HONORABLE CORNELIUS VAN H. ENGERT.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP09-02295R000100190006-0
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 1, 2013
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 29, 1945
• Content Type: MEMO

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29 March 1946.
BESICIVISMZED
1401 ? . TA. Col; John 41 McDonough . per CSN 43-4 ... .
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. On 2? /larch 1948, paid a viatt 50X1-HUM
to the Delhi office and sato ;bat it is his plan to "
leave Delhi for Kabul on 'Friday, 30 Sarah 1946. lir.
said that he had stopped by in order to learn 50X1-HUM?
whether there were any epeoltio requests for informa?
tion that he might receive from us and which he might'
begin working on on his arrival at Eabul.
\ .. I took. this excellent opportunity to go ,
'more fully into our proposed Kabul project and also
to dieC11013 in greater detail our interest in, and
our present knowledge of. Xabul and Afghanistan. I, 1
In discussing the Xa'bul pro eat I felt
that it was perfectly safe to permit__________to 50X1-H UM
read our memorandum to Colonel Bernoeecember
1944. in which this project is proposed. Re stated,
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42v6z)-- Si'-ovt in reading this memorandum, that he agrees with the
expressions contained therein as to the likelihood of
enemy activity in that area, both before the war and
at this time, but he repeated that he believes it ?.
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would be impossible and possibly prejudicial to the z.
other American interests should we attempt to initiate
this project;
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The six tasks contemplated for our under? ...
(- cover agent in Xathl, which are outlined in that
memorandum. namely, 1) Determine the identity of all
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/-- / Japanese at Kabul and those commuting to and from _,_
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there; 2) Learn what persons other than Japanese who
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are in touch with the Japanese Consultite-reitath
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13 Japanese residing in Kabul; 3) Check the movements 6
of those persons in and out of Xabul referred to in
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2) above; 4) Establish the means of communio'ation
,.., ,PV used by the Japanese; for inetanoe._ radio. courier ?--F-.-;
mail, etc.; 13) Learn the extent of the use-of.Xabul ?I
I/ as a disseminating station of information In the no--I- N ?...-
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!addle East and Far East; 6) Work with our military ba COPY-
4, c)
A _ attache and, obtain from him the information he alrei50X1-HUM-_,J:..
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that ineofap as NO. .t te ?once ed*
and WiU furnish ge hrough the naae5OXl-HUM
of all of the Japaneee connected with the
Kabul and also the names of all of the Germans connected-
with the Osman Legation, Which is still functioning
there. He said that these people do not travel from
Kabul.
we igh
tein No, 6 can moot easily be cove ed by
50X1-HUM
7446,0 ar ea Ito= 2* 50 4 and 5 re 0
believes it would be impossible for
send In there to aocomp1ish these teak'
rne
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one ,
He went on again to relate that be is verr
close to Colonel Lankeeter of the British Legation' -
says that Lankester has an excellent informant eyetem
Est up, thie ayatem Laving been established years ago
and prob*ly originelly brought into being in order
that the Britioh may be advised of tribal movement*
along the border.
to the Of
Of sources
would learn o
a great hazard
recruit nfornent a w
the British.
positive in his statements 50X1-HUM
did attempt the organization
in Afghanistan, the British
immediately, and it would be
would probably attempt to
e already In the employ of
ut'tng the
course of the conversation, 221450X1-HUM
said that been shown by Lankeeter ()opt,.
e *grams indicating that there le a Japanese ttl-
tell/ enact syatem working between Kabul and India.
He pointed this out in descritang his close relation-
ship with Lankester.
MC al e? said that Inger 1 Pend to.bie
knowledge, bas sold a considerable amount of cuipment
to the Afelanietan government and that they are with
10 of cost price of this equipmentoiclalming
that the oompany had failed to sand a Qualified repel,.
sentative into Kabul to properly ?t up the eqUipment,
much of which is still in its ?alma Thie would, of
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29 Mtroh 1945.
oeurses indicate that it would be R comparatively
simple matter tos if the proleot had been feasible,
oause -Lawson to enter into Afghanimtan.
went on to say that h. had.b05920-HUM
under the Impression that Afghanistan came within
the jurisdiction of our Cairo office. This impres.
sion was gained for the reason that two Ansi-loan
schoolteachers, ones hs50X1-HUM
been given some indoctrination in espionage at
Cairo, probOly ty our cffices before they went trite
afghanistan. He said that this irecctrination
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p'renty was iniufflcient as both three
are no longer in Afghanistan Ineldentallys ceme.10
him and explainea their position tolls* It Seeas that
they were unable to gather any really Important mili-
tary inform on and were capable only of obt!Aning
political anti economic, informrAlons which, wording
to rae more easily obtainable 11' his?50X1-HUM
which was at th,. zime being obtine by him and' roper-
ed to the State Department. Me considers that the
projeot in the use of these school teachers was an
absolute failure,
until about at aonths ago, One nenrierls
road engineer for Gemmel Uotors, ,ne In Kabul. and
had an exoellent opportunity to travel a greet deal.
FltInnery is now In Bombay. opportunity to
While Flannery had an excellent to otp.
serve, the ()hawses are that he would have proven to
be a poor observer. It may be well, horever, for
Robertson to interview Flannery.
As you recall, tarin; July of 194*, ladh-
ington requested that Te make an effort to obtain'
copies of the weekly summaries prepared by C.
Lankeeter. This matter was taken up with
Jenkin and his su57estion had been that re apply.
for this Information through our own militery.at.?
tachh, explaining that reports from Lankester would
be of little Interent tc us.
I discussed this eituation with 50X1-HUM
and he Feld thht he T-ould be inclined to agree rIth
the expression of Mr. *Tonkin. IS furnished 50X1-HUM
a copy of each of the reports prepared weekly by
Lankester. These reports are given to him for
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29 March 108
readinm anti return, Zn the prevration of the re-.
ports. Lankeeter makes neN effort to inelude in them
any material of a milit:ry int..111ipnce nature.
They ars almost tolelv concernei wttl movements and
aotivites of the various tribes) rith the movements
and activities of other foreign reoreeentatives in
Afghanistan. The reports ?,.re in the form of a *nevi
sheets or running merommenr.
will study these reports and 50X1-HUM
will prolv,bly tn a bitter position to evaluate
the informAtion *:kotreini Nosing along to
us those hit) thAt mug boo inadvertemtlyo inoluded
which will be of internit to us.
Aisne I rkia vary much impre=sed with Mt-
aurinz the orienra intniviev, at the Oettc5OX 1-HUM
of'tYil interview, I Ivid a muel -yeater appreciation
of hisi11ty. X bglieva th. t he 'All provide for
us all the coverao, we pcasibly .,:111 need in Afghan10..
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