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BEST AVAILABLE COPY
SECRET,coPY NO
XAke24— 0MZIPA
,4—u3 /5T3
AXIS INTELLIr.X.;:CE ACTIVITIES
in
SWITZERLAND
August 1943
DECLASSIFIED AND RELEASED BYCENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY::SOURCESME1HODSEXEMPTION3B21.NA21 WAR CRIMESDISCLOSURE ACTDATE 2D01 2007
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• tfilor: former German agent who was-i.;.:.susesctecl. ` inlrctober 19_59 of having ' renewed activitie s , probably as c. post-box ...and/ a 'centrefor Geriaall agents passing throughAddress, 3 rue St. Leger, Geneva. • -
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All Osrarsi ILLtiellicitwo 03...0.41AVS in Switzerland *ri carriedout anuer the control of A37 (AtsvI•ratelle). Swttctrt. Since .Switi•rland is a neutral•ountry, the Osumi have uantsined anezteAsivo intelelcance vistas In that colmlry, whiah before theCeram -7rench armistice WSI prinolpellydireeteu uzalmst Stance. •
In thy period iamediately freoedinz the outbreak of the war.w et of these intelligince activities vivre directed by the Der,..au-tinaneed•"eund frouor Clogenc.scsa". • Swiss or...AM...salon' foundou by ' •
' Dr. tuhoer. This society ha,. ko •epina4e section under theleader -ship or Johann :Yet, which celleoted inforastion on.fro.tier defenses. -aviatibta training end Communist activItiee. .' . .. . • '
At present. the German intelligent), orzanisatIon in SwitzerlandI. • Criilsorganisetiou (1.0.) 101ase headvartyrs are at the Osman 7lisbasay in Sarni; with sab-seLti,na .4 Zurich, Genova. Usel, Luzano.Lausenne and Unseen'. The Irly.;;sorcanleution to tho ntrmal tomunder welch the Abager works Inancitrul country. The dirictors
. tunotton under elpicsatie or comealur cover. .-' • . ".'Korrettenkapit*ea Ileus 4missner, as Consul OsaerWl in barn". dl-
.iecees the *punter -osionace seoUion (equivalent of Abwehr T(l in enoccupied country). Hauptaann von und sum Ushlen is believed to hepcohar4e of esplona.:e (4.bwehr I). An is attached to the Curoun
. Locution at Dern,. Oros available.infornation, it eppears that themLs co saboace section (Abwehr III)-in Beitserianu. The selectionof Iloiszner. onis of the nest effielent'Aksehr mfficsrs, who nud beenIn anuri etwiter-espidnocv for the whole o: Franc* prior to tooAroiletioe with that cuunttx&ohOwe hal Important Swfiserland bsCmaeto.the Osmanu toorooStoir view of the fact . that it Jew.= ante .
. Elan ever the center of ollieuudtivity.. .- - • . . •• • 'Zurich., bun,; the wester of'Swiss heavy Industry. is parefcsiarly
oeneerned with ee!noalo espionage. The two principal *enters timers• Are the office: of -the *Allgemeine ClektrieitisetitOosellschsil,!.(A.Z.%.■ -
and tho"Zurich Dandelskaemer!. which WSJ direeted. aoccrdln; to * re-port of Ootobet. I441 by aid Dapolski. . .:
. ._- The kilicary littoone at horns le responsiblo fps obtaining in-.
• formation oa Seise &Arnie.. • . . - .. ..
The •ub-station at Sisal ',mourns itself *esti' with the control.114f:61:7
'•11,4;:::aeress eh* Owrmar-Ulaerontier, and Wve ' Die3hCs or
• (oontsd) . .•• .. The Italians aro said to hare an iffiliont espicnage /piton in
• Switserland, 4thoe4h not nearly $o extenslie as that of the Germans.It is ecntrclltd from Milan, und the °enter in Switierland dooms to
'be the Italian Consulate at Santa. PrinOtpal sett -stations erg at• genera,. Lausanne and Lugano, and usually an Italian Vide Consul in,
• .•aoh city is at ths . dispusal tth Italian Virdotor af Milltary , • •• tntelligenao. ihe Italian PubliO Sieurity Swvloe, Uhioh ordinarily.usee the local /*solo as uOvar for its azonti, lnuome OM/1011 also .__oontrols the apfointaeots Woo Cone..1s. ,
. . . .• 'Appended to this Studbook is hit of furoi,in dip/eakts in
Seltsorland, inoludind &man dud Italian representatives, as uf .• the 411'gr 1945. Soso ortho names therain'asy vary,frock the
• goes Oran as Wind eoneeotod-ut .'h the diploantio niebions in tha -main part of the RandbCok, lout as thosidIverganoist:iri.emplainod •
.. and up to date assigneentadellnItely confirned,lhe A4404 of thenew inounientd oil/ be l000iporotO /ito,tho firsesupplensot too. .
