OSS - INTRA OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE, 1943

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• Publication Date: December 19, 1942
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am attaching a copy of a letter from "Richard"
in Teheran, which I think you might be interested in
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Teheran, Nov. 16, 1942
Dee. 17, 1942
Dear Gordon,
Your letter of Oct. 15 was very welcome with it assurance
that my efforts have been of some value. I am still continuing the
Russian lessons which I stt4rted last winter and could now take care
of essential wants in the aancuage. With a few months in an exclu-
sively hussian speaking coliminnity, I believe I could get along well.
In audition to that work, I have been compiling everything re-
ported since Sept. 15, 1941 in the local French language paper. I have
done that in the belief that you might find it useful to have a brief
summary of the development of events here during the first year of
the country's freedom from the domination of the ex-Shah and since
the British-Hussian entr3,, I m also trying to discover from the acts
and statements or Iranians during the last year, what elements there
are in the situation here upon which one could rely.
The collectLen ana nrrangement of this material has taken a long
time since it had Lo 110 done while looking after my company's pro-
perty and interests. I believe, however, that the background it will
give will be useful. in several weas I can begin a summary.
was vlad to ace ;:1', and learn of the promising developments in
your organty.ation and plana. I am sorry that our comutUnicatioli system
is not complete, but cxpect In time that it will become so. Both 215
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,AtoanG .lave gtven much thought Lo the matters referred to in your
ae00.11d_Piragraph and w 1.11 continue to do so. The difficulties and
mdt IM-:ngers of entering H rield which has for many years been of prime
importance to thy. kussinn:,, nritish, Germans) French and Turks are
LIPP:trent. One must also not forget the Oriental's passim for pleasing
at the expensc or tvnth and the strong religious and racial prejudices
which blas his bnservations,
.there are now, or soon will be, American advisors in the fields
of heerlth, army, police, pendarmeriel agriculture, irrigation) provisiol-
ing (Supply) and finance. Amorioans will also operatton the rdlronds.
With these men actively at work, there will be very little factual
information which Washington can not get through the Legation, The
Legation and Consul.itos cover the governmental and economic activities
of the country. The ?lay other fllerienn source of news are the colonies
of American :alL;ellonartes and mission doctors,
The rir:.t group a;; a ource of informtion is defective since, with
one exceptto!, none of the men speaks Persian and very few speak French,
the foreign languart- most used here. They are thoreforc larcely in the
hands of interprt,ters. Their t%ontactK are also almost entirely with
officialdom gild the people in power AL the moment.
The principle defect of the misstonaries as a source of 'nformation
is that their followers a no either fro.a !atnoritiest such as the Armen-
ians or Chalde!ins, or are converts Who htve lost their sUknding with
their own people. Another doreol. Is the prejuditw which scems to go
ame.
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with themission,lry spirit. Tbe best informed and least pre3udiced
...ources RTO the Itiosiontlry doctors.
With the anove ooureoo eV information and the native cotitacte
whICh 215 and I have, I believe that, for the moment, we can supply
any definite information requested. Tho most difficult problem about
whiCh to get accur,Ato inform4Alon is that of 111,15510.11 activities, but
we will contlnue to workon that.
Increasing milithry aottvIty here and the intensification 4)r
AmoricLin war Worts mako the matter of cover more and more difficult.
My covor In thirt, though mtill tenable. Altbough I have only once
been asked why T %as not in ale service, that question is likely to
beeomo more porststent. iroG far, those who may suspect me, donit care
and, Do far an I know, havo -no evidence.
