FORMER NAZI REPORTEDLY HAD U.S. INTELLIGENCE TIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000706920001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 26, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 9, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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OIZ PAS,
THE WASHINGTON: TIMES
9 NOVEMBER 1982
Former. Nazi reportedly
had U.S intelligence ties
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A for-
mer Nazi SS captain who died this year
after giving up his U.S. citizenship said
in newly released documents that he
worked for several U.S. intelligence
agencies, the Sacramento Bee
reported.
The documents, obtained by the
newspaper through the Freedom of
Information Act, also show that. Otto
von Bolschwing admitted in 1970, long
after he was granted U.S. citizenship,
that he had had ties with Adolf Eich-.-
mann, since executed for war crimes.
Von Bolschwing had been charged
with concealing his Nazi Party mem-
bership when applying for U.S. citizen-
ship.
Von Bolschwing died March 7,1982"-
at age 72. He had voluntarily given up
his U.S. citizenship in an agreement
under which he would not be deported
as long as his.health was bad. 'He
suffered from supra -nuclear palsy, -a
rare and incurable brain disease.
Nazi-hunters in this country had
accused him of war crimes, including
the persecution and forced emigration
of Jews, and encouraging the .1941 Iron
Guard rebellion in Romania, during
which Jews were killed.
But Von Bolschwing was not allowed'
to reply to the charges in public
because the U.S. Department of Justice
had obtained a court order sealing his
answer - the Rovernment apparently
feared revealing military secrets.
Von Bolschwing contended that be
aided U.S. intelligence agencies during
and after World War II. Justice Depart-
ment documents carry testimony say-
ing the Central Intelligence Agency
had instructed him to keep secret his
activities prior to applying for citizen-
ship in 1945.
The Bee reported that it obtained a
copy of an interrogation conducted on
Dec. 22, 1970, in which Von Bolscbwing
admitted ties with .the Nazi Party,-the
elite SS corps and. Eichmann.
In the interrogation, he said he fell
out of favor with the Nazis in '1942, was
arrested by the Gestapo and held seven
months without .charges. ' Later he
-moved to Vienna where be acquired a
small business. -
After the July 1944 attempt on Adolf
Hitler's life, a friend warned that he
was to be arrested.Non Boischwing said he fled to the Tyrol and'hid in a
mountain but in the Otz Valley until
U.S. forces arrived.
After the war, Von Bolschwing said
he worked for several U.S. intelligence
.agencies. He said he came . to the : ,
United States in 1954 with his son Gus, -
now a San Francisco attorney.
In 1959, Von Bolschwing became a
U.S. citizen, and started a career as a
financial officer and consultant. His
health began deteriorating during the
1970s.
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