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SPECIFIC Disposal of KIBITZ-171REF: EGFA=3131. KIBITZ-171 was a N IT instructor in the KIBITZ-15 Net from October1951 until June 1952. He was originally recruited by KIBITZ-15 an d C.

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2. Prior to his employment as a fulltime WIT instructor for KIBITZ, .subject was employed by Mine Military Post, Kaiserslautern in the SignalSection. At the time of his employment, arrangements were made with RhinePost to have him rehired by them when he would no longer be of operationaluse to us. Such arrangements were laid-on through ID EUCOM. In /hne ofthis year, we decided that subject was unsuitable for intelligence oper-ations and should be dropped.3. June, Jay and August of this year were s p ent trying to have KIBITZ-171 rehired by Rhine Nilitary Post. IC "Z carried on all dis-cussions with theChief of Personnel, Rhine Post. Due to the cut-down ofindigenous personnel employed by mil i tary installations in Germany and thefact that KlB ITZ-171 's inadqquacies were also known by the Signal Section atRhine Post, we were told -- despite their promise to rehire him -- that RhinePost Could not re-employ KIBITZ-171.It. The und a.,g ianwi thantook the KIBITZ-171 case to the H A R V A R D Unitand spoke with L7 _ 1 1.n September, HARVARD was asked (EGFA-95,to COH only) to try to get KIBITZ-171 a job in Germany and at the same timelay on necessary arrangements for possible emigration. Itemigration was the best solution to our security problem. t.-during September, saw a chance to have KIBITZ-171 emigrate to Australia.(Their attempts to get him a job on the German economy were not started dueto the chance of his possible emigration in the very near future.)5. n 8 October, 1 95 2,L1nder the alias of Mr. Hendricks,mat KiBITZ-171 for the first time. An excellent,"sales job" on why KIBITZ -17 lshould emigrate to Australia(had been done at undersigned's direction pre-

viously by KTBITZ-15. KIBITZ-171 was agreeable to emigrating to Australia,only questioning the job and personal security situation there saying thathe did not want to become just an ordinary laborer, but wanted to stay in hisnrofession -- the Radio/Electronic field. Arrangements were made by 1[...to have KIBITZ-].71 meet the Australian Consulate General in Frankfurton 13 October 1952. This KIBITZ-171 did and we are now awaiting the resultsVE-3 HART-1C O M , - 3 ATICH: 1 for E

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of his emigration application. If the Australians do not take KIBITZ -171,the HARVARD Unit will attempt to emigrate him to Canada or possibly to theUnited States. If KIBI TZ-171 emigrates to Australia, his passage will bepaid by the Australian Government in connection with FICHE. Passage toother countrir c will be taken care of by HARVARD or countries involved.In addition, 3 has intimated to KIBITZ-171 that he will be given asmall "bonus" up on emigration to aid him to start his new life.6. Reasons for disposal of 1ZIBITZ -171 are:

a. Subject is immature and has a personality not suited to clandestineactivities. His main faults are his lack of regard for money and histraction to members of the opposite sex.b . Original control of subject and his operational activities arenot considered to have been secure in that subject learned too many trueidentities of his students (other WI T operators in the KIBITZ-15 N e t ) .c . Operationally, the KIBITZ-15 Net is being slowed down and wehave no further need of subject's services.d. Because of the sensitive nature of the Staybehind Program and(a), (b) and (c) above, sub ject's evacuation from Germany would have to beaccomplished at the outbreak of hostilities. For better security now andelimination of evacuation problems, it is recommended that he be emigratedat once.

7. KIBITZ-171 knows the following:aT Operational Data: DYCL AIM WIT procedure and trainingmethods. (Ae has instructed some 14 VT agents in the KIBITZ-15 N e t ) H eis familiar with TR-1, RS-6, RS-1, Bud Oscillator, AdK, MP-1 SM-71, F4111-crafter, crypto system and signal p lan sy stem. N O TE: All equip ment that

