TO THE 8TH DEPARTMENT. MATERIAL FROM RUBLE. [I] I AM TRANSMITTING THE CONTENTS OF A TELEGRAM FROM A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BANK [II] IN HELSINKI TELEGRAM #265 OF 29 MAY ADDERSSES TO THE BANK:

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Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/09/04: CIA-RDPOOM01914ROO1000010030-1 1 yr r,tlitn UWE Reissue From: WASHINGTON To: MOSCOW No. 3645 23 June 1945 To the 8th Department. Material from "RUBLE."[i] I am transmitting the contents of a telegram from a representative of the "BANK"[ii] in Helsinki telegram #265 of 29 May addressed to the "BANK": "The following communication was sent;to London under number 16, to Berne under number 2 and to Stockholm under number 73. According to information, received from a source of uncertain reliability, two Germans - WILLI DAUGS (a known agent) and-OTTO ENRICH, protected their assets in Finland, by a bogus transfer In November 1944, of about one million dollars, to an American living in Zurich E.V. DWIGHT (WIGHT?),Jr. DWIGHT (WIGHT) until 1941 worked. for Henry MANN, formerly living in Berlin but now is in New Yorlc, at 64 Wall. Street. ENRICH and DAUGS, [C% it was confirmed], were owners of the firms ERGOSSCO and GIKKAKOSKI[sic], makers of machine guns. The firm TIKKAKOSKI is on the Proclaimed List. DAUGS and ENRICH since the first half of 1944 have been living in Stockholm and at the present are wanted by the Finnish police for smuggling securities out of Finland. It is reported that the Finnish embassy in Washington has the sum of 323 thousand American dollars, kept in the dossier on Suomi machine guns. This money was placed there for TIKKAKOSKI by Irjosaa STAMOINEN, who visited the U.S.A. in 1940 on a diplomatic visa, as a minister on a special mission. The money was to finance the production of Suomi machine guns in the U.S.A., however the project was not accomplished. Inasmuch as DAUGS cannot use this money himself, he transferred his rights to it to DWIGHT (WIGHT). Under an agreement between DWIGHT (WIGHT) and ERGO of 24 November 1944, based on judgments of the Magistrates Court letters number 145 and 146, the "Bank of Finland" apparently told GATES to pay on 30 June 210 thousand American dollars in Argentine currency in Buenos Aires or in Brazilian Currency in Rio. Under armistice agreements Finland undertook not to permit export of German property, without preliminary consent of the Allied Control Commission, but if steps are not taken immediately, the above indicated sum will be exported as property of an American citiz?n. An unofficial. memorandum was delivered to the Foreign Office with the request for an investigation and suspension of action until [4 groups unrecovered] [37 groups unrecoverable] Comment [i] Harold GLASSER [ii] The U.S. State Department TOP 0E EIDER +;: Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/09/04: CIA- RDPOOMO1914R001000010030-1