ANOTHER CIA FLOP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400390009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 1998
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 26, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

ANOTHER CIA FLOP
(By V. Korolin and A. Yevseyev)
Source: Nedelva (The Week), 25 September to 1 October
CPYRGHT 1-966, Moscow, pages 12 and 13.
For many years Nador Kish, the Pullman conductor, had
been riding the international express between Budapest and.
Vienna. He was an elderly, calm, even-tempered individual.
However, once on a fall day in 1951, excited and upset, he
entered the Ministry of Interior in Budapest.
"On my last trip to Vienna an old Austrian friend,
Joseph nvorzhak_ introduced me to his friend, Robert Werner.
After a brief discussion Werner suddenly askew .sued to become
an American agent," said Kish.
what Is so bad about that," laughed the Hungarian
"'Well
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counterintelligence worker with whom Kish was speaking. "Agree
'"
to become an American spy and we will help you.
Kish agreed and the Hungarian security organs were
iven the opportunity to study and control the activity of
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American intelligence against Hungary from Austrian territory.
The first meeting between Nandor Kish and Werner took
place in the Viennese "Europa" Hotel, and all subsequent meet-
Markt, House No. 6, 7th floor, apartment 19.., This apartment
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was maintained by the Viennese department o
and was used especially for meetings with agents...
For seven years US intelligence agents-,met with Ki-s:h,'?
sent coded criptographic messages to false addresses'and
sent couriers :.There were also briefcases with secret
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compartments for the delivery of information and.a complex
system of passwords. In a word, the entire arsenal of
dective measures, extensively described in known literature,
were used.
ea er, where everyone in Budapest meets. The courier.
(it was later established that he was an Austrian citizen).,
having convinced himself that it was really Kish whom he
met, passed on to him Hungarian and foreign currency and his
next assignment.,
When Kish heard over the telephone, "Best wishes from
Johnny and Margaret," he knew that a courier had arrived.
They would normally meet under the clock of the old national
th +
Apparently the Americans were satisfied with the work
of their agent. In any case they increased Kish's reward on
numerous occasions and expanded his espionage activities and
gave him more difficult ones. At the same time, however,
they also controlled his work. Kish was placed under the
American agent Bauer whose main t,sk was to reverify his
reliability. It is interesting that Werner himself passed
this on to Kish; he used "his" agent.for business deals and
had a right-to be sincere with him. Not wanting to loose a
source of additional income, Werner decided that contact with
Kish was profitable and in.the future without Bauer' s,knowledge
warned the agent on many occasions that he was being watched.
How did we find out about Kish, Bauer and Werner.? From
material at a press conference recently held in,'Budapest and
organized by the Information Administration of the Council of
.Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic. Hungarian and
.foreign journalists were shown several secret documents of
American intelligence, they were addressed by former US
intelligence agents and they were given facts which provide
us with the basis for saying today that the CIA once again
has fallen on its face before the before the eyes of.the world.
"Mr. Werner," Comrade Geza Nameni, who was the chair-
man at the press conference said over the laughter throughout
.the entire hall, "should be thanked for the. fact that he warned
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"We were able," continued Geza Nameni
'with the
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assistance of Nandor Kish and other Hungarian patriots who,
like him came
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nst the Viennese group of American
intelligence agents to establish the real name of Robert
Werner.-` He is;Yozhef Banshaai (transliterated f
rom the _
Russian language) 9' 'born in 1928 In the o.ity off` Be 0
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"I can show you a document which speaks fairly clearly
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aces an training grounds in order to carry out acts of
sabotage, subversion. and terror during peace and wartime.
orces of the US Army. These units are trained at military
b d
F ' "The press has already reported on the socalled 'Special
preparing the same fate for the Hungarian people aswell.
Now, the entire world knows their plan since they have bombed
the dams to create an artificial flood and to inundate
interest? The Americans provided the answer themselves
u.uu Lrvagatizon carnal systems.
"The question arrises as to why there is such an
iBence devoted attention to the geographic coordinates of
such generally innocent and particularly peaceful structures
as dams, systems for controlling rivers. arti fi ni nl rAaortvni
In 1944 Banshagi moved to the West with his parents. He :Lived
in West Germany and then moved to the United States; from there
he went to Austria in 1957 but this time as an American
intelligence officer.
