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In accordance 1,.!.th ,yo .ur 3,..e.:i1:,est) A.,. rcvicr or thc oneretWa or tEl.:met is 1101'th forvgarded for y--...P,:..r t-1:, , I .isi.d.cratl:.4.1.. The re-view

vas bated On R thoreP,O .: atItely of & N.:a:lat.:16 l'il-:.•,e, ansYl .:ro to writtenquastne w.nich were c.u.lorAtte.d by tht3 rilvi.mer to both thk.. 4 43 .S:1: ofricersand the chief a;::: .: at, Epecla1 ro .;:orts prepare:1 by the chief &cent for

$ the reviow, a Izt,c,r-r.nd a thorou , ,h 3l:•11j.- of the chief art a., !, hiadeputy . Ly a polyvaph amt.:liner. Thu e. ,.. ,f3ca 1 written report a/ 1 Nri t Lenan3Tern to ettestion vere cinsidered, nc ,.coot;ary aE Toot:1 the German and....;n,1J. eh f iias are .t.nadev.ate—etAn 1et.1 ck,attact re...-,7irt a do not exi zit . Thereviewer 1..,rieted the polevEraph ex&v..,iner in di,toz1 and provi4ied hin 1Nitha ott of written qt:,estioan :or the- interview Alth the cidor ant. Thesix-hour interroatl yn or KI.:4377-1.,:. tc,T the Wt animr was n;,.,nLtored 1:;. , thereviewer at !:,he time of the interro;ation.

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a. The 1,71:31T7,45 oprtnonew:rasten the Cieve1o7nont and entablinh.leant in .;.entern Gemany- of a atay-betdril organitation coriattniiportrained ',"‘/"2 optrators t azents p it-ott I, f rit.s who 0-sal . id beactivated in the . event of hostilitii:s. The cm7.1onont parts of thearca:,:j.mation N't, to cow:11,1;71. of ect.:!arate to h 7.17op4:,trator and other aj.ente traLned to reort an conitiot,:a cnet4territory. The aeents arct 1 .:41 . r.icrvicee, by comunicati.wis aTIAptentsz6 other incidental st., !plioc wh).61 are to 'Lit cached,

b. KYLITT:-15 was orir ,,inft14 contactad by E. . in411,,,11 ,1t.• .C g s contact .§16. a to a lettcr r tt on 1):; • 1,:n2-7-15, in

19J, tO Coz,.1F,ArvIrl in t-Lir: let-Ers,?ItaLod• V4.:t hc reresonc,d. the fc:yt,(,,r,.JAto f7.. .L'ormer t'scla,forttroficere .s124 of fa.-ed to wad hio frions , 6vrv-I_cr at the dls-

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did ;',.of like ch :!javAri gnd cleart!tert that he and 1-4.16 friend wolcre not w•)Itiu2; for a:frit-

fy-.0 ri tL.fAt thc. 1 . 0 will nov:Ar or7s;(...i;tcd or ofFec-ti7c ret)ititc.,c rolfm0nt tn T!o reccsted .:717!.rantes thatho elweye -,TAe in a orC,crnan -of the, and :J'Jrf,eeted th.tt . we. uz crinfnc t e.0 tJ.n n o7 , proprite nouitin in the .•6lain .;,r1:y. al.; arrvard. For hi orvices• i fic,a11,y Tvluctant ogreed. to/t n tC Untti1 us ,4th the understai4inc th6t he wo:Lld.

bc in charge of ar,.,anix.i; s ntr :.ud c:ollino the act; he p -,r attod to %In.with us but not for Uf.

c. • L. vas)s. the. case fictil for thin nroiect19.!CO I unt-1.1 when the project w0s tlu-ned over to

• In :•leosteber, Via6 hos r..A.U1,te,!: arkt at the.rreetont titv.orC. is ti•.:c case oi::'1.ce-r•

