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Subjects reportedly in Russia, 'FRANZ NEDGEBAUER, allegedlykidnapped by subjects, reported to be in Poland of own volition.Interviews and information re subjects , former associates andcontacts set forth. ..- ---•---,---- ....

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On December 12, 1954 the "Newark Sunds.y News carried an Inter- .national News Service story,datelined Berlin, as follows t .

"Two American brothers began a journey yesterdayinto the oblivion of the Communist hinterland that isreserved for inept Rod Agents.

. .. "Soviet orrtciale 041.4 WXWAM WRY 4TAAP, g9Land JAM STARR, .0, of Westville, New Jersey, hadbeen granted political asylum and were en route toRussia, . .

"The two had planned to live and work in Ned-• run East Berlin, but their faUlty work in a Red -

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a later news conference apparently induced the Communiststo move them far behinc: the Iron Curtain.

"Red officials were. taking no chances the brothersmight change their minds and mako the comparatively.simple journey from East to West.Berlin

- IIAmerican authorities said the brothers had beenin close contact with American Communist Party officialsbefore making the trip to Germany. American investi-gators are still working on the theory that the twoacted for some time as Communist Agents in West Germanyand West Berlin

• "American Officials said that the STARRs had made• themselves useless for future work as Red Agents and

that their news conference s tatements were so clumsyas to be of little use for propaganda."

On January 3, 1955 the "Newark Star Ledger" carried anAssociated Press story . which was datelined Vienna and was asfollows: . , .. .

"Radio Warsaw said yesterday a former WestGermsa Espionage agent has asked Communist Poland forizpolit al asylum. The broadcast identified him asFRANZ NEUGLBAII:Ut i, allegedly one-time Deputy Chief inWest erlin of an American financed espionare organ»

.i, iluttion headed by a. former German Generals RBI/WARD■GXKLEN.• Officials in Vienna recalled that NELTGEBAVERdisappoared from Berlin lait September, .

"The Warsaw radio quoted NELIGE13AUEit as sayinghe fled to Poland because he did not want to take partin West Germany' s war preparations."

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On September 24, 19541 Newark Confidential InformantT-1, of known reliability, stated that according to unevaluatedinformation received in GArmany from sources of unknown . relia-bility on September y, 1954, the subjects may have bean in- -volved'in the abduction into the Soviet sector of Berlin of oneFRANZ NEUGEWIER, described by T4 an being a Polish refugeeand an agent of an American sponsored intelligence service,

The following inveatAgation was conducted by SpecialAgent PHILIP. J. CARROLL • at Westville, New:Jersey:- -

. On December 3, 1954 Mrs. GRACE STARR, 271 ElmStreet, Westville, mother of th subjects, advised that shehad received a.letter. on Decemb 2. 1954 which wavdated.November 15, 1954 - from BRIGETTE AUJECK, j14-A) Ludwegsburg,Preyse Str. 2, Germany.

Previous correspondence between NAUJECK and GRACESTARR dated September 19. 1954 and . Uctober 10, 1954 indicatedthat NAUJECK had =own WILLIAM HENRY' STARR while he was inGermany and that NALJEtK was at loss to understand the subjects'•Alefection to. the Soviett... NAUJECK bad also stated that she .had written to the Ruaaian Commander in . Chief.of the East.German Sector and to the East German Press Minister in aneffort to locate the subjects. •

••• In the letter fromBAUJECK dated November 15, 1954

NAUJECK pointed out that she bad not received answeri to tierletters directed to the Russian Commander in Chief of the' •East German Sector and the East German Press Minister..

. NAUJECK also pointed out that she hid moved to •Southern Germany because it was necessary for her to giveup her studies at the Free University, Berlin and •eek em-ployment. NAUJECK also mentioned that her mother lives inthe Luesian Zone in Potsdam and is employed as a teacher.

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NAUJECK indicated that she vat aware that Mrs. SUM.had been interviewed by the Federal Bureau of Investigationand stated that HE/GIY STARR I s landlady in Berlin Underwent, and

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is still undergoing the same. NAUJEOK continued by sayingthat she had offered the "F.B.I." all the information shecould give and that she wa n under the impression that the'F.B.I." had some trace of n2NRY and JAMES, .

. - .' In this letter NAUJECK stated, "The strange thing

is HENRY was introduced to me by a good girlfriend of minewhom I had met six years ago E h7 since that time have only .corresponded with, and now her uame was given by . the East

German Press. Professor in that' conferenceas someone who hadbeen working for the Communists." •

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, NAILTECK identified the good girlfriend" as oneELLE ,EILRAUER who had emmigrated to the United States. .

