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This is a CIA-released report from Detachment 35 on Operation WARY TOR-1118, dated 20 April 1951, declassified in 2006 under the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act. It describes a 17 April 1951 interview in Mattsee, Austria, with Korponay, a former chief of staff to General Zako of a Hungarian emigre organization. He explained why he split with Zako and proposed a resistance and courier network into Hungary. The report assesses him and recommends a limited subsidy. It has nothing to do with UFOs.

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14. A. impressed all concerned very reversibly. Re is
•strewth intelligent, oollohed end hos the faculty n f Arivine
directly to the core of s (+rabies without branchin g off -vatc.
tangents. Re OXOPOSSOO himself quite olevelg nd looeisely end
makes all points carefully. Psycholosionlly, he seises to he en
idealist. Whether he is cepable of turning his ileac thriA nlens
irto reality 1P something that cannot he Weed • t th4 s time,
however, hir think!ng is alreas sound ane loglcol.
Descriution of A.
15. He appears to be bout 40-A' ycors o f age, thl.anino 'fey
heir, sprinkled with bleck, receding bol a line, groy-bln e a'es,
well dressed, suave appearenc e , very neat, etout 4410s , ehnnt
160 pounds, normal, trin build, addicted to using verions colored
peneils and proper when expressing !lisself. fmolear he o-ily, nc
glosses, clean gh ,ven. Whores to F rary • trict Clot ltn to
recent kidney operation.
16. At 2000 bre, T. called et the hose of 1 1713, ostensih/y
for the purpove of returning e ima gine which his wife hid
borrowed, but actually for the purpose of trytns to diecover the
extent of the conversations with his friend K. 3 g713 told hie
that K. was en extremely intelligent men, end th r. t t he discuseions
about 0en. MO and the 1112K bad been biottly interesting, but
that A. was so undecided on his future 'lens, it was douhted he
could be utilised. It was also hinted that W. ha4 expressed
interest tn making • aonnection with Pelt° Free 'g rove gird that
be would probably go with that organization.
17. It ir reccmmenaed thnt this preliminary ', ropes/it he
submitted to to'ghe v. an thrt some in'icotion of
comclete or nertial e pprovel or dieeporovel be forthcomin g to
Aid in the future hen11 4.nc , f K. It is streesed, on4 (1 •meaimons)
ha ve no illusions tbout rurr.ing the viropooed ope retion otherviso,
tha t all future negotietiOns nnM contrets he n!" tightly contro/led
nature end a primer, reouitite be that oll onerrt inris l AP t. he
completely essenb/ed on e continuous b • sis. It is ftrthor
recomended thct ', et a prelintnery moesure t,700 fch illin g he
allowed for •xperisentel •n A exoloretion narcoses to cover the
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