.*.this Sandbook. • ••
InAonoluslon it inky !» *said that Suitteiland biome-laoroasinzly liportant'to the Germans as the only neutral onuntryIn Central Nierope frost -Whit& inteltigenoo mirk eon be direoted4
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All German littelligen e so v es in SMitSeriend are carriedout wader the control of AST (Abwebratelle), Stuttgart. SinceSW1tSerland is a neutral .country, the Germans have maintained anextensive intellAgencer symtem in that country, which before theGerman-Frew% armistice WI principallydirecte4 against nano,.
In the period immediately frOceding the outbreak of the war,most of these intelligence activities were directed by thefinanced 'Bend Testier eidgenossee. e. Swiss organisation foundee byDr. Zander. This soolety law an espitnaze section under the leader-ship of Johann Frei, witioh colleoted information on frtntier defenses,aviation training and Commaniet activities.
itt present. the Gorman intelligence- organisation in Ceitserlandto Krlegsorganisation (K.0.) whams headeuertwre are at the German itEmbassy in Berns, with sub-statims at Zurich. Geneva, Basel, Lugano.Lawman, end ionstans. The Irieceorganisation in the tarsal foraunder enicIttWe Absehr works inaneatral nountry. The &rooters,'funotion under niplomatio or consular cover. ."
Korewttenkapitaen It,w deissner. as Consul General in Berne, di-rects the counter-es image section (eiutralent of Abwehr III inoccupieo country). Haupt:tarsi von uud sur Ihnehlen is believed to bein charge of espionage (Abwehr I). Ho is attached to the GormanLegation at Berne. Froa available information, it appears that thereis no sabotage section (Abwehr III) in Switzerland. The selectionof 24Lesner, one of the cost effiolent'abwehr officers, who had beenin ZMillF5Ill otunter-espionage for the libel* or Prance prior to theArmistice with that country, shows how important Switzerland boomsto the Garaans tnereofter, in view of the fact that it became morethan ever thu center of elliea activity.
Zurich, beau.; the canter of Swiss heavy industry, is partioularlyconcerned with eccnomio espionage. The two principal centers thereare the offices of the "Allgeneine Blektrioitemte-Gesellsobait' (A.E.7.)ann the"Zurioh Handelskamwer", which WO4 directed, acmorarg to a re-port of Ootober, .1941, by one Napolski.
The Military Attache et Berne iv responsible for obtaining in-formation on Swiss defenses.
The sub-station at Basel concerns itself mostly with the controlof travellers across the German-Swiss frontier, end the peasage oragents.
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The Italians are said to hale an efficient espionage system inSwitzerlund, althoughnot nearly so extensive as that or the Germans.It is ocntrolled fromUilan, and th3 center in Switserland seems tobe the Italian Consulate at Basel. Principal .b-statione are atGeneva, Lougee• and Lugano, and usually an Italian Vice Consul in.'•aoh city ie at the disposal of the Italian Director of Halitarltntelligenoe. The Italian Public Security Service, which ordinarilyuses the local Faaoio as cover for ite *gents, in some oases alsocontrols the appointments o. Vice Consuls.
4.ppended to this Handbook is a list or foreizn aiplonats inSwitzerland. including German and Italian representatives, as ofthe fall of 1945. Sc.. of the names therein tray vary from theones Given OS being conneotodel .4h the diplomatically:done in themain pert of the Handbook, but as the divergenoi•s are explainedand up to dubs asolipumade definite/y confirmed, the names or theASV incumbents will be incorporated into the first suppleuent tothis Handbook.
In conclusban, it maybe said that Switzerland will becomeincreasingly important to the Germans as the only neutral countryin Cantrell Europe from whioh intelligences work can be directed.
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t.WLE OF =WNW
INTELLIOSECS SERVICE
A.unrsr SWITZir4i.ND-AUNTS IN SW= PRISMS (L no 731rS)
rassup. Werner 84, 106• DOBEOL, Hama Hans 24..D0911!"., 2. 18
-• EOM. Its. 18MD&R122. Hanela 63DORSCH, Paul 7
D. 72• DLY, Bias. al. 48
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tritCHS, Agnes,F4,wirro. (anvil:14
r107.6 37, 63, 103FM. Joseph Jacob
• Fri, Slut:fried 6424
• F:r23 28Fr3tHIEHLULLIN 16PEPTHR.L or :VITRO:. 29, .75IltftENST2.7, Graf Hans Wolfram. 3, 22, 59PISCIM, Theodor 108FISCARR„ The‘dore 28PLU9..631411, W. 60, 105FOLX6R8a161, La fibrronn• 18
, 6A7.:71161, Gerit von S50• :f1.F.123L4, lidwir. 24,
OE =tar, Heins Meter von 8446I6WC:161.. Dr. 4, 23
•4311146, Karl 69VOWS, Dr. Rolf 108e. RWRY„ Colonel 41--366361.3,4 Hermann 48v3EnT3C6 19
- R2RCOD, Robert 41, 107MRIA66, Dr. 18, 74.
tAnn, Gustav Otto 72, 78
Joseph 32
.. nJSs3. Princess of 24/766, !Vans Josef 84
Enron Eduard von der 38, 74
1,-36.17.16„ Abdul 44UPE ROtTEE 48, fp.)
