Declassified CIA File - Office of Special Operations- Outline of Staybehind Operation (10 November 1950)

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uncle or SPACIAL OPIRATIONgOUF4 ITIC OF O F IR A T IO N

Divisiems FOE Country* Gernam C ryptempas ZIPP ER F .NetCase Officers Dates 10 November 1950Eras& Chiefs Division* Chiefs Riehard Nelmslxisttna sad Flamed Facilities1 . P A R T I C I P A T I O N 'S O T H ER spn lpThe ZIPPER star.behind net is a Joint effort by an essentially Germs

group under U.S. antral and direction.*2 , I N T E N D ED F U N C T I O N

(a ) During its Cherb.raage period (fighting ph...) the operation isto consentrate n enemy m ilitary movemen ts, measures and intentions.(b ) During the lenereage posted (secupatien phase) eelleotiem effortswill be directed towards complete military, es enemis, pelitioal and CEoonorags.

3 . S T R U C T U R E A N D S I Z E(a ) T he 'N owt pregraa is divested by a ZIPP ER C entral Comm and Head.quarters consisting of eight persons, who in turn guide and assist a fieldstaff of eight emmaunieatiens, radio trazing and case officers. Forth*purposes of the latter, Western Germany is divided into five separate grossand ZIPP ER , s present pleas eall or n average of Afton' stnyvalikind teensOf ene agent and o wt operator whips area. Although ZIPPER thusproposes a total of TR agents and 15 e/t *waters in Western Germany, theultimate sise of the Fawn has not been deeided as yet, -Under the presenttraining schedule 11 teams should be available y 51 Deeember 1910.(b ) At the present time five completely trained operators have beenpissed in Munish, Frankfurt. Bremer. and Neneover. Three agents for theHulas * sad Frankfurt teams have alse been placed*N otes Although m at emesidered part o this stapbehinA program, pleashave WiEdeveleped to inelude, in the event of n emergeney, tea 10;operators new being utilised in current operations is the Soviet ZoneGermany, C aeoshoslevakia and A ustria.


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0) Itis eatisipated that the sire of the ZIPPE R field staff will beincreased ahertly to 14 persons in order to im prove eesurity as wellas to give the field personn el tighter con trol and Closer supervision atm eet and operator personnel.4. PERSONN EL Agents EiT OperatorsReereitedsTrained aIn Wafting 5latreined 9 Spotted t 1T otal Required V S 7 5

g rand Total 1508. TRAININ G M ORAN(a ) The training program' at both agents an d e/t operators is dividedinto twe periods at and supplementary instruction. Operators aregive* a throe weeks primary traiming *auras consisting altars* sods instruct..time. sim m letal live operating, sell sigm a, editing m esseges cryptographictraiming radio fandrunewbals. (dimwit practise emd basis intelligens* in*dostrinatieno 'pea c om pletion of the basis sours* live tests are oen dustedbetween the operator and the ZIPPER N ast base statioa. T hereafter m ereapecialisod training semtimm ee.(b ) Agen ts are given approximately 50 hou rs et schooling whidh includesindootainatien in secu rity m easures, target briefing reporting an d opera..tienal methods st ceataat with the operator. Three m enthe are tun sally re.qu ired to *eaglets the sours*. A eopy of the present tim bal= is available.

8. U P L I C T I O N O F R E C O R D SComplete ills are maintained by the ZIPPER O sman staff. Agen tperson alia is also filed ia ?DM . Sign al pleas, operating instrestien s,eiphers, etc, are o file in the Cem em m leations D ivision as w ell as in F M

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NOTE: It is possible that during iscal 1951 complete equipment forbase station will be required(b) Training Aids

ZIPPER now has on hand meager supply of code practice equipment.Present requirements are known to the Communications Division(c) Base Station

Circuits will play into base station intended for ex lusive useby ZIPPER and which is now under consideration. Alternate base stationswill be Equerry and Jackal

(d) Signal Plans and Crystals

They havehave beenPermanent signal plans have not yet been issued to the operators.been prepared however, and will be microphotographed. No plansburiedThe Communications Division is now in the process of filling an400 crystals for ZIPPER. None have been buried.

8 SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT(a) No supplies or equipment other than Communications have been

issued to agents or operators. Four additional vehicles are needed butoverall requirements have not yet been received

(b) At the present time the Pullach American staff is responsiblefor supplies and equipment9. COSTS

(a) Current actual costs of the P-net amount to DM 20,000 or roughly4,000 per month. This figure does not include expenditures which will beincurred when the stay-behind teams are furnished supplies. As a result ofpersonnel expansion the net is expected to cost approximately 5,000 monthlyafter 1 January 1951 and one-time expenditure of 3,000 for supplies isanticipated

(b) No estimate can be made as yet of the costs of articles to beburied. These will include watches, foodstuffs, valuables, secret inksand cameras

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(a ) All Perab staff personnel. i.e., edmis i trativtv eems trails.Ingo mad eammemieettomeee are to be evaineted in the @vest of maemerging **Wafts Innpoon selotviss.(b ) It is probable that key personnel will be assigned to the basestatism handling the Inuits of the Pelmet.

URESUPPLY PL SSIt Is erpeeted that stersbehind personnel will be resupplied by s r

IS OTHER M SSS u m m e ry test brosdeasts between 5 101 operators ow plee ed In' ,M otown new end the ZIPPE R Foust training rotation we re eend oeted duringBeptonsbooroOeteber. Furtherm ore, es O ctober ST, 88 and 29 blind trans..

missions by an operator in Trinkterta utilising the ZIPPER Swett mootradio w ith an indoor antenna, were sueoe ssfully m onitored by OSO basestat ions Lim ber, Eque rry and Jee kel

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Declassified CIA File - Office of Special Operations- Outline of Staybehind Operation (10 November 1950)