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[20]CITE VIENNA 28456
[22]TO: "DIRECTOR.
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[28]*SUBJECT: RESPONSE FOR<dFK ASSASSINATION>RECORDS COLLECTION ACT
[30]‘REF: A. DIRECTOR 493642 95 2040015
[31]''B. . DIRECTOR 493658 95 2040060
[33]TEXT :
[34]1. ACTION REQUIRED: NONE, FYI.
[36]_ 2. ON 14 NOVEMBER 1995, C/O NOBLEHORSE DELIVERED REF TEAR LINE
[37]INFORMATION AS REQUESTED.. REF IDEN THEN ASKED FOR TIME .TO FORMULATE
[38]HIS THOUGHTS AND SUBMIT THEM .ON PAPER. ALTHOUGH NOBLEHORSE
[39]EXPLAINED THAT WE WOULD PREFER HE. PASS THE RESPONSE DIRECTLY TO C/O,
[40]HE WAS APPARENTLY SO ANGERED OVER THE CONTENTS OF REF, THAT HE LATER
[41]‘“RIED TO CONTACT BERT MILLS DIRECTLY AND WITHOUT SUCCESS. ON 15 ~
[42]NOVEMBER, REF IDEN PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING RESPONSE IN WRITING, WHICH
[44]. IS BEING POUCHED TO HOS VIA TM 902-825:
[46]NOV 14, 1995
[48]TO BERT MILLS:
[50]. - I OBJECT VIOLENTLY TO THE REVELATION OF MY NAME REGARDLESS OF
[51]THE LAW. HERE ARE SOME REASONS:
[53]1. I EMIGRATED TO AUSTRIA TWICE, FIRST IN 1971 AND AGAIN IN 1983.
[54]BOTH TIMES I HAD TO FILL OUT AND SWEAR TO LENGTHY FORMS ABOUT MY
[55]BACKGROUND. I USED MY RETIRED STATE COVER BOTH TIMES, THEREBY ©
[56]COMMITTING PERJURY TWICE UNDER AUSTRIAN LAW. MY OLD FRIENDS IN HIGH
[57]PLACES WHO MIGHT HAVE. BEEN ABLE TO PROTECT ME HAVE ALL RETIRED OR,
[58]EVEN MORE, DIED. AUSTRIAN JUSTICE 1s NOTORIOUSLY IMMUTABLE. DO YOU
[59]WANT ME TO GO TO JAIL? ;
[61]SECRET
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[66]2. - LIVING SINCE RETIREMENT IN AUSTRIA FROM: 1971 TO. 1980 AND FROM ..
[67]1983 TO THE PRESENT, I HAVE ACHIEVED HIGH POSITIONS. IN. VIENNA’ So
[69]- MUSICAL ‘BODIES, BOARD OF DIRECTORS: OF THE. ‘JOHANN 5 STRAUSS”. SOCIETY “AND,
[70]VICE PRESIDENT OF THE VIENNA MEN’S SINGING ‘SOCIETY; * ‘AND IAM oe
[71]‘PERSONALLY KNOWN TO SEVERAL: RECENT. -AUSTRIAN. PRESIDENTS, : “MANY:
[72]REPORTERS AND RADIO FIGURES. I SUFFERED A DISABLING STROKE.IN- | |...
[73]DECEMBER. 1993 AND MY WIFE AND I, BOTH 75, . CAN. CONTINUE: TO: EXIST. HERE
[75]BECAUSE OUR 2000 SQ. FT. APARTMENT IS- WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF 2-
[76]POST OFFICES, SEVERAL SMALL SUPER MARKETS, MY FAMILY PHYSICIAN, OUR
[77]DENTIST, MY UROLOGIST, AND AN EYE DOCTOR AND OPTICIAN. WE ARE :
[78]WITHIN WHEEL CHAIR DISTANCE OF THE CONCERT HALLS AND THE. OPERA.
[79]‘WHERE CAN YOU DUPLICATE THIS FOR ME? . .
[81]3. DURING MY ACTIVE CAREER IN VIENNA AROUND 1959 I INTERROGATED AND .