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rorloattly fl.vo hu.ndred persons in .,',eztornCierr,law,yto recruit Igtx.bers for his net. '•.'1" these five lutrufa-od t onehurered twe.f...ty-rive -evero asked 14 ,;•voirti.e.i.:(•ate tIlt Etey—bektre.arL,:ard?..ot&on„ 7h4i.se one ly.intired tisenty-five were e.Likod L ta.1-tc T:s.rtin art or.-,r.atiztrt..cri vn.z1c..h is ready to dofend l.,,:estern cultnra apeinst

They were .fnrther told that tiAs orniiati.nr. it led andtru. thed I m of'1.ccrs sgto closcl;" with kneel Ce.n aut.hori-ties, The roc:r-Jite .ocro ..1J-tforme.d i at they w.-».•2110, receive trainin

e.x.y.oct.,ed to report on certain activitic,s when *.nde oTerren by he ?,ovietti.

7welve two-iTral teams and one vii .L ,acton tear have now been set up. Alat,canii-1^..2ve. one vt.r operator trsinwlLy Eijai c Orittl3 outi .c.n8 p-artmaneleThe: tre,Intiv of' way two of the 'VT arlerstors hAz 1.0en cf.4.51-•leted.In the other chs.en t 1,he de-ree of tralaiw varies frr nmserenent for

0 • • • ..t , L.1,0i.n.a.x.i.,; to threo-fvertor cnmplet:oa of the !IT trP7tinF cure..J41 tennr hhve relved vo-calle-d tactical from

r-cia . ; .7 • ttearellif; to U311,7. -it. , tactical training :aeons trniniazin metoOology of re ,•?ort writinr, t.,.nd certain iastructl,=t1 atotAt tPcti

of ',':rot.T.10 in adtiltion to the twenty...five menberaqh6 have 1.:,i•er.rt r,,zu' . •r4cd to tearnal the not haw thirty.-0-17ht, active fai:tritvici co131d. moile aval.laz,-.10 for . •:tr.' 'nil 9:&y. rtaceive

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f. 1th z:it, 3. 0 o of the all. other ai,(ontE carry outLmed c'...,:t1.0.7! on It). "te oinntmry 7 , sz. t-,ttr.xe basis, The chit-i. a.c.r.rt rets

a salary of o.00T.I•er month 21110 re.ir:bra kfttwtent far x!;;Ayrae...9irICAnT rAl !SI runninL; the not,. 0 .L.her ani. ente are coll.:7 !'. •: .aid tialc they

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it 1? juiVQ • hor,:.c.s.-i1, bhr.,çt risyxhis right elcit L he visited .tberrifor a dimer at C I arartmont. Ltet, rdonturtart and [L, *ray once.

Tho cane - officero pr-oecnte0 ,I.:overmerxttutder dirt control o: and connEcted Vithfor ATI jjT the. c.ur pen n arav. • "ilv:hClik-OVfir, tfut kitcyas tb,vi, he in workin;r for

Inoni a tot,fq of nim0.6 of nxe nolowyertr unc. L11 ti .;o6c hcin.Jxv. re17oicit!,,,xlae, .;-ro ,eT-tieLn. No of the (Arin41aia other t1L,IT7cc:::ents velw //re not coAnccted ,t:dth the El2Ir net. The house atnt .treen8ndorf, 134varia, th 71t.wt L.1 5.e7tAlmr, 12:2p WS z

orii;i2)ai4 ueiod iyy C.T.0 ki,n4 lctcr by jac nJ.iLLt. cn is now a Nember of ;.1,J1lach.

ei the rervealed tha, zest membigra of the net. arc n Q2• ). si,7111 of weapons. The 'soap U1114 were no.; l''.13 -1?;7-1,!: :totes,\t'hst1 ossw ,:mos Ave or ix '1.1.;tolA an ono kl...Aeti:ne .11011isz10.d to comment.on this aopct; in v:riti ../v, he rtluned o .40ot'etinq ttst he cold not .()M1.1 I1 s.,z4 mtn,l-AT,7 of the; ; 4n; detalls

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f. thv Lriterro;:,0,1J)r1 utted th&t he ;-,2-rii;;$of e'Ll af :Lis na t:/ptwilx4 t;c4.2vityIzt,Licati of tlir ct neeth9 little Anplificaloi,.

