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This declassified CIA dispatch, dated 16 April 1953 and released under the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, sets out plans for closing the KIBITZ-15 agent net in Germany. It lists the agents to be debriefed in Stuttgart, Würzburg, the Pfalz and Cologne. It also gives the debriefing questions, the quit claims agents must sign pledging silence, the return of equipment and DM 100 goodwill bonuses. It proposes a special settlement for KIBITZ-150 and contains no UFO material.
C.1r37: JeLivA Jtak1i; 1094, 16 April 1953 Page 3 these circumstances will we be able to give them any assistance in case the organisation should become known, or a speolfie individual become exposed. 6. We will aek them to bring all equipment with them to the meeting and this will be checked against issuane•s. 7. We will then give each agent the sum ef DM 100.00 as a good. will bonus, telling him that we appreciate the time end interest that he has given the Organisation, etc. Where appropriate, a gift of equivalent value may be given. 0. The problem Of the disposal of KIBITZ . 150 presents greater diffieultiee. le has worked for us the pest two years without salary, receiving Only such benefits ae travel expenses, per Alen. and use of 4 oar. In devoting a large amount of time to this work, he has antagonised his toss, who *memo to think he is lazy and incompetent. In short there is a geed (thanes he may love his nob. It is proposed, therefore, that he be compensated as follow a. Be given the equivalent of six months' salary (0 DM 500.00).. DM 5,000.00, b. Be allowed to keep his Volkswagen automobile. This ear has 105,000 kilometers on it, would be of very little use to us, and its withdrawal would certainly raise ques. tions in his plaee of employment and community. In fast, if he loses the oar he will lose his 4ob, as he works about 45 kilometers distant from his home. The present estimated value of the oar to us le $150 . 200. We cannot predict with certainty what MIBITZ. 150 or KIBITZ. 15 will do in the future to implement their Messianic drive to (wombat Communism, or what their regard it the American Government will be, but we do feel that a settlement satisfactory to KIBITZ-150 will help take some of the bitterness out of the fact that the Organisation is being completely disbanded. 9. KIBITZ.15 has already signed a reoeipt acknowledging he has received his fine), salary for Stay... Behind activities. He should also sign an overall quit Claim when his activities in both the Stay.Behind and REDCAP fields have been finally terminated. 10. This plan has the approval of German Mission Headquarters
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 4 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.