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ApP.O. #464. U. s. Army

3. Me 1945•

Letter of Transmittal.

TO I Chief') CIO, Fifth Arscr. APo 464, us A.

1. Herewith for information the following CSDIC reporte•

Interrogation Report on Bs Stendartenfuehrer MIFF. Waltter,file reference. CSDIC/430154WSD 11, copy number $1.

First Detailed Interrogation Report un Rittrawister mxtr MON -1303D;LurAill, File reference CSDIC/C2W8D 9.. copy number 41.

Interrogation Report on lint. mortar: Fritz, file iefereneecsraciscA5Acri5o 124 copy member 51.

For the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-23

FOR COORDINATION WITH 4/3 ,

NAZI WAR CRIMES DISCLOSURE ACT

EXEMPTIONS Section 3(b)• (2)(A) Privacy Cji

(2)(B) Methods/Sources• (2)(G) Foreign Relations CI

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(b) Documents

i) Nembership book No 5216415 of the Nazi Party, issue. at MUNICH, 25 May1940, showing Source's ontry into the Pa7.-ty on 1 2.hy 32.

ii) Diary 1942, including name3 ana addiessis of higher SS officers in=MANY.

iii)Wehrpass of the German Navy.iv) Official passport, issued 22 May 4.2 at BERLIN, 7all until 22.1y 43

and extended by the German Consulate at NAPLES til_ 22 May 44.v) Itrmit to carry arms up to 7.65 mm calibre, issued 27 Jul 38 at",

BERLIN and valid for three years.' The permit to carry arms also covers"public meetings and processions".

vi) Identity disc, with thu inscription "SS AUSB. ABT. KONITZ - No 11634". 1616JIThe identity disc is r.."cover", similar to flat issued to all m."-hers of Animathe SIPO and SD Aussonkommiando,M11.N.

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(c) History and Careor

' Source was born at CCETHEN (Anhalt) on 19 Jun 19C6, and after three' pompom. years of Velkasebule and nine years at the Gymnasium •-..t WALEBURG, Qecame a cadet in

the German Navy in 1924. After a training period of four years on various ships and.',shore establishments, Source was promoted to tho rank of midshipman (ensign) nn 1 Oct

- 1926. His promotion to Sub-Lt occured in 193C). From 1930-35 Source was instructor AWE

at a Mines School and eventually commanded a minesweeper. He yr. transferred to the .1st Minesweeping Flotilla in 1934, in the rank of Lica and was placed in command of -*the Flotilla from 1934,-36. During the period 1936-37 Source was instructor at theNines School at KIEL and placed in command of MB 196 4..n 1c237,

Source left the Navy. on 31 Dec 37, throurin influence of his friend.flEYDRICH, to become SS candiaate and train-so at the SD Hatdtamt BERLIN:. with the ' . 111:1:a

intention of acquiring a working knowledge of all deportments, On 20 Apr 38 Sourcewas given the rank of Hauptsturmfuehrer, with the task of carrying on:, the mobilisation'preparations of the SD. At beg 1 939 Source moved to PRAGUE with tho SD Dinsatzkdo,NcLare he continued his work in connection with the . robili:ation 7reparations. In..Apr 39 he returned to the SD Hauptamt BERLIN, where he continued the same task tillSep 39, when he was transferred to Amt TIP (Teehnik), and givon 1.ank of puttingtho SD oommUnications on a war footing. -This included WT, RT, 'oloprint, MT and airtransport.

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On I May 40.. and, at his own request, Source wf'.3 transferred back to the'.Navy, as OC of the 38th liineswe.eping Flotilla operatina he •-:::reen CIERBOURG and CALAIS.Source was prothotcd to the rank of Lt-Cmdr jari Apr 41,

At the request of 1-1EYDRICE Source retufned to the SD iLauptamt BERLIN,-kat LID in Jun 4.1, but in Sep 41 moved. to PRAGUE as +;echnical adviser to I-EYDRICH...on•-.all matters of communications in the Protectorate. "7 ..uree remained in this job till'..Jun 42, when he returned_to -ale SD Haupt....t BERLIN. •

• In Jul 4.2 Source wz.ts appointed head c -Lie SD Einsatzleorimando AFRIKA, hirthis staff wasuna.3Te-10- go beyond. ATHENS, and. Source flew to TOBRUK for a personal: •

•interview..with.R02.50.J. T'z was landed. that -EITE-YfIT:i:it3.1'-been too 1-6-ng- delayed to ht. elf an-,7 value, and Source -returned. to BITILET with his Staffili'f.

In Nov 42 Sourcs went to TUNIS with an SD Einsatzker....:-ando,sonlewhat ..•••7

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. mdueed' in *size, arid'remained there. till 10 May 4.3, be flew c-r•-•t: , to ITAL:Y•Staff,- •

Sou.rce was appcir.ted. OC of' the Einsatzkominando in Jul 1+3. On'''i;Sep . 4.3 . SoneCe flew to- BMZ.ANO to see SS Gruppenfwarer 1121-AST.L-2.. appointed SOU14:6)GRUPPE i.IC)BER ILIDEN Vr.E&T of the sao and SD, with ;i'"), -in 1-.MIN, Source arrived.at.':'.:;;

MAN to' -Cake up his .appointment on 13 Sep 43 and remained' j...LL1 his su.rrendef•:•• .„

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•.Organisation of poll.tical rzangsterism to stream- perfoetisn t 4,1 is pzow3. of Vac.,fact, By'' nature?, eYna.cal ancl. overbearing, but C1111/3 .1.7PZ and. Shifty ther than

telligenti= he ,..;:regardS his past activities as a mat 1..)r 'cf He was at • firss •iineo,oPeraive.duririz inte--ronation and refused to lay his -.;;...rds on ho table

contet and .everlastirur malice towardsOndenled. Source is 'considered a menace if tr.-sr Sr: 7,fce, and. failnw ac.1.7aal.'iiraination. is recommendecl. for life-long interr.ment:

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GRUPPEAIBER :ITALIEN O E SIP() AND SD

Formation

Source fl,:w to sec H.ARSTER . at BOLZANC 'in 12 Sop 43, he was gin-ttne task, togethcr with ILIJELLISR, of prganisinp: the SI=i0 and , alo set-up in thu Viestorn1"..,4.4ait;.617::XPP414ITALY, The OrLginal scheme was that Source ;:apvad tak . : over the area :.

PIEDMONTari“IGURIA, with provisional HQ at TURIN, vh11.3 4.; RPELL'In . was to bcépoble 2r LONDAPDY, . with HQ at LUI•U4. During rdt 12/' SLp4.3, 107.TFR

.1b6earro incaPacitated throur:h a strong attack of rhollL.atim ad was to make 1 1.16. . .,JorneY. '.Sour....e was therefore commissioned :1-y RJ to car)y alor..3 the task

...establishing the ZITO 'and SD network in NV ITALY cc "pp "A.!),. Source . arrived 1,12,11 on 13 Sop 43 , witla a sto.2: 35,

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aluainztechnical personnel' (drivers, interpreters, WT oporaf On, cc) and b -egan 7b1.ishing:

he2rAUssenlcoMmandO;i4illAff, with SAEWECRE . in charge... ::',AbOUtiO'clays slater Source 'went to •,fith part (.5'

staff' Plilz;-.re 'infOrCeMent s Set up: AuSsenkoralande TURYN,- under SCHHILT.

ith :..,, _ 4 t dirival of further: re, infordements, .Au.szenk=ar.do GENOA was

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(b) Pt:mei-of Authority

• . The headi of the various Kommandos hold low ranks (Lout, Obit and Hpt)but were constantly in contact with officers of much higher rank (Oberst and evenGeneral) of various German and Italian commands. In order to back up the authority

:: . .-of . the . /CommandoS,. Source in the rank of •Obersturmfuehrer acted as the official:representative of the SIPO and SD. Furthermore, at the inception of the GrUppe OBERITALIENWEST,-communications between MAN and VERONA were very bad, and in all cases

• . where the BdS Was not available owing to technical difficulties, Source had fullauthority to act for the BdS himself.

(c) . .. Source's Tasks:

. 'Owing to the fact thet the econkiic and political point of gravity in.:.:.:.,1.HUpper ITALY. was centred in ...he triangle MAN-TURIN-GENOA, Source's main task was to

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yv) . . To osUperViSe • the policy and work of all units and sub-its under his .-,...!;..:coMmand...

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. ... : ...., In . the.course Of his duties, Sourceravolled extensively in the areas-:Under his command., and at the beginnina- , visited TURIN'ana GEM,. aill least once a week,.,.. • ..

- .:later once alfortniaht.. . . - Source states that in the o:lurso of his visits to the Aussenkommandos, -- -

the various heads gave him a verbal report on the tr;st important happenings, withoUtroinr7-.into *details, in addition to which he was aiven a summarised report ;dying thO''activities of the Aussenkommando in concentrated.form. Source claims that in tho

. , :. :bourse of:twenty'months' activity the . iteMs reported have been so numerous that . a. .... ,. ..

':..!.. repetition of particular items'iS impossible. .4.,;.-:. • •

• '1+016'4From the oraanisationel point of view, the establishment of the Gruppe ......;.wdos

, ORM ITALIEN WEST was a departure from the normal SD set-up, particularly in ITALY, ..,PoPialamwhere the Aussenkommandos were normally responsible direct to the BdS. The original

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'intention, therefore, had been to dissolve the Grupe OBER num: WEST as soon as the>mipmmrs'various Auseenkommandos had boon established firmly, and to place them under the ,':-.2..%'''

: -immediate'eontreI of the.BaS. 1"eis move was to have taken place in Feb 144, but waS-:.H.::'not ezirriedout . because the centralised system of information, particularly in remard s..., •: ., ., . . . ,

i te,antirstrike Measures, was considercld a great success. Another reason for theretention of the Gruppe was that BARSTER was anxious to have a himh-ranking SD sub- . !!z.--_ordinatent,M1LAN. c.

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Source mentions the followina as being his main tasks as head of Gruppe.i.-PER ITALIEN 'PEST:-

i) . The organisation and development of all units and sub-units of the SIPO

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(d) Abt VI Tasks

Durinr the initial period, Aht VI was non-existent cwina to the factthat Rail Could not, or would not, make available the necessary personnel. Abt VIwas first set up in maz in Feb 44, -Under ZIMER, with the task of building up apost-occupational netvork and procuring political information from abroad.

Source was forbidden to have any direct contacts with -SWITZERLAn or:.any other country, except on the expre:is authority of Amt VI BERLIN. This .authoritywas applied . for throuc:h VERCNA. Source states neaotiations of this kind were very.protracted and tiresome:and that the application was rejected in the majority of:cases:-..