I belteve that 215 agrees that his coVer could be improved. It
is unfortunatc th,tt another person under the same auspices is out
heve working for the W.itiah intelligence. The main difficulty is,
however, that foreigners must have a permit from tIlo Russian consul-
ate to travel in the hut:sian 40110. A permit lias luvt been refused to
it plattfinbly nnopoct,cd Britioh citiv.en. If 215 in refused permission,
IL may be alvtaahle for him to work for oome American who Wollld re-
quire him to 1,rvei. lie h,to no0worke1 out oeneral promising ard val.
unble ideaD or which you will in time see the resulto. We are alno
in hho proconr. of organizinit a eomhinod tiet,ivity which I believe will
0-Vo Ood cosull,s,
Wich of up no* has an Rptomobilo which is eq;oentinl for our work.
On my iLot trip, 1 whs obliged to hIlytiwo t..Aeoncl,tiand tire-t1 to get
bacX here. Thoy coot me 0540.00. Althou& my cRr hos boon ostensibly
used Vor company husinoss, tho company buytilr tile cJr, I think it is
only just th,tt you should pay for tho tiros. 1 am therefore taking
the 3h0 Vo !inm from the money you Dent for cablc, un4tess 1 hoar from
you that :lomt- other arrangement 15 proVer:Lole,.!.1",) and 1 each need a
now sot of tires in order to be abie to do our woric.. If we buy them
hero they now vont from P200. to 01560. n pa-iv for 6.50 x 16. Cat
'10)/you send 115 tit lila. now tirea ortti tubes con51gned care of tl-AD legatiora
. tyi 1Y It' you am, 1 oon :loll ono of my n000n(1--totnd Limit; and giViD YOU bae1t
\ A your ?4540.
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\II am plA te ho:kr of your plant.) for a vng contact and 'hive
noted you, vow?r1e.-1 lbont ot.hor help. () will keep tAtOM ill< mind. 1 ean
guem ale trona of your o!itiAoti from what yoll nAve written. The method
wc un ii milti ho til .'11,19 work-tlheetn.
In Dny ottoo, Wo tiOOM LO ho malang progreon 4.na yol. CA11 count on
us for cooperation to tne bent a our ability.
Yours sincertaly,
tUchard
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OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES
WASHINGTON, D. C.
December 7) 1942
MEMOvANDUM:
TO: Colonel Donovan
FhOM: Major Bruce
tA e tA I r/v43--
With reference to your inTary concerning
Fri:ncisco Lucientes) I attach a copy of a memorandum
from the N(-w York ?Mee regLrding tnis subject.
Yuu dill nut e that he has a doubtful repu-
tation L.nd Itril not of the opinion that we could make
any usP of him or efrectively collaborate in changing
his apphrent pro-Axis attitude. I have doubts whether)
in fact) we can with propriety engage in an undertaking
which seems to be much lore the task of the State
DtparLat.Alt, or OVITI.
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MEMORANDUM:
TO: Mr. John C. Hughcs
FROM: H. Grilgory Thomas
MBjECT: F1tANCI6C0 LUCIENTE8
I huvt, tt tho copy or tho memorandum from Mr.
to Major Bruce, dated Novombor 27th, which I am roturning to you,
do not fool that. It would bo ndvisablo to do anything
Lo nssist id,L;IILNTEU in his prosont prodienmont. I consider that
his diVrieultios in the Wit Lod 6tatos have boon duo to his taking
strong and constant Axis propaganda lino in his newn reloases
about. American matters to the E.F.E. Agon0Y.
Or Basque frionds know of LUCIENTE81 rictivitieqs in Paria
In LI u ft 11 immodintely procoding tho war. In Poris, LUCIENTES was
oorro3pondont ror thv, weii known Spanisn rovornmont. newspaper A.B.C.
and is said to have ac led 1,s confidential roprcsont.itivo for MAk4UPZ
klICA DE Mby ownt.r of this papk.r. Tho reit, and say
th:lt ti,eir opinion wt.a :ihared by tho Fri-410n Military Intelligence
Authorities, that LUCMNTES nut.only wet:i a sympathi4er or Lae Axis
political line, but that. he avtually was Jn the employ of certain
German propaghndti conduetod payehologioal Narrare under
lin:, guise or Innocent propaganda to France.
