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BRITISH UYA
R
rpt July S, 1943
CJ-RA
BASE, SUW U
On July 8 the Tokyo radio announced the creation of the Indian
National Army in Singapore / Tokyo papa=s have stressed the
fact that Bose and the fighters for Free India are now ready
ftr the torch on to Delhi' ; these papers have showed this army
s, machine guns, and tanks.
in =mart uniforms with bayonets, rifle i
FCC, Daily Report, Jr) y 9, 1943
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BRITISR ~
CW .DU ian of the Inds~-
OSL, ~'S cad the crest stressed the
o radio mason pers haa naW r~pB.gY
July 8 the TokSia sere / Tokyo for Vree India ~'e thins srY
II ions, AM in t e fighters f ers We . Sh s D 910d tom
Rat that Bose e~ag. ~lhi ~ 3 the se P f e $ ,, ~chna b'wn
fuct
the march on to ' th bayonets' ri
for or forms ~
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in
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c Daily Reps
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BRITISH RYA rpt July 8, 1943
BOSS, SUBHAS CH&NDRA.
On July 8 the Tokyo radio announced the creation of the Indian
National Army in Singapore / Tokyo papers have stressed the
fact that Bose and the fighters for Free India are now ready
for the march on to Delhi' ; these papers have showed this army
in smart uniforms. with bayonets.-rifles, machine guns, and tanks.
FCC, Daily Report, July 9, 1943
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BRITISH MU-YA
BOSE, Sb'BHS CHANDRA
rpt July 9, 1943
In the future will be called 'Nlathaji' which means leader.
Tokyo raid io, July 9, 1943
FCC, Daily Report, Ju'y 10, 1943
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BRITISH WJAYA
also JAPAN
July 10, 1943
BOSS, SUBHAS CHANDRA
Was in Singapore July 10 / at this time reiterated that the
Provisional Government of Fr69 India has been established in
order to bring about the total mobilization of all the resources
of Indians. res.: ding i-~ Asia by thorough organization / is
President of the Indian Independence League of East Asial
Tokyo radio, July 10,1943
FCC, Daily Report, July 12, 1943
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LEI TI ST PLAYA
BOSS, CRA
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rpt July 20, 1943
According to a Japanese broadcast on June 20, 1943, Chandra Bose
reached sokio In a sulmarlne on June 14, co Ing from Germs;
he conferred with TOJO and other high authorities; on June 16
he spoke before. an emergency Meeting oft. the ' Diet and asserted
that Japan w Indda's beat friend and was figb ing to suppo
her independence / an July 3 Tojo took a PLee to Bangkok and
he published a Joint statement with the Premier of Thailand in
which. it was announced that Iahegpen. art' Chiang, Provinces of
Burma, and Your chow of Jialaya had been ceded to Thailand (which
awned these or y); on July 5 To Jo was in Sinngapore; on
Jatr 8 the League formed an Indian Nitional
Bose in c ? Bose then announced Free Pr+nvisional Goverment
OSS #20087, Chmngl g, Jn'y 20, 1943
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3OS CI DRA
rp 4 Jul; 2", 10-43;
Had, conversations .-ith Hit'er, von (GEP"I_!'Y) and
Mussolini before he set out for AS-1t; it t >rs made clear that
he was to be their representative in the Free India movement;
Berl -In rumors claim that a definite agreeient has been reached
a%. onn Gernany, Italy, and Japan to the effect that Jan am has
been granted a 1ending role in '1,?a; the 11 az-? s are we" l aware
that the Indian people have no "national patriotism, but they
hope, just the same, that Chandra Bose will be able to embarrass
the British.
deport by the Hungarians, from Berlin
CSS #20385, Stockholm, July 28, 1943
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BOSSA D. H"S
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rat Est 30, 1943
German citizen through whom a villa an Lake Lucerne, Switzer.
land, was sold to Joachim von RIBBF2iT1ROP recently.
3. 8uredieh Comunist newspaper
N
ew York Tines, A ;ust 30, 1943, p? 2
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GE.~-. A y
rpt `arch (?) 1943
3osY,. RAGL
~~t~. niaan E'inister to Germany since -March 19, 1541 and to Den.
mars since October 28, 1941.
Almnach de Gotha, X43
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-YE~'Y
,-YE-31-10Y
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Ca 3Y
rpt April i5,, 1943
~'uiu~anian envcy to Berlin ~ :roulu prefer t
lin and requests that a successor be $`'no "Co return toer-
all "?~'sons consulted eo far by there; hoMevpr
g OTCLPE ~. , ' ar by the Goverment ncludin; General
.1:r (RU'uL~_:i_k), have refused this e~!Rmoi t~
n~ent.
