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This is a detailed interrogation report prepared in July 1945 by SCI Unit A of the Office of Strategic Services in Salzburg, Austria. The CIA later released it under the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act. Its subject is Johann Sanitzer of the Vienna Gestapo, arrested on 7 June 1945. The report records his biography and police career and describes the radio deception games (Funkspiele) he ran with captured Soviet NKVD and Comintern agents. It also covers arrests he made after the 20 July plot. It has no UFO content.
CONTR T 0 P R E T (11) • . . the description of KEMERKNACHT was soon in his company. Then they transmitted the story to Moscow and Moscow wanted the ontiro contents of the article trans- mitted to them: Aosouw than ordered KENNERIODSCHT to go into hiding for a while. Later Moscow asked whether -KENNERKNEOT wild possibly do something all byhimaelf. (By this time SUbject had already-km= that Moscow did net send any "help" to , agenti anymore. Berlin wanted the play stoyped and KENNERKNECHT was ordered shot(for his attempted shooting of one of subject's .. M. Funkspiel 11 THEISS"., (Cover Name).....___ • . 38. In November 1944 a now t ype of. agents wore dropped. Macy were sent by 'a ERuNTZFKLAERUNG TRUPPof the Russian J‘rMyi The group consisted of a Man in Russian Majer's uniform named IlLrner UNBEIL.UENralother called Pad IVEHIDUE and a third *hose none Subject does not relso-TaFef. - . • ______ '39. UNHEHAUEN bad been a German Oberfeldwebel, and was divisional A/T man 'in France. (Tao bast. MIT man Subjeet kaver 'saw).- He could receive and trans- -mit 120 groups easily.- He bad been taken prisoner around Leningrad aad then volunteered for work with the NKVD. He had be trained at uamp No. 27(see . Aopendix Bk Para. V). 'HO had previkusly done'ame missions for toe Russians:. .The agents who had seen him in Camp 27 thought .he was a bona fide Russian . I Major. The caseof UNBEILIJEN was interesting in this was that UNBEHMEN.said that as wren As helms through With this-mission he was, go back-and join- a Lieutenant Colonel in a mission against the ..moricaps(?). • . 40. This Frontaulklaerungs-group was dropped in Hungary& The third man' of the group had given, himself up, and aeon 'the two ethers Were -caught* ....,' ay this time Subject was considered as the oxpert:of Pankspiele against the'. Russians, by the RSHil. and had been given the -supervision of. oil FUnkspiele in the areas of the xVII and xvIII Wobrkreiso.. He was told to go ahead-ktNa. .: the hew Funkspiel. . . . •. '• . 41. Subject began his Funkspiel by saying that he ha&aeoureda new signal_ plan from the Germana. ..átually he had gone t. IC of thoMObricreidahoithol• had made a new one and had it drawn up, printed and photographed in. e4Dreed . after many consultations with-Berlin. Then Subject asked Moscow to c -. send'a man to fetch it. A.rendez-vous was madein Vienna. This Russian emmissary really arrival but as-it-wag Sylvester evening,. Subject's Pah naiY have drunk tOomuphand missed Mn.- He never tained up again. SubjeCt-AVtlais time was abscni-.from Vienna, and learned abut it .after his. return.:, •. , . . - . . , • '' .'4'4H.,. 42. Ibis mishap put' -Suliject in rather bad spirits. -Ho tried to%aoatactOaa Russians again and'now came up with'a-new•proposal. He-wah .to.PresenCOP . • Russians with a now.gesmask filter, with which IC had govided him. Th.W.. idea was to indgee'tde Rassian.Ahduatry on to sono false trick& Butnaw•the Russians. did totwant to send a MAMi-anymere and,told nUNBEHAUM" .t.6 send's, map t.t .the Russian lines and even told him whef.erte-.penatrate tham.:•Xi;*.i. - reluctant to put a man at Subject's disposal Ar this taak:but,..after.a,leng.. delay finally offered ajonstzlevakian,'lryears:oldi•fer*p-JO.P9NbOt 'did not think ..,a0mUWatit..Ut the adyitability.ef . ,sendipi a:y(41140er t'ccer- tain death and the . plan-didnot go ..ttrongh,(20.garon1945)'.. , .. Organisation of the IV 2 acetic* of the -StapoStella •Vienna as of March 19 •-. • .. •• 424 Direction ct the entire.IV2-.saotien4.... a: 'Referent:. Kemi nn1 rat7 4aialln SAITZER. . b: jecond7in-commandt C 0 N' R 0 L. T'0 P"E CR E T. Cs3 LEA sarsm....4 girc4.1 -11NUSO 41:100t10 ILEA
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