Our Basque friends tt.11 me tilat LUCIENTE:3 NUS particularly
well Lnown to UHTI::. WhAolJE, who is at the prosoat time %,!orrvapondont
In Washington for the leadinr, Argentine newspAper LA NAC1uN of Buonoti
Airve. before ma;,ing a dt..finito decision In this matter, I bo.t.leve it
woulu be advisable to havo someone discuss discroetly reith t.CHALWEI
LUCIENTEW Iniekground in his Paria days.
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I also suggest that it is not necessary at the
present time to endeavour to win over LUCIENTES, sympathies
by such friendly treatment as might have been shown him
previously, but which would now appear to be too late to do
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THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
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Dear Mr, Loaning'
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July 24, 1942
ny thanks for your kind letter ot 24r 1942,
it* which you developed thc angle ot potential aesistenes a
cargo eubmerines to aviation activities in foreign morale.
The informtion which you have contributed will be posited on
to the officers intsrooted at ono,*
ac; lerard 119 rt
Very sincorely yours
LWIARD Y. tiN1TH
Maj % I A ? U9f1%,
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OROVIR LEONINO, D. Sc., A.U., C.E.
Aeronautic Consultunt
July 24. 1942
Vajor Aidward F. Smith
2641 runitiona utuwig
Oaehinzton, D. C.
Dear Vajor Smithl
?Moos Roosevelt Yield
Oardon Cith, Mit,York
Tel. Garden City 8460
In oonnoction uith the work that I am doing an T)ohnioal Consultant
in the ilar rroduotion Board, Ur. Gerard LeMbert hen called py attention to
your interest in pubmarine cargo carriers.
It in olearly evident that the (marrying of cargo by air by a vent
inoreata in the number of cnrzo p1nnu W.0 bo fused with very eerious
gavoline delivery problem.
Man:, of ue believe that the oinkings of submarine o.t tankers arid
frelzhters are a prelude al uhat will happen next year when these ships are
attacked by torpedo bombing aircraft of long range cepaoity. From bases in
continental Ltrope, Norway, and Africa a sreat extension of torpedo bombing
will be even rare nerioun in Its dinoouraaing oonsequenoes than the oub.
marine campailn nr-4 being waded.
The ourfbito rroight ohi p is teeing a terrible ordeal.
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ir tankerb oarryinz w:iation oline for the operation of an air
cargo fleet are to he deoimated in nu, menner, the whole operation of an
air car,;.) cnrrylw ;roam:, viil. be jaapardised,
ha oureolvec In the airfield aro, of course, not qualified to pies
on the naval ongineertn4 correctneee of mxgo carrying aubrarines, but we are
reminded that the jarrilana had auoh oreft - up to three thouaand tone - toe*
twanty-for tma and it vould be reaeonable to ouppoee that naval architeet.
ure would havo wiliNnowl bine? then to a point where a five thounand ton Dub.
merino could ho rcaalbln. Aviatlan 4,:abo1ine in 4 very concentrated load and
a five thouaund ton nuhrArine carrying, let um aay, to thoopeand tons of gas
aupply ea n difliverablo load, would by thin one load unable over one hundred
Martin t4:ro aapar-flyin; ohlpe to be fueled up tor a return flight of thrzbe
thousend miles diatnricc. A fleet of Len such cargo carrying suboarines, there-
fore, that could be counted on to rendeavoua with marine aircraft in I've and
leo atern that can be indefinitely n1t6red for aeereely in verioue parts of
the torld, t.ould ha tot invaluabl*.
