ORGANIZATION AND KEY PERSONNEL OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 14, 2000
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• Publication Date: May 13, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT W.
I F > ATO REPORT
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT organization and Key iersonnel of the
Czechoslovak Ministry of ~'ore-? gn affairs
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l,, from the end of October 1948 to the end of February l949e
25X1 X a reorganization of the Czechoslovak i inistry of Forei n :affair took place
along the lines of the i ussian Foreign Service organi;aation. Unc er the new
plan the former "Sections" (personnel, political, intelligence, aconoluic,
passport and legal) have been abolished and the Ministry has beer divided
geographically into nine ?Sizegions". Each region is then iubdivic ed into
Departments, similar to the old organization, with Lhe e .ce,tion of a
25X1 X personnel department for each region0 one important
reason for the reorganization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs -night be
an effort to limit., the knowledge of a particular individual! to ore
geographical area.
2,., From 1 March 19449 the btinistry has been organized as follows:
The Minister
13, The Cabinet: Secretaries: Or. Chlilff *
Theo FLORIN
BROTHia1
e.'hief of Protocol: i:?.'..' ae unknown
Lac. t:LU Ci .O
oecretari :ct-General,: 'Ellis office has been abolished sine :
the defection of Dr. yrncst HEID:RiCH.
Chief of Section: 4r. 1IOr i,aN -- fornierly an actuarial clerk, ho,
after the putsch became an ardent Com:runis,
and i is saerial Counsellor.,
Deputy: 1 Dr. ,UV:'iX
assistant: Dr. V.0Ch.311
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Cm rersonnel: This corresponds with Section I of the old orgar.ization and
maintains its former functions.
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D. Regions
1) Central. Europe
2) Western Europe . . . ? . . . . . . . .
3) Northern Countries ? . . . . . . .
4) Balkcana ' and Southern E.i.rbpe. . . . . .
5) Middle East. .
6) Far .:ait.... . . ? . . . . . . .
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Poland, Hungary and Austria
Benelux, France,, Portugal, Spain,
Italy and Ireland
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland
and Iceland
Rs nia, Bulgaria, .Jugoslavia,
e lbani.a and Greece
Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon,
lsypt, Israel and Trans Jordan
U India, Pakistan, China and Indonesia
7) North America
8) Latin America
9) South Africa
Colonies are handled in the area of the mother country
The USSR is designated as a separate region
E. Passport Offico * Although passports and visas are dealt with by the
various Regions according to the countries involved,
th?t'i.nalgranting of passports, theoretically at
last, is done by the Passport Office, which handles
all passport and visa matters for tha entire Ministry.
As a matter of practice, however, passports for
diplomatic and consular employees of the Ministry are
Issued by the Ministry of Interior and approved,
unofficially., by Bedrich GEMINDFR of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party.
Sind the reorganization, the former titles associated with specific positions
within the Ninias'try have been abolished and the following substituted: Chief
of Region, Chief of Department and "Referent". . The civil se rvice
ratings of Ministry officials remain unchanged. Appointments are no longer
A., maadeV.en the basis of edueatiorA - and experience, but entirely on political
reli.tityU
4. Personalities ogrithe Ministry -Of Foreign Affairs:
A,, Dr. Marta GOTTuu:1LDOVA--CEPICKGVA , Chief of the Balkan Region; daughter of
Y"resident GOT'. YhAALD. According to source, an extrerue1y 'a tupici woman. Before
the coup (February 1948), was employed as a clerk in the.-.Czechoslovak Press
Attache's office at Belgrade; immediately after the putsch, was appointed
head of the Pollit.cal Section of the Balkan Department. She was granted a
PhI) by the Academic 3enato of Charles University-in.September 1948 as a
result of pressure-upon"the ,4UXty by her father -
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D. Vaciav SKORPIL --R Chief of Bulgarian Department of the Balkan Ie gion; has
dad no seonary schooling?
Cu Dr. Vladimir I ALABHIN --? Chief of Jugoslav Department, Ministerial Com ?_ssar,
in spi've of the fact that he has refused to join the Communist Party. he is
friendly with Dr. OSUSKY (former Czechoslovak Ambassador in Paris,, now one of
the leading personalities of the Czechoslovak emigration)? At the request
of TITO, Subject was recalled from Jugoslavia before February 19.4.8.
D. Robert SChU.t LP; w-- Chief of the USSR Region; about 26, Jewish, "born in Ostrava;
has relatives at Katovice,, Poland. Fou ht with General PRCHA.L.AI s Army in
Poland in 1939, but after the withdrawal into the Soviet Unior was interned
along with all the other Czechs until the outbreak of the Russian-German
phase of the warn When released from internment,, he Was assigned to
FIERLINGEU's office in the Czechoslovak- thibassy in Moscow as a member of the
co mission recruiting Czech forces in Russia. This was the extent of his
war service., His mistress,, itussian born, intelligent KU.4ARC;Y X'A works as
'IxUUI.NGERls secretary although she is a Soviet citizen . She ?ormery
worked in the I ucsian Department making grwnnatical corrections on all
proposed treaties and agreements between the USSR and Czechoslovakia,, but
now acts as an unofficial, direct line between the Soviet aibassy, and
FIERLINGER
E. Fedor BALLO -" Chief of the Middle East Region; a Slovak and a Comaiur .st-,
pocts to be sent to Cairo as Legation Counsellor and Press attache?
ai.though his brother, who is in the office of the President, is no Communist,,
sub ject is an ingrained Communist and has gone through one of the District,
schools of the Party. He is married to a wealthy Jewess from Piestany,, :rr a
Feu Trader SEKA143:d1OVA - who works in the Department for Peace 'frsF-ties, is an
important factor in determining the policy towards the United States. ? A
widow - her husband was executed by the Germans early in 194CL Subject
is an educated woman, speaks 1nglish and French fluently, is confidant
of Minister CLEM ENTIS and Vlastimil BO1U K and was assigned as an observer
to the United Nations Assembly to keep tabs on the late Jan M.FSA YKQ
G~ Vlastimi.l BORLK - carries the title of Ambassador and, is practic lly;,
if not yet o. fi