C;• Lt:v drc .d . ti Ln,ythyatai-txd activitiez. r..ens arc to .!) ;.1..en to th

dual n ti t.r artcr tAx ::tart or .:oni11:,:ive;.plah,t1 h'ere e")lun to a few uf zkr, of , tb41 ap t ;.x.t accorine toMT7-1,5 hIl t:T 11; id,t; onn :n thr safe14Ach in used by ,,-oth r..11777-11, and our et ' nfficers in the skeldelteroffice. Thest plans were mi;Floograhed a y - • and e half AT .,o and it isittposnible to c:Ite,o11.01 ct tns tie enIctV hor, c.;:42,ics- were,n-ocfced. EIrr-15 did s.dmit dt:rinr the interrcvat`on thAt he hadsome fm hiu holtse wtieh,rf0,-)urf,!, is • terlow security risk.

h. It .a ,itam that tin° of the ao-called "63 u active arantswho Llwve Leen reer .oicd but not trained am also rt of the 77.-field arg&iizattln. (Pull 47.11)

is a aalccmAn for a tract= (nr:171avy and sir .t ,..rwner -5.n afn,:m nachinry f'112-N ,v,nd :•1.1.tsr41uuleg) Y.;toroo Althour,t. , In noi,belitvcd thkt ary a vcry re!ruoyerativt, they a7;.A:erto be ad4aquate as 7 ,erenti cover thc telglen toetho • with the 2aetthmt he 5,6 Quito Active in veUramv affalv . L. Ati::oraw tl) hin, therehave Lwen no difiiQuiti€,r in eonnectin It his 6:!olalr hr bclierothat it i$ riecvtvA by r,oNt vecrans with wh'an ho . is associato andby the 3ermtn ;7oveysintin(,. stattin that he has :laveranybody 'In the :uverivloot n;:,out tim existence or the argaflitm-tim. 8e nirther believes that they do not know anythini ,; About itsexistenco. The Gamqn ii.avernment and p4 1 rticularly mavbors of theDlank °Mos Yith. ;hot he hau excl.(mt 7crsoal couni:Ttius, knowthiat he i nconstan coatct -fit.h former oficars, vilio acre ct'r.with durink: the war,. ')I.;t they . niost:J1y cio not zIo17ab.7.1t the- trut: tbie comctn. MIDt12.t„ed.1,y Oc crrit!-y tets the eiy:,u:-,,,Incrb&Liev tal the

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k, 1Yurlric the 112t$:;rr ,,sti on 7:-.nd in .rInsviter to a t,t-rittcm. crA,,,Tti..4,., 1 .:.3.7Tr —15has admit ..ed th..)t he eAseutfee ,-.1 his nir of "protectink: 1%iure" with A . 1mertoAr or SurrAn industr7 in the rirh.-,., of 191. ?:Lar7.-1!:: r ,tfusce(to ...ive the nane or: thc i . .-erson v,ith wh:-.e. he discussed, the .ilar.o.IT17-1S : statos that V.Ic diEC l2tSi .12 W4S,.' , !1.11. ::■;:rairla t ERMS and Vilete .t3rth.O nu/Tose of solieitini; suT,port and find.: out .ehat rearnsibie•:lormonn tholifht or his ideas. 4coordinr. to ICI91.1 47-1 1, nobody LA:6

told Li:at he ret t %.1.v.cs Alaericaul Fu::::-.ort. The contact rIth . lermen iiidus-try was sucTosedly drop7ed shortly after the irdtiel rti . .:Vof. w1*2-1 theinforrzatifm thatFIWM-1Z.; felt that his piano vmre too ctossot'rocene iand con:Id not be reelfted•

ervears to have very little undaretaneing of the necuveit7of a securely compertmentall nod organise.: on. Ho ho s nne cc sSarilyclose pers ,Dnal tits twi th 0::%rte rtimt,tfaro t ha og Zati. .%•nd thereis a strong potit, Uty that he tried to solicit our financial atroportfor ROW rambers of the net for strictly pereonal reasons,