Rembers Of Amt VI BERLIN workinOn Source's area on special miseions'.were officially required to make their presence known to Source, but in some cases'

: this not observed. Source claims that these specialists only aave.himthe .general . outline of their mission without going into details. This policy is statedto be in accordance with the "leadership" principle (Fuehrerprinzip), according towhich'no officer my learn more of a Secret matter than is absolutely necessary. for .him 'to carry out his task.. The principle was atrictly-adher yd to "J3r members of AbtIV and VI VERONA with the suit that Source claims to be uninfor:-.11d. on many of the.:'activities of VERONA in his area. •

• .Source also claims that in individual canes the Aussenkommandos had ..•Orders to report direct to VERONA. Under this heading came anew a gents, WT agente:• •.(inclUdina those who miaht be . used) and all matbrs dealt with centrally by VERONA:.

„ The policy of secrecy is stated to have been moSt marked in the case*OtiCertain . missions, the Members of which were in no way contrelled by 'Source.

(e) :POstOccUpational Network

•. .hadalreadyprepared a network of agents, of whbfa SOurce knoiq

:.aboUtfive,)when DON-BARBARE .SCHI, 'who had been arrested and:then.reieased:to bereturned...tO_SWITZERLAND,informed ZIMMER that his,post.--oc:cuilit,iontaplazii-',*dre.ell

d,..yn:.:"t6:.the Allies - and:Mentioned dertaindetails which conviridedihimthat:6o,',.:WOUid?...• • • • • ■

ave:,..",0''.starfegaimmith a-new netWork. .-The existing network Vas..ln:fadt..'SCraPpediaceerding to-Sotice; '

The setting up Of a. new net-work did rr.A-getticyond the•plannii*..stage,*nd:therenting-Ofa flatl.(location. unknovm) . becaUee during:thelaet eight Wceki-:.':iiriOrtothe:,,surrender:ZIMIER:Was:fully:OccUPiedwith:the'41l .AbtVVI werk , in MILAN CaMe . to a'standstill.

f - : SOURCE'S FERSONAL CONTACTS

• , Source claims,that with the eXception of BENUZZI, , Who_was his' OnlY2,OrMer,: .hc. ::had•nO other perSenal aaente or infoimers4n- the Strictsenca.,of:the

e '.. .ipersOns'whO for financial' Or political :reasons eupPlied hiM withinforMation.aC.aular intervals.:

With the'exCePtiOn of BENVZZI, all Inforthers were controlled .by .thoheadSof the departments III,' IIED, IV. , V and VI. Source t e.dealings with these'inforMerswere conducted exclusively through the heads of the departments.

• The following:ere the personalities ' from whom Source'obtained information.,an official capacity: . '

Col . GELORKTNI GNR .Col PUSTI . uPT

• Questore LARICL1 '•' BRACCO,. fermer vie() -14.9.yor of MILAN

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Source also was in constant touch with the German Censulates at INCOLLNand TUR1N from whom he obtained a certain amount of information.

In 194.5, Source had three audiences with MUSCLINI as well asinnumerable interviews -with the 1anister of the Interior, the Minister of Justice, theMinister of LabOur and thg Chief of Police.

. In an official•Capacity, Source also liaised with a number of Fascists,.leaders of Fascist formations and Government officials,

4. Ti.E FEIETRATION OF THE -ALLIZD

. On principle the Partisan orranisation is stated to have been far easier:ta ,perictrate that that of the Allies. Both.Gorman and Italian bodies were concerned::With the . penetration of the • Partisan orranisatien," and the resultant increase in

• ?personnel and the areater scope of the inquirieS • yiclaed a reat amount of useful•" information. By systematic =Search, particularly by the Aussenkommandos and the"IO,.: •Of the SS ., and Felice Chiefs, a very accurate OB of the Partisan Movement Was built up,ineludina . its CoMmunication system and the relation between the CLN in the tawns, and:.the . partisan formations operatina in the dountry, in Source's opinion the immenso.,,,fgrowth Of the Partisan Movement was a distinct disadvantaae for the Allies in thatrftoo many written orders were issued and when captured, as often happened, thesedocuments yielded useful information. Source also described as a disaci7antaae thefaet , that • the Partisans were obliaed to work with certain Italians, who in order tosave there lives, or for material aain, divulaed the complete extent of their know/ewhon captured.

,, . The weak point in the Allied oraanisation is stated to have been cert.

.ilian -elements who wore not chosen with sufficient care in that they were net'real, _anatacai-antiL.Fascists or anti-Nazis, and if arrested provided a not inconsiderable.-

:SMOtnt :Of:information. Under this cateaory, Source refers mainly to former Italian::.Oidiers',Who'acáented mission- merely in order to be able to return to their families•

Such aaents, if arrested, would also talk about their training inSOUth " -thein mission, etc, and were usually found. to be the easiest -type to turn roU'

..., SoUrce is unable to remember the names of individUal aaents particularly as cases ofthis kind were handled centrally by bt..--TV at DdS.NERONL:

. During the period Oct 454,ar 45 a number of orranisations and missions-were uncovered. In Jan 45, Aussenkonrardo TURIN issued a summary riving details of

,,.about 50-60 missions which had been revealed at one place or another. The summary.:'included oraaniSations which had been eliminated, including the names of members, and.also those 'which had been penetrated but not yet 'eliminated as well as missions-about.Which.nainfónmation,was-available.

•. . .• The position atbaisenRomnando GENOA was similar. There were pointse

penetration eVerywhere and. successes aaainst/ individual missions, but in-.:the:Conieleta',penetrationalld ..relimination of the "

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:Source added that if despite the extensive knowledre which the Germanspossessed of the Partisan set-up, aaressive action against them was never decisivethis Was sotely due to the inadequacy of the manpower at thc disposal of the Germans

The penetration of the Partisan oraanisation also reveAcd loopholes,ailed oraanisation as both bodies stood in sore sort of relaionship to one'

r.another;- The penetration of the Allied organis-tion is stated to have teen icomarábmore difficult, owing to the fact that it employed fewer men, working independentlytan&;unknown to one another, in small .7roups of two or throe, and also because these ilen,•vgbetter trained, cleverer and better concealed. If arrested, they talked considerab" ess *,than the Partisans.

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The followin g are the orr,■anisations kmawn by Source to have been1.min+od: 'OTTO", "FR="1", "TAR', u oil n , "STE -fLA" "FIRI" (Italian) and "DORA".

On his arrest, 1=I gavc .valuable information en the CLN and itsorganisation, as well as the economic and political conditions in S ITALY.

The crr:anisatien for supporting the Partisan rToups from the air waswel l -known, thanks to the captured material distributed by VERONA. If a WI' operatorwas cartured with his set it was possible in the majority of cases to get to know thecbdc. mfesages which had already been sent were also found on thecpui .ator when captured. .a

. The WT. operator who accompanied TUC= and DON T.RWLRESCHI on theirmission from . S..1 -132=AUD into the :Cr:vince of Ca0 is stated to have been eXtreme];y:cowardly • and•to have b ,.:en unatlu to withstand prolonged interrog.ation.

• Ccurce affirms that the German or ganisation 'wed under a greatdisadvantage in. that •nearly all Italians :.upported the Fartl.sans and the Allies. Even,

boies such as the 'Police, UPI and SID very often worked not for but againstthe Cermant,'as a form of reinsurance with the Allies.'

5. SD ACTI-47.TIES IN S'iTTZ.MAND

f.0l“l Gen.:ral Policy

. SWITZERLAND was reoarded as a preserve of Amt VI RSITL working across the 6".German frontier, and ary activity on the part of SD in ITALY was considered "illegal". .13In view of its close proximity to the Swiss frontier, however, Source's organisatiOnhad ample opportunity of developing contacts, which in fact it 4i4. All .such_contacts.,0w.iIwere iMmed5.ately reported to:HARM-icor HUECEL at VERONA, rho decidedwhethcr't.heir:further de Wveleyment as to be- directed centrally frcr.! VERONA or by the various bodies

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RL Source's but particularly by the Grenzbefehlsstelie WEST at-Q0110;:underNOET . • . •

- . .. Owin5. .to the lack of personnel,.tim and-Means, the 'penetration of the:Allied organisation in SWITaDILAND froM N ITALY was more a matter . of chance andop t, than a planned undertaking. Source describes this polloy as one of the .typical mit-takes of Amt VI RSHA, ■ . •

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71th the exception of UGO, BENUZZI and.BICCHIEVAI, Source himself : had.:no ..Lpei.sonal cCntaott tithMITZEIa.). Source alsodisclaimo all knowledge of any directCntacts o jxittinbetween Abt VI VERONA and SVITZERLAND, ana conslaer8 this.Possibility.. _ . , .au •b4nr!, very r(mote. •\ , 101:31• (b) Local Border Traffic (hleincr Grenzverkehr)

This was the method by which most of the information was secured. Theagents employed were Italian, Swiss and German. F:ACER and 1::,:d.ULTZ, both of OGUO,frequently visited SWITZERLAND for busine-s reasons, and the' .r trips yielded informationof general interest.

• (c) German Consul at LUGANO

• Source knew Frhr von NEURATH personallyfrom his AVRTGA . days and now ana •then obtainea information of a general nature from htn.

(a) ' Dr PORTA

_ The above, Fedgrale of dO140, had.a well organised Intelligence Service; •

in SWITEERLAED and at first Made all the information collected available tOithoD...Later on the relations between PORTA and VCETIERL Lecame unfrien4y and the .supply.:Of%.inforMation:ocased. . Source has no knowledge in regard.to thu details Of:the.....:. ....:,,..::. .:_ .'inforMatiOn corcerned. •

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one tint: the abrlre organisatic'n rlar.nca.tc c:stablish an intelliq,enceOorri.co in SV:ITZEler,-ON.7/.. It ,../as. havo worke.7. in csnjionctic.,n with smurmling organisa-ti:n, but the . scheme v:as'anever carried out. The -film zt-ar, ITALE1•7TI Osvaldo, was alsoconnected with the orranisation, which oar; rim amatevcir.11 lines, and had its HQ at

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(f). IZREIOTTI and the Undertakine! .

MARDIGTTI, mano.oer of SNIA VISCOSE, was serving a short tJrin of ' imprison-ment . auriniz the course of which he expmssecl the wish o to Oi/ITZEILLI_ND in order täcontact some Allied representatives. His aim- was te open nea,otiations with a view tosaving the industry in N I2. frcm Oup stooctien, but he wished• to carry out his missionwith the Iciowledite of the Gerr.:s.n authoridoos.

MARDICTTI r s pia wr.t.apprevt...1., because it was 1-1 -idea to make use of hisvisit to .3.7ITZERL1.TO in order to contact Allied oircles in that country, -•The scheme was civen the cover nark: "WESTiaND" and plc. zof. under the personal direotion::.of ILARSM. . • •,

. MARDICTTI went to SIOITZERLAND, and the first results looked promising..lifter err of HARINCTTI t s- visits aoross.the border, a meeting .took place at CEMICEIBIC • ••betWeen . HAliSTER, • 114R.DOTTI and Source. . The meeting was also attended by a aiiss.

