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1. To piece In theeport cosesmlng ths activities cn Colonel flluo Aaosa, USAfR, and his clala to have successfully occocpl'aa ed tho defectionolish pilot and HIG-IS aircraft froa Poland to Deaearx.
To recoaaiond that tho director, Office of Public Information coordinate any official coasont concerning Color.ol Aaoaa an- hie actlviticg present or l'uturo, with the Director of Intelligence.
To lasuro that Air Intelligence inter into no Intelligencewith Colonel Aaoaa and lend hla no support of any nature-.
PACTS ASP DISCUSSf i
ii- olishilot oucceosfully de, footedircraft, flying froa Sulpsk (Stolpz) Poland/ to itonno Airfield on tho Island of Bcrnholn, Derrsark. Upon arrival hoocllo*ol-taken into custody by the Danish Covcrn=ont.
ho pilot stated that his reason for cofection sas 6am oololy to his dieillu^lorcsnt with coiraunisn andecent order that he any on coarados In his squadron. At tho tlac of hla defection hoeairo to reaottlc in Frer.co.
fi. .'Jcnopaiwro carried tho story of this defection tho naoo day that It occurred? Uarch.
7. ullotin (Tabas datod and nallad by tteServices of Liforxation Foundation,f iJnit'-aore, laryland, which stated that tho defection of tho Soviot pilot and" plane was ths accenpliahccnl of. Thla bullotin, ln nlreorraphad fora, reach-id eoveral addrcasoe3 on ths Air Staff and in envelopes which obvlo'ialy ware addrescod by Beans of on addroosograph olatoIndication that tha bullotin rocoivad substantial distribution. It is signed
he aaoaa involved ia Coloaol Uliue L.oroor Air force Colonel Inr II, aadolonel In the CSAP Koaorvo asm aaa bom5 in St. Lsuis, Missouri, of native-born parents. Ifo was first aarrlodlildred Rogers, froa whoa ho was divorced In Ifaryland6 on tho grounds of a'jandona-nt, with thi wife tho defendant. Itt known oxactl/ when he aarrlcd his aseond
wife, Flora Hason, but olio divorced hisi6 on Grounds of ncn-cohaiittetlonvc years. He carried hln third wife, Veronica Gro-eanho was born ln England6 butaturalised. citizen Abooo originally met hor when ho vaa ln tho yiddlo Laot during tho war und ohoivilian working forPsychological TJarfaroutss1 Intervention sho transferred to the 9th Air Forco and worked with ttivilian rTlor to her cosine to tho United States ana workedhort
in. Eabasey Li London. She has nany close connoctiona with individuals in Dritlsh Intelligence, la reported to bo anand clover person, ond it ia believed that aho is responsible forroat deal of tho material which appears in the ISI bullatins.
his graduation frca school and his enploy-cent byGovarnno.itl, Aoosoather varlod career andwith dlfforc.it degrees of success, but he atl principallypromotional cchemes of an iaport-oxport net-ore. 7 thothat Aaoss, trading aa the Greek-Aaerican Chaabar ofsending arss and satoriol to the Fed forces in Spain. woo ln allltaryompany of which !io had boon aStafford Ord/iance Corporation of Now iork City, was reported toas having boon Involved in tho attecptod oclo of obsoloteto vorioua govomxants. Tho crdnanco was confiscated by thoHoard on authority ofr Production Hoard. Finally, tho Eritlsh Intelligence stated at cbout thisAsossllovcd lo to engagod inoporationc in tho
Far East.
Onaioss was anployodow York by tho Coordinator of Inforsotion, andt tho ronuost of (then; Colonel SiUiaa J. Donovan, ho wast. Color.cl, ACS, end asoignod to tho Coordinator of Information in Yioohlngton. Tilth tho formation of tha wartine OSS, he became Chief of the Southeastern European Section, and in January3 ho was cont to Cairo as Chief, Special Opcrations/OSS In tho Hlddlo East. In3 he was ro-callod to thoy Colonel Donovan. In tho OSS archivesocoren-dus proparod by sr. offlcor for Colonel Donovan3 "hlch states that OSS,ts own Crook Govornsent contacts, "has learned that many of tho individual0 whoa Aaoso has picked to assist hia have oxtrn-oly bod icoral and political reputations in Greece and could only be of help lnory Gnall group In any Crook corEiunlty."