za. In 1951, the caso officer 14nd the eldef a!.. . ,.alt decided to at ur,.) a -720:t 1. ,71,71t1 Cover orcenisati...m. P1t otional or;artinstit:In woo Slippotredto 'coo a MTV 5-orvice -eltich was called " i osnoprees". Stationery giv-ing the name Cosn•troes wac printed. The 1ocati.1 .0 of ti-ls fkiaeyIna) the Iteidelt:org eafe house at Rohrbacherstrasse ,56. In addition,Corsopress i post oflioe box In '5:tuitort, No activities werecarried out to strer.gthen this cover sad to rive tho as;:oettrance thatCoomorress was in feet a mini service. KI3:745 states that hiscover orranisati:-..)n never ?iod any contact with the bonafi;lo IICIM servicethat carries the stone name and operates in. ,..:est 7tirmany• Cemunica-time with four a2conte) naroly, 177, 1621 1.91 and 171 %ere coxried outon Goeacopross stationery, Corr° SPOride MCC w i th the Investi;,•?. a tt r1Cburesus we also carried out on behalf of Corropreffs, A Volkswagenpurch.ored by us tf&S legally registered by XLVIT7-1 .̀...;(") as e. Costwfvesevehicle, The vehicle was used ty K1 7-171 a German .41.1' instructorwho bps rzoit. boon drapped. :Arum junso 1'.42 0 the car haa boen woad 14,KI1TT-10. 47 3 had. a mower of oroas passes ;:l'inted for CoethopresS.As for AS can be as cartathed at this t.ilse t 011iy one past iscirculation. The cover of the Comopreso service% w.us disoctinuedw31.th the dereq ,zisitf,..olling of the se.fo hor:cein Oct,oer i, 5.incethis cover arraclent 1.n4.4.4 ex-0.4a te, it must be , consideredA der1.nite seelety' risk, .irit,i.elCia,r1:y I rc COWZCipr rrit:en.07/ CitYCein fa 0 t■ argi

n. Irgs g lAetrflvtor .to:r ntt ire ..;,g; 4)ctor 1 191 0 untiljune $ : 2. In A.;,4,2 . of (.j..nt 1 0 he co.xe intocont&et vith tngieiLIN;TI, tim I n wz,collent

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- &AitA,)d. that YE:Ir',-171 htiL t.:C;cr, out ora U ecur:.ti .rtsk to tLjoper&—

t.t.on and t . is aot it all certr, , thRtth1 i1 'oe.t.rilmi;zoci 4 roloct,t Ne hris tAxrc4cf ‘Ive • to

for Trocc:::...„ 4t, 11! doom aot wia to unirateand 7mfere? to uttk 1-rtlet.1Arly tint:Ji we :,4fiv175. qo nlout mc,ue$ting t rro

o. In additri to 1:7:I7177,-171, at loAlA ten (136, 1 1-6, 197, 15:80lu, lc.,1,..,PA 27e) otlIcr rrelecA)erf, of t:he net h6ve revered theirconnt:etil with . !, ;la ors.nii;ati cya or veva arepee. for vmrious reasons.Three of the !Am we,ro dro , c ,.1 1:iccatlic of their cionG conmetin withEtnr.-171. Five of the peroons droped ho4t h&c! trinv. 'C/T traininc.14.;very pcmon that hAr rtiocived train:Inv has met &t leaet one ortao ntaf: of:'iccirs snd. !inmsr, the': locntn of A 5a.fe 1-!,oc.

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itt i-,htioteopherst and •.yr ar..:.etar a to bas extrans3,7

inttnint and crierzetiC• beiirtr e. that his ar,manitntllork •:dth 'Tar ir1 Qn the roilowirtu, thrn-e ecaloitisra.tlAss

A. Els ic114 of civillAn pursuits0

3. Lt . ?oseibillty that he right t JIt. wition of a C;oloneior 'IrtglItiLier (i.enertl in ertneri4- or 'Le..r-o;,c-Talthro1.01 our tnfiAxlict ne t revrerd :or his work,

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he premeelts oom .eut of r Fi-ec .Jrty risk tecaJae of tro.Aflounced nationalism.

