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[23]_1._ ACTION REOUTRED: NONE, FOR STATION BACKGROUND ONLY. _
[25]RESPONSE TO REF QUESTIONS RE THE SHARING OF INFO WITH LIAISON WILL BED
[26]PROVIDED IN A SEPARATE MESSAGE,”
[28]2. HOS BELIEVES SUBJECT TO BE IDENTICAL TO WILLIAM LEONARD
[29]((OLTMANS)), (DPOB 10 JUNE 1925, HUIZEN, THE NETHERLANDS) , WHO WAS _
[30]ASSIGNED 201-0155221 ON 27 FEBRUARY, 1957, {ON THE OCCASION OF A NAME
[32]CHECK REQUEST AGAINST PNINFINITE FILES FROM NVGIFT, AT THE TIME,”
[34]OLTMANS” WAS” OSTENSIBLY A~ CORRESPONDENT’ FOR-AN OBSCURE DUTCH WEEKLY
[36]GUINEA QUESTION. HE ALSO CLAIMED TO WORK FOR AN UNKNOWN NEWS
[38]ON INTERNATIONAL POLITICS , ESPECIALLY MATTERS TOUCHING ON ASIA IN
[39]GENERAL, AND INDONESIA SPECIFICALLY. HE CLAIMED HE GREW UP IN
[40]INDONESIA, AND THEREFORE KNEW THE AREA AND ITS "CONDITIONS" WELL. IN
[41]ADDITION, HE WAS CONSTANTLY SEEN WITH WHAT A WESTERN SOURCE WOULD
[42]CALL "THE WRONG CROWD", AND HE HAD EXCELLENT CONTACTS WITH ALL THE
[43]COMMUNIST DOMINATED COUNTRIES, INCLUDING CUBA AND WAS ON INTIMATE
[44]TERMS WITH ELEMENTS SUCH AS THE GUINEANS, THE INDONESTIANS, AND THE
[45]EGYPTIANS.
[47]3. ACCORDING TO DIRECTOR 243172, 12 JANUARY 1987, ONE OF THE
[48]LAST ENTRIES IN OLTMANS’ FILE, "OLTMANS HAS BEEN A THORN IN OUR SIDE
[49]FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HE HAS HIGH LEVEL CONTACTS IN THE SOVIET
[50]UNION. HE IS INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY BY VIRTUE OF HIS FAMILY HAVING HAD
[51]A VIRTUAL MONOPOLY ON THE QUININE TRADE AT ONE TIME. HE IS HIGHLY
[52]INTELLIGENT BUT PECULIAR, AND WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS EVER IN THE PAY
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[60]OF THE SOVIETS, HE CERTAINLY HAD BEEN A FERVENT SUPPORTER OF THEIR
[61]CAUSES." THE FOLLOWING ARE HIGHLIGHTS TAKEN FROM SUBJECTS RATHER
[62]LARGE HQS FILE.
[64]4. HE STUDIED BRIEFLY AT YALE UNIVERSITY AND WAS EXPELLED FOR
[65]MISBEHAVIOR (NFI). FOR A SHORT TIME .THEREAFTER, HE WORKED FOR UNITED
[66]PRESS INTERNATIONAL AND "DE TELEGRAFF", A MAJOR DUTCH DAILY
[67]NEWSPAPER, BUT WAS FIRED FROM BOTH. IN 1956, HE MARRIED AN AMERICAN
[68]GROUND STEWARDESS, AND IN ON 10. JUNE 1958, HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE
[69]UNITED STATES IN NEW YORK CITY AS A PRA, A STATUS WHICH HE HELD. UNTIL
[70]AT LEAST 1987. IN 1960, HE DIVORCED HIS WIFE, AND IN 1961, WAS
[71]LIVING WITH A PHILIPINO MALE.
[73]5. ‘NUMEROUS FIELD REPORTS INDICATE THAT IN 1956, OLTMANS
[74]ARRANGED AN INTRODUCTION FOR HIMSELF TO INDONESIAN PRESIDENT:
[75]((SUKARNO)) WITH WHOM HE THEN TRAVELED THROUGH EURPOPE IN 1956 AS
[76]SUKARNO’S GUEST. HIS TRIP FROM INDONESIA TO THE U.S. IN FEBRUARY 1957
[77]WAS PAID FOR BY THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT, AND ALL INDICTIONS WERE -
[78]THAT HE WAS BEING USED AS A TOOL BY THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT TO
[79]CARRY ON PROPAGANDA IN THE U.S. AND AT THE UN. DURING THE PERIOD
[80]1960-1961, HE SHUTTLED BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE ‘UNITED STATES .
[82]6. SUBJECT NEXT APPEARS IN OUR RECORDS IN 1968, WHEN HE
[83]TELEPHONED THE DIRECTOR OF THE.U.S. INFORMATION AGENCY (USIA) IN THE
[84]HAGUE TO ADVISE THEM THAT HE WAS ANTI-AMERICAN AND TO GIVE THE USIA
[85]INFORMATION ON ANTI-AMERICAN DUTCH GROUPS IN THE NETHERLANDS.
