THE DDR INFORMATION OFFICE

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CIA-RDP82-00457R009100460004-1
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RIPPUB
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S
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3
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December 15, 2016
Document Release Date: 
November 8, 2000
Sequence Number: 
4
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Publication Date: 
November 3, 1951
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Approved For Release 2001/03/06 : 004-1 CLASSIFICATION WW-00457RO091tet N4 CENTRAL AG CY REPORT NO. 25X ';i- i''`? INFORMATION REPORT CD NO. COUNTRY SUBJECT PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF INFO. 25X1X Germany (Russian Zone) DATE DISTR.. 3 Nov. 1951 The DDR Information Office NO. OF PAGES 1 25X1 C 25X1A Control Section (Abteilung Inforziationekontrolle), the Press Section (Abtei- lung P~resse), and the Peace and (Five-year) Plan Propaganda Section (Abtei"- lung Friedens and Planpropaganda). The Information Control Section operates under special security directives and is closely affiliated with the SSD. It is supplied with reports on the mood of the population by the offices in the various states. These reports are in turn forwarded to the SSD, The Peace and Plan Propaganda Section issues directives covering the propaganda work of all other sections of the Office. Among its main efforts were a concentrated campaign against remi.litarieation in Western Germany and the implementation of a so-called letter-writing program under which as many West Germans as possible were to receive propaganda letters. The Office also in- eludes an Agitation Committee which is headed by Inge Lippmann and whose mem- bers are given weekly indoctrinations." The passes of employees of DDR government agencies are stamped with,a black identification number, about 15 mm. high. Those of the Office bear the iden- tification No. 26 and those of the Goverment Planning Commission No. 6, The official stamps of the Office and its sections are consecutively numbered, with the Cultural Affairs Section (Abteilung Xulturelle Fragen) having No.7 and the Administrative Section (Abteilung Allgerieine Verwaltung) having No. 9. ten departments or sections.* It maintains an office in each state, located in Schwerin for Mecklenburg, in Halle for Saxony-Anhalt, in Dresden for Saxony, in Erfurt for Thuringia, in Potsdam for Brandenburg, and in Berlin for Gross-Berlin. The organization of the offices in the various states corresponds to that of the zone-level Information Office. The most important sections of the Information Office are the Information DO NOT CIRCULATE 0. OF ENCLS. 2 annexes sTED BELOW) 25X1 A SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. 1. The Russian Zone Information Office (Amt fuer Information) is divided into 25X1 C 400" mm um ECIATELY AFT H $U - 3 A 6 Ali sG `~ 19t me Change In Class. fl D~eslassif ed glass. Changed Ts: TS S C Approved For Release 2001/03/06 : CIA-RDP8 -20457E 00460004-1 Date. 3 son ? y 1A Approved For Release 2001/03/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457R009100460004-1 Press Press a- Law Pence and Plan Prommenda Radio 4 rorelp nfor &tion SSCRET SECDR t Th FORMATION CENTRAL nmulmm AGENT Editing dom Graphic Office Popularity Abr 25X1A Mamuf'actvrs Photographie and Sale Archives people to, Demoaraeiie Approved For Release 2001/03/fIA-RDP82-00457R009100460004-1 Approved For Release 2001/03/06: CIA-RDP82-00457R009100460004-1 F1DoN., IA,- SEO?RITY nVOM ON OEN!XRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY M nb=a of the Aitot!bn 21111n&tts , In the DID i T..~,. ?AR...~.iw~~Tif,. AdminIStraticn Foreign Information Press krahivnae General Management for Radio Correapondenoe Eahibit3.ons Radio Cultural Questions Peace and Plan Propaganda Information control Press-Law 25X1A Paeohke, DittvaM, Kehrvart, Hoffmam, Gustav Leuterits, lammitzk', Lode, Hans Woitek, Hafka, Traueeo? Rear, Dr., -Gunther Halm, Gerhard Zadek, Zimmer n n, Oliver, McIwald q Adamek,, Hahn, Haupt=nn, Domamn. ,Walter?) Sohmidt, Aonick8 Jacobi. R$diger, Triebele Rteohe1v nn Gerdy Breege Leo Achilleaa Seiler Vieregg, ger Barraeoha fenw. Stave Approved For. Release 2001/03/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457R009100460004-1