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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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CONT OL S CRET (45) 24. la:Sopiloubor or Octobor.of 1944, Subjoetwas inforaol by the RSHi. that ILHOGNA had confossod to having been previously informed of the plot and to have travoled4o Minna because ho know homes going to bo named, the liaison officer to the Wobrkrois XVII. AnY such knowlodgo was denied by BERCHEM, but stopa taken by Subject to have BERCHEM released were vain. 25. In the boginning of 1945, Subject received the visit of the countess MAROON, who asked Subject to allow her to take her bolongings from her villa as she intended moving to Bavaria. SUbjact anawored that he could not allow bar this, Until a oourt had mcminod her husband's case, whereupon the Countess informed him that ?Isamu had been oxecutud on the 11th of October. SUbjcet .immodiatoly Contacted Berlin, who confirmed the news, 26. As far as aHSTM is mncernod, Subject can only rolato that hu mot one day in Berlin HSHA officers-mess, the official who was in ohergo of .IRU- STER I s. case, oborregierungsrat Dr. ]f rod TRMHER. The latter told him that 4:HESTER had confessed that ho had once received an envoy of STOFFENBMO. TREMOR concluded that ho had undoubtedly received soma news of the plo- tram-this envoy. 27. The most'tragit destiny was given to,CODRE. The lattui was a Ritter- rrouztraogor and undo an impression through his :tutting attitude and his Sarcastic remarks on his prosecutor. Dr. TRENKM. The latter was so antagonized by CODRZ, that be managed to have CORE sent to Uauthausen as a Priaonor of ulass III(the worst kind): 28, zsomi and SIN2INGsR were discharged from the WOhrmacht, freod, again arrested and Again froo(4 -SEITZ and REIMERwere freed after a few Months and had to reside forcibly in MIMQ town in Contral: oermany. AstOr. BMCH:11,:-be was freed by Subject after a series cf truitless.demandifor liberation, around Christaas 1944. • 29. 'Subject aids that thero wore a number , of rumors in Berlin about tho real backyrlonl o. the revolt. ono-rumor was moro fantastic than the Other. Sub j ect just romcabors that somobody explained that the real instigator Of the ontize plot wns 4dairal =ARTS, the loader of all the —arm, and -that . WAHIShad.po.nparod his revolt since 1934(1). ixoth.er rimer aft:Irmo& that. theplotters had their connections and ramifications over a cOrtaln number of 'LSTa to ncinn'Aussian quarters. :mother affirmed that.theno veakdiraci:'-• connection between the Bondlorstrasso and the alroa4'mantionod liBotie7DRW: C ON -R0 L T 0P sCRE.T
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