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CONFIDENTIAL
l October,
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1952
MEMORANDUM
FOR DEFENCELIAISON (2) DIVISION
Reporting on Berlin
l
t Germany
Ir fer to
c nt conv rs tions on
th1
ubJeot b tw n
. C meron ot your Division
and Mr. Duder or thi D1vif!on. It wa agreed
that Mr. Dud r ould prep re a not on the
ort of reporting
h1ch e would like to receive
from our mi eion in Berlin
bout conditions
there nd in the E st Zon and that you would
then discu
with th Dir ctorate
of Intelligence at
tional D r nee He a.quarters how
our ish • could best b met from their
ources.
In the meantime we would infor
the
bas y 1n
Bonn or th1 ap roach and also ask the to put
the r port fro Berlin into bett r h pe before
ub tting th m to Ott wa.
2.
Both the European and Def nc (2)
Division
agre th t th pre nt yste whereby
Lt.Col. Larocq e ends to th Can dian Embassy
in Bonn p riodical reports on incident
in
Berlin h snot produc d satisfactory
results.
Such reports a
h ve rec 1ved re largely
tr nelationa or ne spaper 1t ms and radio comment ries arranged som what haphaz rdly and
someti es undated.
As tar as this D1v1 ion 1s
cone rned thy are or no real value in their
pr ent form .
.3.
We
11z as you do that Lt.Col. Larocque
1 pr
r1ly a repre nt tiv or National Der nc
and t t altho gh he is
sponsible to the
Can d1 Amb ss dor w cannot xpect him to
produce the kind of ol1tical r ort1ng which
would b r qui d fro one of our own officers.
It hould, howev r, be po ible,
you point out,
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to obtain from N tional
Defence on s ya monthly
b 1 r port
of d velopm nt in Berlin and the
E · tern Zone.
These would prob bly have to b
prim rily or a military
intelligence
natur
but
might 1nolude
om 1nc1d nt l political
reporting.
4.
I would t e tore sugg t that you
nqui
f om N tion 1 Def n
wh ther they could
provide u with information
on the topics
listed
blow.
The list
is not
ant to b inclusi
but
rely indicative
or the kind or subj ct on
which w would be glad to hav report.
You will
be able to
y whether so
or the
ubject
we
propoa
ought not to b included
in the list
eventually
~ubmitted to N tional
Defence.
(1)
Boundary di pute
b twe n Sovi t authorities
ad th Allied authorities
in BerlinJ
(2)
Atte pts by the Sovi tor
East German
author1t1
a to 1nterrer
with
ccess
to Berlin 1-rom West Berl!n by r 11,
rod
d air;
(3)
Th
(4)
Th vi w or the
111 d authorities
in
rlin on the g n r l sit
tion th reJ
(5)
The politic
organization
(6)
Any inform tion on th t rr1tor1
of the Od r-Neis e 11neJ
(7)
Inclicat1ons
or r
ament and rem111tar1zat1on in East Germanywith particular
rere nee to the Peopl •s Police,
the
Ber its~hatten
and the Free German Youth
mor l
or West BerlinJ
land
dm1nistrat1ve
or the E t Zone;
r at
(F.D.J.)J
(8)
Ru
ian troop
ovem nts
(9)
Th
activities
or the World Pace
1n Berlin;
in Bast
Germany;
Council
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Eat-West
tradeJ
(11)
Th vi w or leading East German
pol1t1c1 n on German r unification
1nce th e som times anticipate
the
off1c1 1 Sovi t 11n.
W would be
particularly
int r std in any indication that the Soviet Union has decided
to ccept th div1 ion of Germany and
to proc ed with the incorporation
of
E t G rmany into theirs
tellite
syste.
(12)
Th attitude
ot the East German Gov rnment
towards the Prote tant and Roman Catholic
church· in Eat Germany.
Jt!
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