Reliability un own
B, Istanbul, April 15, . 19'*.3
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REFERENCE CARD
7-16
1942
BOTSCH, ' .
General Manager of Schenxers, Berlin was in Ism nbui from
Oct. 20 to 24, 19L2, especially to obtain the order for the
transport of Turkish chrome ore to Germany and the coinpensa-
tory war materials from Krupp, Essen,,,. to Turkey; j he obtained
the orders but no details have yet then settled except that
~
45,000 tons of. chrome ore are to be delivered ii Jan. ''ary or
February 1943.
.. November , 1942
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August 2C, 1943
One of many high officers who have recently been executed J//
for others see von ANIM.
OSS f 2157`G Bern, August 26, 1943
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BBTT , PAUL (9)
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October 30, 1942.
BCT ;=, Lr. von
REFERENCE CARD
7-16
On Goebbels' suggestion, Eltie,Yr ham prcioted subject
frtri Oberregierungsrate to M5 ni.sterialrate in the
: Leh ini.stry of Propaganda.
'Dress Survey
Ge1nany, October 30, 1942
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G iANY
REFERENCE CAUIJ
I30UHLE1j, PHILIPP
In touch with op.,.-osition group com osed of those former entbu-
sia sts who have lost fait:. in hitter, but unaware of the antis
Nazi activities of this group.
Sigrid Schultz - Oct. 13, 1942- - u.18
Dulles - Bowden, OSS, New York
(Source left Germany in Feb. 194 1)
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BOLH~HLIER, FhILIP?
rpt day 21? 1943
Head of theFIhrer's Civil Cabinet his pest e is increas-
ing; in a biography N of ~~
apoleon which 'ias just been w ri tten,
he had the help., 0f ITTL'~~ I
- of -.; is the b t to re st enemy of CP UM
Reliable source
,/3115
OSS (S#ate Department Bern, May 21, 1; 43
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7-16
REFERENCE CARD) L
One of hall a GO;eL rarki.l~; 1G.cd_es coi eting for Hitler i s
favor; or Gt e s, Lee It-obert Ley.
igrio Schultz - (c t .
Dulles - Borden, beis York, OSS
(Source left Germ ay in Feb. 1 14i'
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BOULrR , F AU PHILIP P ,
Schultz - October 2, 1942
OSS, New York
(Source left verb in Feb. yam)
Ambitious for hti,sband (q.v.)
; triea to
pe s sue 'itler, in
i94bj to bake hiii oov,.rnor of Africa and personally chose
-enya as - its capital; boasted of heipin-r h j iei a lis Mans.
7-16
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BOL j-R = T. G RAL
REFERENCE CARD
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One of the _'iv+e-star generals (Fr nc%.~ imprisoned in
Konigstein Wortress in Saxon ; for temple to list see
document 3-550.
Interview rit : :Mich-ae-l Bernin
March 1942
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Gam'
BRLBA D , Lt. General
Hir..promotion from Major General
tc: Lt. General effective January
1, 1943.
Mate Department Plain Cable #841, Reim, February 5, 1943
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]November 1, 1)42
BRACRER, Colonel Dr.
His pranotion to Colonel effective
Hovaber 1, 1942.
Deutsche lleneine Zeivtl 10
, Hecn, Dscear 8t 1942
Depsrtent t .n Cable
(11 ,193)
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GERMANY
8RACTT, Gauleiter
December 4, 1942
Denounced. rumors before the,Beuthen
NSDAP.
Oberschlesiene Zeiung, December 4 1942
opeen Press In 1f Bence, Propaganda Analysis Section,
December 25, 1942
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:.iv.3~er of SS; friend of BJiFH _ " , and picked by him along
ZUF. LINL.E to direct the actual work of eiii inatina aged
;Tad infirA1 -. ? P
fro x German ..osy t ;~-.
Slgr~u , October g~2, 194;-
Sch~$.z
GS`:, hew YorK
(Source left Ger r4y in Feb. 1941
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B FU-109
GTE'RR - FY
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0-237?
