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to I Aunt 1945 With Sp to (X) Alton G. .411A1i8. USX, ant delii.Bush ISONT00181EX, -M-8, I left iliesbeden to begin the HOW .opsi*oration. At dunieh4, 21BONTZUP7XL and 1132AVOSIX were talc= trimthe IC at Praising to :soacispany us. 2 June we arrived at littyro,lingo •

. .do Trial 3 Zane we attempted aLl. scheduled radio *intact/ with •the Sumsnian, Ilwigariss and Vligoelsv no Ii. 4 June *intact was • .•ettadeeerui with Bechezte1.4, en& the following melting° stoatIL "Atter. •ovememsing all difficeiltime, coma traffic) will be reamed.*82X Ineamsde rot pho...4th or • Maaiet which, time Bucharest taut its 1 :"To verify the ipie*Msoesi of your. messages, you must. Preps**•address and eijeWlsiesti., 740 well as continuing all preview. !Witt . . " �malities.",. re • . . : - • "./K.•-,,-'-.,- •-•'-.-.4-i•3. Tbe ease deilnisheiliWt 4*. heard. and • 10•011140 sonilbr*. •Glentmel eayingt .-".*Artiveveroching all. difficulties worliAs'sgaisk„po

enoreible,le blet0X4i4; . . intensitioation lootumierort 0e3•11014..04.1,

thee. espsion• possible., • .0tele as often titvioialr_ Ideoided times.. Reports soonest abent -the Moe* ii'Stints Of. the Xeet 'Dour Jambi. , tat, addition4 Iplease tial to

Y' W. rattily. 320 . Distriee, Iliklas II treat • that Gretir" mait . .'""

ath,axi•;, bast wialwat,- . Bens." Greta. raters • teLiatte' . - -ifiAtifl. 00. Li:4* fieniskor . the I/7 opexator; Bans wetarggir„. 17:,..i .

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40 '' . 0264De 00th mt. -Div. had airesdp ...vliat,op ,w aragi,:),,itt 'to . pc ReitZierotk. cot June. .„.tdc-thiti3O0dIr at Viksk.ral

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renoe..on 8 J. with. the Silk.ton& 'Se eicaz,Zto the :Ass' V.there:explained'Me 'us ' hin ocupleteY*. . . . ...• •• ..-.L..:,.. InTiair Or thi,gu Vtaessegi'or:.5. Awe, we * to

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arl,Tutillt ..,-"ItiessuiSit teohnieal diffiewitisi,a Will be..*Sepondii2 Iota 9 4wis,r's- *'4 June Antnt!..A4.4.

.!. able.-IPtra tc send the 0 • ass'i soetitiersigh.gite'the. •./.:.j'Ant sullPlied. the naewilit=le ttrilima "Alitiss , , No that.iw Winn* we -r

starting Plage of 00.,'Ventals ... or .3*-,22nd of Zane' W.f. dei , .21amenis, as loll ACt/st:toeke 'or the vehisle c /totiii)new .traft.: :.00."...iltai-aturrting i alitiO4.. lOtzi ot umpt • 1500 h.otum Itlitae .Xtropesis Vitae." This.n.WAV Vas. addressed "rOr Bob', andsigned "Good by, ItisterVz • •" .'-e.: • .: • . • ' '

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6. to Ante I was reoalled to Modell where I wed advised byOol. B3RDING that Gen. DOB0V1LN, in ow:We:ono* with Co]. =DIMand . DAMS, authorited the oontinvesiolo of .ths NOMIT opera.

„ ation only for eounter.eapionage se. Any sttsiot to securepositive intelligent,* through the nil was egpreas;r prohibited..

The same day at 8teirling Budapest had been contacted, and - •' t1 following message cants "Dear Pietas Tell us the most (son- •

-....4•110.ant tractile times for 70% which 421.1209„rsont,icatIogigible .•tkeiren. You oan still hear. me. cot. thwartiowing tirvipe.A.40111s

4,850 .kt:es., Q21Y 3 - 5,300 itse.,4" -Ottfilnlitnojtli •t there. will be a *hang* Of eel/ wildealua.YOU will call M. Your lisuuli0 • At this ti BUdamestv. asst,its • !v. • .,first sepias's' "Dear HI11311: I had gamed,' thought spitobsd.bion '--1418.1XaKi permanently, and onlY .. . by obsoms& did I hoer , 'situation hare is very difficult. • BrINfolas! identi tis*bolialr

• °booked very ol °sell-. You eam get everything you mini, but the..patella are very hi.&. The deportee& are_tnow Coming back. The ••

• - . .tiate'tegainat the Basta. in very great. *Oa paroDeou the v.•Dexil.7" have been uste#Oed and Missouted.

