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This Central Intelligence Agency dispatch, dated 21 November 1960, was released in 2006 under the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act. It reports a source's trip to Salzburg about a group of Hungarians linked to Andreas Zako. The source said the group's headquarters is in Innsbruck and that the French seem to have cut Zako's budget. It also says the group was selling information to any buyer and working in the black market. In this document "UFO" is the name of the Hungarian group and has nothing to do with unidentified flying objects.
CLASSIFICATION 7 4 k. C OFFICIAL DISPATCH VIA: AIR OPRCIFY AlR OR SEA POUCH DISPATCH NO. wpm. 62.5-4 CLASSIFICATION DATE 21 November 1660TO Chief, FIN FROM SUEJJ ECT : GENERAL - SPEInFM' LAM group Of Hungarians References WFP1-6666, pare R■e 1. 4: has completed the trip to Salsburg referred to in reference paragraph. Be came upon no information of importance so no special effort will be made to meet him and debrief him. 2. by a emirs means J has advised the undersigned of the followings a. The headquarters of the UFO group are in Innsbruck. Since he was in Halsburg and was unable to take the time to get to Innsbruck. he did not see the headquarters at first-hand. Be did learn that ZARD's wen are very trItl-but also very short of funds. He has the impression that the French have reduced ZLKO's budget of late. b. ZAKO's men are trying to make other oontacte and are trying to sell information to any testers) buyer. They are also goio4 into the black market business on a large scale, and apparently making quite a bit of annoy this way. c. If L. _ji g ever able ' to work in a trip to Innebruok be will be able to learn a let more about this group. 2. C.- and wile expect to visit Perin again sometime in January or February, 1961. 3NARsvot Distributions thu Filea Chrono 1 DECLASSIFIED AND RELEASED BY CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE A6ENCY SOURCES METHOOSEXEMPT ION 3B28 NAZI WAR CR IMES DISCLOSURE ACT DATE 2006
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