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REF: A. STUT 6856B. EOM 66542, 6 May 1965C. BOVA 66371, 8 April 1965

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use of this !, nowled,;e end built un n radio twore,furnish "a central headquertors" of the '.:ommunist rinformation on Carmen troon movemente, etc.. Thus,.n few Communistemdio o peretore, who sueelied "theinformation.

vh;ch nUtwerdly. was toeeietance movement with!t was noesible to emoloyceniral headquarters" . with

(S) ,fter some of the o perntors had been cnetured by the Western'Mold .reled Forces sebsequent to the invesion, ;'%NNWTT7,, who was "the centralheadquarters', patsed on informatien to the radio agents that the Western Allieswere going to build un an enti-CoNeunist regime in liberated h-ance end thet'the central headquarters' had established direct contact with MOSCOW. The -

Communist radio operator° comelted wIth these instruction(' and furnished infor-mation on the 4estern •lied trooes.•

6. (S) During the eeriod of oradually Increasing occupation of France bythe Western ellies, l'YNW1T7 directed the double operations with Kent. InNovember 19:4, SUBJE..;T, together with bent, Kene's secretary, one Melia Komna,not further identified, and a rad5o operator of the Ordnungepolieei, oneHermann Stoloukn, not further identified, reached liORNBERG (Black Forest) andwere billeted there. • Later, in 3LUDr.N7, emergency quarters were establishedvith the local SD technician, not further identified. From there, SUBJ.I;CTcontinued the radio. double o perations with VOSGOte.

7. (S) About December 1?44, :-Nr;.j1T7 sent a radio message to MOSCOW.steting that Kent had established connections wUh opponent SS-leaders inGerman territory. The following day, a message was received from XOSCGW statingthat Kent was Immediately to sand POSCCV the namer. However, SUBJECT I s requestto BaLIN wits not approved and vas not eemitted to forward the names. Inorder to comply with . the demand nSCOil. passed on to Kent, SUBJZOT sent a radiomessage stetting HIS cover name (?1.11,S22) and the cover names of Komns and theradio o perator Stlouka.

8. (S) On 3 :ay le:1 14, Kent, Komne and SUBJZOT wont to a cottage near theSViS8 Border. e reserve radio set hid been trtken there previously. few dayethereafter, a French unit, headed by the SD technician frog BLUDe,N7, apnearedin order to capture the P:NINIT7 groun. Kent explained to the French unit thathe was a Aussian Major, that he carried out s pecial missions of the SovietIntelligence Service, and that SUBJ.;CT, i:emna and Stlouka, as menbers of aGeresn rssistance movement, had been operating as his agents for some time.SUB,L;CT and IS group were eermitted to stay in the cottage for the time being.

^1. (5) Two days later, and Kent were requested to appear before aFrench General, not further identified, in BLUDEN7. SUBJECT was assigned billetsfor !TIe group in BLODEN:' with the sole instruction not to leave the aree until

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atrthor ir.structions ?via bser. rece!:/::"i !!1' i'rench aur+rece cnder, notfurther icier) t. , .L, I :1 t.1.<- ',hill later, S'Ja; and'.tere brou,:ht before the du:It :tn .:, on:Tr:ender .:. I Ind wer e. taler. from there

v • al trar.frcor s ta ted tha t the 5'r enchleft PI! 11.1...; 1.1 I ClUe

1( . • (:;) Ir. the ,ovier .;3.., the . •;roun was handedov tlr to rt . ,;ovist Geber43, Curthe:- ..:ho headed the rePatriation

Isant stated hie true r..s.t.:c! the others used .their. cover nand5a , of• hich ; . jz.",LiUri had previously been notifi s.td by radio :r.aasage. The Soviet ...i.•;:bassyb.illeted the • grouo near 3oulcvarti C:ir-Jaunnbly• the ro/-....tr n nr. i.erat!on'They were free to .ova around. end ...t]nut..,. went sholvinv

without ^ guard but , f'or 'hn not be'r:7; recirnized find to avoidoverthrowind thelr cover aro the billets. •ftera short period, the entire ..-ro .J . 1 •3ro1nne !nand flown to srr•vi; .,-rotto was de-livered to the