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Newark Confidential Informant T-2, - another govern-mental agency which conducts security type investigations,advised that in October, 1954 Mrs:. ELLEN ,EILISUER, of Dixon,Illinois, was interviewed regarding her : association with thesubjects and her knowledge of their activities. - In view of .NAUJECK's remarks in her November 15, /954 letter tollre.GRACE STARR describing ElliffAUER "as- se:moo:m . 4h* had beenWorking with the Communists", a resume of information furnishedtribe, EILHAUER to T-2 is set forth:

• . Mrs. EILHAUER said she Imew WILLIAM STARR as HENRY,STARR but never met his brother, JAMES, and believed JAMESbad remained in the United States. She dated STARR and lastswam for four days in Berlin during February, 1954 and shehas not seen him, nor heard frowhim, sinoe that time. She

•disclaimed any knowledge of his desertion to the East Sector,although she stated she was suspicious of the reason for hisextended stay in Germany when She noted he was in possessionof a German driver's license dated March * 1953. STARR claimedto.b4 in the television business with his brother and three.others in the United States and he claimed to be in Germanyfor the purpose of establishing connections for this company.He diiplayed no Unusual interest in international politicsnor in Mrs. EILHAUER's position, Re expressed a desire for .peace and co-existence with the Ruseians. STARR gave no

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evidence of pre-Russian or anti-American attitude. He stated •he thought the Negro was treated unfairly in the United Statesbut did not suggest Coenaudsm as a remedy, Mrs. EILHAUERstated that in her job with M.A.. she did not handle anyclassified material and she categorically denied ever havinggiven any official information to STARR and - that all mattersdiscussed with him were already public knowledge, '. •

• . During the course of the December 3, 1954 inter-view with Mm. STARR, Mrs, STARR advised t t in December,1954 she had received a letter from DULCIE X.; CAULEY, 154Burke Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia. Mrs. STARRdid not remember the date the letter was sent or postmarked.In 'the letter MC CAULEY stated that ehe Is working for theBurrough l s Company in Sidney. MG CAULLY further stated thata girlfriend, .name unknown, with whom she is acquainted,flew to Australia a -couple of weeks ago because of her father4death, This girl told AC CAULEY that the POLL had beencoming to her .house about once a week looking for MC CAULEY,In conclusion, MC CAULEY indicated that she intends to takea trip to MCWaal, Canada in March, 1955. ". . .- - DULCIv-MA ' ac CAULEY, who Was deported by tha-Immi..

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gration and natural zation Service in September, 1954, hasbeen described as a former girlfriend of JAMES STARR subsequentto hiadepartUrefrom the United States.. . _

'Mrsi, DORI MINGO,' 210 Westmont Avenue, Haddon -Township, New Jersey, advised that s ihe . is iden fical withD0RIS1BR.UN, who formerly resided at 440 Grant Street, Camden,New ersey, She advised that she became acquainted with theSTARK family approximatelyfolr years ago and had dates withWILLYAM HENRY STARR on several occasions. She recalled WILLIAMtelling her that during World War II ha served in the MerchantMarir,o and was befriended by the Russiane when he was ship..

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wrecked off the Russian Coast, She also s aid that on numerousoccasions WILLIAM started to talk to her about Communismbut she told him she was not interested and he would dis-continue the discussion, Mrs. SENINCEN continued by sayingthat the night before the subjects disappeared, she accompaniedthe subjects to the apartment of DULCIE MC CAULEY locatedat 318 Penn Street, ew Jersey, where DULCIE pre-pared a dinner for them, Lur . 4- the evenin WILLIAM wasapparently nervous but did not ..ay anything about going ona trip.

Mrs. SENINOLI concluded by stating that DULCIEMC CAULEY had remarked shortly after the subjects had leftthe country . twit JAMES had borrowed t.200 from her..

The following investigation was conducted by SpecialAgents PHILIP 4 CAREOLL and JOHN R, BRETTI:

(Mrs 4 eicas, 615 Broadway, Westville, New.J rseyvadvised on January 7, 1955 that until a few months6 she had ranted an apartment in a home owned by DhNIEL.TARR. brother . Of the Subjects; in National Park, New Jersey,s WICKES-advieed that tiL IE MC. CAULEY- had rented *a room

in her apartment for a . psriod al time: but MC WILEY eventuallyleft National Park and *movet . to,:Pamdeh :baCaUse , t he and Mrs,WICKES Could not gat along,. Mrs.:HICKES said that she is anAustralian girl . and - prior to . 1946" she worked for the United -States Navy in 'Brisbane, .Australia, ,.xuring this s same periodMrs. WICKES advised that DULCIE. MO CAULEr worked In . the UnitedStates Nevi canteen on the same base, Mrs. WIChES continuedby saying that she came to the United States' . in 1948 and thatthe subjects visited her apartment frequently to see .MC cawr.Mrs. .IiICES said that she was left with the impression thatthe subjects were Commaniets but. did not feel that it was anyof her business. According . to Mrs, NICIOS, MC CAULEY wentout w :.th IMES STARR frequently but that she did not See thesubjects, with one exception, after MC CAULEY moved to Camden:Mrio: WICKES said that the one exception was about two Weeksprior to their disappearance in 1953 but at that time they didnot indicate to her that they were planning to go to gbropeo

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Newark Confidential Informant T-3, of unknown relia-bility, but who knew JA I:C..3 HARR for a period of six months,advised on September 30, 154 that during 1952 JAMES STARRhad in his possession postcards from an unidentified organiza-tion, stating that meetings would be held at certain timesand dates at either 5th and 7:1.4.22 Streets or 7th and SirklevStreets in Camden, New Jsirse,

Newark Confidential Informant T-11., of known relia-bility, reported on ;ace:Ether 31, 1954 that the Internationalilor::ars Order maintained their headquarters formerly at 5t12and Berkley Streets, Ca.-nden, Now Jones".

The INTR2NATIONAL WORKER3 ORDER (Iwo) hasbeen designated by the Attorney Generalof the United States pursuant to ExecutiveOrder 10450.

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