"On the basis of the information provided by Nandor
Kish and other similar honest Hungarian citizens whom American
intelligence agents attempted to recruit," continued Geza
Nameni, "it was not difficult to put together a list of those
Hungarian objectives that were of particular interest to the
CIA. Let us note from the beginning that this interest was
of an extremely extensive range. For example, American intel
l
training of the 'Special Forces,;' is of a particularly a:g5re6sive
,time yet but I believe that it is already-clear that the
"I know that I. could cite this document for a to
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objectives are guarded by them? Where is the resat niAn= +
?iei-.I.VU u.L Ulme. :i-axe us by a road which will get us to this.
where materials could be stored for a more or lPaa AXtAre9oA'
"'Show us places which can be used as hiddin places
I will cite several examples:
istinctive. The foreword shows. that it was compiled for
those members of the units who must operate in Hungary.
In order to illustrate to?you the mission under discussion
an English-Hungarian phrase book published by the US-Army -staff. The vocabularly in the phrase book is extremely
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oaa ir' we were able to achieve this!'
"Here it is also important to note that not only are
..the Americans occupied with espionage against the socialist
nature. Let us note that similar 'booklets are published not
only,in Hungarian but also in languages of various European,
Asian and African peoples. I must also inform you of the fact
that American intelligence gives its agents the task not only
of discovering secrets in the Hungarian People's Republic
but also of establishing appropriate channels through which
.espionage against the Soviet Union well become possible.
Let us say that the previously mentioned Banshagi-Werner worked
in a. most active manner on the establishment of just such a
I channel.' He himself told Nandor Kish: 'There are five-,.people.';,
I countries but they also spy against their allies. I will
in recent government overthrows in a number of African and
Asian countries is well-known.
The American espionage trust needs agents in the FRG,
Austria, France and Sweden. They are needed in every country.
American intelligence agents operating from US bases located
in the FRG are particularly active. This is evidenced by the
voluminous list of agents recruited from among citizens of
the FRG and Austria presented to the press conference partici-
pants. Information concerning these agents and a number of
other documents'at the disposal of the Hungarian security,
organs leave no doubt of the fact that US 'intelligence strives
t
military missions, including those based in friendly countries,
must be occupied with espionage. As an example, I will read
to you the third paragraph in the instructions: 'Although the
military missions are not set up as intelligence, organs, they
must undertake this type of activity as well. The acquisition
of secret information and its timely transmission are the same
type of contribution to the matter of serving the national
'interests of the United States as the execution of normal
functions by the mission!"'
In addition to what was stated by the chairman it
remains for us to add that without a twinge of conscience.the
workers in the US military missions and bases recruit agents
in countries friendly to them, striving to infiltrate the army
and government institutions. They not only gather information
of a military and political nature but also conduct more
insidious activities. The role played by American intelligence-
permit myself to confirm this with a document. Secret
instructions from the US Department of the Army, signed by
Major General Lee, state directly that personnel of all US
o gather detailed information conoerning 'the. armed. foroes
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the press conference in. Budapest. The chairman of the press-
of France, Austria and other European capitalist countries.
Let us, however, return to what was taking place at,
which wives of American military attachees credited abroad
subject matter of the 15 week course, within the framework of'
.% 1".Y ra tag c Intelligence School. This document,
will give you an opportunity to become acquainted with the:
espionage, with the network of which it attempts to cover the
entire world. Totality, however, is manifested not only in
the territorial sense but also with regard to the means used
in this work. To prove. this I again present a document. This
I would say is a unique document, the only one in the history
of international relations and more than that in the history
of espionage. It bears the title, 'Program-for Training
Wives (wives of military attachees are being referred to)
at the US A St t i 1
are proof positive that the American secret service strives
to gather the most detailed data concerning the armed forces
of the European.capitalist countries. We have proof of the
fact that its attempts were not without success'abd that
through its agents it gathered information concerning the
armed forces of its friends and allies, including such informa-
tion as the designations of military units, their personnel,
.location and equipment.
"I assume that today you could once more convince
yourself of the correctness of the assertion that the govern-
ment of the United States of America is engaged in total
"I will now show you photo copies of cards belonging
to American agents who are citizens of the FRG and Austria.
We will place at your disposal several photo copies as well
.as several pages of a fairly voluminous list that contains
data on the place and time of birth of these individuals
and the nature of their work and the place where they live.
