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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.
e • • CUNT OL P ORE? , (29) . I Detailed interroga(aon of Johann SNIT2ER, Gestapo, Vienna, Section IV2. I 6PPE1DIZ U. Gestapo Counter-Deasures against Russian 4/T Agents. I. Material Necessary for the Search. I a. Subject first stressed the necessity of adequate file systems 1. 1 On agent file with the naies and descriptions of allpersons, who, . according to tho confessions of arrested agents, were being or had been trained by the Russians and who were ready for a mission. 2. a photographic file. '7., 3. a file of des.rters. This Silo ocn- slated of the namis of all German deserters, 'Too were supposed . to bo good Russian agent matmlal because of their political background: U. a file of relatives aripolitical friends of persons who might be expected to be sent intc thu Reich by the Russians. I b. secondly, it was necessaryte equip the units dearged with the eventual searches Gussendimststellen derstaatspulizei, Retolkrtainalbeamten, Heeres- und Zugstreifen, etc), with the necessary material: i:c. suitable po( ':nt itles of phch graphs, personal descriptions, etc. . I c. Thirdly : the proper training of the police ....rmy and border patrol units who were constantly conducting searches, by means of lectures and the distribution of pamphlets Concerning information en the proper methods J of search. . I• d. Lastly, it wae absolutely necessary to have a thorough knowledge of the eneary l s intelligence services and techniques. This was acconplished ..:-. mainly by interrejations, Constant liaiscn with other Dienstellen and by the interception of'eneny WiT traffic and their subsequent at- . pluitation. I, 2. The General Search. b. As soon as an airplane ass ieen circling around a certain area, a general alarm was sounded as it'became likely that it dropped agents, thorough searrAwasmade with the help of the Gendarmerie, the Landwacht, school- children, police dogs, etc.; for objects left behind by the agent. c. :al railroad stations between the dropping place and the next important to we were immediately occupied for checking purposes. a. Information a/x.1A tne dropping of agents was then sent to all police stations to be passed along to the Hotelladminalbeamten. e. The same information was passed to all hospitals,, in case the dropped agent yes wounded mud had sdught medical help. f. Finally a particular thorough observation was instituted of the known communist group3. Thr. individual gearch. a. ZS Soon as a dropping Point had been discovered a thorough criminological 0 9N T 1-0 L TOls 5 1' RET a. Subject was constantly in direct communication ilith the intercept roam of the Luftwaffe and was thus automatically izformed as soon as an air- plane was observed. •. . 4rM41, ILLS ilimmar4 1112A lifFUsw4 . igt4 :
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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.