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[15]. TOR: 041414Z MAR 96 VIEN 33696
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[18]CITE VIENNA 33696 (EVESON ACTING)
[19]TO: ‘DIRECTOR.
[21]FOR: LIMIT CHIEF/OCC INFO occ/OSG, CHIEF/PCS, C/EUR/SA, “'EUR/LGL,
[22]/0Gac/OsD, OGC/OFLD, DC/EURN
[24]SLUGS : WNINTEL RYBAT IVTROVE
[25]*SUBJECT: FURTHER RESPONSE FOR<JFK>RECORDS COLLECTION ACT
[27]REF: A. VIENNA 28456
[28]B. DIRECTOR 493642
[29]C. DIRECTOR 493658
[31]' TEXT:
[32]1. ACTION REQUIRED: NONE, FYI.
[34]: '2. WITH THE RECENT PUBLIC. REVELATION CONCERNING WEAPONS CACHES
[35]IN AUSTRIA, REF c DEN CONTACTED STATION AND REQUESTED THAT THE
[36]FOLLOWING. BE FORWARDED TO HOS IN FURTHERANCE OF HIS REQUEST THAT HIS
[38]*NAME NOT BE PUBLICLY RELEASED IN CONNECTION WITH THE<JFK> .
[40]*<ASSASSINATION. Zjc/o NOBLEHORSE VISITED IDEN’S RESIDENCE ON THE
[41]MORNING OF 27 F SRRUARY 96 TO COLLECT A HANDWRITTEN NOTE (BEING
[42]POUCHED TO HQS VIA TM 902-980) THE CONTENTS OF WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS:
[44]FEB
[45]27, 1996
[47]TO BERT MILLS ;
[48]*SUBJ: (IDEN) AND THE<KENNEDY>FILES
[50]. ANOTHER REASON FOR NOT DISCLOSING MY: NAME HAS ARISEN. IN THE
[51]SECOND HALF OF THE 1950'S, I WAS FOR SEVERAL YEARS THE CASE OFFICER
[52]FOR OUR OPERATION INVOLVING FRANZ ((OLAH)), CHIEF OF THE LABOR UNION
[53]IN. AUSTRIA. AFTER HE AND THE WOODWORKERS’ UNION HAD GONE INTO THE
[54]STREETS IN 1950, ARMED WITH CLUBS, AND BEATEN BACK A RUSSIAN-LED
[55]COMMUNIST WORKERS PUTSCH TO OVERTHROW THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT, THE
[56]VIENNA STATION TOOK UP CONTACT WITH OLAH, A FEARLESS ANTI-NAZI AND
[57]ANTI-COMMUNIST, AND GOT HIM TO ORGANIZE PARAMILITARY GROUPS TO
[58]HARASS THE SOVIET ARMY IF IT SHOULD ATTACK THE WESTERN (BRITISH,
[59]FRENCH, - AND USA) OCCUPATION ZONES IN AUSTRIA. HIS MEN WERE TRAINED
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[67]BY US IN. OUR ZONE OF AUSTRIA AND THE: NEW ORGANIZATION WAS GIVEN
[68]RADIOS ‘SO THEY COULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US AND EACH OTHER.
[70]OUR PARAMILITARY PEOPLE PUT CACHES OF WEAPONS, AMMUNITION,
[71]FOOD, AND UNIFORMS INTO THE GROUND IN OVER 70 PLACES IN THE U.S.
[72]ZONE AND ELSEWHERE. OLAH’S GROUP WAS TO BE GIVEN THE LOCATION OF
[73]THE CACHES WHEN THE.RED ARMY MOVED.
[75]RECENTLY THE US GOVERNMENT REVEALED TO THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT ~
[77]THE EXISTENCE OF THESE CACHES AND THE EMBASSY GAVE AUSTRIAN :
[78]OFFICIALS THE LOCATIONS OF THESE CACHES. -AUSTRIAN PRESS, RADIO, AND
[79]TV COVERAGE OF ALL THIS HAS BEEN GENERALLY FAVORABLE. AND EVEN
[80]GRATEFUL. OLAH’S INVOLVEMENT IS KNOWN FROM HIS MEMOIRS AND FROM
[81]STATEMENTS HE MADE DURING HIS TRIAL IN THE 1960’S (HE WAS TRIED,
[82]CONVICTED, AND- SERVED ONE YEAR FOR USING A LABOR UNION SAVINGS
[83]‘ACCOUNT AS SECURITY FOR A LOAN TO BUY THE KRONEN ZEITUNG, A TABLOID
[84]WHICH NOW HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN AUSTRIA. THE TWO MEN,
[85]((DICHAND)) AND ((FALK)), HE CHOSE TO RUN THE PAPER, THEN TOOK IT
[86]OVER AS THEIR. PERSONAL PROPERTY, BECOMING ALMOST THE RICHEST MEN IN:
[87]AUSTRIA. DICHAND LATER SOLD OUT TO FALK AND FOUNDED ANOTHER TABLOID.
[89]IN ALL OUR CLANDESTINE MEETINGS WITH OLAH, HE WAS ACCOMPANIED
[90]BY HIS.TWO "SECRETARIES," JOSEF ((LAS)) AND HEINRICH ((DAURER)).
[91]LAS WENT TO JAIL FOR THE SAME OFFENSE AS OLAH AND DAURER MAY HAVE,
[93]- TOO.
[95]. AT NO TIME WERE OUR NAMES (I WAS SUCCEEDED AS CASE OFFICER BY
[96]PAUL VON MARX, THEN UNDER STATE COVER IN VIENNA AND NOW RETIRED IN
[97]BERN, SWITZERLAND). I DON’T THINK OLAH KNEW OUR TRUE NAMES, BUT HE
[98]’ KNEW I WAS IN THE EMBASSY.
[100]FROM A TV SHOW THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 26, 1996, I LEARNED THERE
[101]ARE AT LEAST TWO EAGER YOUNG. AUSTRIAN HISTORIANS WORKING TO LEARN
[102]ALL THE FACTS ABOUT THIS CASE. ONE HAD SHEAVES OF TOP SECRET
[103]DOCUMENTS FROM THE STATE AND DEFENSE DEPTS. BEARING ON U.S. SCHEMES
[104]TO RE-ARM AUSTRIA.
[106]IF MY NAME IS REVEALED, IT WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY SEVERAL
[107]AUSTRIAN OFFICERS I HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS. AUSTRIAN TELEVISION CAN |
[108]SHOW SEVERAL LENGTHY INTERVIEWS ‘WITH ME ON THE 1993 OCCASION OF THE
[109]150TH JUBILEE OF THE VIENNA MEN’S SINGING SOCIETY, WHICH I HAVE:
[110]BELONGED TO SINCE 1972. OLAH, LAS, AND DAURER CAN ALL RECOGNIZE ME.
[112](SIGNED
[113]- REF C IDEN) :
[115]3. THE MARGINS OF THE LETTER ALSO CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING: (I
[116]AM ALSO WELL NOWN TO MANY PEOPLE IN AUSTRIAN TV.)
[118]4. PILE: 785-120-034.
[119]CL BY: 618711
[120]CL REASON: 1.5 (C)
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