WAS used by KD3ITZ -171 in his duties as i n s t r u c t o r ,, , h a s b e e n t a k e n a w a yfrom him.b . Subject knows the following staff 17/T instructors:as Mr. RObert C. Larrie; lc 31==7117E-ZE n o wn .c. Subject also knows the followine staff personnel: 1=Aas Nicholas Kessler; E as Dennis H. Donn;A as Edward Hartman; and E_ :2 s G e o r g e .d . Subject knows the following safe houses -- all of which aregoing to be vacated by KIBI TZ within the next month: Heidelberg -- Rohr -bacher Strasse 56; Ulm -- Galgenbergweg 20; Unterschondorf Bahnhof Str. 10.A -ubiect } m o w s o p e r a t i o n a l v e h i c l e s ! 4: C. =I, an dC :] ,s weIl as Cr__ :177. Also the one used by

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PCURITY-I3NFORMATI9p1f. Subject knows: I . : : .as Mr. Hendricks who willbe the only staff personnel seeing subject from now on.g. S u b j e c t k a l o w s KIBITZ-15 by true name and all personal data,and exactly what KIBITZ-15 is doing for us.h . The wife of KIBITZ-136 is KIBITZ-171's sister. KIBITZ-136 isone of KIBITZ-15's favorite "team leaders" and confidant. KIBITZ-171 knowsthat KIBITZ -136 is in the KIBITZ-15 Net and vice-versa.i. KIBITZ-171 also knows the following agents in the KIBITZ-15 Wet:(Other than kia3r1 .2-15 an d KIBITZ-150, it is believed that most of the agentslisted below know KIBITZ-171 as Hans Schaeffer.)

KIBITZ-150 -- byKIBITZ-127 -- byKIBITZ-156 -- byKEBITZ-161 -- byKIBITZ-173 -- byKIBITZ-177 -- byKIBITZ-180 -- byKI3ITZ-182 -- byKIBITZ-190 -- byKIBITZ-192 -- byKIBITZ-197 -- byKIBITZ-198 -- byKIBITZ-199/200 --KIBITZ-145 & 185

true name and all personal datatrue name but not addresstrue name but not addressfirst name onlytrue name, but not addresstrue name and addressfirst namesightsightfull name and all personal datasighttrue name and all personal databy true name and all personal data-- by true name; however, these agentshave been dropped

KIBITZ-171 has not seen anyone in KIBITZ-15 Net, other than KIBITZ-15, sinceJune, when he gave basic. WIT instruction to KIBITZ-199/200. This 1-monthperiod has probably dulled his memory somewhat of names etc. In addition,KIBITZ-15, whom PCEBITZ -171 respects quite a bit, has given him a severesecurity lecture and collected all notes, etc., he could from KIBITZ-171.

8. In EGFA-197, we requested a name check from CIS on subject and alsonecessary action by CIC that they wouldwithhold kno wledge of subject'sintelligence activities from the Australians or other countr y requestinga check in reard to KlBITZ-171's emigration applications. L. ' _ AChief CIS, informed undersigned verbally that CIC had no record (other thanhis kIBITZ activities) of subject and that they mould so state when anyinquiries regarding his emigration were made.9. Subject had false documents furnished him by NKTOPAZ in the name ofHans Schaeffer. These were a Kennkarte and driver's license. These have

been taken up and are now held in his file here. Subject realizes that hisemployment as 17/T instructor was a temporary position. It is not felt that

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. SECRETSECUR ITY INFORMATIONthere will be any problem with subject, security-wise, if we keep ou rportion of the agreement with him; that is , getting him another job or,according to recent developments, help him to emigrate and get a new startin life. KIBITZ-171 did not sign a contract for his employment as W/Tinstructor in icanz-35 Net. Files here indicate (MGKA-33041, 25 September1951) that subject was hired by verbal agreement fnr h(In n,r month withperiodic increases up to 60o DM: per month by C: 73 He, haw-ever, received only one increase and has been paid only 450 DM per monthPlus 26-on DU for Krankenkasse payments since Jaauary 1952. We will request

1. of HARVARD to Obtain a quit claim from subject once he ison his way to the boat and/or resettled on Derma: Economy. HARVARD walcontinue to pay him until he is emigrated or resettled.

10. A copy of HARVARD I s PRQ PartAIMOMMII (detail i ng personal dataon disposal cases) is attached for EE files. A copy of HARVARD's PRQ Part Iis forwarded by ED FA-313.

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