In addition, of ?aurae, there hoe boon the constant rrobler in cop-,
motion with aircraft - and ono v.hicL hew .:reatly stimulated the need for eargo
ourryiv, aircraft - and that in that aircraft in service at the various fronts
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Major lidword F. amith JUly 24, 1942
aro oonotantly needing spans par4a. einoe most or tho fronts oxoopting
china 4,1-0 Aocepsible troll the vattiOr. A amp carrying auboarino that
would not oomnwhat ao a wthor ahi,, tor morvloc aircraft by being at
hand with a load or atoms ond :pot m typo of vo#6.1 that ORD hide trot
any attolk oither from tto #ir or from tho neap would snow to have
Importunt
It appearo incroamingly ovidont that only by bo14noom in
dovolopmonto oaoh ao theme min Ivo Melly to ant a hood olt#rt on the
*nom that to need to boat him - rathor thou bo oonotantly involvod
in tho catching up proceaa that wo aro now in.
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OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES
630 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK, N. Y.
Colorol Willivm J. Donovan
Office of 2Lr Lcgic Services
Washington, D. C.
You may have heard already about Mrs. Luce's campaign
of political warfare in respect of the British Empire, but It's uo
interesting and so rilevant to our opelations that I am taking a chance
on boring you Ath a repetition:
Volon Mrs. Luce vont to the Midle East some tie ago
she had an interview with Auchinleck, among others, and obtained from
him some extremely important and previously confidential information.
According to one account, she even learned the date on which the
British offensive in North Africa was due to begin. She wrote this
information down in her notebooke -- and also unicribed her opinion
of Auchinleck and of the British Administration Ir. that part of the
world and elsewhere, all of this in extremely uncomplimentary terms.
PreviGas to her return to America, she persuaded
Men4on to put her notes under some kind of an official British seal
with the idea that this roulo clear th.,m without Inspecticnothrough
asy British pwAL she might be dassil?; on her way home. In addit;on
to these 50 under ,eal, Mrs. Luce also had further notes in her
pesseailon which she vroto .fter the earlier material was sealed.
?(hon she arrived at the British censorship I% Trinidad, a British
offLcild looked through . her unsi.aled papers and found amenc them the
notes In which she had expressed hefself with considernble feeling
on tLe Britiah. The official was moved by this discovery to break
the seal which Moncon Lad plseed on the earlier material, and rend
that Coo. Mrs. Lace felt very z,trongly about this action, and pro-
tested vith grut feeling, but the official at Trinidad was not
detrral.
So grave .1 vier m.s taken in Trinidad of Mrs. Luce's
notes, and mout particularly of the information she had obtained
from Anchtalcck, that all the papers were sent to London. According
to one version, they even wont Co Mr. Churchill himself. Tbey were
then sent to Washington?apparently to the White House. It was only
after those several examinations that they were returned to Ur. Luce.
This ni6tory s supposed to explain the disciplinary
uction taken noinst both Won on and Auchinleck some time Lgo, and
it's firmly believed in at least some quarters that Um.Luee's vtper-
ience was not altogether unconnected with the "Open'Letter" to the
British people recently published in Lii:e Magazine.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
COORDINATOR OF INFORMATION
270 MADISON AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY
memo to (ol.PAnovon
from ECR
Over Ainner Mr. 1 .11ner t ,ld . 1)ulles and myself two item of intermati
1) That * high Uerman offioer Aho to in oharge of prison oamps is preparing
liblaok lists" of Nktio,he tntends to give these liota in time E
the prinonera
or war in order to let them knew Whom they should kill. Loohner by the way thought
this a womierfnl idea. My ru040 is tho t this offioer in his fa ther-i n- 3 ow.
) Mr. Loohnetr 1;1 poeirieddloh of 41 ode W111011 tr.3?V On to :111t1 y "melvody"
in Otel
(1e, rffiti n Lamy rste pet.yle who expoot umeadiar:o Crom Loohner or rroM the
perrion to Ilion% he th twitior, over thli, oodo, or? dtem1Ing parte of a reoelver
eel and eAreoted to huve
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(her ln a relatively short tAmo.
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I hei et sille'ht be 10 MO went n e darht. IWO this (lode pit]a I hi y for other plArp03490
t het) Llvhner hod In mind.