"Let us move on to the following documents. All of them
American intelligence which. have been brought to light for,"..
has already passed since the press conference was held, the
world press . continues to comment on the secret documents of
newspapers and agencies filed reports on it. Although a week
We will not be able to relate everything that was
presented at the press conference. It continued for two
hours and approximately 100 correspondents from various
are being ,trained in intelligence work.'!
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Great'efforst are needed in order to turn that which is
carefully protected behind the stamp of "Top Secret" and
retained in the sealled safes of the intelligence. services;
into public property.
out an important task crowned with success. They.are to be
Members of the Hungarian. security organs have,carried
c ongratulat ed. . ,.
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Memorandum No. 204: Attendance of tirives,atthe,Strategic
Intelligence School: Lectures and Films;
9Th wives of Attaches-designate attending the Fifty-first
Navy Building, Washington 25, D. C.
taught in Washington.
US Army Strategic Intelligence School,..Room 4830, Main
By knowing the language, you will. be able to listen. for
any information which might possible be of interest or volue
to your husband. You'll be surprised to know how much you, can
learn at the bridge table or other socials when the women are
talking about their husband's work.
Before you lie photo copies and the translation of one
of the documents exhibited at the press conference . '','Program
for Training Wives." What then are.the American ladies being
those wives whose security clearances have been r.eceived.k
School Secretary will notify each student "when 'hi s 'wif e' s
material to be presented .is is, classified,. and is restrictedto,
issued will show any changes. Asterisks indicate that subject
period-12-October 1959 to 12 February 1960. The. dates and-
times times indicated are tentative. The weekly. schedules, when.
clearance is completed.
Second Week
.Lecture: Basic Functions of an Attache
r3 1m- Kav'Persnnnelin Kev Positions
Lecture: The Development and Status of Communist .Party
Organizations.
-`Lecture: Communist Strategy and Tactics.
Lecture: Contemporary America and America',
Fourth. Week
Film: How the Communists Seize Power.
Lecture: The.Communist'World Outlook
Lecture: Westerns Europe, Political and, Soci;i logi aI Factors.
ati Lecture: Western.Europe'. Military Factors::
Lecture: Latim Amerioap'Military Geography
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*Lecture: Latin America, Economic Factors
Lecture: Latin America, Political and Sociological Factors
Film: The Soviet Union
Fifth Week
Lecture: Military Geography of Southern 'and Southeastern Asia
*Lecture: Military Problems in Asia
Sixth Week
ture: The Problems of India
*L
ec
*Lecture: A Strategic Review of South.ern.Asia
t
Lecture: Military Geography of the Far Eas
Lecture: Military Geography of the Middle Ea
*Lecture: Greece, Turkey and, Iran
Lecture: Military Geography of Africa
*Lecture: An Evaluation of North Africa
Seventh Week
Lecture: Security in the Attache`,System
Lecture: The Art of a Concise Inquiry
Lecture: Memory Training
e
Lecture.
Lecture: Expenditures,by Representatives (Expenditures for..
Lec e .
bur
nditures Linked with Service Maintenance
Tenth. Week
ures
Transport Expendit
Lecture: The Immunity of Diplomatic Missions
For. the Commandant Assistant:
Infantry Major Cornelius Brin
(Abbreviated_ trans.1ati.on
Style on .the- conscience of the
Program Compiler).
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As you can see, the US Central Intelligence Agency
offers the "weaker sex" an extremely exhaustive program of
training in espionage. Of 52 lectures read by the future
spies-housewives 15 are marked with an asterisk -- "Secret."
The fact that among these is the subject, the military
geography of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, is quite
understandable. Why, however, has it become necessary for the
CIA to mark as secret the lectures about other countries even
those of its allies? Is it not because of the fact that in
these countries also. the CIA conducts no less intensive espionage
than in relation to the socialist countries? Lectures on
"Problems of India," and "Greece, Turkey and Iran" are closed.
Access to the following subjects (in the spy school!) is
strictly limited: "Western Europe -- Military Factors,"
"Asian Military Problems," "A Strategic Survey of South Asia,"
countries with which the United. States has concluded the.
but for the Wall Street monopolies that plunder those same;
It is characteristic that of the three lectures on -
Latin America encompassing social, economic. and,. military.
,information only one is strictly -secret. Which one do.. you
think it is? "Latin America, Economic Factors!" Why, because
here US military intelligence is-working not for the Pentagon
"Alliance for Progress.".