NON-SOVIET NATIONALS IMPRISONED IN THE USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005400320001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 5, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 2, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSF (Komi ASSR)
SUBJECT Non-Soviet Nationals Imprisoned
in the USSR
PLACE ACQUIRED
This is UNEVALUATED
Information
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
2 December 1954
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT AM DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. In the course of 1948, two non-SoviA+.i.*ere delivered i_ntn fnrnPd 4abor camp
No. 1 at Tnt.a _ near. vnr.tr +., TTecn
both worked together
mine No. 2. They were:
as miners u.iaerground at coal
a. Miller Von S-dlitz. Th=^ individual claimed to be a United States
liai
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so
off1cer with the rank of lieutenant. Allegedly he had been
taken
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pr
soner in 1948 in East Germany and transported to Inta afte
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b
av
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een sentenced for espionage.
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They said that Von 5e J.
ydlitz was very well informed about places and
conditions in the United States.and that he might well be an American,
Von Seydlitz spoke very good German and excellent E he usually
conversed in English with the Estonians. Von Seydlitz
as follows: 29 years of age (as of June 1953); 170 cm. in height; black
hair; dark brown eyes; oval face; strong build.
b. Erich Plessen. This individual was allegedly a British deserter who
fled to East Germany ir, 1948, came into conflict with the Soviets there,
and was tried for espionage. He told the other inmates at Inta that
in 1936 he had won the them ionshi In boxing at the Olympic Games. He
spoke poor German. Plessen as follows: 36 or 37 years
of age (as of June 1953); 1 cm. in height; blond hair; light gray-
green eyes; vigorous, athletic build.
2. On 16 June 1953, Von Seydlitz and
Plessen were sti amp.
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