in the beginhine, of 19:2, KI .H177.-1 has bc:efl worried consider-able about hie on 7:crsona1 troirozi the available ar:ondaa noettngs betNleen CAM afticers and the chief atent„ it wouldappear that this suLject woe taken u? at almost ever:i nelAirwsince April, I22. Vnforttnatel,v 1 it Imo Imposible to recon.•truet Itst exactly -Abet wan discussed because of the absenceor detailed contact reports. feIBIT-ileas thoroughly ,queeticinedon this nolnt in the courue of the interview. NIAT2-11requestadefinite answers to the following three points:

A. Letablishment of a platform rhich will define the 1.ea1 nosi-tion of his orgaisatim vie a vis tonn„ &ITO and thenuropoan amp.,

B. Arraflgerients between T :'.17. anthoritiee and the Ponn governmentto legalise the services of XD/T7.150

C. rormulation of a definite nistsh for the organization dor.inG 7.414106 time and in the event of var.

KILIT7-15 explained in great detail that to a former Germiulsoldier he iv absolutely' ',unwilling to undertake any activitieswhich might be eofltrar7 to Gcrxot law. (However, he does notworry about the weapons which he possesses.) tic dm:to not feeithat his preivnt activities are illeFal and arrives at this conclo-sion with the pectliar reasoning. that the Gorman i:overnment isnot -Nitrmitted activities of the. type in which he it en4aed andtherefore, they slat) wal not prohibit them. In the eAUX) vein,he explains that he is II: i;eneral oirosed to artisan activitiesand that neither he nor his gotp are rillinc to work as imorioana ilentv. He has Retprofine4 tbo idea in writing that (;:i nrcsentlyconstituted, his &rep 41.1.,tht U. zet the protectiorA of the gegue0 ..)tmenti ,3L in the event or hostilities. He has areed to the con.caTt that at 7,:rescnt tno existence of his net mnr% im kept secret,hover, AW feels that a, a latcr :Atte Germ zencral_oricersnisjit be IZIAIrMed. $ziut articulerlyy iti-Iiiader.ship e

Var.tm0x111. orrpent4, $01"VI.Co.f; iv concerned,he citwi exaHT.A tat 1, 7w:Jtv.)11ni 2.1.41 to reouest secific.e.rman officer durizT tAw lAtt vax . for 6747ze1vA atricnmt•lt5,

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(3) 'J.n a n f.x.fst oT.4t thclast han Etanated cciott.v.1„-y s.;-;c; yv:tinc hasbeen accolir. :hvd took ov ..x rii C Z , Vrch„12„2. Wilifl reason for tUt strvjlut. f)lo. 1:115.ty tocloar ;,hc cuE:st;.1411 wh2,.ch ux-lsj.nd nove. Inn.datt-m„ 1:MT7-1 .5 fcc !la 4.A .;at. th& i7:e6tIon c rc.LLL1 t hasnot been settled irle: thAt iires.l!cratic cotol.s and the ,,hysidalrAnt&nec clonc c y rzt. r.1.71th tht Arwricann InToP:611o.t the retyona-iAli l y c1%.entn -1116 marito YI:z17-1 th07, he 15 :IA in coilntc ehar:e ot the or y. nl.a-! tion. He fcels t;;at he nhoAd only be req%c•Fted to rc-7)ortttw to time to a :narerior on hir ;:ro.:!Tetz. ':ith the nolutionof this 7Toble1, the difficulty rucTosedly r1i it of ourbItrocratic 12bAavor Ti*o. 11 venisn as- it wo!lli . np lcirmer LcnoCov pAry for corf,,ly with diAatle :I.n:ArlActIont andpartIonlzrly no "1.).rther aould have to t.c wnhnv.ted. Theanimosity to E end C. Ottag to stet: mainly fronthe fast that they requested bin to adhere to t very taw basicadnaintrative reT4rments. The main ono being. the cleariw; ofpersonnel nrior to trainlac them vs '0 operators. 112:117-.15crid..;rr ti t unhoce4sary as he feels that he knows 'ff.xmr.flt, wellanoth to decide ii.to is u Canvanist scont terl vtho is not.the other band, murz-15 has srioosly Jeopardised the securityof the o- !,trat .ionLr subattint names of membf,rs of the net toDerma Inirectiatiw spenacs.