MUTTE12...(or-GREUT1702.); allegedly a close eollaborator with the 1:ritish or.American Intelligence Service. As a .result of th: .oroclress na1o, HARSM went' . to .riERLTH, ia order to obtain permission to :continue the discussions. BERLIN' s- attitUde.o.:-was not encouraging and the schemo-was- abandoned.

. Source states that .1.T.'sRINOTTI• did not bring back arj-.Inforration.from• .SVITMRLAND Other . than that 'connected with the negotiations. He ./.'s 'aware, however,

that one of MRINC/ITI I s former collaborators, Count CCMITA ?) is" alleged to , have • • •. 'worked for the Eritish rInteiiienO"C'oSOrvi. ce4 but that the c:lad had. differences Of -.•opinion and. no longer saw One another. . . • •• . . • ,„.

Source has no information regarding the nre sent whe.reabouts ef MARDICTTI • .. .•hut presumes. him to be in SIETZI,LIC. •

•(a) • •

•. On '15 Feb 4.5 S.5 Obergrupperfuehocr WOLFF --o:rressed the:wish to . have some'means. of establishing contact with the Allies 'in SWMZETtLAND. Source discussed the •tis...tt.t.:r with .Z.11Lilit, and i1 ;;a arced to nominate PARMI, whom ziirsa }mew in a. purely',oerSona14:ay from GENOA.. . had .nevor had ,..rb intclliencc *dealings with PARILI....before; '.PARILI. was keen on tho proposal, as he himself was intre.sted in the preserv-ation of Upper ITALY. WCLIT -ond iiZST1 r..reed to .PLRUI t s nomination, and from then.--,..•.onwrxclS the negotiations followed the already well-lciown r

Source himself. part fo these newotiat:.on oo going to SWITZERLAND •(LUC-;..NO) end. Feb-Beg Mar 4.5 aro-mpanieil by ::1:111.27R ) •.711cr, he remotiated with Professor'HUSSVANN: and 1Eajor . ;!11321t,.cf Intellige.nioe..Sez.noideo Ho was obliged to explain. .

. to the Swiss 'representatives why ' .501.,IF I S visit to TaLLIN had taken longer than expected.',;.•At. the some time .; Source was hantlod. a list of prisoners held by the SD and on whose,' '• ot • .behalf the Swiss repro sentat s vishe a.. to intervene Source states if they. had ss. .•not yet left his area, all te 17.7-iLoners on the list were snt f'ree 4 :is was the only.time Source is stated to have gore.: to ,(:::ITZE-riAND. •

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6. SD ACTIVtTIES AGAINST S

(a) General Policy

After the loss of FRANCE, Amt •VI RSNA tried .various ways and means ofgetting agents into FRZCE. Wit this ol)ject, it sent several representatives on..special missions. to ITALY to examine the . possibility of putting agents across theborder et S F.,-NCE. Source was fully oceuilded with his job' in ITALY and had very,little. time or interest to devote . to this new phase :7f activity. lie asserts thatthose special •missions always annoy: a him, • inasmuch as the officers conducting them

• wore• always very secretive and were continually rakin g mands :'sr accomodation andstores. .

(b) SEIZER

SENER was first of the representatives to arrive from Ant VI on a .special mission. lie. Came to 3,111AN in Oct/Nov 44, and after a sl.lort stay announcedhis intention Of going to S REMO to era.tmine the poa•ibi•ity of putting agents acrossthe RIVIERA border. Source never saw SENER arcain, nor did ho receive any reports'of his activities, which were signalled straii;ht to LRLIN. .

(o) NEISSER'

NEISSER arrived in 1:ZI1A• in Dec is:* on a special mit.7ion from Ant VI„'.The mission was to find ways . an' means to plant affents in S FRAT40 throurfa PIEDMONt.Source drew WEISSER' s attention the fact that the area in clustien. ''Nas danereus:owing to Partisan activities and that to mountain roads • ,ould hardly be passableduring the winter. 'NEISSER thoUght hc . could sueeciel provIF:30. hfouna agentt •of thesporting- type, and left for TURIN in order to study conditions on the spot. later-returned to:flaLuUl, convinced that the PIEDMONT area was unsuitable for the pose hehad in mind, and left for S REMO on Jan 45. Source has seen NEissr] ? sihce and'. -has no information as to his activities. 1:e is beliow'0 to hove- remainedAt S REMO.:.

COHL•

COML. arrived from ITALIN a little after. ULISSER, but ith the same..miasien as the latter and : SENITz.a. .Ift aditicn,,COML had the 'task of controllin g , the

• . '!TOISCA" .or5anisation, a' i::rour: of 1.STO nc hmp n of the Hi', .under :::!ARTHEIZiri*, who woreoperate in . .FRANQE, . Source has never . seen :ARTIR40,7 or r of the other • Frenchmen •but thinks-that:none of them ever undertook a mission. • : . •

• . . In the meantime,. COHL went to char70--Jf all the variousgroups (SENNER, NEISSER, Arty) an to sort out the eonfusion which had arisa.' Thiswas due to the policy of rent VI.G1 sendim.: nuribers ef Fre7.chmen to ITALY who,. onarrival, wore c ither LIM .or unsuitable and :only: in L.nt on i good , time. ..Some of •these • Frenchmen arrived alone, others Wore in ,:harrzo of a ::'raft leader. Ofthese draft. . leaders, Source knows the following superficially: ' :.ZUELF5, SAID and-FRINGS (or :17:RINGS ? ) - Obits, and SCHULTE - cfficcr cadet. . is unable todescribe these draft leaders, nor can he state whether they retur.led to GERMANY. or

.remained at S .REMO. •• In mid Feb 45 the confusion became so great that . hSTER ordered GOHL .

to 1UI.;2,N with the task of collecting all the Frenchmen there' and pasincr them on Id':, the organisations for which they were Most suited. • GUI had a small off ice opposito

the Alberge "TURISMO"' and was assisted in his work by a certain- STEaTITT and anothcx■,..:man whose name Source has for gotten, •

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About 25-30 Frenchmen who turned up in MILANal1cie for the -purposeof crossing, into MANCE but did black market transactions instead, were arrested andsent back to GERMANY. Of this number -,•Source can remember only a certain SELON •'Andre and wife.

Source cannot rdve any infr,rmation about GOHL's activities at S REMO.-

(0) BERGER

A certain BEIZGER, a German national who ir,a worked in FRANCE previously,was to havo started operations at S REM. He cane into conflict with GOHL and wasarrested on a suspicion of trying to escape to 3',IITZL.:-M..1:ZD. From L1LAN, BERGER waseventually sent to GERMANY.

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( 4 ) '. . UGO"

Source heard "UGO's" real name in Dec 44 for the fir%:;:. time, but cannotremember it. Confronted with the name of "Dr UGC MODESTI", Sourc, admitted thepossibility that this might have been another of "UGC' s" aliases, but cannot confinm.this with ' certainty. Source states emphatically that HNODESTIH was not the realname of "MO". He is equally certain that "UGO" never usea any other °over nacosi .at least not in his dealings With the Aussenkommando.

i) Recruitment -•

HUGO" approached SA1,MCEE in Oct/Nov 43 and offered his services as anOld member of the oVRA. "UGO.H . telonged to the OIT4 at MILANOr LU(IA, and awing to..„.the fact that the activities of that organisation had been consid4ably Curtailedlowing the events of 8Sep'43i he was endecyouring to find. a new field of activity forhimself,-"UGO H proposed thet . hq6boula be allowed to continue tc work indepehdent145with his Own collaborators, and to send all reports to the BD instead of to the:Oy.RA,',..,As -a result of a request to the head Of -OVRA (Dr UTO), "UGOr in 5-7 of hiscollaborators were Seconded to the Aussenkormando MILAN.

:Remuneration

• -"UGO" and his collaborators were only sebonied to the AussenkOmmandoBELAN'ana . ,60ntinueatO draw their pay from OURA. ' ,The. SD never paid them a fixed wage ::. 1..and . morely kept then in rations. On special occasions, such a Chrietmas', or if "UGC,"

had pulled off:a.partiCularly good job, he: was g iven a'bohus, which he divided amongetj:.:..,his men. Expenses which HUGO" incurred in the course of his duty were refundeclvand...-.... ...in individual eases "UGO H :was permitted to retain a portion of ally funds 'Ionfisoated"in order to devote..them:to his future tasks".. .Source cannot even gbe an estimate:of the amounts involved,

•iii) "UGO I s" Work

•On the i/Iss of the reports which "UGCH , gave of his previous activities,...:he seemed well Suited to carry out the mission which the Aussenkommando hadset'namely to ensure peaceful and orderly conditions for the fiqhtinct troops in the rearareas. With this object in view, "UGO's" efforts were .at first devOtedto the penetration of the optosing . political orRanisations. Source states that:."MGQ:Worked in close collaboration with SAEWECY2 and, together with his Own collaborators

achieYed Considerable succes.s.- . .

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"UGC6 had CAU.L connections in S'LITZERLAND, and surmooted to sia-TITEcia]that these should be t`ttilisea to further the penetration of the political oppositionparties. Source states that "UGO" worked on the kncswledge that the CLN and all itsaffiliated parties had their own connections in SWITZERILND, which inir r.ht be tapped toprovide useful information on the political set—up in IT;..LY itself.

Source v.as asked by StLETEGKE to give the scheme his blessintz, but beforedoinr so, Source interviewed "UGO" personally, allev.edly for, the first time. Sourcethourht the Irroposal interestim:, but as ho had been ex-. :ressly forbidden to .work intoSWTTZEILL:\11-D, he tfa-k3e, ti-ra matter over with HidISTEI. before c:ivinr: a reply.. Sourcerecormenticd the scheme to li .diSTE-a, with the proviso that ::S T.-41. BRUM: should not beinformed., as the whole scheme was an Abt 7.:-1 rather than an ;-.r.it VI matter (penetrationof the -political opposition from abroad) l'IARSTER .ar:reca.

v) Missions in SITITZEIZLAND

"UGC's" first mission intc :IND, which he undertook with theobject of rev-ivinq. his connections With the OW,: networl: in that country, took. placeabout Jun 44. "UGC" crossed the fronticr iller:ally with one of his collaborators,wh • ,se name Seurce claims not to know.

The results of this first mission Were allegedly reported direct %to:.anz.-1. Source claims to have no irCermation or. the subject.

Source -belieye.s that "UGO" earrica out a totra of two or threeinto SVIT �ZilL.,'..1Z but states that later (-..n "UGC" stopped r7.-)i.ng to SIFITMI.T.211Dbwino to the fear of havincr. been recor.nised.

