FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 10

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• ' U: PAUL L. P.if.aL
JDOIUlll'JGll CClfCDIIDIG
ill ,,enna. Amtri&, ...,,... d\lr1Dc late lNI or eu-ly 1944•
....... alllo WUNCI .... •ecreta)tl'tJliaSq to thllJ aiNnft
wn captaz4td bJ Allied rorcea. Be •let tJat.a type of a1rcntt
...,. r•pomlble t• tile doWDiDC of at least one Aaericaa a..ae
&lrplaae. He funiahed the follodlllS 1•1 ......1n. tlata:
"• • • .Puel abtuN of ¥40 ill Jletllyl Alcohol
(Clfs<ll) ratber t'ban •~Pll-hol41Ds' aixtuft of
b7drogea peron• --~ ill •ter. 71l l,311 b1ch two
rocat aotOJ."SJ r:rolh flow~ rotary drlYe over 1,000
aetea per aeecad••••"
PSt.illl, •J.d be copied tbis clata !l'Oli a board
located ill the UllCW .....
P.iDBL aaileriecl be ._. ebot don by the Brlt18.h
OJI Ill.Nb 14, 19'1, after llanng bNll MOe■...pect t.o t!Mt
-~ l'roat. .. ... uld priaoller by the Britiah in
loMDla Ud later li -....111 uatll Ida rel.... in 1946.
Be daplrted for tbe Vblhd atatea fNa Bl dltiirJlaVH., Clent&DJ',
on DN•ber • • 1911; eat.ring tbtt llnlted fta.<t• ill •ew
~ Oil Jaauar7 1, 1901 and Wlf aubie19t11tly •turalised
ill ...i: dUrlq 1918... la -••ntl7 eaplo,.d aa a
aechlllllc at -tern .&trltaai• •tam, llorld&. He related
be .. bora a7.. 3, 19.14, ill Aatr1a.
PKIIIU. atat.cl he bu wttbbeld tlda iafonatton
bec&UN bta _ __. the UAit.4 Statee poN1•ed it. Be bU
beecae ;l.ncNaelns17 eoJINl'llecl bec:auae of tbe uaconfirlled
NIIOl'ta concernJ.aa • elld.J.u object and cl9111als tbe UJllted
8tat• baa aucb aa alll'Cl'&ft. Be feela •uch a weapon woul.d
be belletlclal in YlflW and 11Duld p!'ftftt tbe further lou
of Aaffican 11\fllll wblch ... Id.a panaauat purp:NN ill contacting
tile hdeNl Bure&u of ID•eatlptloa (DI).
PBIML reiterated be baa the or1,i,na1 aeaativ•
of both pbotograpba. Be add t!Mt ■bots were takilm at a thirty
tJecoa4 ttae es,oeure.
ThiJlf ctoc-.ent contat• autitller recw,..ctat1onli nor
CQllCl•loDs of the l'Bt. 11: ta tbe pro,-ty ot tbe JBI and la
loaaed to your apn07; it and lta eoatent• ar. not to be
d:tatributed outside ~ ~.