Starting from late summer 1945, BOB increased reporting on Soviet zone issues including transportation, food supply, land reform, public opinion, and industrial conditions. These reports initially relied on interviews with refugees, but BOB soon began to develop agent sources to provide ongoing updates on these topics.
From late summer 1945, BOB expanded its reporting on Soviet zone issues including transportation, food supply, land reform, public opinion, and industrial conditions. Initially, this information was gathered through interviews with refugees, but later, BOB developed a network of informants to provide ongoing updates on these topics.