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The following list of KOLLENYI's probable contacts and acquaint-ances, and the biographic data on them, were extracted from his 201file for the period 1946 to 1955. The exact relationship, whenspecified in the file, is included with the name. Traces were notrun on them; because without feed-back and focus from CASCOPR, we— _are hesitant to conduct more extensive research.

Please sanitise and pass to CASCOPE. If you also are unable toidentify the several ancient crypts included, please change thoseentries to LW0, mu.

1. Jena. AMBRUS apparently worked f2r the Americans throughMOLLENYI and for the French through Josef -YROS.* In 1950 he wasarrested in Hungary while on an exfiltration mission.

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2. Nikolous met Subject circa 1954. He is probablyidentical to Dr. Nikolaus ARNOLD, born 1 May 1899 in Rumania, whoin 1954 was a journalist and was associated in some way with JosefGINSBURG.

3. Pau BATJAS worked for Subject in "Developmental Project 35"circa 1949.

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I+ Rail SZALANCZY in 1948, possibly as an agent candidate.

5. LasziooCZATENYI, Chief of the Hungarian Curitas Mission in

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6. Jozsef CZIKELY, who resided in Liefering-Rott, was a memberof Subject's group in 1952. He is probably identical to the Majoror Colonel Fnu CZIKELY who conducted agent training for Subject inSalzburg circa 1950 and the Fnu CZIKELY (4 Dr. GUTTMAN, 0 BOSSZU)who was a regular debriefer for Subject in 1950.

7. JohanniiANZINGER, born 28 June 1925 in Vienna, was possiblyone of Subject's contacts in 1952 for information about Danube ship-ping. 4:

8. Dr. Eugen (or Jenoe)DECLEVA was a close associAte of ImreKLEIN. In 1950 DECLEVA reportedly pe4d1ed information 44 Josef VEGH,the Italians, the BED, and/or General"ZAKO's organization.

9. Fun0DIETRICH, who was with the Hungarian Welfare Office in

Salzburg in 1950, probably directed refugee sources to Subject.IX

10. Herbert DUHNAL (e MALLNER), porn 24 February 1917 in Marburg,recruited KOLLENYI to work for Rupert MANDL. ,

11. GeneralGeneral Ferenc von PARKAS-mu KESBARNAK, formerly with theHungarian Army, was trying in 1950 to assume leadership of the MHBK.He may be identical to the Ferenc FARKAZ (sic) who in 1950 worked atthe MIS (formerly C/C) Screening Center in Salzburg after beingplaced there by Subject's recruiting team. He may also be identicalto the Ferenc FARCAS, who by 1955 no longer worked for Subject andvas the instigator of much conflict within Subject's group. c

12. Friedrich FRANK (V-14415), born 4 February 1909 in Pomerania,was the Dst. 2 case officer who turned Josef GINSBURG over to Subject.

13. Andrej GARZIK (0 Andreas ' EDER) worked at the MIS ScreeningCenter in 1951 and gave refugee debriefing repnts to Bertalan

r-SZENDROEI (who passed some to KOLLENYI), to Fuu TAKACS (for Detachment35 in Linz), and to Albin KAPITANFFY (for the French).

14. Captain Fnu liGERENCSER was in charge of the defensive intel-ligence section of Subject's group in Salzburg in 1950. He may beidentical to Mihaly GERENCSER, who was a Hungarian Nazi agent inSwitzerland in 1944.

C= the asset whom Friedrich FRANK turned over to Subject about 1954.

17. Major ArpadPGOSSY was an office worker for Subject's group

in Salzburg in 1950.

18. C: was an interpreter for Emil SZALANCZY circa 1950.

19. Fnu HAMVAS, like Fnu DIETRICH, worked in the HungarianWelfare Office in Salzburg in 1950 and probably directed refugeesources to Subject.

Fl20. Istvan HEGEDUS (or HEGEDUS) (V-17578 ?) was placed in the

MIS Screening Center in Salzburg by KOLLENYI's recruiting team some-time before or during 1950. At that time, he was probably alsoassociated with Hugo TRU. By 1952 HEGEDUS, using the alias ofBARSONY, worked as a "legman and fingerm1n" for Subject's group. ByDecember 1953, Weever, he had broken with Subject and/or his groupand renortedly tried to spread dissension within it for revenge.

.1zl. Arpad MENNE' spotted refugees which he referred to Subject.

22. General Gusztav HENNYEY, a former Hungarian Army officer,was the Subject of at least one of KOLLENYI's reports in 1950.