• Source cannot state ,whether . "TiGC.It s" colklboratorAcis.p ermanently- in ••5VITTMRL:11W, or hether ha cros •sea the border cm 'every mission. The lattersupposition is believed to be 'correct. ••

• Source des.critcS the Swiss information .a.ifTlierl by "UGC" as unimportant.;and. in part merely a confirmation of . facts already -known.. "UG(" always came back. •with Swiss newspapers, but of the actual information Source can remember only that.relatint: te Dll.NCHI, which Source insists wari already known to ; him. . The information .was to the 'effect that Gen DIidC1iI, Italioi Military Lttacho at BERNE, washead of the Italian intellirence in SVITZE.IiLLND arid that he had sent a certain number.'of arents to IT The ram: of the a(fents or their , niisSions were not ment iene ••

•vi) The Case of : 1.10NLOCEILI

in order to extend his Sviiss activitieS, "UGO" submitted a plan whereby •he would cultivate the frieiadship of sev •era1 . influential people irriziscined by the•SD,,and pose as, an hadFascistbeen forced to werk for the Germans IT force ofPft-ruuristrnOCi s . Having- ize.ined the 'confidencc of these 1-,x;ople, "UGC". :: planned tohelp them..esdape into SWIMS -111M, where he 1101x:a his pose • as liberator ':jr-uld r4. c.in hiraadmittance into the circle f• escapees. "UGO" submitted a list of five or six pcwhom he wished to have released, but Source was 'sli2htly -suspicious and narrc.!'icianumber down to three people.. Cf these, . Source remembers only one, an Italian j./.- •journalist -by the name of MONTANMLI. The other . tWo, whose =les 'Source. c.•:?.rinct..Z.--

Were an old Italian r;eneral . Who, . had some cenneetion •Nith . the CLN, -andAmerican girl Who -had been imprisoned. on . a charr.:.e . of suspected cap.ionage.to; the ...circurnstancca of the . arrest, Source . can only recall that she Wae arrested,-

on the jra to Fli.ANCE SWITZERLIND, allegedly for the purpose ; of visiting.: her .a yowls,. -.6. •ench- diplomat.

'• • t'llGO" . .planned .to•

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"UGO" planned to use the General and the American girl merely as a"v-sitinr-card" for himself and his collaborators, whilst MONTAN: 7.'7d was to be used in

he role of informer. Source, throurh SAEWECKE, a .,.ixrived of the scheme, and all •three were released and smuggled across the Swiss frontier in Jul 44, MONTANELLI wasmarried to a German woman, who, like himself, had been re:re:Actl ea a charge of workingfor the enemy. "UGO'"i with a view to gaininf: MCNTAIICLI's confidence, promised thelatter that his wife would receive preferential treatment in prison and oven went asfar as to promise her release, provided his (N)NTAAELLI f s) work preyed satisfactory..L'IMANELLI t s wife was transfered to the concentration ca77....1 at BOLZANO with Prders tothe camp authorities to grant her preferential treatment with a view to her futurerelease and rem-rval to INNSBRUCK or neighlnurhooc. , where her parentSlived.NONTAEELLI's wife subsequently tried to escape from the camp at BOLZANO, with theresult that she was ruarded . nore olosely and her release never took place.

Source thinks that MONTANELLI must have .:ot information of what trokplace at BOLZMa, because notoinr more was heard of him -fter Oct 44 until "UGO".received NaTANELLI t s summons from SWITZERLAND on 25 Fe]: 45 (see sub-par ix).

vii) Gases Handled by.;_litaLl

Sour e believes it was "UGC's" idea to return DENETRIO Sermi to theSouth of ITALY with the intention of causinr a split within the Socialist Party. TheLi:0E2RX mission took ,place with the approval of Source, but the plannin g was donejAntly by "UGC' and S;WECKE.

H UGO" took part in the interroratir.n of PARRI,"UGC" was NOT allowed to interrogate apy members of tIle YRANCHI

rrganisation, because he was not considered sufficiently reliable at the time.Source is unable to give any further information on individual cases

hanaled by "UGC", L.ut surmsts that SAFRECRE, who was in touch with " AUGO" almostdaily, will be able to rive full details.

viii) RelatirnS between "UGO" and •ENUZZI

,"I;CC" . ana BENUZZI were bitter enemies,. a. fact which Source dtributes to-12rofessiohal jealousy. Both tried t . '.71-21ict the maximum harm on one another', and

:. Source was oonstantly . beinrxeminded.oe allerted collaboration ef:one ' or . the othor.the enemy. These allc .-.ationS were held in reneral terms and were never .backed. .

'tip by any proofs. • •: A typical eXample Of BENUZZI's tacticSWasto4nformSourve . that the.CLN

,had .became . aWaxe that one cf thetr members had been,impriSoned c.ain, and that the .1.nformation could. onlyliaveleked out throurh "UGO"UG;',.. 11-,Often Used the ' Same 1121,o,

. When b^th "UGC" and BrsNUZZI disappeared into MITZERLAND at be g Mar. Opthe Supporters:of bpth accused the other side Of havin i:: betrayed their chief to the'.

Statements of this kind in favour of BENUZZI were made by both his wife anctFERRATA.

"UGO's" Last Nission to SWITZTALL.ND•

At noon, 23Fe 45, Source was inforted !.1y .SIZIECKE•that "UGC:I:hadreceived an urgent request f , ,r an interview with MONTA/ELLI in SWITZERLAND, and that.the latter had an important message far . him SzJ 1LCE . asked • Source to give .6..decision in the matter. Source fun 1 every argument • infavoUr of "UGC"L vecepting thetrivitation, Since: if ho •had. voished to escape, he could have.donese without informing':Source. .FurtherMore, • the messarc from aNTANELLI seemed genuine.ehourh, an apartfrom that, information of every descriptionwas.require d in view -of the already tense-military situation.. Source :therefore gave .his..approvai..

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"UGO" crossed into SWITZERLAND Morally during tho night 23/24 Feb 45and was rover seen again. Two or three days later sizram told Source that "UGO"had informea one of his fn that all was well, but that his stay had been extended fora day or two. a

When BENUZZI also disappeared and "UGO" failed to return SAEWECIE and"UGO's" collaborators made inquiries from which it transpired that "UGO" had beenkidnapped by the Engliih Secret Service, interrogated and taken to . ROLE. Sourcestates he had no further news about "UGO" and is iplorant of his present whereaboutl.

"UGO r s" men at the Aussenkommando laLAN, disheartened by the disappear-ance of their leader, continued to work for Source, but with complete lack of success,

x) Source's Bstimate of "UGO l s" Reliability,

Source states that "UGC' s" activities in SWITMLAND did not come up tohis expectations and that his main efforts wore directed towards the penetration ofthe Italian axiom political set-up on Italian soil. In this he was successful.

"UGC" and his collaborators are stated to have souf7ht out, apprehendedand interrogated a number of people of difforent shades of political opinion, Reportsof these interrogations were submitted in writing to SAEWECEE. In addition, "UGO" Nfrequently iscund.xonsolidated political reports on the opposition parties, theasnrolopmont of the cur, SAP, GAP and other organisations.

"UGO" also did some eounter-espionaae work, but was not allowed to playany agents back ox send them on missions without the authority of SAEWEGEE, who inspecial cases Obtained Source's approval.

Source had no information recording "UGC' s" collaborators or contacts. .Source [states that SABWECEE Ead complete confidence in "UGO" but claims

•that he himself recorded him with 'a. certain amount of suspicion. Tiflis suspicion wasbased on: i wiTGO's" lack of success in SWITZERLAND. .•

ii BENUZZI's persistent allegations.iii. Statements made by GOMARASOU in mid Feb 45, to the effect that "UGO"

was working with the OLN against the SD.

Source thouaht that GOMARASOU might have been mistaken, but in order toleave no doubts as to "UGC's" reliability it was decided to lay a trap. This wasnot carried out owing to "UGO l s" disappearance.

(b) BENUZZI

i) Personal History

BENUZZI is thought to have been born -at TRENTO of mixed Italo-Gormanparents. He was for many years a member of the CVRA and during the last war workedin the Italian InteLlironco Service against =NOY.

Cm of BENUZZI's brothers is employed with the Italian State Railways'and was last known to be at VERCNA. He also had a married sister at 'VIENNA.

Source believes that during his activity with OVA he became involvedwith Orin, with the result that he was banished to the MEW Islands. He waspardoned in 1943, when he settled down at NAPLES.

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BENUZZI t s • Previous Activities- as Informer

• When DENUZZI was tot free in 1943-he was no longert merber of OVRA.Instead, he set himself up at an independent "information merchant". According toSource, BENUZZI was in touch with WUEBTER, the German Consul General at NAPLES..Source also believes, but cannot confirm, that NENUZZI was .already in contact with .the German Naval Abwehr at that time (1943).

Anticipating the occupation of NAPLES by the Allies, BENUZZI moved toRCUE whore he contacted KAPP-LER at the AussenkoLwondo. DENUZZI worked for KLevLER

-fel' about four weeks, but fearing•an early fall of the city, established his .HQ atMAN,. AlbergO "Ii=10", 2Oom 1/2. 011 the way to MILAN BENUZZI called on the NavalAbwehr at LA-SPEZIA, for whom he was already workinr: and for whom ho was to continueto Work."

iii) The ilecruitment Of BENUZZI

-ILLediately on. his arrival from RCM in Nov 43, DENUZZI called on Source,with a letter of introduction from KAPPLER and Offered his services as informer.Source accepted, having in the Meantime been assured by PULET:Illof BENUZZIts

• The agreement reached was, broadly speaking, that BENUZZI should supplySource .with political-information from N ITALY, but continue to supply- the Naval •Abwohr . With military information. In addition, BENUZZI promised to introduce Sourceto various Italian personalities likely to be .of interest tn the SD, .

• -Avery close collabwation developed between Source and naluzzi, whoeventually becare Source's chief informer, as far as' the North Italian political set-upwas concerned. BEFUZZI kneW all the Fastist personalities whe plaYed a leading role .after 8-Sep 43. He was at liberty to call on Source any 'time he withed, in contrastto the Majority . of the other agents, who were received by the heads . 6f the varieus'departments. Ali BENUZZI's reports were made verbally.

iv) BENUZZI's Finances

.DENUZZI rave thtiMprossion that his cooperation was due to his .;tachmont tothtGermans; or at least to his admiration 'for Source. He also infOrmed-Source that the Naval Abwehr was paying- him a salary of 50p Dollars a month, an allow-ance far more liberal than the SD could afford to pay, • BENUZZI gave .Source to under--ntand that he wOUld:not fail to ask for anything he needed ., but thathe understood thatSource was Unable to pay his erponses out of the modeSt meant(serVice funds) at his

BENUZZI added that occasionally ho might ask Source to perform favourswItleh would.yield him a satisfactory return.-_ As an example, BEVUZZI recounted-the

' case of the old Jewess in ROBE, whose release,. if it had been successful, would havebrotr..:ht hiM-in a lot of money. AlTarently the woman was not released as she had •already been moved to GERMANY.