[82]BROKE AN INTELLIGENCE SWINDLER WHO HAD BEEN A NAZI ASSASSIN: I- -
[83]PROMISED HIM SECRECY IF HE CONFESSED, BUT THE US ARMY PUT OUT A
[85]"BURN NOTICE" ON HIM, FORCING HIM TO MOVE TO GERMANY. I AM SURE HE
[87]WOULD LOVE TO FIND ME AND SHOOT ME .- : : 4
[89]4. VIENNA IS FULL OF ISLAMIC TERRORISTS. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL |
[90]'*<ASSASSINATIONS, >EVEN. OF A CITY COUNCILMAN, BY THEM IN- RECENT YEARS.
[91]UNDER AUSTRIAN LAW, I, AS A FOREIGNER, CANNOT EVEN GET A PISTOL
[92]LICENSE. YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT THE KIDNAPPING AND KILLING OF OUR
[93]COLLEAGUES AROUND THE WORLD.
[95]4. I HAVE TWICE TESTIFIED BEFORE HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEES ABOUT.
[96]*THE<KENNEDY ASSASSINATION.> THEIR FULL REPORTS SIMPLY CALLED ME THE
[97]"DESK OFFICER" AND. THAT HAS SEEMED TO SATISFY EVERYONE. NEEDLESS TO
[98]SAY, IF YOU DO EXPOSE MY NAME, I WILL NOT EVER TALK TO ANY .
[99]JOURNALISTS OR SO-CALLED HISTORIANS.
[101]S. IF MY NAME IS EXPOSED, I WILL OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO LEAVE VIENNA,
[102]WITH THE WHOLE HOUSE FULL OF FURNITURE, PICTURES, LIBRARY, CLOTHING,
[103]ETC. WHICH I PACKED AND PAID TO HAVE MOVED OVER HERE IN 1983.
[104]BECAUSE OF MY STROKE, I WILL BE UNABLE TO DO ANY PACKING AND THE
[105]‘MOVE WILL BE VERY EXPENSIVE. . WHERE CAN I RESETTLE IN A 2000 SQ FT.
[106]APT. SO CONVENIENTLY LOCATED.
[108]6. MY WIFE AND I LOVE LIVING HERE FOR MANY REASONS, AND LEAVING
[109]WOULD BE A CRUEL AND NEEDLESS, FATE.
[111]7. %I REGARD THIS LAW AS DISHONORABLE AND UNWORTHY OF THE UNITED
[112]STATES OF AMERICA. IF YOU DECIDE AGAINST ME, I WANT TO APPEAR
[113]BEFORE THE BOARD AND. EVEN THE. PRESIDENT, WHOM I HAPPEN TO ADMIRE. I
[115]_ WILL PAY MY OWN WAY BACK TO DO SO... I SERVED IN WWII AND NEVER
[116]SPARED MYSELF; IN THE OUTFIT I. WORKED HARD, WAS FEARLESS IN DEALING
[117]WITH MY SUPERIORS .(CORD MEYER AND DICK HELMS CAN TESTIFY TO THAT)
[118]AND MY ADVERSARIES. I WOULDN'T EVEN THINK OF THREATENING TO EXPOSE
[119]THINGS TO PRESSURE YOU. I WILL BE. EMPLOYING AN ATTORNEY OR TWO,
[120]FAMILIAR WITH OUR AFFAIRS, TO REPRESENT ME. I WILL NOT DENY, THAT I
[121]CONSIDER YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE IMPLEMENTING THIS LAW TO BE ENGAGING
[122]IN DISHONORABLE CONDUCT, UNWORTHY OF OUR GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
[124]8. IN THE LATE 1960'S WHILE SERVING IN VIENNA UNDER TOM
[125]KARAMISSINIS, I WAS ORDERED BY HQ TO REVEAL TO AUSTRIAN MILITARY
[126]SECRET
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[131]- INTELLIGENCE THAT.A LOW-RANKING AUSTRIAN DIPLOMAT SERVING AS THEIR .
[132]INFORMANT .IN BUDAPEST. HAD. ALSO BEEN RECRUITED BY US AND WAS REPORTI
[133]- NG. TO US.. I REFUSED..TO CARRY:.OUT THIS ORDER. AND OFFERED MY -
[134]RESIGNATION... TO ME, ; IT’ WAS DISHONORABLE TO BETRAY A, YOUNG AGENT WHO
[135]HAD "ACCEPTED ‘OUR | “RECRUITMENT: AND: PUT FAITH IN OUR PROMISE OF. -
[136]SECRECY...TO .MY MIND AN AGENCY. WITHOUT: ‘PRINCIPLES CANNOT SURVIVE AND
[137]INDEED. SHOULD NOT SURVIVE:. TOM KARAMISSINIS, PERHAPS ONE.OF THE .
