POSTAL CENSORSHIP IN THE RUSSIAN ZONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007800160001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 24, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORM TION REPORT
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone) CONFIDENTIAL
SUBJECT Postal Censorship in the Russian Zone
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
REPORT
CD NO.
DATE DISTR. . 24 lity 1951
NO. OF PAGES 1
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT,
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REPORT NO. rn
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORiliMal 2-2
'Carl ct;i.;
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1. Postal censorship offices in Land Thuringia are located in Altenburg
(II 51/K 27), Eisenach (L 51/11 76), Gera (L 51/K 06), at post Office
in Erfurt GI 510 36) and in Weiner GI 51/J 57). They are staffed either
mith L;SD officers or with auesians who speak fluent German and wear FDJ
uniforms. All mail from -;eetern Germany and 7e3t 'Berlin, all letters
which appear suspicious .because of their might, and every parcel which,
because of its appea;ance, is believed to contain newspapers, periodicals
and other printed natter is subject to censorship. At the same time post?
men at points of destination have loon directed to select, for spot checks,
parcels from the Jest which, from their appearance, could contain printed -
natter.
2.
The censorship officer at the censorehip office in Post Office I in ,;rfurt
is ;alter Goebel who resides on Y.Uldenweg in Erfurt ,,:it the same time he
also works in a liaison capacity betwoen Post Office I and the 0SD 50X1-HUM
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3. A Oirective issued in Lei2zie in Uovember 1950 stated that all suspicious
nail such as parcels, packagee and letters of excessive weight from the
77estern :;ones of Germany should be sent to a secret censorship office
called Rueckbriefstelle which is located in Poi Office C 2 on Branclen?
burgerstrasee. Mail received there is opened surreptitiouely and, to pre?
clude duplication, is marked -Nith a circular stamp resembling that used
for filling in postal zone numbers. These stamps are either green, red,
black or violet, their color being changed at irregular intervals.
Ordinary letters from points of origin in the 3oviet Zone as well as from
the estern :ones of Germany and ';;est Berlin are subjected to a watch list
check in which letters of pereons under surveillance are removed for special
handling. Special atteation,iS given to nail from Berlin which bears a
Soviet Zone .return address or has such an address written under a etamp.
A general rule is to rege.rd every stamp with suspicion.
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