23. Michael HOELLER (@ ADLER, 0 Michael HANAGY HAILER) (V-14763)

P15. Lieutenant Erwin GEVAY was General ZAKO's adjutant in 1950.

16. Josef GINSBURG (V-14921), born 24 March 1908 in Rumania, was

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born 10 June 1920 in Hungary, was an agent whom Subject directed in1954. /WwW~olair 173

141.24. Laszlo HORI (or-HQ4y) (V-14703), General 2AKO's secretary,was described in 1950 as an aformant for Subject. Earlier an attachat the Hungarian Embassy in Belgrade, he became a journalist in the1950's. C:

25. Imre HORVATH may have been one of Subject's refugee sourcesin 1951. 14:2

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26. Gem JELENCIS (V-14615), born 11 February 1929 in Hungary,occasionally visited the Caritng School in Salzburg in the early1950's in the company of Kalsan"BOESZE, a self-proclaimed CIC bordercrosser. JELINCIS, however, was recruited by the BND in January 1951as a border crosser and a "flying observer." He was one of the agents(whom KOLLEMil directed, but he bed been dropped by 1954. L :1-

27. Father ejOSIF, with the West Bahnhof Mission in Vienna, wasin contact with Subject about 1951, probably in connection withFather JOBEF's interest in Caritas Mission work.

28. Oliver KADAR was a refugee whom Subject debriefed in 1950.Subject later denied that be bad debriefed KADAR and asked Hugo TRUEto forget that be bad earlier admitted this to TRUK.

29. Ferenc KANTOR (V-14451), born 20 September 1922 in Hungary,was one of the agents whom KOLLENY1 controlled for the END duringthe early 1950's. c -1

30. Albin KAPITAMNFY was the CS man for ZAKU's organization(s).In 1950 be gave MEM information to Subject for the BND and allegedly!also gave information to the French.

31. Dr. Karl Kurt KLEIN, who worked for Subject in Salzburg in 11950 and who was the brother-in-law of ColoneeZSOLNYAI, may beidentical to Dr. Isre KLEINC

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a umber of the KOPJAS Group and worked for CIC in 1947. About 1950,when be was in charge of the Press and Propaganda Section of theMEEK, he drew up the agreement between HOLISM and tie MHBK wherebyKOLLEM71 paid a regular sum to receive MHBK intelligence reporting.In 1951, however, ZAKO dropped bin from the MHBK. -3

--33. Ferenc KOVACS (0 TASNADI-KOVACS) ran his own network into

Hungary in competition with Subject as early as 1948, when KOVACSwas invited to merge with ZAKO.

34. Andre EMMA, who was with VOA, knew Subject as early as 1.951In 1955 he was responsible for blowing Subject and his activities tothe AYH.

435. Baron Victor RRUCHINA, a British IS operative in the "CHIO"

in Millstatt, was a somrce for information KOLLENYI and KORPONAYcollected for the CIC until circa December 1947 when KRUCHINA severedhis connections with them.

36. Bela0LANCZY (V -17579/C), a member of the P(R)ICHLER croup,

debriefed refugees in various cafes in Vienna in 1951. In 1952 hevas described as a 'member of the GEOCZE (SZENDROEI ?) group of intel-ligence swindlers in Austria. He alternately claimed to work forthe French, British, BND, and CIC.

37. David LESZLI interrogated refugees in Vienna until 1951 whenhe migrated to Australia.

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39. Emil LUDMANN replaced SZALANCZY in Subject's LINZ group.

40. Rupert MANDEL (MANDL) (V-14400) was chief of Dst.

41. Janosa MARKOVITS was a refugee whom Subject debriefed in1950. Subject later denied that he had debriefed MARKOVITS and askedHugo TRUX to forget that he had earlier admitted this debriefing toTRUX.

42. Lajos NADAS was a source for AKO's organization in 1950.

43. Geza NAGY monitored Hungarian police radio traffic for ZAKOand the British.

44. L:. -1 a former Hungarian military attache in Poland,was an informant for Subject

45. r- , a former member of the Hungarian Army, was incontact with both KOLLENYI and Emil SZALANCZY. KOLLENYI had helpedhim get a job in Salzburg in 1946.

46. Lajos NOVISZEDLAK, who resided in Zell in 1948, directedrefugee sources to Subject.

47. Franz ORBAN, the MHBK representative in Switzerland in 1950,is probably identical with Franz URBANE

48. Karl0 PILAS, born 31 August 1917 in Yugoslavia, was a ship's

engineer in 1951 and may have been in contact with Subject.