LcAohnesu rres tent dna Ire io to mpeak to the President. "ts er,o is very hurt ilind
thttl wotal 1)0 holeam to lila vanity. Loohners hook must onme out shortly. 1 think
that if wa were lhe urfiney who Aid him his favor, Ae mic,ht f.et more out; or him.
Also 1 think he ,voni0 talk his heitid o'T to tho l'rea ident IK,Outlet, it wWid MOA0
ho limoh to him. And I nmteltiton,I t.;e, Yreolde.,t to a r.00a listener.
1)ml I etve t Nit e' ilt% t%11 to kt ho
ho0 oontoote with the oprditlin.
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Memorandum tot Mr. John P. O'Keefe
From; Ummy C. Redo
Subjeots Mr. Louis P. Loohner
Or Friday, thite 8th I had my firet interview with Mr.
Louis P. Loohner? the head or the Berlin Amecoieted Press offioe. H4 has
beep in Germany sinus 1921. He in married (it is his seoond marriage) to
a German woman who has bad her Amerloan oitimt ship sinoe 1921.
I had heard that Mr. Loohner WAA very muoh upset about the
Nob that the ountoms *gents retained all his papers and manusoripte. They
have not yet been returned to him. I also hoard that he W4S furious bowls+,
other newspapermen spoke of him e a Nazi or Nasienympethiser And told
stories of the opeolel favors the Clemens had granted him.
When Mr. Lochner own. to this offloe, he was amooth but icy.
He immediately mentioned that colleagues of his reproaohed him fqr having
ebayed in Germany to the very end and went around tell .ng stories about him.
He also said that he could not enswer any questions whioh involved aoourate
figures beoanse his papera and his notes were retained by the government.
But he added that he wag more of a speoialist on political questions anyhow
and he did not need riguren to answer this kind of questions.
I started the interview by mentioning en artiolo of his I
had read in the Now York Post on June 5th. It in (Ailed "Generale must park
gun* when they gu to SOO Hitler". I told Mr. Loohner that I thought he
would prohuhly be the bent person to talk about the German army, that I
knew ha had been familiar with it Cor a long time. We disoussed the artiole
and then he told me that he had put the last three paragraphs in it only
in order to protect the generals.
This admission made it oloar that he believes in a revolt
by the generals. I asked him IC these generals were personally dissatisfied
or if there was an organized group. He says there is an organised group and
It is oonneoted with other organized opposition groupu in Germany. He says
the loader among the generals is General Beok. Another he MeatiOnlbd was
Haider. he mays that present day Gorman gensrelm are very different from
the world war generals. They are not the Ludendorff iwpal. They aro not
political generals. in one way he said it is good that General von Reicheneu
is dead booause he had political ambitions, and although he would have belie
part of the opposition, he oould have hurt it. These German generals of the
opposition do not dream Of a future Gorman *tate as 4 military dictatorship.
They think that name German people must, at the first opportunity, turn
againet the Nazis. He says this moment can oome only after a serious military
blow. Mr. Lochner thought that perhaps 100 raids like the one over Cologne
would be enough to prepare the gromd for suoh action.
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organisting itself g Ho personally sat in on oonversations betnien two
loaders of two opposition groups. Up to now only leaders of two groups
meet and they usually do not know the leaden s of other groups.
The opposition is oalledt DIE FRONT DER AM/LUMEN LEUTE
front of deoent people). They have a three point propitiator
1) Restitution of every single item that hes been stolen
by the Germans aim). the Nazis have oome to power.
2) Inviting the German Jews to come beok end restore every
thing to them.
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3) The Nazi's must go to the invaded countries and with
their own hands rebuild everything they have destroyed.
(I heard of this same program last tall when Mr. Darius Davis of the Y.M.C.A.
returned from Germany. He had talked with church leaders, and he told us
that an opposition WAM being organized.)
1) The Catholics play a big part in this opposition. Mr.