G~1]t August 12, 1942
' BRAD? E'
Greek agent working for the Preset Bureau of the German Ministry
of Foreign Affairs; writer of a report dated August 12, 1942
which is translated in full in document; the report says:
Berlin correspondent of the Athens newspaper Bradyne; has
continued to hold this post since a time previous to the
interruption of tele raphie comamications between Berlin
and Greece [i.e., knee March 1941] / i he sole Greek nears-
paper correspondent in Berlin;; rakes up extracts of European
sews in Greek, by order of the Prees 'Bureau of the Ministry
for Foreign Affairs (European :Reports Section), which are
sent to all 'the Greek press and published under his nme /
in accordance with instructions received, submits present
report# es an account of the impressions gathered during
his last official tour: of (=revce; refers to remarks made
c1? 0981
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rpt December 23, 1911
BRAGABD,
ber 23, 191.1, wrote an art,
information's ic~e on the Coordinator of
in orcmaantions 's office and Cola Donovan which appeared in the
chner'eueste NachrichteS,' it described the COI as being
the greatest espionage and sabotage organizatt.cn bureau in the
worlde
press Survey Files, Special Articles Folder.
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GERMO April 1, 1943
BRLHERS, Vajo General f
His promotion frc colonel was effiictive April 1, 1943.
State Department pla: n cabieg Herne April 30, 1943,
4,1098)
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GEPJWIY
Irpt April 24., 1943
B 9 D re FRITZ
Of the Franca-German Committee or,{ War t risoners.
Nouveaux TeSli), April 24, 1943
MIS, Washington, May 17, 1943
i 981,
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agentrldag for
of Foreign affairs; the Press Bure"" Of the
which i s writer of a re Gs"1ani st
port ,date repo 12, Z y
translated in full
Berl" Correspondent oft docuM&I;; the report caatinued to hold this Athens rr Brads
yn~s;
interruption of post since a time
i "e le agbic c Previous to the .s., oII? bet~n B?r
and '0009
P'Lpor correspon&nt march 1U
in 141- /
news In r Berlin; sake i 6010 Greek ]MON..
reek, by order of the jp , up estraots of
for Foreign Affairs 'eaa Bursa of B lropoaa
seat to all the tEuropean Reportts Se
in accordance with instructi ace o are
shed wader pia
reportt, as an ac ons rce11red, omits e
his last 'dot of the
official tour or Gree ]Prassl ans at Preseat
ed dut
ce; rd~'~-ra to r r
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BRAIDYIE'
to him by Dr. SOT POUT(DS mad hr. SII`13 B!L (GRE C$); closes
with the plea that his atteapt has been to describe the true
situation in Greece, in order to 'serve both aj country, slhich
today Is suffering and is so uneasy about- the f utture, and
Germs, the country which in the course of the lest thirty years
has become very dear to no" o
B, January 3, 1943
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rpt : u6-ust
1;x 2
For r Ch.ir n o tiie Ger tan et :1 1v
first ve~:rs of and s ~E- s vrioxl 1' a1~?it.~
la.zi x-e i me, he arcs c-t er metaber f Union
W: re arrested Several times.
gen, august 27, 9i , p.11
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GERMANY
BRANDIES, A WA
rpt December 24, 1942
Address: Argentinische Alle 99, Berlin-'.;Zehlendorf / writes
to Jack VESS (UNITED STATES) using E`1 se (CHILE) as
intermediary.
TRI 21162/42, December 18 t% 24, 1942
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12u98 REFERENCE CARD 7-16
GEF.:,iAtiY
BUMIR, Irk.
His appointment as health d ctator is one of the few appoint
meats of S5 been to high po;itims which has aF-Ttrac,,eat any
att3n ticn abroaa.
"Hitler's Generals" by Dr. hi oiph Utz
OSS, New York, Osborne - Hoover, Oct. 29, 1.942
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i r.:iilsNY
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(Zi1so ,L'.1J LT)
Cs )
Elite Guar -SeaQer / recer;ti- appoi tec. ire&.-Ltr_ cictator ana
final authority on ~:: health r -ttera of e of i ny recent
a j -o ntments of SS met to hi& po>iticz s.
Associated Press fron Lor_don, Dec, 1942
New York ti aes, Lec. 1 , 1942
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.,~::?:1G.n ospits;L;;, j ' r : }Jq
tu BO;:~ ,=n :ere al o
r %,r-~:.tea with task.
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C S, X'17 , New Y-crr:
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G "Y
BL MT, DID.
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' iitier' s personal doctor, on GHQ Staff; sere More.
ersorndities ir. hitl -ar' s G 4
CIE Welt ?ocLe, Berne, ; 42
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GERMM - rpt October 24, 1942
BRANDT, Dr.
Hitler's regular doctor; lives in an apartment house in Chan-
?'ellory garden which.Hitler had. built for him -and for his body=
guard; this block of flats-has a social life all its own; led
by subject who is the'only tenant with University educatign
his wife lords it over the other women and friction is.. terrific;
ma'fW people try to bribe their way into Chancelllory favor via
these peoale; they are all well paid, live above their means,
and indulge .in orgies and intrigue in imitation of the higherup
Nazi officials.
CSS, New York, Sigrid Schultz, October 24, 1942
(Sourc6 left Germany, in February 1941)
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BRA;UCHITSCH, Sots of Field Marshal WALTHER w;,n
rpt Ju] 4, 1.943
Has been arrest .d with several arjWr officers for, the contents of a .letter in which Field Marshal
CHITSGH bitterly criticized the Germm steal vo~a BH~~
Planning and conduct of miiitary gib Command for its
QperatiLms.
Goteborg Handelsr" Tianinlz, Jul, 4, 1943
Now Zork Times. Ju] 5, 1943, p. 16
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REFERENCE CARD
B ogra;hical sketch.
Current Biography, 1940
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p~ 1 TTY, ~ ,-i,
eceer ~, 1441
resi Tred ' cvrin~- lc a serious heart i lgyn.- s s / on December 21,
, in :pis farewell order to his troops he close
d not 17i of icial azi phrase Lei 1 it ' with '
per. but R ~V=ry} r= . or
.y
Jelenkc., ;lair 22, 1943
IIS,31, A"
a'r " l94v
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GSA! rpt October 4, 1941
BHAuCHITSCH
In 1937 became C-in-C of Army Group Ca mando 4 (Schtel len
fruppen) in Leipzig where he had the special tat% of preparing
motor and Panzer-divisions for the eventuality of war / wift
phasized necessjty of maneuvers and in September 1936 held
3-day maneuvers in Sost Prussia for all motr rized units of
Ar, y; also worked for coordination of armor and air force ;
ccines old military traditions with net' dynamic force of
Nazism.
? Deutsche, Allgemo?ne Zeitwi , Berlin, October 4, 1941
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BRAUCHITSCH, HEINRICH ALFRED HERMAN WALTHER von
Commander in chief, erman Army / born Berlin, October 4, i861;
son of Bernhard (cavalry general) and Charlotte (von Gjjrdan)
von B.; prep. education Gymnasium at Berlin; married E1izegbeth
von Karstedt (divorced); h~Ls one daughter and 2 sons-/ joined.
German Army as lieutenant,, 3d Queen Elizabeth Grenadier Regiment,
1900; transferred later to artillery; became member General Staff
1912; served as captain during World War I; became major afte r
the war; became co.nmander artillery branch, Defense Ministry,
1922; colonel in charge military training in 1930; major general
in command artillery, 1932; given East Prussian' command., 1933;
command Leipsig Area, 1937; commander in chief German AL.rmy-
since 1938; early saw in Hitler and pazi movement *ay to restere
Germany to power; became ardent follower of Hitler; is credited
with development of German mechanized and armored division s
member Hitlert s Suvreme Council_ for National Defense.
h',s, llho Monthly; Supplement, January 1942
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BRAHCHITSCH
Artillery Inspector in 1931 / succeeded DWOM ma a under
of Sant Prussian Military Di str; ct in H ingsberg, in 1933; while
there,.becalm interested in politics and in 1933.54 became
involved,siSo anti-Hitler groups, tried to interf'it c tholics,
Conservatives' and Social Democrats In an anti-Fsat'L putsch, but
this to nothing / had frequent clashes with tie over
lOCH; in 1935 a crisis developed botwweiat t be HS and
Brauchitsch and it looked for a few days as though N- would
openly rebel, but Hitler's persona .1 appearance in Io1 gsberg
quieted things down / succeeded vet FRITSCH as C ,1Ln C of
Army in February 1938 during the 'bloodless purge" ; torom then
on was responsible for conduct of war, for p pgrorss, Gestapo
terror, the shooting . of hostages etc. ; even if he dii$th ~ not directly order these measures himself he coops
as
re ism that sponsored them / would not six in pol ;Lti -~~, sthe
Elio") hover)
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B UMITSCS
rpt January 3, '! 1942
Yong as r egina ga?e the army unlimited pars / with J!.6 he r 1e va1
or Brauchitsch and the asst*ption of supreme cosund of the
army by Hitler, the Guard seems to be dying out, ..;pt it
will not surrender now any n ore than it did in 1918, ind doubt-
less Brauchiter s already preparing for the next d no iopnents,
Die Zeitvng, London, January 3, 1942
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