TRAINING IN INTIMIDATION TACTICS OF COMMUNIST FUNCTIONARIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005100240008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 28, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC_,.. araixai>ia(a in intimidation Tactics of o~ ~a s` _s'c~n+ t ~ o i
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peter Kammerstaettea', provincial secretary of the Coramaunist
i.3arty of ,,ustrin in Upper ^ustria and aterber of the Central
Coi'rmitteev rrho reoountly spent some time with the Vienna Central Comriittee
(exact data not available),, told the provincial board the..t
tilpaeial functiona: ?ie5 i courses are now wing coraductod in
Vienna to teach combat tactics which the Central Coirniitteo has
prepared with special regard to r~ustria - These new tactics E
called Intimidation tactics, based on the experience that
an appearance of self?~asw~~ a communist tunct ionary will
usually do much to intimidate functionaries of other parties and
paralyze their political activity, particularly in f3r4all cou-
nities a This psychological training will first be tested in
Vienna and then will be expanded to Upper ~ustria during the
current year. Instructors are being trained at the Vienna Cen-
tral Corrmittee
This document Is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 f
rom the
Director of Central lntell~gence to ttt@;
Archivi
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of the United Siatee,
Next Review Date: 2008
Approved For Release 2001/11/26 : CIA-RDP82-00457R005100240008-5