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. OSO/Rome has cabled the preliminary debriefing, conducted. OSO is giving first
by an agent of Italian Intelligence, of a Hungarian atomic priority to clari-
scientist who allegedly worked for several years in atomic fication of the cir-
energy installations in the USSR and Hungary before es- cumstances and
caping to Switzerland. Although the Italian Intelligence assessment of the
agent, himself a Hungarian refugee, insists that the source.
scientist will not agree to contact with US officials,
he has, with the knowledge of his superiors, informed
the. OS Arne and Naval Attaches in Rome of,. the case.
Exploitation of the OSO/Athens operation against the
Greek Communist Party is continuing with increase in
Greek surveillance personnel to 150 menrto provide for
adequate surveillance of suspects. Greek authorities plan..
court martial proceedings against h Iseph te.groups ;in the'
Communist underground, a left-wing newspaper will be
closed, and individual Communists who have penetrated a
left-wing political group will be prosecuted.
Swiss police cannot confirm a French press report of
30 Nov. that 2 of Vishinsky's aides in, the UN secretariat
had defected and fled to Switzerland. "French authorities
declare flatly that the story is entirely false.'
An OSO agent in Paris who was expelled from the French
Communist Party in 1948 has been called to Party-
Headquarters for searching interrogation and hopes to
be restored to membership.
OPC
The East German Peoples' Police is acceIrating its
drive against OPC propaganda efforts, to'discredit the
Grotewohl "unity" proposal for all Germany. -Repently,
they have carried out house-to-house seaches for an
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