Following his roturn toaoso resigned from the OSS and returned to Cairo as Deputy Chief of Staff to iiajor Coneralccsar.dor-in-Chief, 9th Airntil tho end of the war, eorvlnc with it in the Jliddla East, England, France, and Germany. Hia principal duties with tho 9th Air Force appear to hava boon: IntoIliRoncoforeign govornaont llolcon, coz-nond of forolgn air dotachncnts, allltary govornaont, and tactical liaison. While with the 9th Air Forco,
Anoso bocamo acquaintudroatlish end Czech pilots whoso units imro serving under that Coaeand. For his services with the ?th Air Forco he recoivcd tho Legion or 1'orii, thostar,Arery Commendation nibbon, and several beads-foil of assortod foreign On6 Ar.oce was honorably discharged, but rotalr.od hio ccislsslcaolonel in the UnlWtl States Air Force Reserve. only active duty which Amose is known to nave porforcod under hiacommission woa froaovosborO, when he km recallod at hie request to two wooko active duty at the Headqcartors of tlioir Division in England.
12. According to his om rerconal History Statement, Asiosao ban boon ircsidenl andief of International Cervices of Info-nationut offioial Artsy records rovonl that ine was President ofTrading Serviceo,nd an officer in tho United Service Afceociatior.. Tho rforld Hading Sorvicos,as an organisation forced to provldo the folloning sorvicos i
a. Overseas information.
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csnpany "protection."
ccapany representation.
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pronation.
trade and industry recovery.
materials and stock-piling.
and trade.
Servlcoubaidiary of nCrld Trading Sorvlcon, woo formad to "warn, forecost, and point out nuoh opportunities that may appear, so that the trained officials of its clients may oot in advance and thus be enabled to negotiato ln the coot propitious and frlondly aUojphere ppaciblo."
Actually, llttlo la knownao* activitiea6 ite was in Ensland part of thla tino andBritish Servicos of Intelligence" and acquirod an interest in an lntolli^on* dlEeat "East iurow and Sovlat^uooUn_.publiehsd ir. Oraat EritaJ
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tsi'-oiliyonsa officer on tho 3taff or Amniral Connolly, United Stance Wavy, otated that Ariose had lapllod .bo..was .canr.eeted Kithr1.
At this Interview Ar.us? stated he "a: ;ineacman,olonel in tho iSAFH, and t'.iat horivate intelligence service which he eold to ir.tarostod persons described by 5hole lot of damnod fool3will paya year" for.
lL. he Intern-tlontl Services ofen,X) woe Incorporated ln the Stateiawcrcax-free foundation. Tha chartur describes ir: pari ths nature of its business andb^octs as follows i
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1?. Tin ?JI alsoritur,n coiled Britishofh is identical, both in content and nana^crcnL, exnopt that the wording of tho publication is rewritten to cor.fom to
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Onox Vork an articlo by its IKS colus-nict Hob Ccnsidir.o, Plans Outlined in Roport" which leads off mtr outlined dramaticallyrivatenc Colonelsiosa, ArmyI ljjer.se off! Tha rest of tho articlorelyonaldine wrote the article aa tha rosultarath T.et York roaltor when Ar.oss, to Interest financially in tho If.I.