(1-.) har fror. the beEinnliv rsfused to become an Asturicanafxint and se far as he is concernsdl he does not hold such e rJosi-t'i.on a this Ural. For this reason, he has him) refi g ed to signa contract which vo-Ad rut our relationship on n. revlar:notaad, X17%1T7-15. has drayen IT a cQrstrect of his own 14101 dokosnot onli v;;,(icify el!tlecxt lo our resnvlbIllty tvoyarda

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• The, t soon PIT a .;(1rman army ix roostablislIed, nTDIVF:-15 wovldbe TAid a rslary etch is oquivalert to thnt nlad to a Colonelin the ',',,srmtn army,

Ihc rccilrcn tent nevcr 1A2 E.st-e to vt6or-take sny activities 101oh tvvIld be 111 violatior, of .::ernan lkwor wold cohflict /41th 'iia retronsiVtlities ma n .41rnlancit

C. "!.:hc, t!Int flnd ajAU1 8.f.4i1.7.11c.,nt for am iutht frt .-21-u r4 and if Ulla sIT:) Id not b*bccousc altch au IrrJlink not booil eotoblielcd or is not scourep

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hk:t had xi 1E c.crente 1.ho z..rv Utof it aproars to have blen In t.he elandesttne ficld,';-le had noexperience :In setti/1 t ra2t vlhen wo contacteo L:..r; twoyears ago. In site of this, he hze . bzardly ever acco;,Led thecuidanoe or thc cat , ,, officer, There ha$ cwrta'nly never 1111ally control whatever wier and 1 ,1!: actl7itiet: on ovrUshalf, Li:ttenini- to YY)IC7-15's of.thc variouscase of' -icers tge.'0 Laxc Lfuv connecten -with “rojceL, itappeara that he divides tnif,r- IsIti 4.10 cgtacorics; =Rely,those thet tried to control or in11 ,1ence !Jr, ane those that Ithin run tht a;low on own trrms. ouli seem to likt- thoaeease of:icers that (rvit r12 cormisto rreedon of actihn. Therevive of hi; T.,erstlons clearly indicates, howevtr„ that Z1E,IT7-15is donnitely ;n nezd of ;--oidance an he is quite naive end iozor-ant about sccie aspee-,s of settl:Lf.: urs a clandestine stay-behindorcarixatlln, statcd, for instance, that on of the rlainreasons uby his cuTenisation co1r never Le =covered is the factthat it does not have a name, Certain ressaces ia ;rittenplans an VT stay-behind activities w!-Ach were ts be issued tondivid temo show siftilar naivete ane vc!rbosity. in the

other hc.nd„ .41,c1c trit 2-,on inornatila on hie !)resont orf:aniza-Lion is alLout c:-kr. t.Wte),y lnok!14:. aiNo secrlv t,) haw. iven

t1o, if zn;y 0..,"3 tW tWO 11,11;--Cri L: tr 011(S7 It r C-M,rart..

mantalivation am! ;:e reca to Laviii close :I.v!rsonfalties to rion7 LmnlArs at his net and it is haxd to fiht the ft:fa-int: that one of the P CIAO (1B2) was hired only Lecause ahe 113

his 6r1 rr!.cnd. No has also not considered it tclowto retquert :)).* 3 0 (Y10 for hez so that mhe ca-1 we set up in enapartsiont an6 be :-ivea secretarial tralain . 1z ieshaden.

