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This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency dispatch from a Chief of Station to the Chief, Foreign Division, released in 2006 under the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act. It assesses the operational potential of the Hungarian emigre group led by Andras Zako, including its KOPJAS and MHBK elements. It reports that the group passed off refugee debriefings as agent reports, and it concludes that the group is politically worthless and unfit to serve as an intelligence or resistance network. The "UFO" in the text is an OCR error, not a reference to aerial phenomena.
_ Ta1.2./J P' SIFICAnOt4 APSWI PR IA :7% Mali) • * ; CLASSIFICATION e. Ff. TO Chief, Foreign Divim,no • . Attention: • FROM Chief bf Station. *lemma AOC- :wawa; GE NFRAL__-. Operational. serum- Foi•entialities of the ZAK° pyomp (KOPJAS laid WHER) Reference: K1V4-61.16 1. Tha activitiee of the UFO group havg, been closely followed durinc: the pest four years byC primarliy to discover • whother ZAKO haa Assisi. which rid be used iS the benefit cif this organization. The estimate below wee Propared as briefing end 1 .ack- ground mAterial for the approach to WO discussed in 'JAVA-641A. 2. Following aro. the basic factors: a. ZARIN 4roup was organised around a nucleus of leaging members troll SZkl.A.Sl t s 0-2 etaff and his HOPJAS group. The Ii0143. consisted Of fanatic 4rrow-Croee members who had volunteered fcr what correeponded to the 30 activities of OSS. b. ZAEO l e group operated an extensive intelligence network In Hungary from 1946 to 1 ,448. However, insecure operational methods enabled the Hungarian security agencies to wipe out the ZAK° group ageittm and couriers in 1945. c. To the.b4et of our knowledge, tbe group at this tier ha-no eetatai ailed agents in Hungary and no established communication Unite to its adherents left In i he country. d. The ponit ive intelligence branch of the ZA.F.0 grout: collected and !till collects intelligence material through debriefing refugee, fitul travelere arriving in Western Europe from the satellite countriss. e. All intelligence collected has been peddled not ortlr 'he rerioue U. 3. intelligence agencies but also to the french, Brili eh mei &ties intelligence tiervieee and to representatives of other eat ODA* refugee.grcups. It le safe to amuse that, in addition to the aicva, the . material it transmitted to Spain and that at least • part of it. is channelled to Anetrian aecurity afcenaes. • CWT. 5 1-28 A DICL4SSIF I EIVAND-RELEkSZOITTi CeNTRAL WELL isENCE.ASENCY 600RCESMETH0.0sEXEmP1ION 3829 NAZ I WAR CR ImEso g SCLO .SURE ACT PATE 2006
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 5 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.