• In 1944, BENUZZI's income was assured by virtue nf an indemnity of twomillion Lire paid by the Republican Government for wrongfulimprisonment and banishment.This sum had been promised t6 him by the former Minister Of the Interior, DUFFARINI,and was being paid in instalments of 2500100 Lire. - This indemnity Covered also hisapartment which had boon confiscated at the time of his arrest. The protracted'.-negotiations .attonding the payment of those instalMents were of value to 'Source,5:nasnrch as DENUZZI was often obligedto visit: the seat of the Italian Government at

DEMZO, whore he Let a large number of loading personalities (Prefects ., Questurac, .neadt of departments of the various minittries,:ministers, etc). DENUZZI invariably.rc.:turrva . from these. visits with a wealth of information which it would have been verydifficult te obtain by any other means.

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DENUZZI also intervened on behalf of a number of personalities of allpolitical shades imprisoned by the SD, He never mantioned that the release of theseprisoners .broughtbim money, but would rather stress the innocence or the harmlessness .of the prisoners, or claim that their release was essential in order to rain entry'into certain circles for the purpose of obtainin g information. Source is convincedthat in many oases BENI= derived considerable financial benefit from the prisonersor their families.

• .There was also another form of remuneration,' to which BENUZZI and the .woman livinr with him as his wife were very susceptible. Both BENUZZI.and hisa . Viennese, used to enjoy themselves in German circles and were invited to thereceptions held in the MEGAN office. On suet) occasions it was customary for LENUZZIand his "wife" to receive presents, and Source had the impression that these invitaitos:and presents were appreciated far more by DENUZZI than if he had been drawing a salary •of 100,CCO Lire a Month. .

BENUZZI also madepstsents to Source, the total value of which heestimates at. approximately 20,000 Lire.' These presents were in return for the riftsmade to DENUZZI • and' his "wife" at the official receptions at the office, all of whichwere paid out' . of service funds. .Source estimates tha value of these presents atrather more than 20,000 Lire but is unable to mention any precise figure.

• Source has no information as to how LENUZZI.conducted the financial sideof his business.. Source .believes that he acted as intermediary as and when theopportunity occuredi and. also did . oedasional.business with the members of the RUK.

• Source had.ndinformation on the latter sUbject. .

• v) Eriteners Released as a Result of "JENUZZI t 's Intervention

Owinr.to the: fact that DENUZZI and DIOCHERAITrequently iniervened onbehalf of the same, prisoner, Source can only estimate the number of prisoners released

. as a result oTBENUZZI t s interventibn alone. Source believet . thatAduring the total'.•. period of collbborution with BENUZZI this figure deep not exceed a'dozenTersons, '1

• The principle upon which Source worked was that, only a short-tent•-prisoner could be released, and even then Source made certain that the release wouldnot have unfavouaable political repercussions. :

• Of the persons released as a . result of 2ENUZZI t s intervention withSource, the latter can remember only MONTAGNA. Jaether LRUNO, DIEN:, and LEONI.pwo'their releabe'exclUsively to LENUZZI is not certain, as DIGMERAI also into/Noma ontheir behalf, . . .

If the prisoners had already•been moved to VERONA Or BOLZANO, LENUZZIUsed to:ad . Strai ght to NARSTER to negotiate for their' release. . A ease in point wasVENEGON0', imprisoned at DOLZANOand released On orders of BARSTER as a result, ofDENUZZI t s intervention. BENUZZI wanted VENEGONO released in order to have somebarraininr power With the Oommunists and also as a formHof reinsurance with the

'Communist Party. Source believes that BENUZZI also considered VENEGONO as A pbssitlesource of information in the future.

. Source states emphatically that he never received any money from BENUZZI--•• for liberating political prisoners.

vi) BENUZZI f 's Activities on Behalf of the SD

DENUZZI l s activities on behalf of the SD were of a purely politicalnature and were centred round Italian Government and administrative circlet, as wellas the political parties of the opposition. In view of his extensive connectionsiDENtIZZI perforthed the former task to the utmost satisfaction of. his employer, whilehis information on the opposition parties, althoUrh.less voluminous, was nevertheless

•/DENUZZI never

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LII)11"g'SC/15X/SD 11,

•ZIENUZZI never c:ave Source anr. military information ana never carried outalv 1. .olitica1 missions abroad on behalf of the SD.

vii) IENUZi t ,s Contacts

YENUZZI, whom Source describes as the born aunt, .aith awenderful.memory,,nevr rostri,ted his activities to ally given•set rf people. No source ofinformation was considereg. too insianificant, and he listened as readily to the'liftbqras he aid to a cabinet mirister,

DBNUZZI never disclosed the source of his inforration..unless if was toemphasise its importance, For instance, he would state that a particular pieceof.'informatiun had come from the Minister of the Interior himself, etc,

The fillowini arc known by Source to have been :;ome of TENUZZI's more.itriportant sources of information:

DUFFLINI - former Minister ofthe InteriorLEM

- '

Secretary to IITYARINIDUITILACUA - Secretary to IIIIIIIICELIO

-

EtCfect of COOZERDINC - Minister of the InteriorBASSI -l'refect of

• TARINI former Prefect offormer . 1-re1ect of LA SILZIA

T;diDURINI - former Chief of DDliceMCNTAGNL Chief of ••lice .T1ETTINT formeHy at the :-.2:LAN (.;ucstura

- former- Italian • Cmsul in HCILAND-DELOTTI - Major of the GNR an: Stubaf-in Italian •Waffen SSV..TUCCHI - only for a short time, .:.fter whichthere-was-.deep

enmitytetween the two.

"EENUZZI t s most intimate connection was with BICCI..aa—L_I, throwh whomcame in touch with various personalities of the CLV. nev4. mentioned thenames of these CLN personalities to Source.

viii) Informers employed by DENUZZI

Llthough DENUZZI was vcry liberal with his tips, Source knows only onc.instance where DENUZZI employed an informer with a fixed salary. This was a formerpoliceman (nare'unknown) who was ,lven the task of proviain,- BENUZZI with certaininformation from the Nostura at laLz. The salary paid is stated to have been2,000 Lire a month.

DEFUZZI t s Activities in ggiTa±IRLAND •

Source states he save DENUZZI strict orders not to indulm in any kindofintelligence activities (political or•military) . .in SWITZERL.M. . Source•conSidorqDENUZZI for more useful in ITALY and did not wish him 0 compromise himself by any•illeaal activities in SWITZERLAND.

ZENTJZZI is stated to have adhered to this ruling, and apart from britiginrback cigarettes . and books, the only Swiss matters discussed between the two were Red •Cross and Jewish questions.

/Source admits

he

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Source admits he had ther plans • for EBNUZZI, wham he hoped to use aftera Cern= withdrawal from N IT.LY, either as an intellie,ence c2llectinr: af:ency inSWITZERILNE, or as an intermediary ,Let7cen GERMLNY and It ITALY, or 12:th. This,accordin to Source, was the main reason wlw he wished to preserve ELTUZZI, and why hefrowned upon his_frequent visits to SViITZEiLUD, without however, actively opposingthem,

lath a view to avoiding the consequences he anticipated ..11ied• •occupation of N ITALY, BENUZZI 'Made preparations for crostiw: into SWITZERLAND. .

.did this with the help of DICCI=I and DRENNI, Swiss -Consul General at TaLAN/colyloby havin•-, himself nominated as Del..gatc to the Italian .1ted. Cross.- In this capacityhe intended to supervise the general welfare of Italian Jews • interned in GERHANY

if necessary, to submit complaints to the appropriate .authorities in SV/ITZEIZIAM.From the German . side, no obstacles were put in his way, end ::,1-',NUZZI was repeatedlygranted exit .and entry 'remits for. his visits to . -23E141JZZI obtained hisvisa personally from the Swiss .Consul General, with the assistance of the Church andthe Rea Cross.

The financial aspect of the prr;.)ability that ::":31ZUZZI would take refugein MIITZERLAND if N ITALY were occupied by the 'Allies was discussed between Source andILI-ZSTEL.It was •arrced that a . special account 7.t-, • :7;;;•.Qrs2 a in favour of. DEFUZZI,. to be maintained by BaS VERCILI, and credited 50C francs monthly. It wasalso agreed upon that the total arcun:: accumulated should ;.c paid to DENUZZI in one

•lump sum as soon as he took his final departure from N• IT,ALY, but only on condition• that he settled _down permanently in MiITRI,210. ICIIIE!,ZI has never drawn any moneyfrom this account, and Up till Feb . 4.5 never received ark,- :•...,.yments from Source onaccount of his visits to .SMaaL....1 .PD, Source has no inf • : .rmation on what happened tothis account but states •emphatically that BENUI has no claim to it', as the NdS•'administration never released the amount.

• x) DENUZZI t s Contacts in .a.IITZLIZLAN)

The folio-Ant are the names of people in SWITZDLAND .BEITUZZI visitedfrom time to

Bishop of •LUGLNOPolice Chief of the Canton of TICINOCol DON of • the Rod CrosS • , •Sally 14EYER. - American citizen atVi:LL013:RA the"alle.Fed"rcpresentative of Sally. it.7,171JUNES - member of Lmerican Consulate at LUG;d1G, at

request..•:Source .reaffirmed that apart frOM Jewish and lied Cross matters, DENUZZI'

•• never reported any det: ,..116 of his business .with • the above.

i) BENUZZI t s Last Visit to SWITZERLAIM

•DENIM I informed. Source • after returning from one of his • visits to SUITZEIZ-

LA: .D in Yob . 14,5. that. he ht:c1 had. an appointment -with Sally ?Ert:',12 -or his representative,Putthat 'neither had turned up at LUGANO, BENUZZI. then told .Source that ho intended

to. apply:for a spacial pomit to travel to BEIM in order to meet tir above. . Hethpu:_cht • he could . obtain this q)ocial permit with Lllfls assistance.'.

/On Tuesday,

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On Tuesday, 25 Feb 14.5, DENUZZI ...tent to LUGANO witi the intention ofprocurinrz this peradt, that he would return the aane day if Juccesd''ul.• .IIENUZZIfailed to .'return the same day, and on 27 Feb 45, Source was informed throur.h " TIENUZZI 1 s"wife". that he had rone to .111111•T and would not return to 1•M.,..,N till 28. Feb 45 ., WhenPflUZZI failed to turn up by 3 mar 45, his "wife" went to LUGANO to make inquiries. .From the report which the "wife" Irrour:ht back it . transpLud that BENUZZI loft the Hotel"LELLEITUE" at 121Thl at ..2130 hrs on the evening of 26 or 27 Feb, accowanied . by. two •persons and was not seen or:rain. His papers, luggar.,.e and. valuables had been leftbehind. in his room. Source had no other information for the time being, but took . ••immediate steps to 'step LENUZZI s"wife" fröm • leav-ing ITALY, . .

