CAPTURE OF ADOLF EICHMANN

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00869874
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: October 23, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2023
• Case Number: F-2020-00953
• Publication Date: May 27, 1960

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1. There are 'rumors that 7.-,ICINAN11 was kidnapped from
Argentina or Frazil. The suestion is made tnat he was in Kuwait,
was discovered, and fled to South America. The papers have -
.noted that a special El Al plane carrying the Israeli Governmaat
delegation to Argentina's 150th anniversary celebration departed
on 18 May. The Post, 24 May 60, reported that the plane returned
early on 22 may -from Euenos Aires. It had made a brief stop at
Recifa airport in Brazil where it "was held up three hours by
the airport manager there who, for reasons that are unclear,
tried to prevent the plane from taking 'off." There s therefore
considerable speculation that PaCHMANN may have been on that Plane.
� 2. ,The most interesting article in the FJCHMANN case
appeared in the front rage of L'INFORMATION of 25 May 1960, under
headlines stretching across five of the paper's eight columns.
It reads as follows:
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Ciii! DU "CHIN Er;TH" RTN7�:LE:
NOUS AVONS SUIVI LS TRACr,S d'IUCHMANN DURANT
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Aucuile recompense d'argent na ete payee
7.1chrann n'est jamais venu en Israel
La Hagana n'avait pas arrete 77,ichmann
Tel Aviv, (SI) � "Nous avons ete sur�les traces d'rgehmann
avant mime .que les differents bruits.sur sa pretendue presence
au Yoweit aient ete repandus", a revele hier le chef des services
de securite au cours d'une rencontre avec un groupe de redacteurs
en chef.
Ii akjoute que 1' operation de capture du criminel a etc .
exclUsivement men&,, par lesjnembres des services de securite
(Chine ,Beth) et qiPaucune recompense pecuniaire n'avait eti
accordee, et ne le serait a l'avnir, pour le capture du criminel
nazi. "Ceux qui ont pris part a cette operation copsiderent
comte un honneur la mission dont.ils ont ete charges", a declare
le chef du "Chine Beth". Ii a ajoute qu'aucume some dlargent
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n'avait eta payee pour acheter qui lue ce soit en vue de mener .
A bien la capture d'Eichmann.
Au sujet des legendes sur le prete9du sejour du crj,minel
en :Palestine, le Chef des services de securite a d-eclare
qu'ichmann nretait jamais venu dans le pays. "11 connart
effectivement quelques mots d'hbreu, mats ses cormaissanees
thins ce domaines sont des plus.minimes", a-t-il precise.
Ii a egalement dementi,les rumeurs affirmant qu'un certain
Juif-de Pologne aurait coopere avec. le "Chine Beth" pour la
capture du driminel nazi.
Finalement, il a .ealement dementi uric autre rumeur
affirmant qu'Eichmann aurait ete arr-6te par la Hagana en
1945, et qu'il aurait reussi s'enfuir.
3. A sampling of the Hebrew press, as presented in the
Press Digest, Mey 1960, indicates what this case has done
for the standire,, of the security service, some abstracts follow:
(a) ".:Achmanh's apprehension is the victory of
Israeli security services, these services which are
not exactly pampered by the public here, and is the
fruit of much patience, devotion and wisdom." (Davar)
(b) -Lamerhav expresses its thanks to the Israeli
Security Services for this wonderful feat.,."
(c) "Haboker refers to the sensational apprehension
of the most wanted.criminal in the world and praises the
the security services for their tremendous success." -
(d) "Hazofe too praises the Security Services for
their vigilence and successful action."
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