[87]7. j.XIN 1972, SUBJECT PLANNED TO MAKE A FILM ON ECOLOGY IN THE
[88]FORMER SOVIET UNION AND VISITED THERE 23-26 JANUARY TO MAKE THE FINAL
[90]INDICATION IN
[92]8. IN MARCH AND APRIL 1977, OLTMANS GAINED A GREAT: DEAL OF
[93]PUBLIC ATTENTION IN THE U. S. AND THE NETHERLANDS. WHEN HE TESTIFIED
[94]*BEFORE THE U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES<ASSASSINATIONS>COMMITTEE ON
[96]*THE LATE GEORGE DE ((MOHRENSCHILDT))’S CONNECTION WITH<LEE HARVEY>
[97]*<( (OSWALD) )>AND THE MURDER OF PRESIDENT<JOHN>F.<((KENNEDY)) .> IT HAD
[98]LONG BEEN KNOWN THAT DE MOHRENSCHILDT, AS PART OF THE DALLAS
[99]RUSSIAN-SPEAKING COMMUNITY, WAS CLOSE TO OSWALD. OLTMANS HAD LONG
[100]BEEN CULTIVATING DE MOHRENSCHILDT AS A NEWS SOURCE AND FRIEND. IN
[101]JANUARY, 1976, DE MOHRENSCHILDT WROTE OLTMANS THAT HE WAS PREPARING A
[102]BOOK ON HOW HE (DE MOHRENSCHILDT) WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR OSWALD’S
[104]* <ASSASSINATION>OF<KENNEDY. >
[106]ie) OLTMANS WHO SEEMED TO REVEAL SOME INTERESTING TIDBITS , SOME OF
[107]ICH’ MIGHT BE CONSIDERED GOSSIP, BUT WHICH MIGHT BE OF SERIOUS
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[115]‘REONDUCTED B E DUTCH SERVICE FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES AND THAT THETR.
[116]INTERESTS WERE INDEPENDENT OF ANY NWBOLTON INTERE ICE IFO-GF.
[118]“JINTEREST TO NWBOLTON WAS THE BYPRODUCT OF THE TELTAP, AND:
[120]“NOT INFO CONCERNING OLTMANS HIMSELF, THE HAGUE STATION COULD CONTINUE
[121]f[O RECEIVE INFO OFFERED AND TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL AND MORE DETAILED
[122]INFO CONCERNING SOVIET INTENTIONS WITHOUT SPECIFYING THE MANNER IN |:
[123]‘WHICH IT WAS TO BE ACQUIRED. THE BASIS FOR THIS DECISION WAS THAT (A)
[124]MLTMANS HIMSELF WAS NOT THE SUBJECT. OF NWBOLTON INTEREST AND.. )
[125]B)NWBOLTON WAS NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE TELTAP.
[127]10. ON 16 JANUARY 1987, SAN FRANCISCO STATION ADVISED THAT
[128]SUBJECT HAD BEEN ENGAGED IN BROKERING HIGH-LEVEL CONTACTS BETWEEN Al
[129]ARGE U.S. COMPUTER MANUFACTURING COMPANY AND. THE FORMER SOVIET UNIPN"
[130]IN AN EFFORT TO DEVELOP :AND SUPPORT AND ENHANCED RUSSIAN ,
[131]ICROCOMPUTER MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY. . an
[133]11. ON 22 SEPTEMBER 1987, FBIS MONITORED THE ACTIVITY OF
[134]SUBJECT IN MARTINIQUE WHER HE WAS MEETING WITH SURINAMESE CITIZENS
[135]AND ACCUSED FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS OF FAVORING THE SURINAME
[136]REBELLION.
[138]12. OLTMANS NEXT APPEARS IN A PRESS RELEASE OF 20 MAY 1992 [BN
[139]HE SOUGHT REFUGE AT THE NETHERLANDS EMBASSY IN PRETORIA, SOUTH
[140]AFRICA, AFTER HE WAS ALLEGEDLY ACCUSED BY SOUTH AFRICA’S SECRET
[141]SERVICE OF BEING AN AGENT FOR NWBOLTON, SAYING HE HAD GONE TO THE
[142]EMBASSY FOR "PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE: I FEEL UNSAFE HAVING BEEN
[143]BRANDED A CIA AGENT". HE ALSO SAID THAT HIS APARTMENT HAD BEEN
[144]BROKEN INTO AND BUGGEDAND MANY OF HIS PROJECTS HAD BEEN TORPEDOED
[145]BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN BRANDED AN NWBOLTON AGENT.
[147]13. CL REASON: 1.5 (C), DECL ON: X-1.
[149]FILE: 201-155221. _DECL OADR DRV HUM 4-82.>
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