•At Source's reqrst, BENUZZI' s "wife" saw :.a2ENNI, Swiss Consul General,and made inquiries about her"husband." who, after crossing the border locally, haddisappeared in SWITZERLAND. .. MEM' was unable to- r .,ive an explanation, and as with •the "UGC:" case, it transpire he had no information- on the. matter at all.

Further inquiries mode by "UGC' s" men, pICailiLitAI and other people fai.lodto throw any lipht on the whereabouts of. DENUZZI. One Of G01,1?-1.2,‘LSCU I s men . clairaedithatI1ENUZZI was with a priest in a place . between LUGII.NO and CHL'iSSO, while another report;claimed he was hiding in a tannery. • The - . last report, from on unknown eource; .stated.that IENUZZI was South Of LUGANO in a church larildir_g beloring to an otani§atipnwhich had already • been cm:. aged in hc..rbouring refugee s of a similar kind.4-- Lack . or tiraoprevented Source from mak.inr further inquiries.

• ••13.,stimate of EENUZZI

• • Source describes. DENUZZI as a. born"infornation merchant" who is so •possessed with this single idea that his whole conscious and unconscious mind is ,directed to that end. . •

The salient feature of- his character is stated. to be his cowardice .arid..fear of physical injury, both of which have helped to shape the' policy of his worki •namely the saferzuard.in p: cf his own personal safety.

•• 4‘s . far • reliaoalitj is 'concerned., .Sourte describes him as Onewhose Chief - desire is to satisfy all his customers. . • /• Source has . not yet made up his mind - whether, -iTENUZZI escaped to SWITZER-LAND voluntarily, or was kidnapped by the enemy intellieence, or has been playing • O.. "/ •double game . rirzht from the start.. . ••..-.. •

/ • •

'(C) Professor GOI.U.RASCU .•

. GOMARASOU met DICCIaMii•I at end. 1944., and throur:h him made the acquain-tance. of BENUZZI. . DENUZZI offered to introduce Source. to GOMLIZASCU, in view of. the .fact' that the -latter had expressed a desire to get in touch with . 'the leading GerMan •authorities in . 1.012,1■ SourCe 3. rgx.le a to the preposalp and subsequently several•mect-inrzs took. place in Source I s office, at which GOLIARASOU, Source's interpreter and . a •young man, with the cover name -"SCALA" - took part. "SCALA" was GOVARASCU'scollaborator, • The meetirr.s. took place without 131TUZZI.

In Source 6 opinion, GONARASCU is a I cir_f; freemason and one of the leading •ficurils in the freemason movement in N ITLLY. In the course of the conversation withSource,•GOWIRASCU referred to his so-called movement in - rpndral terms, sa:niiit was .inspired solely by humanistic motives without havin?, any political leaning in partic-ular.• The movement is said to be violently anti-Communistic but also opposed toelm and p• articularly to the leading personalities of Fascism. The basi •.•ar;reement between Source and GOliC.T.ZASCU was founded on the

/GOMAIRASCU appeared

EN/4 y.:

cspic/sci15tLAD 11.

GOMARASCU appeared to possess a very extensive information service inITALY, which he offered to place at 5:urea's disposal in the interests of fi:htingCommunism. . covaRLscu claimed to control 10,000 armed supporters in =JAN ready tosuppress any Cormunist or Yartisan revolt. In e::chane for his collaboration,CaUGASCU made the followinE demands:

The arrst of Cormunist opponents namd by himThe avoiding of any destruction and unnecessary bloodshed in the evente.

of a withdrawal.

Source am-cod to both points.G-011/3RA8CU is stated to have mentioned to S.)11:.:ce that he had collaborated

with SID on the same basis until Sep 44. After this date his collaboration with SID .had ceased owing to the fact that the infor:ation he supplied was never acted upon,

. GOMMASCU claimed to have no foreign connecticns at all. He also dis-claimed any financial support on the part of the Allies, His movement was supposedto finance itself. GON:XLSCU also claimed to control bands of supporters, particul-arly South of 1,ILAN, who carried ou: anti-Communist activities.• , "maw , lived for a long tire in SWITZEIcLAND. He entered that countryillegally after the disappearance of ralluzzi (Mar 45), and Source believes it was hewho reported the presence of DENUZZI somewhere between LUGANO and CHIASSO. He madea' further attempt later on to contact DENUZZI (end Apr 45) but was unsucJessful.Source states that "SCALA" was not an agent of his, but only a collaborator ofGeme.rascru; The la st information Source had of "SCALA" was on 28 Apr 45, when the .latter ,made a,tclephone call from an unspecified German unit, where hc had apparentlmade an attempt to confiscate the weapons. In view of this faot Source considersthat "SCALA" collaborated openly with the CLN.

The information supplied by Gowazeu was concerned exclusively with the' activities of Conrmnists and corrupt Fascists, but after a certain time the informaiiobecame unreliable. As a specific instance Source monticns the / occasion when Gattuuscu.denounced a nUmber of persons as active Communists. Their areest and subsequent .interrocation showed them to be Christian-Democrats, Socialists or quite harmless

-people,. all of which were later roleasee.' As a reward for his collaboration, GOILULSCU was riven a permit to run

and supplied with a certain amount of petrol, He was also issued with a permio'rLry arms. Source affirms that neither GOMARASCU nor "SCALA" ever received

money from the SD:

(a) DICCH1ERLI

ILA

l'"*•;,e;

i) 'Personal Latails

BICOMERAI comes from a good 'ELAN family. He studied law, and afteroompletion of his studies became a lawyer in the service of the Church. He became EL

Priest at the am of 35.DICOHIERAI is a realist of more than average ihtelligonce. He has

advanced ideas and a meat deal of understanding for technical developments. ED driveshis awn car and has invested his money in a number of new technical gadgets. Hu is infar closer touch with daday life than most other priests ancl is very adapted to =del:take"special jobs. E lb is, for instance, administrator of the ecclesiastical pension fund in ./1 ITALY, and as such wields groat influence with the middle and lower sections of thopriesthood in N ITALY.

/hICCBJERAI has great

CSDIC/SC/1.5i'LG/SD

DICCHra'a has .g.eat political ambitions and is able to •exert a not• inoonsiderable influence on the political outlook of Cardinal SCHUSTER, Politica1374:Da:an:ERA' is a . Christim-Demoorat, ..an anti-FasCist ard anti-Communist, but tolerant.:towards the other politieal parties. He has travelled extensively in EUROPE, but.not in GERMANY. - :**

ii) Financial Position

Source has the impression that IlICCRIIRid is verY adroit in financialmatters and not indisposed to make a hand.some livin:; for himself. Source consider‘:him wealthy . DIOCERia never received any money, either from Source perSonallY '.Orffrom unit funds, apart from small presents on special occasions, Source is unawaxto what extent BICCHERLI profited from his intervention and subsequent release :of's:.prisoners, ', but Source. suspects that now and then ho derived some profit from thetransaction, Source is certain, however, that the Church as such gained material and'political advantages as a result of its successfu.1 interventions on behalf ofprisoners.

iii): Source's First Meeting with DICCEERAI and Subsequent Arrangement

The nature of Source's work made it essential for him to have some soof official content. With the Church in order to establish a direct exehange ofon

,every day matters. The . Church, too, had every interest in establishing Contact

with the Si) in' order to provide : for direct intervention with the highest authority 'oPadttór . of . Special importance.

Source informed 'BENUZZI of his intention of establishing an official';;CentaCV,With the Chnicih,,,.and ITENUZZI offered to put Source in touah with his

This .offer we-co accepted, and the three had their . first meeting ori-.27./..,:',4,,Ty`kDec 1.3. ...Source has no information regard.bir; the previous associations between

': .. :DEN6. ZZI and DICcliThat4I:but'haS no doubt that n introclucbr.: BICiIEEI IENUZZI.-hoto have the ,..protection : Of-the Church if things went vron !-:: later on.

. The result of this and subsequent meutinjs ,was that ticculErdo:from Source several coneeisions resulting in an improvement of the amenitie s at:SAirii441W-Yi.;

... ,,VITT&E .;;Priion's. (holding. Of': . Church servibes installation of a public cadre ss'and'

fUrther. concession granted to concerned the treatnie , of. . , .

. priests imprisoned at 'SAN vrnoRE on charges r.,1" supporting the PaAisans,..espidgOzt,-. carrying : • of . .weapone and making speeches hostile to the Governzro nt • The a&reorivintreached , between . tha two proyidea that instead of imprisonment at•SINcl-16±,3 a ;■i4itti the above crimes wore remanded at the ecclesiastical lunatic asylvri..7Uti'4..,1CES4NO BOSCONC.; for definite or indefinite :periods and release after consialtatieiii:between SoUrce . and.,DICCHIERAI.

1n duo

arrproportion,

rcerneni .1 .7as reached whereby Political prisoners! were exchanged for and eventne

trooPS

the 'inalirele

usionase

of OrdinarY prisoners of :111 political shade's. The number of 'PrisOrierswhose

l,wa d' demanded by BICCHU-R A: grew out Of all nd 2.

00132;80, thc scopeof BICCHEE2ill t s intervention was inere. aSb 3,

captured by the Partisans.Source cannot remember the numbers of prisoners exchanged, or nil-Cade

as a result of DICCHIERAI's intervention, but the number is said to be oonsidnktibleThe number was particularly great on special occasions (Easter, 20 Apr, ChristniaS,'--etc) , when Source r ,ranted an amne sty for politi prisoners,

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iv) DICCHERAI I s Relations with the CLN - •.•

mom-mud:I 1 s successful intervention on behalf of political prisoners.,•

., 1,.

rmined him a consiueraole reputation with the CLN, particularly as he had been

• instrumental in securing the release of some of its members in the no of the ChitrCh :,

DICCIIIMAI wry_ quickly gained acoess to all the parties affiliated to the CLN,1including Cormunists, and Ina(13 personal contacts with the loading

members. Source...„%:;,

affirms that BICCHIERki never divulged. to him the 'name of a Sin.s.le member Of the'.01.,10.,.. 1.

. or erg other Political party. On the other hand, in the course of the many . :.....,!•11,.."-F.!:conversations, he had with DICCHMRAI, he managed to learn quite a number of things

which he could. not have learned °from ,a-ny other source.. . ,

8. IERSONAI;ITES .

(g) GrUppe ClISR ITALIEN 17EST of the SIPO tuatl Si) • _ ,...

' (Note: Many of the Personalities have already boon described in CSEIC/,/15,1G/SD. 2, F7here the nwao id. narked. "+" reference should lió'',:.-

' made to tho.t reports.),

Aus senkormando MILAN .

. :PpIRETS (IEIMENS ?) Ustuf., In flit . IIE),

. .118.6 about 35,,bout 1.78 m tall, slim, blond hair,shaven.

liptstuf. CC Abt IIID and LO to RUK.

Osohaf. In abt I and II.

-+ ',BRANDESOschaf. Driver iñ..bt I and II.