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re notions! lurch ttss given "ay tho trvisiecs ofoundation at which Amoss was tho principal speaker. Stjjhty-eoven persons, comprising some of tho -estpCOpio in UoltiT^ro attended, with aaohaying for tho coot of his own lunch. At thissiqesalk, lasting atpr JXlmatciy an hour, durinr
tho oourco ol' Tthlch ho sent toned that lio hadt ono of his events fron Moscow to Met hln in an ur.dicclosod city, that ths agent had to shoot Ills nay outolice trap In ordor to escape fro* tho suburbs of Moscow. Arosa talked aoout other Intelligence projects of the lil andeed of ILX for funds to carry on Its work which had boon done ot grnci financial aacriflco to tho principals Involved, and otrlak of dooth for sona of Its agents.
10. Onos3 for^ardad an elaborate brochure to tho National rtaecclatlon of iianufacturera. In vhich he requested an annual budgot offor the "purpose ofpecialunderground Intelligence ovaleo" which would "substantially contribute to tha socialist advances In Europe, especially as It is tied up with American covort soclallat co-operators." It is notlBthar he received this fcudgot.
On2 Amocoull:en's club In Akron, Ohlo^ or( liis private intelligence service. According to tho Akron fieaccnofay, he stated that his organization "has secret information contacts ln sixtyd tiro cjntcr.eavy Ulaakot of avonto In Russia." Accospanyinr. the articless dcvonntratlrg to his wireity to city lino of information cou'eec ia not up in Jluaoia." that Aeoza cpent nest of th-day chatllip.ather Jierslr.ee who wan theinsossptaktr on tlile occasion. Moro aboutrri:wc Inter,
In Jamomptroller of UtS folrchll'l Aviationof .'iasarstown,o Aaoaa. The money *ca roportsdly obtained Uvoagh the lntereooilea of-ill".or. Iroatonom of tbe cc-Tbers of th? Hoardoc torsnd wes to be uaad for dispatching Fatherto Prague In order
to pick upofectod Soviotanual which AmnOG had olao promised to the Air Fores, r'olrchild'a reward for financing BorSinee'a trip waa toopy of tho rsonual. iktrslnoc Cams to 9olU-noro prior lo bis departuro fornd lad lunch at tho Maryland Club onJune with AooaSj Ex-Governor Lanu, and other gentiaacn of variod distinction. Tho luncheon endedrayer for Eersiaoc'O anfoty.
direct contacts. govorn-ontalsines tho war have been few in number snd completelyroKulta.
a-oposal whereby ha roulcl cocuro up to dcto plans of uatollito atrfialOa. It Is believed thats his first direct contactivilian with Air Intelliftor.ee. op.-eser.tativa oT his, As-orso enable the proposalorward. The results of this projoct wore negative, although Anosa did not lack plauslblo roocono for failure. Ofnyer At ion of this Ive isinable at boat.
after tho "alrflelda plana project" wzs etartcd onAaoss again approached Air Intelligence, in the latter nart of June,
roposal for inducing the dofactionlO-lglot out of Czochoolovakia. u.-xodlary wasiter BgrzjnocM
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Borzlnnc'a session and asked to nrrajiga nscooaary elcnalo and rocoption dotalls if, in theirharohar.ee of auccoco. No Air Force funds wore requested by cr given tc Asmsm on this project; initfroa" coal.
afterhese arrangements with Asoao andrepresentatives. Air Intelligence learned of the Fairchildand queried Ao:oua as to exactly who was to benefit fron Anoes said that bvrslnoc had no project other than thoentered into with Air Intolllvenco. oa did state that"partiallyby an aircraft company which hopos"ho canback certain information." ftdeoiuos, Uiereforo, lothe project. Howovor, instead cf traveling to Austria as !iodarranged, iierzinec telephoned tho USaF officer fron aAirwaya office in Vunich about tho lith of August,tha I'SAF representative cccio to Uunich for the contact. Fro-on, llerzinoc's dexoanor, conduct, and attitudo were alnostthuii- foolishness, insecurity, ond neurotic character. Itapparent that no arrongoisentB of any nature could bot.lth rarair.ee, and accordingly tho Directorate oftho arrangements. Berslnec rcturnad to tho united Statesand it io inconceivable thatarch defecticr. oCpilot could have resulted fron any efforts onl5 or pilot defected fron Czechoslovakia.