b, The RD2117:-.1 nett

(1) Ad3 c)ointed out&Jove, 4.11,raxivioely on hondrad twonty-4'1ve agentshave bccri.retrYited for tit rot. A month nk:o,'il3117-1!.: wasordered to Cie enlace the runaber 01 The case o.Cricorthe chief agent have now aLxecd to kevp sixty-thrte activegent. Ninetten of t:mse si.xty-thrve a;:nts have rocvlvsd full

soirixit:,, clearance from .ilvtorl• Cicart/Inte rocifIts have onlybeen V11.124it's4Ki for threlt, a6Ati soultria

of on* .. hundrod fifty t,tans, 14inle cc)n(.:6Tt of ol-cratilne,ftlinCer6 conciraftLy frw omrs7. iCt not litiovt T;ory 3tron571y

of gosntve otill it tIllt h ould be c.erritted to aettcaLs alI. over ';(qttern :"0 .rmaqy mrki Atill cs1.n.) Oith the nteiber

in the occurt:" racnaurcv, which we 0,7;mider but rethorfe oas that tte 1oe of tWo v-lch rill ocr. l.T tilnl canLest he ovvxf:oplm atarting out etb the 1./: nlAmb,erf.,n the t.eF,1:4nAri; ht 1:)2.1 r,y5t VIth moru than

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(2) laDyln-15;. h4c not really . iven hi$ conact to a in the naurber

Secret - Secuiiiy

ono hundra4 fifty. conce—i 1r undov&tedly to ameasure thc, r(12:!it of hit; y-creQnEa ard'ittoa, thyintorz'oetLons, I I inttated Aalt he Lloneresnonsi lile for .tp qr net in -tlt r::#many. 90mont valecvivocally that he will not ivrel ,, to cont!,' ;:esirn-mont iS we do not there:sm., tho !-yresr,nt aco-,,e, of f,i16baanci the crittirtE. thirteen toens.

(3) Twanty—five of the active a!:oate have now betn toteas. Our recofilo and to suirlitted by rlttITY.-1!) jr answerto a 'written cuostloh Uo not tAxactly si:Tee an the ca5ro5itin ofthe tte.Ae. However, since his intorinsitA .. .yn in pore v:.—to—eateand since he appears to tie mr4; this operatin, his satementaform the heels of VA* short anelysia. On three of the twenty—five parsono who are allmvsedly etwicned to tebe, we do nothave any informat1on at U. Ten of the pernns have notreceivod security clearances.

The VT operator* of eleven teams wort uoldiers, eost ofwhom fonght on tile Last:ern front asinat Rumria. :2ne VT onora-tor it a hotisewifo and one a disabled soldier. The averare aleof the operators ie thirty-seven. Little or no consideratinnseemly to 'Java been •iron to the occupation of the - • orson rhowas accertsd for W/T traininn. , ollyiov•ly the ateyability of athirty—seven year old 7,erson cttxin time of war is not very -!csodrnieen he hola en essential job. gorsovers re hcve traine4young men vho were an.IT trenty—seven or tunty—cioht (KlnIT7-1)80192) yeere old. To make matters woroe, thes tro and RE1I-199'work for .rturzburz Vilitary t.. This S44=5 hard17 the right

'ote14-iatlo2X for a VT stay—behind man. The throe o2eratorsform the nuclei for threc teams although they also know eachother. C:iailarly, it ia extrozely hard to -endortand 'whyYIIITZ-177 was ever selected far VT training. AID1W..177 is athirty—eveh year old waiter, * re/V.1)o ,rrA7mut aermow.in Last .ernany, he was memter of OTLINN. Ve took part inthe t7laniah Civil Tar saii.mmt/Ar of the C:emitn nry conttnent.A person with this bookerovng. wo • 16 a: ,zetr to have littic stay-.aUlity. In spite of this, E1177-1 he Joked ur to loan

7 0 00 .0.D0 co that he can 't.) .y a tua&l. hotel.

(L) Th$ backrolind of th!.: ttInM: aiturr$ io enalnerated on Chart ItUhartI holmrs who lukcho la tAk: tAtAra5. Thc irv:ormation onGbArtt ased on Aritten ointments by KI,;jT7-15 and

han been most rell;ctnnt to unrIly tht revivsver withcgAlct Jilrovation and. it ,rezTzed tivIkt ovQn nfxre ramt-are

oacki oth&r than it thflIcated on thc41Jt An 7. othtexIl outvery little thw.4tt has Oenvtn 1J1*. Ficnt to

cni2Trl.rtmontritlo;t or rit.viity wzpeete of atttln tT

Secret - Secuity Itif,cirnat:on

lpet :r1!7rsceivtd idanoe, on thene•Thc11) in ncin fi1 thr..t the chif rectivee mcituate instrac-tion or z-oi::',anec an .thf, Eetttn.c -, of a r.tay-bch:5.1

rT-711,:er doer .!1t trs:m av n.)1; conl',!tntedre•prwnt a vaillo fav tictivAtin; fv . do notht,ve .TtayaUA,Lty nc ir the ori!,%:1