[138]_ LAST: HONORABLE: MEN: TO. SERVE WITH US IN HIGH POSITION, FIRED A STRONG ©
[139]Do CABLE BACK AND THE SHAMEFUL ORDER WAS. RETRACTED. a
[141]9. I HAVE INVESTED ABOUT $50, 000 IN MY APARTMENT, IN. KEY MONEY AND —
[142]IMPROVEMENTS. IF I LEAVE, I WILL LOSE ALL OR MOST OF THIS. OUR
[143]LAST MOVE TO-VIENNA COST ME ABOUT $15,000 IN. SEA FREIGHT AND
[144]INSURANCE. I WILL NEVER:GET.ON MY KNEES AND ASK TO BE MADE WHOLE IF
[145]YOU EXPOSE ME, BUT I: MAY. REPORT: TO' THE COURTS.. I AM A RETIRED
[147]; MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA. BAR.
[149]- 10. “LET ME REGALE YOU WITH AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE HISTORIANS _ | a
[150]MINDLESS DRIVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING CAN LEAD TO A PROUD COUNTRY’S
[151]DISGRACING ITSELF. DURING WWII WHEN WE WERE INTERROGATING GERMAN
[152]POW'S, WE PROMISED THEM NO ONE. WOULD EVER LEARN THEY HAD "SPILLED
[153]THEIR GUTS," AND WE ALL BELIEVED WE WERE BEING HONEST. BUT ALMOST
[154]25 YEARS AFTER WWII THE BRITISH DECLASSIFIED ALL THE ADI(K) REPORTS
[155](THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE CALLED, AND EVEN THE "ROOM CONVERSATIONS,"
[156]TRANSCRIPTS OF THE CONVERSATIONS POWS HAD IN THEIR ROOMS, EVEN
[158]- INCLUDING THE EXTREMELY VALUABLE SPEECHES MADE BY HIGH-RANKING
[159]LUFTWAFFE OFFICERS TO THEIR HIGH-~RANKING FELLOW POW’S AT
[160]"COCKFOSTERS" MANSION. NEWCOMERS WERE VISITED BY THE OLD HANDS FOR
[161]‘A MONTH TO. MAKE SURE THEY WEREN'T STOOL PIGEONS, BEFORE THEY WERE
[163]. GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE OF ADDRESSING THEIR FELLOW OFFICERS ON SOME .
[164]IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE WAR. THE EXCELLENT BRITISH MIKES PICKED IT
[165]ALL UP.
[167]IN RECENT YEARS; AT LEAST ONE. LUFTWAFFE VETERAN ASSOCIATION,
[168]THAT OF J.G.2, THE RICHTHOFEN GESCHWADER, SENT PEOPLE TO LONDON TO
[169]GET. COPIES OF THE INTERROGATION REPORTS OF THEIR PILOTS. THEY DID
[170]IT CHRONOLOGICALLY AND WERE SO SHOCKED AT THE VAST AMOUNT OF VITAL
[171]DATA: REVEALED BY THEIR BUDDIES THAT, IN ACUTE REVULSION, THEY
[172]STOPPED LOOKING. I ASSUMED THEN THAT "EVERYONE" HAD "TALKED," WHICH
[173]IS TRUE. ,
[175]11.. I AM 75 YEARS OLD PARTLY PARALYZED ON MY LEFT SIDE FROM A.
[176]STROKE IN DEC. 1993. I WAS NEARLY FULLY REHABILITATED WHEN, IN MAY
[177]1994, I WAS HIT BY CONSTANT MUSCLE SPASMS ALL UP AND DOWN MY LEFT
[178]SIDE. THIS RATHER RARE CONDITION, BASICALLY A SUDDEN SUPER-HUMAN
[179]TIGHTENING OF ALL THE MUSCLES, WITH AFTER EFFECTS LASTING UNTIL THE
[180]NEXT. SPASM, HAVE MADE IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO STAND UP,
[181]WALK, OR EVEN SIT UP FOR VERY LONG. IN A FEW DAYS, WHEN ALL THE
[182]MANY MEDICINES ARE HERE, WILL BEGIN A 20-WEEK HOMEOPATHIC CURE FOR
[183]THE SPASMS UNDER DR. SCHRAMM, A LEADING SPECIALIST HERE. I CAN‘T
[184]VERY WELL LEAVE FOR 20 WEEKS. ;
[186]: YOU WILL BE CONTACTED MOMENTARILY BY ONE OF MY ATTORNEYS. I
[187]WILL ALSO BE IN. TOUCH WITH MY CONGRESSMAN AND SENATORS.