11. (S) ;:as ;nterr.o:,....t.-3d and st.atedP. I:, true nat'.:e th those of d a:1i.... t sub-sequent to eat' a ;: p tura , " : r-ot. furtherclrj5 f ed , end,throui:th .ecnverai t on vi t' Rne ! ned of the overallsituation, P.:: realized that cauld 'rye saved if conreet:oes wereest-ab.lishod with the :.;ov!et oceas: er., apir.ted Lr. the

of reOort.s, which 11.: ht .td curr .Indi actht to hE radio tnessages,on troop r.loverzer.ts and the ;- ,orale Ir. . tole, the :.:. oviate the identityof t.i:e op.norz.4r:t. end i‘trther, as evidence, ..l.T referred

trl the: rr.e...terial secured frn. II.

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e. The file 1...ent", contelned all wor t- oaoers which SUBJset tv.). while E.; handled Fent. had carenilly erased all notes in the filewhich ',eve evider.ce itar:t's conoeration with the discoiery ot' other co-workersof the Soviet *Intelligence rvice. :::inted to prove to the Soviets that,subsequent to . II caeture, l'oant had not conitaitteci treason. Contrary thereto,:.;Lii3JLCT left all notes in the files, k.thich ;;eve evidence that Treaper betrayedseveral of his r.;:er.ts, ...,heroby• del Iverik-, thel:-. to the Gerrnan &Jahr.

b. The 'Phoenix rie.se •--, grt-..un of doc.n.nnents .sent in .-‘oril1'3, 4; by the former 6S-St findartenfuehrer, one fru bte1r.-.1e, rot further identified,

or. specific ir.structions from the Corner . • '.hief or :--rcioe fnu Schallenberg,not further identifier!, for use %Thenever reiTallr contact -. 4 i th the Soviets wr s

es •tabl‘. shed. The Phoeni x Case concerned an all.er.zed ee t .ori)between the .',.:G•ricans and Fr(In:.•.h re:wesenintIves of the res1stamekawlfrvar4-1 -

Supposedly, two of the French reoresentat4vos were rtembers of the Cerman 3 11:4,renee Service. These rooras.ortat'..vea led th r.: r.ericAnst.c br..4lics ve that. the

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:onmunist Party in France was strt , ni: the ho )e that this would prevent • anin yadion or the qest. al207 had boon yen the docuzLent by the Germans fortha zureose or mal,Ang :7.;seh'n: ar;oni: the -taster:, And western alies frnmwhich the Cuture Gernant

c. - SUBJ h-td 1z:tor y :owed ca ptured r.er1can Pilots 1n order to get

thoir 12:n:on as to an all'anco bet ...:een the --ester:, alles and the Soviet Union.

tau cases, the allots' statements were 111 .7h1y c: tical of such an 411!ance.rote renorts on such convex-stn.:ens in the hole of sc rd i ni: distrust

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• d. SUBJLJT vas also furnished, .:n . o:“1 by wi th;nformatton for use with the ..:ovieto stating ;.hat, at the collapse of the

south-aast front, Office VT of ;.ho hnd ;notructed 111 field °Mem In thearei to retreat -Crop the :,ov i atn -lnd ontnul!oh nontne

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13. (S) From 7 June until December 1V.E, P-01NriI77. ?as detained inthe i'050CW nrisens, Lubljsnka end Lafort'-:cskan. SUBJECT stated that HEexperienced the hardest oeriod or 1113 im ..!rlsonment about October 1 n4f„- whenthe 5oviets wnnted to1. now from EI1 : the names of those agents who vorlfed forthe German Intelligence Service in the oscow Conf.:al Eoadquarters. SinceSUBJCT could not na l.e any statement on tha sub.:ect, UE allegedly was maltreated.In after EE had been sentenced to 2, ears' imprisonment. SUBJEr wastransferred to :eon I (South of :). Thera, HE worl . ed n r! mine.

