBJECT Eest ilistening ~i,xne for FBa~.ic Pre~rar~`
to Sa~riet Persorox~~:i ~:a E~errnm:~.ny
P LAC E
ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRED
THI! DO CUY ENT CONTAINS INFO RYATION AFFECTING THE TI ONAL
Of TXE UNITED STATE S, WITH IX THE MEANING OF TI TLE IBr SF CTI Ox! 793
0 794 OF THE V, ANEPIDE O. ITS TRAM SY I!l IOH 0
LATI ON OF ITS CON TEN TSO TO, OR! PT UNFU THORIIEO P R90N 19
PRONIlI TED !Y LAW. THE REP R00I1CTION GF TN I! FORM i! PROW WIT[0.
DATc DISTR, tt- r 145
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i.D :ianli'~te~d p+~r~sa~.~.~~1 sexuin~; Frith Souiet A:~y ~xzxits in ~ex~nany
-have ran access to ra~.ia receiv~:-~~ , Solcii.er.Rs ~:~~. ~TCd ? t live
ire. bar~~ac;k~ in. mili~~ary compotitrds where private ra(~.io
--..~~.~i~;~e:rs are no 1on~e.r a~xthorize~~., Prior to 151 _ it was n+~t
~~,;fl~; s.11 un~.s~;~l, to ~~~ private radios i.sa. bar~^acks belongi.~
~c~ i.rx(ii.~vid9:xa~.. N^Os arici soldier: , In, Mt.~rc;h 1q~1, however,
~,. ~~~~?~ directive: way: iss~.e(i osderin~ ce~x~x~.rst3.ers +o izupoutxd
a1.1, private re~?eivers in barracks az~,d to k~:ep theme in stox~e:-
room.~ until thy. respe~:tiv~e owr~.ers wire tip be re?t,urned to the
i~BEt f'or demobi,~i~~,t ie~n, ~h~s , sol~.iers and NO~Js beixa~
~:ex~.ie'i. pa~~ses ar~~. `k~~irg leit irE the b~a.:rx?acks without
pr~ivate:.re~~~i~vers, Pxavp xxo ~,hr~~ac:e ~rhatnsoever to 3~a.s?I~en
?~c fo~?e~~r~ broadcasts,
~~6 E3fficers are the a~a~y mi.l.i~tary persaa~a:~ll rho are able to
~.i~wtex~ tc for~eit~, broadcasts.. pink trxe ciay$ ho~everp
e~fi'icers have rso ?~imfz ~~0 listen to bros.d~asts because trp.ey
sre in. their barracks or ?f fines . ~u~ing the d,inr~er
recess ?ahi.~~h :xs normally frown 1~+3~ to 1r130 ho~~.x?s, an?~ after
~~~,.ey h.ad ~;ake~x tri.eir meal ix2 arse mAss, very feT~ of fixers wex7.t
ho~~~ , ~e?re is always somethir~; tca citz i~nediate~ly ai'ter
dixxxxer; a ~:o~a~"~rezace:~. meetir~~ leyturey o~? urgP~.t work to
be ~,ox~.e in t>he uni?t or offiee. Offi~:ers usual.3,y s?tay o~x
~;he job uxi~,i1 200 or 21[30 in the eveni.x~~;s . Shr~r-~ly after
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a~t,ir~n,:C~/o`al,i~Ul'i .':~?r 11Y1i't7lS,tYJ.K'3,LV~Y
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that -they have their ~~u~t'px3 a A,?"a rule ~aviel; o~'fie~rs k~a~re
.. _ ._ . a~ _ -.. ._ .. ,...
hotels`; ~enia~ officer` have, jingle ~cioma ar~d two pr three
junior officers share one" yx~o?r~o '; being; restridtecl o the
compound in the game way ~s e.nl~.~ted' personnel, flf3: ~?Ar+s usually .
stay in the officers club ~,ft~r a~upp~r drink~~.g~' p~:syia~g
cards, car ~ugt talking, a ..coz~sequer~ce, t~~.s policy of ;~
isolation has brought off#?~ers;, ~n Gehmany ~.u~h closer, to each
other, Undex? such ndit~on~ ~?'~? 'is almost impoasible~ for
axa officer? to separate himae'1f -from the. party ~tithout any ._~ ~? .
reasonable pretext and x??tire to his rooms Fellow officers
may knock on your Cic?o~ ea~'~ex? ?~hi~ ~^n~au ~?~x~ ~. ~aaxi~, ~~~~ir~.,
o~? ~~~:~~~ ~?o ~u ~i~h~ut I~rac~k~..~g,~ T~.3~ ~~~.ns 1dh~.?t ~.~1~i.~
midr~lght, when parties a.re br~a.king u~ and officers go too
thci~ rooms, there is 7.Y:ttle '~han.ce to tube in cad, ~TqA c~.r 13BG a
(~o~zser~uenfsl,y~ the ohly time ~r~,en officers ca,~ l:isten to
fox^e:ign bx?oadcasts is immediately of tr~r mi~.nigh~t when ~:...
the n~oscow eta.tion closes its pro~;r~,rn (4~~~0- hours rRoseow time) o
At tli'~t hour i?ndivi~.ual officers rna.y be rgasanably sure that ,~ .
nobody would' unexpe-ct:edly enter ~h~ room aarld catch them reed.- ?~
ha2zd er]. o
f~ . ,
Zr~sofar as enlisted personnel ,'~~ cr~hce~ned nn~y a few i.ndivi~uala
servinr;with sign. l unit: s, or having-` s.cces:s '~f3,:.military radio'
receivers ,nosy ta.k;~~ tie change of . `tt ' ing them '~a foreign ,
b,rc~adca.~t'~~ -The number of such ~ndvi.d.ua.l.~s9 hc~wev'er~ is very 50X1
small a~;d'`the danger th~;y, x?un is g~?~ata
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-hour ahead of GN'!T and two hours behind Moscpw times ~onse- -50X1
r~tzently, when it is 1~p0 hotzra GM'f it i~ ~13~o hours in errnan
and. in r~?ioscow 1500 hours o 50X1
a>ov e Army in Cerrnany thew ~.ocal E38~~n~.~ t-irx~e wh:i.~~ ~' .one
~~he dinner and rest period ~ fo'1~ aovi~:~ Army trcaops and
office personnel is from 1~?3o to:'163U h?urso Dinner is
usually. ?completed a,t 1515-153?. hours, This indicates
that the beat listening period, i.f ~~a.stif.ied at all, would..
be from 155 to 1615 bourse
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SECR.~'~ f~ e:.`T;IHI~Y T~:~'~Jl~ll1.~:L~.[J :.~vn i
(1) The ~~.m.e between 1700 acad. 170 is tc~ca early for,
brQ~.~,as.sting; This is t`~,~ning/~a~rk tide e.nd.
under ~aorr~.1 cond:itio~as nobody caxa ~~.k~ a?f to
~.i sten to br~ad,ce,sts o
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(2) Theoret~ical~;~y, the period ~"r?nra 2030 to 22x0 is of f
duty, but soldiers arad 'COs are practic~.lly lacked
in barracks, F~owever, scar those EPA having access
to army r?eceivers9 this would. appear to be the
best broadcasting t1.me ,
The period between, 1830-2030 is x~eser~red. f'car politir~al
di~scussion~, ~'her~~ is alrnc~~t x~c, d?Pasncp ~'o,r^ anybody 50
tea get away and to :~.~.atexa to a, breja,dc~asto during this
p~~~,~d p
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