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LCHARVEST/OperationalRecontact with CAHELM

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AAAAA MEINA. EGGA-3096, 17 August 1964B. EGNW -3822, 25 September 1964

1. By way of response tosome help on exploring the real naturepilitiea in the Hamburg area, and,

lin which we indicated th itli_area, the ROB LCHARVEST officerwhere he made an approach to one proppectivere-contacted CAHELM to see what use

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up a mechanism for spotting local possibilitiesabout them. .

2. The Hamburg.file'on CAHELMcontact with him in the spring ofe 162",- -hethat he did not want to be contac‘adthat if future contact were desirable,by the same offic

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Thefecond item,concern, was that ,. ould hare-still working for AVATA. : _Jphoneddropped the former case of cer's"Firsthim. The meeting came off the following

3. There was no real difficultyRegarding first things, CABELM said'63. Be had been sick a good partand since he ALt that much of whatto waste, he thought quitting was inand has used him off and an since thatrelationship has been strictly informalhad the time and has been feeling well.good health.

4. At the same time, however,the last year he has let slip his contactsGesellschaft (DCO)and the circles havingHermann SCHWANN. -, ; said that,clear to entering a °lanai:tine relationshipwould require that he get back the ties

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the Communist Chinese. He would be a spotter and possibly assessor ofHamburg businessmen on their way to China and be able to forecast thevisit of Communist Chi9ese to the city and the nature of their business.For our part,i_ : .._.. said clearly that we were not Interested indragging out the period which would tell whether or not China opportunitiesexisted in Hamburg. The agent assented, saying he didn't want anothersituation as he had with CAVATA where little or nothing was being donewith the information he provided. So, the meeting came to an end with hisagreeing to pound the Hamburg payements for a month, drop in on old contacts,and then in a December meeting, give an estimate of whether an extendedperiod of similar scouting would have any point to it.

-75. On the night of 8 December __; held his second meeting

with the agent in Hamburg and received ffoui hill-a written account of hisactivities and findings during November. During the period he dropped inon the top four DCO men and laid the basis for becoming active again. Asdirected, the agent also dropped in on a Rickmers-Linie medium levelemployee whom he's known for a long while. He has laid firm plans forcontacting four more Hamburg businessmen engaged in international tradeduring the balanoe of December and in January, and during the middle of -January will participate in meetings held by SCHEME in Unterlass bel Celle andby Herman SCHWANN in Hannover. What ha-tiad done, learned, and plannedwas adequate, and the agent andL_ 'agreed that at least three moremonths of activity was in order. The Silence of the five-hour meetingwas taken up getting revised PRQ Part I information on CAHELM, re-definingwhere he should spend his energies, and giving him an idea of the caseofficer planned working him tom Berlin.

6. The next meeting will be held in Berlin sometime during thethird week in January. At this time we will sit the agent down and teach

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him carbon SW which he will use between Berlin and Hamburg and debriefhim on the nature of his activity during the period. At this time weshould like to have a cabled reinstatement of his POA in hand. We shallcomplete a Part II PRQ after this meeting and send it on for the full OA.

' 7. Our present thinking on the revival of CAMP! is to let himrun for six more months and see what he can turn up to supplement thetrickle of leads we are getting to people in the Hamburg area. It maywell develop that the level of Chicom involvement with Hamburg businessmenevennretes as it did once before. If it does and a combination of

material and CAHELM's roadwork should tell us he aid we will be;capered to quit the relationship.

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1. Waldemar SEEBODE

2. ../iizeAree,,o_3. NA

4. "Hann".. Nicknamo used at preparatory school in U.S. in 1938.

5. a. 6 March 1921 b. Berlin

6. Gorman

7. Gorman .

8. Hamburg 20, Woldsenweg 11 (tonant)

9. 111

.10. Bank Deployee. Salary estimated at DH 600. per month

11. Nono known.

12. Possibly still corresponds with graduates of Kent School,Connecticut, whom ho met in 1938.

23. FNU SEEBODE. Shipping & Banking in Hamburg. Deceased.

14. (141=K nee/GIGL. erv,4111.1..q.

15. RosemnrioPRBODE. Born about 1525,_probably in EiesnaohL.Thuringi ,'nos spne.anFTSA Sie"""—

16.. Son Henry Born on. 949 in Wismar (Soviet Zone), Gormannational, resides with parunte.

Son - Rolf Born oa. 1952 in Hamburg, Gorman national,resides with parents.

17. Not known.

18. Not known.

19. Not known. Possesses Bundcaporsonalauswois.

20. Protestant. Not active churchgoer.

21. Waffen-SS during World rtar II. ■-

4ctivo in Gosamtdoutscho Volkspartoi (Gustav Heinemann) about1951-52. Not connected with political partiessince then. Political viows are conservative,nationalist.

.22. 1938 - U.S.., Kent School Conn.ctiout - exchange student.1940 - Prance, Wehrmaoht.1940-45 - Poland and Russia, 7affen-SS.

/23, National-Politischer

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23. National-Politiochor Erziohunge-Anstalt, Boncburg bet Kbln,graduated 1939 with aitur.

24. Language: Gorman - nativeLanguage: Englich - spooks Good - Roads Fxcollont-

Understand: Excellent

25.. See 22.

26. See 21.

27. Not known. Likos outdoors.

28. Not known. Income probably about DU 900. par month.

29. Bank employee.

30. No.

31. Wife and children.

32. Not available.

33. Not known. Released from U.S. Army POW Camp in Regensburgin 1947.

35. Re no.

34. A8eApparent AgeHeightWOOFace-ShapeComplosionSex

37 Posture:34 Weight

I ca. 5 1 10" Teeth: Blue Hair s: long oval: ruddy Buildt male Soars

Goodca. 165 lb..FairBlonde, straight,

worn shortMediumNone

Canardl Appearanco: Youthful, healthy appearance. Neatbut not fussy dresser.

Prominent Features: One tooth in upper right jaw has jacketcrown and is somewhat longer thanother teeth. •

15, wife's mother resides in Eisenaoh/Thuringia(Soviet lone).

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