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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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o 0 N 0 L S CRST (21) 15. In the paled between the end ef their studies and their dropping in enemy country they've:re housed in private houses in Moscow, held by trust. od people frau the NKVD. Most agents lived in the house of the 'widow of a Russian Air Force colonel, who had fallen in the beginning of the Ger- man-Russian war. Agenta wore agaiu forbidden to leave the houses and the • others saw to it that no contact existed between then and the outside worid. 16. All agents wore excellently equipped with documents; Geburtaschein, Beinatschein, Nachwnise ueber ScheIbildung, Partoi Legitimatianen, airier Nachweise and the documents necessary for the obtention of the latter dome- ments such as death certificates of ascondante, ace, Arbeitsnachweise blank papers of the firm where they were supposed to wtrk in order to make 414111, selves some travel-orders, Wehrpass, a nueber of blank police registration forms, a number uf rubber steeps to fake police registration forms. Agents in uniform received a seldbuch, Wehrmachtfahrsohoine, Urkubacheine and a number of rubber stapps for the falsification of military documents.. 17. Subject remarks here that the Russians were unaware of one minor point concerning the Soildbucchers when Saldbuochr mar:sprinted at the printers, and before they received their cardboard wrapper, they more counted by the military inspector. This man generally ran an indelible pencil al,ng the binding to facilitate the ccunting. Later, when the cardboard wrapping was put an and the Soldbuch had been in use for awhile inevitably the 'indelible pencil mark w yuld show up faintly taringh the binding. The Berlin RSHA section IVa2 had cautioned subject tokeep this fact a secret and to inspect the soldbuecher himself for the indication of the pencil meek. 18. All personal documents used by the agents bore false family names but usually the real Christian name of the agent was used, also the real b4rtne date. The agent HUTTARI of the 'Comintern play was the only one whose. papers contained his real names and personal background. NKVD agents ghnorally - • had two sets of false papers in two different names. Subject renarked about this - that carrying such a cemplete set of papers was rather unusual for anyone and became a little too apparent ami absolutely unnecessary. The use of the reel Christian name was quite a danger, as the confession of a Illow the up e agent to be captured. . captured th agent and his description of other agents could easily be tied with '19. The agents of the NKVD generally carried a pistol ef German make, a C:2/ • dagger and some handgrenedes for personal protection after the landing. The Agents of the Frontaufklaerungstruppen carried pistols, machinspistols, . 411014:10 tearbines (all of them with silencers), handgrenades and daggers. ! 20. Signal equipment of the NKVD was of two types: IIII;SiStaa: The WiT set "Jack.' which came in three parta(rectifier, receiver and transmitter). sell-regulating set. It was possible to use crystals an this set, as did the agents of the FUnkspie/ "Burgenland" Utacimura powers 30 watts. The transmitter was excellent, but the receiver was not selective encugh*. Both worked on alternating currant, only. This set apparently was an american ineention, licence of which had became. obtained by the Russiane. The entire set could be put into a suit- mtg, case of tha following size: 100am x 40cms3oe n. . WI bs The WT set, type "Tensor'', apparently also in three parts, self- exciting; maximum strength 6 watts. -It was amexcellent set allowing fauside-= perfect contact betweee Vienna and Moscow. This set cuuld be easily hidden in a large size briefcase.- Also an American invention. Bath sks could only be activated byaltornative current. They: necessi CON TL TOP S21RET ,
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 47 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.