49. Josef POLYAK, described in 1950 as a blackmarkcteer andprofessional smuggler, was recruited by Sandor VISNYEY as a courierinto Hungary. POLYAK participated in at least one exfiltrationmission.

SO. Dr. Vassil RADOEV (V-17520), a former medical officer in theBulgarian Army, debriefed Bulgarian refugees in Graz for Imre KLEINand/or the BND. About 1951 he apparently had a disagreement withKOLLE1I11 (degree of seriousness not specified).

51. Henrik RATKY (V-10071) a close friend of DECLEVA, worked asan informant until he was dropped in June 1949 after a hostilerecruitment pitch by the British IS.

52. Istvan SALTESZ was described in 1953 as probably workingfor Subject.

53. Josef &PAUL, who lived in Vienna and who was an employee ofa Danube shipping firm, was listed in 1952 among Subject's possiblecontacts.

54. Josef SCHMIDT, described in 1950 as a blackmarketeer andprofessional smuggler, was recruited as a courier into Hungary andparticipated in at least one exfiltration mission.

55. Fnu* STADLER sold information to Bertalan SZENDROEI and BelaLANCZY in 1951.

56. LaszloSUMEI, the chief storekeeper at the Caritas Missionin Salzburg, spotted new refugees for Subject's group and was acontact of LaszlowSZTTA.

057. Emil SZALANCZY (i HAUER), who at one time worked for the

British, was handled by KOhLzsYl -for CIC in 1948. For some time, hewas chief of KOLLENYI's Graz network, but later be moved to Salzburg.

58. Janos SZANTO (V-14911), born 15 August 1928 in Szekesfehervawas once a technical draftsman in Hungary , but resided in Salzburgin 1952. E.:

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59. Laszlo (or Ladislaus) SZEKEL Y (J.) Josef FROEHLICH) (V-10064),born 18 December 1924 in Snnron. was a close friend whom KOLLENYIhad met in war college. r

,60. Bertalan SZENDROEI (5 GOECZE, Bartolomeus P(R)ICHLER)

worked for CIC through Bela LANCZY and had sub-agents who reportedlytraveled to Hungary.

--61. Colonel Karoly SZITA (V-14601), born 3 April 1897 in

Andrashida was an agent handler in Dst. 2 in 1950. Before the war,SZALANCZY had served under him in the G-2 Section of the DebrecenArmy Corps in Hungary. s:

c-62. Dr. KorneUTARCZALY, born 20 May 1921 in Budapest, was

described as the MHBK representative in Switzerland in 1950

63. Vince TEGLAS, a blackmarketeer and professional smuggler,was recruited by Sandor VISNYEY as a courier into Hungary. Heparticipated in at least one exfiltration mission.

64. IlonaHTORCH was a friend of Oliver KADAR and Janos MARKOVITS,

who used her residence in 1950 to meet their contacts, etc.

65. Janos TOTH was a caretaker and debriefer at the LedigenheimDP Camp in Vienna in 1951.

66. Jenoe TOTE (V-14686), born 8 May 1927 in Fertoeendred, wasa truck mechanic who lived in Salzburg in 1952. In 1951 he had beenOne of Subject's refugee sources.47

67. Hugo TRUK was a co-worker with KOLLENYI for CIC in 1949 and1950.

68. Laszlo VIDRA was one of Subject's refugee sources in 1951.

Sandor VISNYEY (V-14470), born 25 May 1917 in Hungary, wasin contact with TRUK in 1950. He was in charge of offensive intelli-gence and agent training in Salzburg for Subject. He was reportedlykidnapped by the AVE and arrested in Hungary in December 1956. 47 A

70. Laszlo'VURAY (V-14761), born 6 June 1925 in Budapest,directed a radio intercept program in Austral but was terminated on20 February 1964. Subsequently he went to work for CIC.121:-

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71. Andreas WEISZ (V-14552). born 4 March 1929 in Szombathely,was dropped in December 1952.

72. Josef VIISZELICS, a blackmarketeer and professional smuggler,was recruited by Sandor VISNYEY as a courier into Hungary. Heparticipated in at least one exfiltration mission.

73. JozserEIKELY (V-14701), worked for Dst. 2 until he wasdropped on 28 February 1954. 47

74. Mihaly"ZSOLNAY (V-17579/G) worked in "Project 34," probablyunder Karoly SZITA. He may be identical to Colonel Fnu ZSOLNYAI, anKIM member in 1950 who was the brother-in-law of Dr. Karl KurtKLEIN.

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