Oskar 88%
.-IITRIO G. 108
L N133866066, Rudolf Heinrich 19•• nt.IISSR, !alai 38; ri:.7.131616!„ Anna 51.• RAMC& Erich 19. re innr.R. Willi 38, 75• MIL Walter .29IMIIIIH(, Brieb R. 45
. 61,1633ROMI, Fri. 37
...b..:61-00EZOLA. Fedor 32i 0.1819686, Blisu.betb 82v =REM, Walter F. 53..0131VICE1-HEI4PSL, Anna 56
41-401:11 or 16.FFER, Charles 9411107::INNEI. :lax 73
-'381ENDWIFF, HorstROLL!, winter von
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.617BER. *Ernst , 76Gerhard 32
MBE% Jean 51, IMESTIOER 7, 60, 108
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MEER 39I493X.38. Obarleatnant Ivan rut: U. 85, 74
t/tZ,MP 69terTiaa7,8 13, 109: ,-JACCARD, jean Golsy 54X
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i,/UET, :geese32 73
:JAM:M• Albert Oscar 25.....7Av.nEOE 41:0AN0WTAF, Willy 6,JOEL. Gaston (alias 2A74GEN) 2546" 94,031. •nu 60vetURERT, °sore 108..WMI, Harmann 32. 46, 76..MINKTR, Earl 7,,v • was. J. es
voRAE3/. Jaau Gottlieb 56..WADUPPSR, Wilhelm 65
rASITLER, Heinrich 6OWIDRURNER, Lisa 61vlaPP8UND FUER DEUTSCHE SOLNA 108, rARNME-SPORTTL. Anton 32.nuruan (alias OREPRUNO, Dr. 43t
Laom4p118"1, Ernst Ludwig 41, 80
var.t. R. 90
Dr. U 65
..-es8aman4 Else 7: MSC% Dr. Martin 40, 80
%AMMAR!, Mohamed Ali 13, 109N,K/EFERip Wilhelm 48, 86..vIHARA, C. (see AGATI)13, 109=-1/TANURA.RAMUZ. De. &trust 32witUTTE. Dr. 54ACLEINSCHROT 25, 48t,5LEITZ 7VrLEINAND, Alfons 41
TEGSEPUES, Earl 4..14, 60L, or MTDEL, Felt, Earl 65
PEL, Emil as.--FOr?ITOEMIZTER„ Env 19, 58
MUM Dans von 33, 45°EPPEL, Franz Josef* 39
EIL.::ER (alias FRAC:HEEL) 76IMAUEL, Dr. Warming 16
I.-MMES. Otto 42
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NRKIS. Johannes 1,NRICIL„ llorbert 7, 59
ROiStiai TT gi Rank 25ESOP?, P'raida
numv4;04. Di 06teTULIA, Rudi 19•t jprtt General 4, 23, 78kAiiNZ. Rolf SO
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4, 25, 46, ;QM Itsgur-Jcpset4whesr-PR3Y,
AVMultORZ, Reiarioh 19, 55-rear, 1k. Tan 74, 81, 100
Robert Louis 19,;UR. Joseph
%KOMI, Kari von10973
vL21)2R, Arnold Leon 19LRBER• Olga 53
A.-SMARR, Herbert E4 4, 22, 81,.-LRINSAUSLR. lancet 46, 94
L81518R6M• Dr. Erwin 33L6.1ISARD, Oberst 4, 1/. 105
:LconAm. Jakob 351.2419.RDr, 'firnst 70, 106, 108
65 •10:C8a Rens 76
vLID11/111. Wilholis 7TRW 70
-ECTIliZST8Di. Prince Ferdinand 65tc;e3DRIOSR-EP::ER,
DiDTt Otto
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•--.113INOM„ ItarGot 31,- 41ARK, Walter • 74
v L!PPE, Freiherr Viktor von der 4, 16LIPPUAND - 29
VWHITRIDGE islias BWRICHARD) 69'... ITO!..rd.R. Oertruds 21-,--WID:151„ H. 71, Weirliketalk-iliss 34t.-W/LDI, Hugon ee -:NUTS% Orlde/ln 43WIPFEL, Alois 79011PFLI 71, 79..-1IIRSC4, Johann 71v WITH Dr. Wolfgang 43WITTER: