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• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005339286
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: June 23, 2015
• Document Release Date: February 12, 2009
• Case Number: F-2007-01734
• Publication Date: February 3, 1954

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PERMISSION. TO. INCLUDE Its
R.ERTINENT INFCRNATION GRANTED BYt
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2.. In the course of the interview, Subject stated that he we.z former SS
noncommissioned officer and that he had just returned from Damascus where
he had served for approximately one year as a first Lieutenant in the Syrian
military intelligence service along with Walter RAF, former SS Colonel,
who served in Danascus :L
111U' did not renew their contracts with the Syrian government because- the
Syrian governmental and military services were'saturated.with Communist,
3. RP_UFF'departed from Beirut on 20 September and arrived in Italy
approximately. a week later where he rer.s.inec.
6, Li F, as advisor for the S; iar Intelligence Service, 1_i.e 1 se 'cc
unable to accomplish': mu',ch in the -vary of irprozerer_t of t.!-=.t :cr?,rice. !L-.
vas lhsmrered in :his work principally by inefficiency and lack of vision
on the pert. of responsible Syrian officers. Coo +eration and .eccr,'_rrtic:
between the Syrian Army and the Syrian police force on intelligence matters
was completely lackin ; in fact the. two' services were ' bitte F rivals _n' t::~s
fl-~ 1d: .
P.,, Subject stated that in a recent letter received from RAUFF in Italy, the'
latter- declared his intention of emigrating to South America with his family
in the event'that it. was'not.'nossible for him to work for the Americans.
(His.family is with him. in Italy at present). Subject, however,'advanced.
the. opinion that RJJF would return to the middle East, probably' Egypt,
regardless of whether the Americans employ him or not, as he has . good. contacts
with the "resident" of the Arab Teague as well as with the Egyptian Ring.
9. Subject was?extremely desiivus of obtaining employment with the American
intelligence service for himself. and BLUFF, and stated that they could operate
most effectively in Cairo, Egypt. as.RAUFFspeaks 'Arabic in addition to several
European languages while Subject himself sneaks most of the Slavic languages.'- '
THIS IS ALL THE IfNFoi?ATI0N PERTINENT.
TO THE SUBJECT IN T:' S DOCUMENT,
FORM No. 3,; ' EXEMPTIONS Section 3(lo)
DEC 1992. `'
NAZI WAR CRIME DI
SCLOSURE ACT (2)(R) Methods/Sources
(2)(G) Foreign Relations Q.
(35)
Declassified and Approved for Release
by the Central Intelligence AQe.ncy
Date: aa-ra /~