- , •11‘ . Iltatimi)ftobito0 seat tugs016,020411..101Watirlms, was rbsulla• tova• Undeeipkarebley bat • latel s worxeMAatt.. 'Thie'as.tds TO 4•iatert atiarting plat)* • Make of, this 1eble1W1,1(eroedei•''.

Dens* overnight 100 .1110 labowits. Beoesidiree'Bealsooest .•with motor trouble., I rasgkeikk briefing from you as to the ait-.

. station there'. as to your,.07012abillifies for aotivity-because Om • 3,s.tvglar inoutries frau . Where are' Vtlly and Kurt!. Are yow -

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•• rafted :WU* ,motor tomb/44 , 4testitatif■.Dd-You ,hev* Oomiaot with v •.311 10AXT'r Ibex* a.re WiU3 entiIntrtt Betimes* indtmmitinn a tO .

iliqur liar position. and lieD•24.11:tiel.far atitiwiljrtft* , the isliuge -sopa. Theixto at change of Operetorg at .fientrelebsOiture Oen*. • •with his knowledge is made difricUlt, as a real% of bking

: too'. long, and too dlialgeretlA *for • Vxo.. P1410 113.3% 111 .• 'Inds• ozi the soca doy we sent; 'For hobs •Aiternocit.twaCric is aisrs!-:,.:. •••••,_'-'•'.,rsed.t •-beaseiai of atmospheric dieter/3414441: so arting with7-'' .1.50ode,W traffic; will be shifted , to .14900-"bours . 36.0exu Zuropeext •

1/116..- ,se Rropoaed by you. 133_,,ewalr,Orallsati, , remits. traffic. rcyriot ,intamatioallif ,tas:11099 . ' tie Er4ropeez Time. •-BeTiOnt that you give tts Ootul ' clear' .text r• ezit itt*Das time In t,bie olear. say. Other trequenoiesthat, -OW WM? • (The foil Oat as a seoond.

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message ht 117 after the tren On of the first half). The •v;.:,. .situation here La good, but not beinpletely leer.- Instructions V.e:ifollow ,atortly. Kurt is here. AfELly Rick. •. K.speat a meetingwith him iii the newt few days. • Godd by Ulster.*

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9. 15 JUnes Central sent the 5th mesenge to buoharsets 0bcosneeof repairs in the 'Central, truffle cannot be resumed mt..= 20June at 2000 hours Eastern European Time. Inform us as to therange at ycrirreoeption espeoielly to the lower frown:Wigs... Olinyou receive on 6150 Me. t egdalA WY 2011 Tastion IAoperator will be taken oars of. 9.clo4 In taster.*

10. Msanwhile ,ATRoiEDITIOURra t did,Ablaiioretamyihad_oanterred with me on sitanarons Noasionn. The networks. inHungary, Rumania, and ragoalrchichad*O141A4Isamssett at suM

. length and reports were previred lU details of.thivnikt*Personality lists were also proparea tiring the baCkgroundeeadidentities of the personnel Limusa,.. , •

. II. The next contact with 'BudsOefon 17..JUns brought Abe seem&;Wessesge from them. The meseawimenatellowas "Dear HUM ' •. GraWs,family haa already been nitrite& try Ms. They mevery-''.',Ineply.:Iter mother was worrleikabout her absence. Greetings sot

,..-:hissess.;, °ratit e return-homais degeVly_awaited. I will definite,t.-:44000a:ffiverY Sunday, and Tuesday and flatUrday if pose:thin.

rgetteekthat You listen for ass f ors these4nyn. Reoently I here. •'ben Wary busy, working day " and night... Pieta.° No further ema,; _:i'xiiet tog been made since then With the Hungarian station.