+ + ..DiTitST Franz Sondf,

•

El

ETZIENN0GRiER

FLUEGEL •IMI111111111111111Rt

,•SOna.f. .

. . ,"c;arrn''

Gei an Interpreter in Abt:IV.

Age about30;Abut 1.62 m tall, :corpulent, rxey ha.fr,"

• Git.OSACK,HEIDIC

Oschaf. In Abt : IV and V. 4IIP

German Secretary to ZIMVER.:

Ag.p: abOMV722 .,: : • .

Lbout 1;70 M.'t613 dark-brown

face, ." -

Record.: ..LoftIU.ssenkOmaildo MILLa'

1

t .• BEININGER

BEISNAR _ -

HINNEY •

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Hptschaf. in i.bt IV aril V.

Ustuf. In Abt IV and V.

Ustuf, Formerly in Abt IV.Age about 25.About 1.80 m tall, corpulent, dark-brown hair, We •spectacles, very off iminateRecord.: Left Aussenkorananas IkilLAN at end Apr. 4.5 io.•;..1,,,(4

take up an a.ppointront at the Aus.sonpostéri;PARMk.. .

'

Ustuf. In Abt .IV and V.

Osohaf. In Abt IV and V.

Stuschaf, . In Abt IV and. V,

Ostuf. In Abt W and. V.. .(cf CSDIC/SC/15AG/SD 2 where the erroneous

•-tiven as ICRAUSER)

'Or:Char, T. ••••,(Cf •• •CSDIC/SC/15AO/SD 2 where the , riame is erioneoii. , .

Osahaf. t_ri Abt land. II., • .

Oschaf. In Abi- IV and V.-.

G-orman' woman, 'Abt IV. •• '

liptsCliaf.:.•,.. In Abi,• ,,•••:Afire 'about 30.

-. About 1.80 M tail, slim- athletic ..•• build., lalack-s.1.• dark eyes, has 'shifty look. . •*:

U5tuf. In L.bt III. •..; • , ; ;

•liPtstuf, ' CC Abt,III. .-•

: Gen= Ab-t a and.

Hptstuf.: 2 i/o to Source and OC . Abt IV .arid.. , . ,

. . ,

°Dobai'. Abt I and II. i•Age about 40. ' • .

About 1 bread shouldered., black . haJ.rl:

Native of N GERM&!'IY

woman : .

Hptsohaf. Driver in Abt I and II.Aire about 32. '. •About.1.75 in tall, very broad, lightNative of BERLIN.

URBANEK •Hptschaf, In Abt IV *and. V.

• WIEEBNHORN Ustuf. In Abt Trrn,

Oschaf. In Ab.t DT. and

ZIMER Ostuf. 00 Abt VI,

Aussenposten PAVIA.

..1409t1. Ustuf. OC Aussenposten PAVIA.

'STOINSCHEK German civilian. Interpreter.No . description available.Native • of S TYROL.

Atiaseiipoitori BERGAMO

LANGER Ustuf. OC AUssonpoSten

. German girl, Clerk.

, • , •

Uituf, • 2 i`ic At IV' and.Age ;about .30.bout 1,77 in tall, slim, dark. ,

hair and. oyes,

"1:1Eit A.1)t.s.1V-..;and .•No de script?, On . available' NatiVO of AUSTRIA. '•

Sabra'. Clerk....Aga. about 25.

V V

About 1.73 mtall, blond hair, broad. •ShOPl4ei7S.

Native of S

Ustuf.. In Abt"IV: and. V.:Age, about 35,::About 'brOad•shcitldere'

,. •

NativelCf:./113STRIA;:

CSDIC/SC/15.1G/SD UStuf. OC :'.bt I and II.Age about 30. •,About 1.76 m toll, slim, blond. hair.

Ustuf. In Abt IV and V.No description availablo.Native of AUSTRIA.

Sondf,.Interpreter to SCHEIDT in Abt IV and. V.Age abouth30,About .1.75 . m tall, slim, dark-brown hair, dark eyes.Speaks ' very good Italian.. Native of S . TYROL.

•liptettuif, • Oo Aussonkornando TURIN.

Ustuf. In Abt IV and V.Age about 40.About 1.76 m tall, very slim, dark hair and oyes.Native of AUSTRIA.

Sone.. In Abt III.(cf. CSDIC/SC/I5AG/SD 2 whore the name is erroneously_given rss VONG8R)

Ustuf, In 2.bt IV and V.Age about 40.About 1.85 m toll, athletic build bladit hair, darkeyes, small black moustache.Native , of AUSTRIA.

OC A.ussonposton DIELLA. Now Pll.

ssenposten ASTI

tEYE1 Ustuf. 00 Aussenposton ASTI.11c,e- about 28.About 1,74 m toll, slim

•Ustuf OC Aussenposten AOSTA.Age about. 28.

•.AgoUt 1.78 ra 17111, slim, blond hair, blue eyes..Probably native of AUSTRIA:

Ostuf,t 314.'.9.,1Ci:us.:... • 67nkcH,H riman.

. •

•

About 1.70

Native

.? ni tall, • • . •

Of:STYRIA.' • .• ••• •-••• side o•. • • a. . . builet:wounRe eeiv.y.14.: 45, .

e°9 ' ked1DT.ear • • '.----t.loast•-•23 P• '• • ! at ao • 0;iint:11.41 . ••

I • •

ETSENKOM

AussenkomMando GENOA

BAST

Ustuf. OC Abt I and II.Aro about 30. . • .

About 1.75 m tall, slim, blond hair.Native of SAXONY..

• •DAUER Sondf. In Abt . III.Age about . 40.About 1.76 m tall, broad shculders, thin an rk hair, ono •

cold tooth. • •

Native of S.TYROL.

ENGEL Sioeried Ostubaf: OC Ausserikommando GENOA.' - .Age .aboutAbout. .1 m tall, slim dark hair, dark eyes, eloanshaven.

:-.Native of ' N GBREANY.

BPtstUf. 2 J./a Austonkommando GENOI, and op AbtNo description available,Nativa of AUSTRIA(or S GE1ar,Y)

Stuschaf..1._..:.In.Lbt IV r.nd V.No description availabio.

. Native:of B•

Ustuf.::: In Abt III.Are • about 24. • • • .

. About .. 1 77 m . tall, shin,. dark hair, wears powerful .spectacles. • • •

UstUf, OC Abt VI.Are about 30.About 1.77 m tall, shin, blond hair, thin face.Native Of V CERAM.

Ustuf. • In Abt IV (i) (Partisan Control .Are aboUt 244ASout 1:80 M • tall, slim, !‘lond hai44.

Ustuf. In Abt IV (i) (Partisan Control).Age about 26-,About 1.78 m tall, slim, blond hair; 1:1116 oyes, rr.vNative of HMDURG.

Ustuf. OC Abt III.Are about 32.A1-301.it ‘ 1;75 m tall, well-built blond hair.Nativo of INT , ORMUZ .

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CSDIOAC/1 5AG/01 11..

Ostuf. -CC AussunkommandO NOVARA since mid Apr 45.Age about 30.About 1.76 m tall, Onrk-brown hair, dark eyes thin face:

C.2LIMMasa

WOI.T.SCHLABOR

xiii Grenzbefeblsatelie

..DARBIKRI Ddnn

• rzEITHOLZ

CLEWNS

GUWENGER(MIR

x) Auzsenposten S REMO

REITER '

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Stuschaf. GC Aussenposton S Ri;MD. Ex-se ataan.Ago about 35.About 1:74 m tall, broa0. build, blond hair, blue oyes.Native of N GERMANY.Probably remainod with Liraarian Army.

xi Aussenposten NCVI LIGURE

SCHEE

Uctuf. CC Aussenpostcn .NGVI LIGURE.Ase about 40.About 1.78 m tall, well-built, black hair and eyes.Native of AUSTRIA.

xii Auzsenposten LA. SESZI

Oschaf. 2 i/c Aussenposton LA SEE2ah.No description availablu.

VEST, COPDAERNODDIC

Naturalised Italian. Interpret.Ac about 30. .About 1.80 in tall ) fat, blond hair, blUn eyes, full face.:,:Record:. ';.'as German waiter at Hotel "EDEN", DERLIN.

Gorman r&r_ .1. Telephone. oPerator..Arto aboUt-24.About 1.67 in tall, slim, blLnal

Hptstuf. 2 i/c. Now r.7.

Hptschaf. Driver.Aso about 30.About 1.76 m tall, well-built, black hair, small moustache.Native of'SALZDURG..

Hptschaf. In IVA IV,No description available

ATADERT

OHEEDERG

VCETTERt

Hptschaf. In Abt IV.No description available.

Oschaf. In Abt IV.No desdription available.

Hptntuf. CC. Now

Hptschaf, Admin NCO.Age about 30.About 1.72 m tall, slim, black hair, dark oyes.

GormanAr. Clork:to,VOETTERL.NO:deaOriptionavailable.

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1VILLNER

Aussenposten LECCO

Oschaf. Driver.about 30.

About 1.69 m tall, slim, ::lond hair, thin face,Native of rERLIN.

ODERRAUCH Ustuf. CC Aussenposten =CO.No description available.

xv) Aussenposten SONDRIO

HOLM- . Hptschaf.. OC Aussenposten SONDRIO.No description available..

xvi) Auss_ on•:ter.).1,rARESE

NCGO-LER Hptrchaf.. OC Aussenposten vAirLsr.Age about 30.About 1.77 m tall well-built with broad shoulders,hair and eye's. .Native of.DWARTA..

(b) Projected Fbst-Occupational Network

"EATJA" Gorman (?) cirl, VT operatcr.No description available.Record: Vas workin,7 independently, location unknown,

Posted to S TYROL in midApr 45 owing to abrenceof VT Control station. Later recommended bySource to be sent home.

SZOLYOMI Hunaarian arent. Ex-sports toacher.."ANDREAS" ] Ar.erbout 25.-

.About 1.78 m tall, athletic. build, black hair.Record: Vas to have worked in bIILAN, posing as Communisti,.

without a WT set .and relyIna on line-crossers. •..',.ssets were medical supplies. Became suspect.:after FRI-NMI affair, placed under temporaryarrest, and removed from . post-occupational ]network.

Last known to be in ULAN.

Italian officer.No description aVailable.Record: Vas enrolled as Post-occupational agent, but

Source cannot state whether he was installed,as Adjutant to Italian General (ox .-Adju:%nt or

friend of one of the GARIHALDIs).

1 N.U.

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(o) Informers

IIARP.A.CU

DICCHERAI

BeGN, ..ljar,ikim (?)rifils'aniitess

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Two Italiama:-.:Ants.No zleffdrilltion available.Record: Were to be installed independently in two shops

"sellini.; electrical cods in !MAN, one of whichis believed to have been in Corso BUENOS AIRES,as cover for installation of -,":T sets. Bothlater removed from Post-occupational network(reasons for removal forr!otten). • .

