U.S. GIVES EX-NAZIS A SECURITY BLANKET

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000100160092-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 3, 2012
• Sequence Number: 92
• Publication Date: June 5, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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JACK ANDERSON
U.S. Gives Ex-Nazis a Security Bhinkeij
More than a. year~-agci-I broke the
story:;: of "Operation :Paperclip," the
controversial: program' that- brought
known Nazis' and. suspected war crim-
inals, to this , country':. with official
blessing afterWorld:-War ILcScientists
and others with supposedly valuable
intelligence; information were allowed
to settle in the- United States despite.
their Nazi past' and with' the blessing
of the' CIA and the State Department.,-
. The Nazi 'fugitives have-}long since
outlived any ,usefulness they' might
have had, but they're still,- secure in
their American hideouts?.And because
the 'government 'knew- of~''their- Nazi
background, 'they cant ' 6e' deported
for failing to reveal it when they,-en-
tered this country
The unsolved case of;'Tscherim
Soobzokov is' 'a troubling" example.
According to.a classified State Depart-
ment document,- . the =-black-haired,
ruddy-faced. Soobzokov was born- in
Russia, served as a lieutenant in the
Red Army and. deserted to the Ger-
mans, in 1943. - He joined a,. Nazi-
sponsored "North; . Caucasian Volun-
teer Battalion" and :rose. to the rank. of
captain in the SS. ? After-, the war,. he
made his,,way:_to' Jordan,, and - was
cleared: for irnmigration~-to the United
States in 1953-;. , ::..
continued his. criminal activities after
he came to this country. Yet Soob-
zokov has done well. A resident of
Paterson, N.J., he was until recently
employed by the Passaic.. County gov-
ernment:
The astonishing thing' is that Soob-
zokov makes no attempt to deny his
past: He doesn't have to. He can't be
deported or prosecuted for his'alleged
connections to the Third Reich be-
cause.he didn't lie aboutit when the
State Department brought him here.
And the allegations of brutality and
extortion I can't be proven.
So Soobzokov, whose home', has
been picketed by Jewish activists, is
free to stay in this country. The Jus-
tice Department's chief Nazi hunter,,
Allan Ryan, dropped the-case against
the. feisty suspect in January.
Speaking in a heavy East European
accent, Soobzokov told-my associate
Bill Gruver that the SS unit he was
attached to-was a "shadow" outfit that
existed only on paper....The Nazi al-
legations,,, are"unproven- lies," said
Soobzokov, who claimed to be one of
the most investigated men , in. the
i United States.
'The loquacious Soobzokov; -.who`
looks much-younger. than 'his- 63 years,
'has been accused of brutality and ex,
tortion during World WarAl. What's
worse,' there ? were =allegations- that he
THE WASHINGTON POST
5 June 1981
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/03: CIA-RDP90-00965R000100160092-6