V. ii.COIMitnATIA;

It is rccotmendcd that this 07)ertIti,;a be die:antlaied .24; nowl aspossible. The oporatIon hhv not been eccvxely c*nd!ictte nor have wfi hadany control or larne measwre of 1nMenee over tho chief

It ie obviously the functicn of An Intelli:;vnce Ailpncy to set upW/T atay,,belliz4 nets, VIA this has to be dote in a professional renner.It might be nossible to develop ths services of MIT7-150 for flIture

Ii the stay-behind fisd. 11tesssIs to t.4 uort azt,=xlac thAn,his chief to Americall stlidanco and would probably be. uilling to or forus as 4 141 aLctt. Is ow2.1d Le imtrusted nem seclme two-man teams. con, however, only aprToach EfliIr.-1!;0 rfter wo havearraoged an accetable .lob for KIPITZ-15. nE1W-36 1 0 tmlant as anorganizer mad bs it to ; ,.)ot'l Tzle ty ii set a net in the4set Zona. An eppromea to YinT7-15 sho:Ad, ;low-ever, ()illy be mnde if wehave a snitsblv senior care ofriccr Tito T:111 be Able to . direct laIT7-15'sactivities.

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,GY AD1h1...1i5 OCCUTATION, CLR.ASCI:. M11TARY-LITICAL 4/T TaAlING

'I 1 1 KI517.156

K IA T7, 256 25

Albisheim, ?frizz/Pf, Alleestr. I

:::ane as 156

Bricklayer;DM 280.00

Housewife,Of /56)

Tree

No

';.ergeant,Luft-waffe

100 complete

None

Team 2 X/EIIT-180

i:161T- -161

39 Backaana, Untereau 24

Lac;,.nang,Post;asse

Tanner; DK250.00

No further infoavailable

Yes .ergoant,Luft-waffe, easternfront

100 complete

. Tea,- 3 ZIDIT-191

KIVM-291

51 KaiserslauternDt.nnerbergstr. 29

'.iame as 191

Insurance eales-man,DE, 500-600.00

Housewife,(of 191)

'Yes Disabled inRussia

No further infoavailable

75;i; complete

Team 4 KILI;-L-199

RIBITZ,20

37

43

i'AirLburg, -bieger-str.

Same as 199

arzburg Militaryiost,oiv personae/offiee;DU 495.00

Housewife,of 199)

Yes

Yes

1st Lt inInti-aircrafttraining

WaS plane ob-server

50: -, complete

50% complete

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NAA.Y. ;4GE OL

Gauersheim, Ffalz ?armer Yes JafF4ntry off-Llainzerstr. 109 icer

Same as 137 aousewife,(of 157)

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Ftuttgart, kark-str. 14

_:a.ade an 127

interior furn-ishings cerpou-terir 340.00

housewife,(of 127)

officer on 1/:,- .a,.tern

10 furot infoavziAl- Lie

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-f:r.a.:le :so 174

,aiter; DM400.00

aousemife,(of 177)

-1-ant cci)icte

was cer of

Zons.',(.) further infoavaiiaao

:ielkirchen/rfalz :ionclewife Yee oompltite.F,auptstr. 62

Gernsheiminhein 4hainstrompo1ize1 fl.irther info(itheiastrog,polizei) available

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T . .1 5 1:,:Ei-137 34

i-1 -0.11 - 2 37 29

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wife of 221

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i'ksur. 12 _[:1:-L..-152

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TFAIL POLITICALOCCUPA,TION•

SAIARYa/T TRAINING

r Na 13 !IIt:I22-198 28 Airsburg, Pallen- 7firaturg i1i- Yes Lt.bergweg 21a tary Post &

dant eiv person-nel officer;DM 395.00

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