• ••.• ;5; In July 1:O, SUBj= was unexpectedly transferred Cr= Campit I to the But :irk!! ?risen in OSOW, nnd questioned on the connections ofme Yrinuarnt :nu Sommelberg, not further 1dentif3.ed, with the CentredCom: Ltee of the Com=unist Party of 'eranco. 5uBJ.L7r vas un zible to give them

any information. From .July lc ')C to 12f:1, 3U3= was detained in the ButirkePrison in XOSOGyi and, 'in Janury was sent to Caro into HZ remained

there until 22 November 1d4, when EL vent to Cern Into IV. From . 18 February •.1.;; to .:. January 19!-A, E.:; was detained at Camp 13, 2-Luchow Beswochneje. On

January1r)f./:), SUBJLOT started El3 return trio to Germany, arriving inii:al . :2311-J5SEN on 17 January 156. SUBJ&CT vas released to HIS reuideneo inLUNIGSBURG/losheim, riouzackerstrassa 23, on 14 January

1:;. (5) During the interview by the lifV and LfV, Baden-Wuarttemberg

on 11: j enu&ry 19f/i, SUBJT emphatically dmied that was pledged for co-operation by the Soviet IntelliFence Servi-.1e. In reply to the question ofwhy the soviets did not oNtradite SUBJECT to the c.sa, 31iBJCT stated sub-ntantially the following: The :)oviets threatened SUBJ.;CT with such an extraditionand the death sentence, which HE would certainly have received In the CST:.

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hen WSS confronted with ouch thre,tts, exoreesly a;:ed for extracEtion,simultaneously otntine that court, action c"rrted throuch aenInst thewould definitely be a dis i.zraco for ':ommunis:. !!..; would then . exnlain to m C.7.echcourt thet the Communist resistance nsovent In the (;.1.1:t WAS unable to 6et ridnf Tieydrich. This required the intorven!:on of the Czech . mIddle-class resistance:hovement, which enjoyed fall su p:Inrt by the British. .Following such statements,the subject of extrad:tion was not awn:n discussed. L,U3.1::CT admitted thntand lent so oersistantly followed :hell- cover story because 1:„: wanted to avoid,by ell means, capture by tht irench cr other •tstort. .1) 's and the followingextredttion to the .0.13i:eyed th ,It the ovtot.o would nnt behond . mrbocnuse IL. loyally treated Fent •:nd delivered euthent:c rat.er!el. .SUBJCTs'Ateod thnt events 'roved ": fts s.:ssion oossibly helood^ 1Y.Als to st:r distrust bet-zenn /.as i .1:w1

. was emoloyedof hw i n,„: worked in theeloo:Inthent w i th thedraftn, which 5oviet

lo. (3) L;UBJ.T wor'xed in the %LLes in• build: projects. then eo;ed the bon:itfield of construction for saver!:1 years Prior

ool;ce. Thus know how to read teohncelprisoner:: In the ,:miarr, aren '.:or s unable to rend.

17. (Z.,) 1111117 desired be an?loyed ns Frimin:41-?,o=eisear w'th theCriminal Police. reneatedly stated that 1!_i .- .ould much nrefer to be re-

. .emolo-ad with the counter-inteligence serv i ce. ;F-C:

16. (U) orailab l e records disclo” 7:o further Pe.rtincot riforzntion.

(C) The above infori5n.tion nJly be released to the BNI); . After,UE1.7t:T i s return from the ussa in 15 ..J, was of interest to D.D. DAD infor-

mation dated June 1956 indicates that place of birth was ;AGD;BUAG.The Inform/it:on, contained in . persuaphs 7 through 17, was classified "Ca.

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