Lochner haa had many conversations with Catholic leadore about it. They
gave him a mosaage for Dr. Druening. The Catholios in Germany are very
hopeful about Bruening, moving that he is in good standing with President
Roosevelt and with the people of the United Staten. They mak* an exception
for Dr. Druening beceune, *aide from him they do not want people who have
left Germany to come back and immedietely biome leaders. They ao not
think or him as the future head of the Gerken State, but as an interim
leader. For the time being there is no disounsion of the fork the tuhtro
state will take; they only want to develop 014 broad 4 front as possible
againat the Nazis.
2) Mr. Lochner thought it was pwrtioularly wise of the
generale to have sought oontaot with the former trade union leaders. They
have united first of all the different former trade union leaders among
themselves. Of these men, he mentioned only one by names Anton Irkeleins,
who la leading a retired life in Germany. Mr. Lochner expects a lot of them
when the time oomea.
3) The third group consists of small land-owners. They
are mostly from north and northeast Germany. Theo. agrarians heve never
been organized before, but the Nazis have met up organizations for them.
It is through these Nazi organizations that they now work.
4) The fourth group is made up of Protestant ohurohomm.
Theme miniatere have finally realized that Christianity is threatened and
that Naziam is their enemy. Mr. Wollner says they have a lot of influence.
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OAi of tho groups.I don't know which one,, has emtablished
contact with the Oommuniets. Mr. Loohnor mays he poroonally hAd no ,f1ASaos
with them and never sat in on a Joint oonvorsation. Hut hp mosintoiLa that
the COMMUAltitn aro united on themmolvos on 011* point; no more OOMMUMOM
An Oermany of the Oomintorn typo. It muot be Oerman oommuniem. They wont
to be indopendont of Momoow.
Mr. Loohnor grow friondlior all the time during the inter..
View. I took hArdlY ohY notoo and he mint/PU.4 the convereatiot AO he
oallod it; juut thinking a3ou4. I hollevo he MAO tooting me out when ems
asked mos what would you think of futuro aormany under Prinm Louie rordtn-
ondt Ho went on, thht the Hobewliern Prinz woo vary demooratio. that he
wao Mad by Prosident P000evelt. Ho continupd that the Prinm had a very
good r000rd evorywhore. I anowored him with A queetiont Is he not married
to A very White Rustsion prinnows7 He said yes. but if Prooident Roomevolt
oupportod him ho might bo able to overcome the restmtersnee of tho Rueoiane.
I think that Mr. Lochnor porsonally favorts a mooarohietio
golution. Ho montioned that hie promont wifo came from A monarohimtio-
minded remity in Cormany and thot Lb bad many nontacto in that dirootion.
I onoloao nswepapor clipping of the New 'fork Timoo of Juto d in whioh
Mr. Lonhner jut oasually montionm Prins touiss Yerdinand.
Mr. Loobnor ham known Hitlor for many Tesoro. NA MAO introduood to him by Roshm. J nokad him It hot had untitled any &tong. in Hitler.
Ho soym that r000ntly Hitlor het) boon loping him grlp, thht ho mikes misav
miotakom, but that tho 000plo who boltdovo in him Aro .low to roaltmo
hot:mono it in AlWnyn pals"). to glvo flp and Idol.
A man on Mr. Loohnor'a otaff, an AMAPIOAO Catholic, two
made A otudy or Catholic roolotanno to ?email.
UAfortunAtoly, T had to out ohort ti. tntorviow. Mr.
Loohnor promtoed to give me mom* moro timo noxt weak.. he is lotlying $4
tbo middle or tho wk for h YAOhti00 and aftAr A few weeks will take up
a job An liaohtneion intorpratint: tbo news for Am000letad Ptopp.
Ilegardlood of whothor or not one agrees with Mr. Loohne
idotto, / think we obonld Ory to got Nu muoh from him AA pomdtblo. Only *
man who had ?outwits' with Carman's ovor A 10114 period or tisne Mid who knows
Goormany tutithatoly would hp IA a potation to rind out Anything from the
gonorolm.
