SWISS WEARY OF INTRIGUE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70-00058R000300020093-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 1, 2000
• Sequence Number: 93
• Publication Date: January 3, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2001/07/26 : CIA-RDP70-00058
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briefcase full of .important secret ; Soviet; Docu,
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senko.later fled to the United SStateswith ~a'sizable
was contacted by the Ceaztral~r~x~e11ce.,'lgency..
I Switzerland protested to the U. S. Embassy last,
February when Soviet scerct agent 5'ouri I\Tossenko'{
being used as the happy hunting ground for spies
.of all nationalities.
A communique issued by the Bern Department
of Police and Justice warns' in particularly vigor-
ous terms against the use of Swiss territory by.:;
.' foreign secret agents to spy. against any "third
country." These .illicit dealings are` under constant
I watch by the Swiss counterespionage the com-
munique states. I
The latest incident, which provoked the out-
burst of Swiss irritation, , occurred a. few days
ago. Police caught Jon Hidos, third secretary at
the Romanian embassy in Bern, passing funds to
an. agent and- entrusting him with a further mis-'
sion on behalf of Communist Romania.
Two weeks before Jon Hidos was caught,
Swiss counterespionage reportedly discovered - a :J
whole network being conducted by spies from
East Germany. These ' agents were operating in
is.
Austria with money and instructions transmitted"'
ransmitted `-
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PARIS-Little Switzerland is sick and tired of':!
Chicago Daily News Service I
Allen Dulles, then OSS chief in Bern, was in-V volved in the July 20, .1944, attempt on Adolf.: '
Hitler's life by 'anti-Nazi German officers. His
activities during the' war led to several protests by the Swiss authorities li.i.t.i2 u..i.5.r<
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