dccidod that lt mule iasa the details cf the ?ro;>jsod operationFK. HUM vol', this project was locr. canceled bacauso Anoss could not, or rould not, cupply eaoogh optratlonal information to make it feasible and cecum because lt was advised againsto proposed coaditlonfl) by' and bocauso, by non, enough information bad boon secured on Aaoaa and DsrslAMicato that any oucceaa wouldiraolo.
toIS can out of TtOflhOBlnrnirfa andraa hwnrd by M- Intclil'raneo froa laeao until his JGI
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3'. atari earlier inl, it nas obvious that thla 6bulletin hadide distribution but, although thla wasconcern lo fj| pptho military intolllgsnconalt wouldicvs any effect on tho Danish Government'stho defoctad pilot andia the Fellah It woo nilli cone consternation, however,earned onh of March that tho THSbagain publicised Amosa uy crediting hla with responsibility Torof the pilot end aircraft. This appeared in his dally column
o New ?ork Journal American. Tho noxt rornlnc, anday or tivo thereafter, theo pro;;entad In newspapers tlroughoat thoutcu, and in oUiur countries. In sroat do tail and with 9omow.'i.it concntlonul trcatmont.
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27. Through official channels, tha Danish end lha SrlUtfbtholr dlaturbonce ot this story. Onorch
d'/ufalrcs,dvlsod the Cojjortment of Stato hero thatppesrod unlikely the Danishould risk on oppaarju-.es of giving credence to the Aaois story by releasingot to thaStatM for auyluc and, therefore,g it to Veat tbo pUot nlchthief end cubjectollsh extradition attempt. Aa It turns out, tho dar.age done by tho publicity given to thla claim of Arsons' ia not crucial or lrroparubla, but tho results might easily havo boon ctherwiso,
20. Datedeoaa issued another IS! bulletin (Tabn which ho purports to describe some of the background concerned with thoisdains any responsibility for tho loak Which resulted in ths publicity, and attempts to belittle the damacehe publicity, tfowever, thla ISI bulletin endsoaofal, cptir.is-tlc nolo by saying "let us retrieveny advantages aVcon ondisaoterriumph.- Incidentally, it may bs of Interest that onarchoundation solicited Its selling list for additional aubacrlptiona to thoreports, based on the worldwide attention It liad roecivodesult of the defection "is induced,"
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At iseeoaowna of opdnlen aocng covei-rwentol latollVrneaniliiclonony haa practicallyclan.lor.LiMc intelligence capability. Mo is on Intnllicont, perhaps i_ liant opportunist, withnd variod porsonrl contacts viihlnundoubtedly In foreign countries, tut hi*
between legal arid illeg cvsr bean crsas-jc! Into that ho hati ijpiied or
uropo, thalUoj, andais in fact. orcitlonf-Uonnd thecois tuslncss ventures havo approached tha bort^r'here ie ao artOonca that that border has acti:alUy. Although there Is no doubt
infai-rod at various tlrws an official ceiinccUon
oith GOVArnRMtal intelligence agencies, itbe extremely Jiffierilt to crodit an actual statement to hla in thla regard. Ha has hadxperience in lntolligoaee, rhlic corvln-it th thorco, toood baoherand and working knowledge Doneorniag modern Intel!'techniques and operatlona end,he gambles that nut t, token IA aandostl^ IntolllEorao collection, andthe .ecre-'y aSThich nany Individual clandestine projects aro shrouded for cosuritY
reenenaf ha has been prepared to play ono Rgener against another,intolllger.eelnst another in tho ;aat. Thla linefinancial gain andcorcoivabiy prevteoa hia with his -otn'
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3*. It ianiod that any offlolalr i'orcc etatossatiror. iossiblo queriss caneorningctivltlcat'ashould boUb AFOIff.
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