AUSTRIAN ASSSOCIATION OF FORMER CONCENTRATION CAMP INMATES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005400720010-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 1, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
9 M R REPORT CD NO,.
COUNTRY Austria
SUBJECT Austrian Association of Former
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The Communist Party of Austria is drawing the
largest 5haro of its political Information fro:'rn
these former concentration carp inmates, many of
whoa sympathize with the Co?rrriunist Party altiou Y i
they are not actually party members a weir political
attitude is based on their bitter hatred of all
ric it-win,M political Troup:`.no=.,s, particularly be-
cause many of them had niana :ed to obtain influential
positions In 1045 only to lose then again with the
formation of the two-party coalition. ;overnment., The
Co:;raunint Party of Austria has managed to enlist
the support of the former concentration camp in-
,.rates by promising them influential pek?a_t.tions
after a successful political revolution in Austria.
the Austrian Association of J ormer ;..oncontration
Camp in gates and Political Persecut r - Bred
a :;le ribershilD of 17.OOO on 1 'av I'D501
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL In accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
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