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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.

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as assigned Ledding Assistants Kriminalkommissar zur Probe SCHINDLER.
44. Section I1!2a1 (Sabctage, weapons and ammunition, political falsehoods
attempts on the lives of high officials)
ai oxficer-in-dharge: Kriminal'Inspektcr Karl pLug,-;
bi . Members: /Criminal Sekrataer Johann misqpitaw.
Karl HEW.
MICKSTEIN.
geinrich NIKIS6T.
SEW. .
45. Sootion IV2b. (Funkabwehr).
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O. The laut two months . of Subject's Activities.
46. In'the beginning of March 1945, the offices of the gestapo became
ac damaged that subject had to requisition the villa of a certain MES5LTR,
- who had bean.shot as, an alleged British agent. Until them subleet kept in
some roma on the fifth floor, of the Gostapo4auilding the following allied
Puts: KERSCHri SDUCEK, NFLIZ, of thq Funkspiel IlLindwursP BDRETZKt of
the FUnkspiel' HBURGEN/4ND H I. of the Funkapiel "41penrose“ utaamunai
Of the Funkepiel “Theiss o a married-Couple of the FunksPiel 41igerfl Lt
Jack TAILOR (U.S.),. Hildegard RIES, \and ad4,Eggq.,_j
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47. Besides these agents Who were lodged and fed in the Villa, subject.
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.TOPS RET
as Officw-in-charges Krimiaalrat Johann SZITZER.
b: Seardh-group: sKriminalsekrtaer Antcn BRpEDL.
Kriminalsekretaer Josef WIRIE.R. e -
Kriminalselorotaer Josef BRUNnUOVIZL....-2
!Criminal ober assistant Jain:lag:CHM,
/Criminal angestellter Hans onnsgpic, cJ,
Kriegsdienstverpflichtiger UraltOlr BIRLO.
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C; Interrogation groupAriminalsekretior Wilhelm WEIO. -
Krimitalsekrotaer - Jchann ,
Kriminalsekrotaer Johann OOTTMR.
Kriegsdionstverpfliohtigar Antes:
d.. Funkspiel group 1liter huuspd at 61, Hasenauerstraase): •
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1. WIT operators: Krizinalobersekretaer Kati LA45, •:-,%
Polizeisekretaer.MUELLN41.„4
Revierhauptwachtneisiar- Karl K/0445..
RevierhauptwachtmeistersTuqgm,
.s;2. Encipherings personnel; lug. Karl LANGER. ,- . .
Kriminalsekfatier ,
Kriminalsekretaer
Kriminalsekrotaer 4.211Nu.
KriegsdienstverpfliChtieer Boris
(also the Russianinterpretor)
3. ..Supply of materiel: KriminAlangostelltor Hans SORE•
4. -Sundry personnel: Chantfeur FORTNER. e-A .
af1e16-6-4 Mc/Ia./guard)
lifaffen.SS pprea:(gUard)
Cook and housekeeper Franziska. Mang. • 6
TPC4'101Y. • r

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