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[195]WITH BITTER RESOLVE;
[196]-(SIGNED - REF B IDEN)
[198]-. 3, REF IDEN HAD ALSO ATTEMPTED TO' PUT ‘THE ABOVE. ‘INTO
[199] "CABALESE, ““BUT BECAME TOO’ TIRED TO FINISH IT. NONETHELESS, _ REF
[200]IDEN ALSO. REQUESTED THAT THE CONTENTS OF THIS MESSAGE ‘ALSO BE PASSED:
[201].1. SAW SUBJ IN HIS APT-NOV 14. CORDIAL : ;
[203]2. REASONS: SUBJ HAS EMIGRATED PRIVATELY TO AUSTRIA TWICE}, 1971
[204]AND 1983, USING RETIRED STATE COVER ON SWORN AUSTRIAN FORMS THUS .-
[205]COMMITTING PERJURY TWICE BY AUSTRIAN LAW. HIGH OFFICIAL HERE. WHO
[206]COVERED FOR HIM NOW DEAD. WOULD FACE SCANDAL TRIAL, JAIL, AND
[209]“36 ‘SUBJ PROMINENT IN LOCAL MUSIC CIRCLES, RADIO, TV, AND POLITICS
[210]AND MILITARY, GREAT SCANDAL POTENTIAL. ..
[212]4. SUBJ INVESTED 50 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN APT AND WOULD LOSE IT IN - a |
[214]‘HURRIED DEPARTURE, PLUS EXPENSE OF MOVING EFFECTS TO Z1, AND OWN
[215]‘FARES.
[217].5.. SUBJ NOW 75 HAD CRIPPLING STROKE DEC 93. WIFE ALSO 75 ABLE TO
[218]CARRY ON BECAUSE STORES, DENTIST, DOCTOR, UROLOGIST OF SUBJ, ‘POST
[219]OFFICE ALL IN WALKING DISTANCE OF APT. CANNOT DUPLICATE THIS IN 21.
[221]6. SUBJ WOULD BE ENDANGERED BY ISLAMIC GROUPS HERE WHO HAVE
[222]*<ASSASSINATED>SEVERAL INCL ONE CITY COUNCILMAN. EMBASSY GETS
[223]THREATENING PHONE CALLS. AS FOREIGNER SUBJ DENIED AUSTRIAN PISTOL
[224]PERMIT. SUBJ ALSO ENDANGERED BY FORMER NAZI ASSASSIN AND INTEL SWI
[225]NDLER HE INTERROGATED AND BROKE 25 YEARS AGO, PROMISING HIM SECRECY;
[226]BUT US ARMY PUT OUT BURN NOTICE, FORCING NAZI TO MOVE TO GERMANY.
[228]7. %§SUBJ HAS TESTIFIED FULLY BEFORE HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEES,
[229]TERMED "DESK OFFICER," OWN ROLE MINOR. ALTHO PUT IN CHARGE OF
[230]AGENCY INVESTIGATION BY HELMS THEN DDO, HIS WORK WAS SABOTAGED BY
[232]_ ANGLETON.WHO WITHHELD HUNDREDS OF BEST FBI REPORTS AND CONFERRED
[233]DAILY WITH FBI WITHOUT PRESENCE OF SUBJ, ALL IN FLAGRANT VIOLATION
[234]OF HELMS ORDERS.
[236]8: SUBJ AVERS HE. WILL NEVER THREATEN TO EXPOSE AGENCY . EVEN IF
[237]SURFACED WILL DENY EVERYTHING.
[239]4. FILE: 785-120-034.
[240]CL BY: 618711
[241]CL REASON: 1.5(C)
[242]DECL ON: X21
[243]DRV FROM: HUM 4-82.
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