GOPARASCU■••••••=s•Rsomo

KARNATZ

Italian (?) girl.No description or information available.Last known to be in MEAN.

Italian. Chief political informar , to Source. Now Pg.

Italian priest. Source's connection with CardinalSCHUSTERr""wwPresent whereabouts =lemma.

Italian (?) girl.No description or information available.Present whereabouts unknown.

Italian. General situation ana political informer forAussenkommando MAN.No description available.Last known to be in MILAN.

Italian ktofcapr, lbdical Faculty of MAN University.Freemason77773bllaborator with Source on anti-Communistmatters.Last known to be in /01W.N.

German. Business man in COMO. '.7orke3. in airEZULANDfor SD.Last known te- be in Furl:an:A.%

soma

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Emma'COM1614MCI

MA.XFPEDI Anja

PARILI

Baroness.No description available.Record: Was sent on si,ecial missirn to SWITZERLAND by

Lmt VI RSHA, via .Aussenkomm-ndo MlLAN, but wasrefused visa. Was originally Finnish nation-ality but became naturilised Italian aftersecond marria7e. Husbana remained in S ITALY.

Private A(laress: Hotel "PLAZA", MEL-1,1.

Italian Baron.No description available.Record: Was usol as intormodiary for Armistice

negotiations with DALLAS.Last known to be in CTRMIRLAND.

!ITRE,STETJ,P,”

."UGO"

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Fedora:10 of CO!.40. Provide 0. Swiss information for SD..2.e. 1 level d killed. by Partisans,

."/SERI-ZA Iliranda Italian . g irlNO description or information .availabl.Private ;:ddress: .11122,NPresent whereabout s unknown.

German. Tusine s man with firm of F1II1 at .00140.German arent for s....ara-2a.:[73. ;,-iifc is Swiss (or French?).No s cr ipt i on availa,lc.Last krrvn

No description or • inform:Ltir ,n availableLast reported tr be at COIb,

Cclla - .rator rof GOM&RASGU. -No description avai a/ lePrivate :;.(1,7,1‘.: ss : • ( ? )Pr.:sent where a'.)out r: • urkne-..•:.:n.

S_W*MGNAN Italian (? ) Countess,•No description or infor: -tat ion availablePrivate • '.0.,dre ss : Out side lituAN.Prc sent v.:hereabout s unknown.

General situation and political inforc-er for Aussen-kommandoNo description available.Last known to be in MILAN.

Italian. Number of orx, socomlod t SD MILL. N in Nov 43.A rLo -Jut 35..,'Lout 1.67 m tall, slim wiry build, black flossy hair -with prtint, black pis:rein,: eye s, thin facc prtmino ntchock-bane s.Nay also have used covur name - "Dr tri:o YCDESTI".:clieved now IV. 4%"Avelftwaviwo'r

Fre ncl ( C TOSO;... .Grotro of PIP which was . to operate . •as lino -cro s s in 7.-)uv int( S FR.:JiCE under GOHL..No de scr ipt ion ava le ,Re cord.: 'C'unt C1 INI , Jan 45,Pre sent the re r. ,..bout s un) mow n

German. Worked in m4r.:[;.for ay.No description available.Record: Was to have been (...0 French lino4prossors at .

S ;are ste d. and. 'ant to GERMANY, end.„ - JanA5.

Present whec about& -.uhmotn.'

DEMETRIO Sercrei Italian (?).No de sOription available.Record: Was sent by "UGC" and SAEWECKE on pOlitioar:':

mission to ROME. Captured by (?)-Itse sent whereabouts utlknown.

Ex-political prisoner.No description available.Record: Recruited by "UGO" for mission in SWIIMRLAND-Present wheres.buts unknown.

Frenchman. Lind-crosser.No description availe.b1C,Record: Arrested in ITALY for black morket actiivities

and sent back tO GERMANY.Present whereabouts unlmown.

Italian General. Recruited. by for miisiOn'' SWITZERLAND.No. description available.Last known to be in KIITZERLAND.

:American girl. Recruited by "UGO" for mission,:• ST/ITZERLAND..' ' •No e.0aSt'knami:ici

Major of GER and Stubs.f V in Italian• TiaffoiiPriVate Adore s s : MAN'.

Formerly at KI1AN QuesiddresS: MAN:

Official of the-Red. Cross.

I'VILACQUA :V Secretary to DUFFARDTI.List }mown to be in MDERNC..

DUFFARINI V Ex-Minister of thc Interior..

LIO :Prefect of COMO:: ,Believed killo a b •

ACO -

Secretary to BUFPARINI.Last Ichovn to be at MADERNO.

JONES'..(?) - American Consular official at LUGANO.•

. MER Sally American male citizen at BMW.Member of Jewish Advisory Commi.ttee.

MONTAGNA , Chief. Of Police. •Present whereabouts unicnown.

•Ex-Prefect of MILAN. ■Last known to be in MEAN - p6ssib3sy

Ex-Chief of Police.Record: Was arrested in Jan 145 blit

• released.Present whereabouts unknown;

EX-Prefect at LA. SPEZIA..Present whereabouts unknowrx.

T Representative of MEYER Sally..

-Merchant.. .. . .Private Add.re Ss: .Albercro . 1-TLAZA', 1. , -MILAN

Minister of • the Interior. Now dad.

•Ex.-Italian policemani..paid by„,',BENU I to obtain.at ion from Quo stura, MILAN:

Bishop of LUGANO.

Police Chief, of Canton of TICIN

Ouestore. as Vorkinrr. in IELAN on special mission,. Italian Chief of Police.Private ..,e.d.re ss 1,01.AN

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Prisoners

Released as a result of DENUZZI t s • intervention.No description availablePrivate Address: unknown, .

Release probably partly.dveNo description available, .Private Address: - unknown

As for BRUNO.No description available.Private A s El: unknown

Released Eblitical

MONTAGNA_Bruno

ERUNO Pio

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DIEN& Giorgio

.*. •g) Aiients:.• Captured • . 'aS known

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•Italión,..Courit; - Fortner collaborator of Mi‘RINOTTI.Last known to he in SVIITZJellLt..ND.

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Ne .,.diieripti en .63i.dilable :"', , . .;:.•ROCOrd.: WAS surprisocI 0:aside: :: SAN: ITITT,ORE::PriSien,:.S.. in :Jim ' S Adjutant,. a.

• ourfew, With a manservant : of .1.idaELLIfern. While t,iyin,cr., find. out whether 06134. , „ • .. .•

was , included. in . transport of prisoners:',:f .-,fQfi,. , • .13OLZANO•'. 13Oth, fled:: but :.Were.-.1:.Ia:r

caPtured,7;:',.',:::-:‘ Was ,iimpiiSoiiod.':.fOi7

and intcr'ientionbrim of

Feb .5,by Fascist Militiainformed by SS ..-ObergitiPPenttiehrerj:1,'IOLFF,

• . Di sele ded to ZBR the penetration of his• PoSttecenpational nett/oft: r.:

' • Pre sent' whereaboutss ?unkiiovin. . : : : ' ' • `Y•ver ,. . .

Swiss lawyer conneeted. With IdARINCIT s peace r move s.

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Interrogated '

According to Source was responsible for ;Peace moveArrcstcd by FaeoiSt., Militia.

LEONI Pie tro As for MUNO.No description available.Private Address: unknown.

VEIEGONO Released by IIARS2SR as a result of EENUZZI I s interve'nti-No de script iot, available.Private Address : unknown.

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Italian General, P,x-Ita1ianlitar7 Atto.che in IERNE4'Head of Italian Intelligence Service in SWITZERLA.M. •No description available.Last . known ta be in TER. NE.

Swiss Consul General at MILAN/COMO.No description available.

Oblt. OC draft of French line-crossers from AST HAMSNo descriptior available.Present whereabouts unknown.

Stubs!. Sent on spenicl mission from Amt VI RSHA totcharre of line-crossing activities ar.ainst S FRANCE.No s.oscription available. -Last lcnown to be in 1.01N.

SS .GruppenfUehror. Bead of ras in =Y.'

"Professor. Member of &AsaZIMER and Source at LUGLEO, be Mar 24.5.

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Dr.•' Head of OVRA.NO closeription a.vailable.Present Whereabouts unlolown.

Manager of SNLI. VISCOSE.'Took Peace proposals to 'SWITMLAND.TJaSti laiown to be in SWITZERLAND.

Stubaf.No description available.Rec rd.: Was to have set-up in N ITALY with Source.Pre sent whe re ab out s unknown,

Ostuf. Sent on special mission from 'hut VI RSHi, to5 MO in Jan- 45 to opera-to linecrossers against S.FRANNo .dom.ription available.Ladt loiown to be in S RED').

Frhr. German Consul at LUGANO.general nature to Source. •No description available.Present whereabouts unknown.

Oblt. CC draft of French line-crossers,No description available.Pre sent whereabouts unknown.

Obit. OC draft of French line-orossors.No dasCription available.;'Present whereabouts =known.

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Officer-cadet. OC draft ofNo description available,Present whereabouts =loom,n,

French line -cro s so rd: SCHULM

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Ustu.f. • Sent on special mission from Amt VI RSHANov 1+14..to . operate line-crossers against S FRANCE.:No description available,Last known to be in S REIC.

KE

smaN von German. Baron,No rlescription available.Record: Was arrested. by SAEWEC in Sep/Oct:44. ofi-

suspicion of havina worked. far Allies..(Circumstances leaCiing to arrest unknown)Was removed to German Army Section or,sANVTITCR.B Prison and later appeared befores.::Court Martial. , Proceedings never cor.zipleti;owing to absence of unknown key

Last known to be in German Arrq Section,. SAN VITTORE'.Prison. (of CSDIC/SC/1 5AG/SD 8)

'UOCELLI Italian family in MILAN.N.Quoted by DON BARESCHI after first arrest.

WEIBL Major. Membor of Swiss Intelligence Service.. .

.ZIMIER and. Source at LuGarro, beg Mar 45. ..•

. WERNER- Gorman..No description available,Record: Was arrested by SALTIEUa 1.4 Mar/Apr 41k. for

being a half-Jew, and a- hoosexual.suspicion of having worked. for Allies whii3O-Nvas never proved, !Later moved, to.POSSOL±ql,or DOMAN°. (of CSD3D/SC/15AG/SD 8) -

Pre sent whereabouts . unknown.

:WOLFF , SS ObergruPpenfuehrer. GOO Police raid SD in HLNa'w W

. .WESTER' .. German .Consul; General att NAPLES in 1943;

NO :description available.Present 'whereabouts unknown,'

,VALENTI Osvaldo Connected. with Swiss Intelligence Service of X tiOt.i&S. 'Believed excel:tea by Partisans,

DISPOSAL. .

Source vho at the request sof Certain Allied. - cervices has . beentorroraied"in'tibme 'detail ie'on . his. two chf CollaboratorS ' is reicemmended forpi:

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