I fet it mIght bo ft good tdoa if poralmone high up would
got in touoh with Mr. Loohnor poroonally. Iam convinopd that he knows more
then be hao told mo in an 14.hour tntorviow. AO 116 id very much on the de..
fanuive oft aociouut or being known am pro-Odrmon. and is callod pro-Nali by
many poops. Ib might bp very pio*ood If he vet.. honorud in some way.
Ho told mo that hie mon. hob Loohnor. hao heel% brsoodp.
casLto to 01011044y for tni0 tor motiniy *oohs, Me said the (hormone op-
parontly did not hnow it who hie son. Ho use his motheros
P. ". I Pot OAMO rr0401 the ()Mitt* %luso whore I want through Mr.
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Lochner's papers to see what would be valuable material for ua.
found throe points of interest:
1) Mr. Lochner is Godfather to Prinz Leatis Fordinand's
child.
2) Mr. Lochner brought a lot of photegraphst
1 big album of pictures of the Kaiser's
funeral; many pictures of Prinz Louis Ferdinand,
his wife, his mister, his child.
3) Mrs. Leo/Inert* father is. ar-wws Reichsmilitaergeriohtsrat
Steinberger.
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Referring to the first interview, I Asked Mr. Loohner how he thought the
opposition in the aermen ermy would ever go to work. He map told that the
army hots to wit for k bie enough opposition in the olvillin population.
They mre afraid thmt small groups might get out or bend And stArt 0.0tiOna
on r. small morale. A oolonel told Mr. Loohner LW, he should iliOt 1004 0On-
rtdonoo in his frien4a in the Army it he reads some dAy thot the army
helped to pot down unrest or something like Lb. This mould only indioste
that somebody hAd sheeted prematurely. Mr. Loohner is very muoh afraid
or the Ostholios in this respeot. They mre very lampetient and have beoome
hold. Mr. Lochner milks told Witt offioera And regiments in the whole Norman
**row Are being sorutinised by tho opposition in the Army. They ate rinding
out on vilom to molt. Whole regiments ere elreedy identified in Wane on
their side.
Mr. Loohner ;win Wet a sure sign or "the rats leaving the ship" ill Dr. dohosoht.
He luta sent mord to PrInoe Louts Verilinond, that the PHA?. should remember
that aohmoht hes almAys been tor e tiermen monarohy.
Pr. Diokhnrr tried to use hia inrinonois with the NW* no thet Mr. Lochner
nhould not, be In or at ieest ahonid he Oven wpoolei trestment. Ur.
Loohner goys he thank* Oild that Dinkhorr slut. FM0000Orta? He would never
helm moosopted any thine dirrerent Cram the other sorrespondents. Diokhore
nont him worth' or friendship to Had Nauhelm. Mr. Loohner thinks thet Diokher
prohsbly omn be 'monied ageinst the Nazis.
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A Communicntions Branch of 04.3,S.
in herewith constiw.ed in thin Arnncy. This
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Ath communic"tionn by wirelosn, by telegraph
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BY SPECIAL MZOSENGER
I have before me your letter under date of
July 17, 1942, with which you forwarded a copy of u
communication directed to you on July 14, 1942, by Ur.
Alfred E. Lyon, 119 Vit:th Avenue, New York, New York.
I want, you to know that I sincerely appreciate
your uourLeay and intereat In making the Information con-
tained in your communication available to ma. Please be
advioed that I am taking the liberty of writing to Mr.
Lyon and that 1 have made arrangements for him to be
interviewed by an Arent of our New York Office for the
purpoae of eacuring any additional data In hia posaemaion
rewarding the euhlect matter of hie communication.
PIOAMO be aaourod of my dealre to cooderate
in all walorb ur inLdrddL.
hue!. wi.ahea and kind re_Jardb,
Sincerely,
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Dear Edgar:
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