116 The Haab:rest traffic continued and 20'17Une Central sent. . 0 the following messages "Dear Bobs An Ts.result of long inter- -

ruption and the deatruotion of:tadilities 4gora; we eve no clear.pisture of your aotivity. WO request tore:Pare, a mortisbout

' your personal situation. Where 4ne Jim, Zenne, sPore, bill andthe. other*? Do you have copfaot with them!: your net. •capable of action? What plahe'do.you hate. includ1nt407-1ragiii"

•.Imas you have Greetings. Good by, Miet826* Buchareal.441011e4,.,2t Juno with: °Personal situation unchanged; PotitImanftbs;:-',

,erganisation (is the) Resistance Missements Offinarwand men, aswell as elements of the German Volkegruppe are put sip 'partly in , •comps, partly in villages, and they are alree4y organised and.ready for .a unit. The !same hold* true for the Iron Ohardists.Armament is weak. Ratilo apparatusie leaking, because the equip,meat you sent went astray as you knew. Net is eompletely intowtand capable of action. Contact with the Pnovinowis only by .courier. The Iron Guardists are waiting instructions frau'Mihai. Contrast with Beau, Roles. (4), and =HUB established.Jim end Jamkytuwe disappeared since . March. Inquiriewas to .their whereaboate are without result. Recommendation about the'muthod of the unit, after reoeivingynur inatraotions an to yourintentions is possible. Bob." ' Onthe 22nd of Tun* the followingtraffic &staid, were sent 'by' Bucherestt "Range of my receptionof my apparatus is from 8,600 /Kos. to 41200 kos. Tell me whichfrequencies you will use4 and also under what number I can askfor theta, Bauer."

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13. 25th June Central again contacted Bucharest, and trent..mitted the 7th mimeses "To Batten, In addition to knave fro-.quenoy, Central also sends on the following frequenoies;

8,150 kas. equals CIST 25,720 kas. equals On 37,380 kos. equals WY'7,780 kos. equals Qffr5.

Can you sand on any other frequencies than the one you arenow using/ Central."

14. 23 June the main transmitter started to go bad. A fuseblew out and thereafter the output dropped of from 250 te,40-watts. As yet we have been unable to repair the set, but havemimeo 24 June made our contacts with the 100 Watt gpare 'matter. Thus far it has been *deviate.

156 During the period of our opeiations in the area of Steyr.",hug, many OIeblems et clemrance'and liaison have arisen. 0it unneceestrIF to.disoamerthese.in detail; suffice it to sat .that after initial ditflaulties have been -overcome, good re-lations were established with all local headquarters dad. euth.- •orities. These included the with tut. Div., the 11th AMR* Edw.the 10/at AUborni Di. AEG at Eirohdorf,.the Burgomeister atMans, and the Free Anetrien Eminent. Cover stories were do-7!signed to fit each situation ant the nature of the group oroffice making the inquiry. The idea is locally accepted thatwe are employing SD personnel (all of whom were known in theregion prior to our arrival) to assist in running down the fewremaining Nazi bigwigs still at large.

16. In reply to London's statement that a control sign "SIC" •had been sent from the Oentrai, it may be flatly stated thatsuch is not true. London probably misread the letters 588D01.with Which some of the early transmissions we begun.

17,, Cot. TIMM's arrival 25 June with the SI questionnaireand oral instructions to tranmmit it has placed me in a verydifficult position. I was instreoted in Uunich that the ope-ration was to be strictly limtted to an exploitation of itsCE aspects. This questionnaire, however, commits us irrevocablyto a positiep rather than a negative line of action. In viewof General DONOVANI r aIpressed desire to turn all of this overto the Russians, it is difficult to see how this can be overfulfilled once we have asked the questions submitted by SI. Invlev of this inconsistency of direotions coupled with the nryauldnua pGssibilities inherent in such an undertaking, I request

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that I be provided wi.th written instructions before any of theSI questions ere vmeemitted. from the Central at Steyrlingo

18. It is my belief that both the organization and .the directionof American Intelligence Agencies are inadequate for the success-ful operation of these networks as a serious effort to penetrateRnssien occupied territory. However, I do not believe it will beIs American interests to destroy, by handing it over to Russia,the net. In Rumania at least, it can function without assistanceor direction from this side. My reoomnendation is that it be al-10,40, to do just that. Kay personnel now in our hands could bedispose& of through the IC at Freising, some allowance being madefor the offer whiotethey have made. The Central can be easilydiamantledo Unless we are sure to eliminate forever all personnelinvolved thus far, a double-cross such as that contemplated in theplan to tarn over all the information to the Russians email event-ually beocue known, and *mold possibly result in the alienationof most of those well-placed polities/ elements in Rumania and

.lengary who are tied into this tet, and who now seem so favorablydisposed toleards the United States. We would thus loose potentialfilen& without realising any gain commensurate with sad& a loos;for all that we could hope for by such a move would be gratitude

\ and appreciation from a government which has heretofore never dis-\ played muoh of either,

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