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1. Reference is made to Personality Report', subjectas above, dated 18 January 1957.

As a supplement to the information reported in referencedPersonality Report the following infOrmation is submitted concerning

"Theodor von AmautT l s relationships, activities and efforts since .August 1956 in assisting this Region in gaining counterintelligencecoverage of the Bulgarian Intelligence Service - MS. This informa-tion is, in substance, m . compoaite picture of the persons exploitedby von ALBERT, their activities, capabilities, mad potential valuein accomplishing the above mentioned coverage:

9- %!-:=0,1 •a. In August 1956, SUBJECT centactedlalitechko 'tzaikoff.eff6014Agir

adentis by profession, but employed at the time as a gardener in.,Vienna. Since than be bas given up his employment, but has remainedregistered with the Austrian Labor "Office in Vienna as being so em-ployed in order to circumvent any Aueries by the Austrian police con- .cerning hi -ivelibood. atzaikoff was formerly utilized

'by one Thelma ,..;:nno covered the BIS in Austria -fopthe GermanInte1ligen4 911-71Z6, Amt Blank (Office for Current Researeh - IFG -Amt fuer eigemwartsforschnog) prior to the Austrian PcacaOtTreaty.Mitzaikoff was contacted by SUBXECT'in Vienna, Austria, in an effort

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To date, Hitzaikoff i s recruitment efforts have resulted in the secur-ing of seven (7) potential sub-sources in various fields of employmentend areas of activity which will enable a more complete coverage of.B1S activities. Mitaaikoff speaks Bulgarian and broken German andmust be handled by a Bulgarian linguist for full exploitation end can-trol.

2 (.; ex) WAiitA b. "Ivanatacheff born 16 Pebruary 1922 in Sofia. Bulgaria,

siggle a member of the OrthodilLaathOlio church, is presently residingat/Bchellinaxasee 214. Viennarratacheff is registered in Austria as .a student and was ipsued Personal Ausweis (Personal Identity Document)26B/46- in Vienna on 3 August 1956. Mitzaikoff, who became acquaintedwith Zatscheff through the latters • empinYmeat as a radio repairman,approached him in, Ootober 1956 because of his apparent casual contactwith Various members of the Bulgarian Legation. Considering that theBulgarian Legation in Vienna is a center of BIS activities, within andoutside Audtria, the prime objective is to attempt to penetrate theBulgarian Legation itself: Becaust of the apparent loyalty of theindividuals employed in the Legation it appears highly imProbably that

, any of these persons couldle-recruited without a long drawd<out processof selecting the proper subject, and than attempting to defect himher in plate. Therefore, to avoid this time consuming project; Zatschef4a former student who had worked for the Soviets in Vienna as a driver .and who is a part-time radio repairman, became friendly with employeesof the Legation by doing radio repair work for nothiag or at a very low

/cost; he also invited a fevv; of the female legation eiployees for anPoccasibnal.revening's entertainment. This risulted in Zatscheff becoming! .welrknewn among Bulgarian circles in Vienna, especially those within

the legation. He was generally accepted in the legation circles as an •'individual empathetic to their cause. Proof of this acceptance is thathe has attanded, through formal invitation, several of the Legations of-fiojal functions and has been used as an "errand boy" by Legation offi-

i".qiale. Be is no longer qui4tioned when he enters the Legation buildingbut is allOwed to go directly to the office or section of the individUal

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Lam. Bulgaria. *here she is presentlyresiding, is self employed asSress maker and atvlint. In order to effect a more complete penetra-tion of theil"BIS,- it appears advisable to penetrate it within Bulgaria

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...itself by utilizing Sterringer who has various contacts with officialsand functionaries and their wives in Lom end Sofia through her occupa-tion as a dressmaker and stylist. Sterringer, who since' childhood hasbeen a personal friend of Mitzaikoff, succeeded in travelling to Viennato visit her father and mother-in-law. During this visit she contactedMitzalkoff, for purely personal reasons, on several occasions. DuringDecember 1956, Mitzaikoff debriefed her on personalities and installa-tions in and around Lom mad Sofia which could possibly be of intelli-gence interest. Eventually she was approached by Eitzaikoff in January1957 and consented to work for him. Sterringer has since departed forher home in-Ldm where she will intensify her social and business con-tacts with the previously reported individuals with the purpose ofplanting the idea that since her travel to Austria she is not completelysatisfied with her standard of living in Bulgaria, and would be willingto do other things fiesidea dressmaking to improve it: The ultimate aidis to make'bsrself available and desirable for recruitment, by the BISfor service, possibly in Austria or West Germany. SUBJECT informea thisorganization that Mitzaikoff received a letter from Sterringar on 30January 1957, posted in Lom, stating that she had arrived safely andthat everything was going according to plan. Anexact'clarificationfrom the letter cannot be determined. It does indicate hover, thatshe has begun her plan to intensify her business and social contact withthe few individn who. May lead her to eventual recruitment by the BIS.

/ aol 6d.-V t' as • employed by the Bulgarian

Danube Shipping Company in Masse, Bulgaria, is presently residing withhis family in Lom. In an effort to determine as much as passible con-!? cerning procedures and restrictions surrounding shipment and travel toand from ,Bulgaria an for the possibility of establishing a courier serv-ice for the future, Ataaanwas approached in September 1956 by Eitzaikoffto furnish detailed information concerning personnel end traffic of theabove mentioned shipping company. ''-'In December 1956, Atanas gave Mitzaikoffa list of ships and personnel, the political status as far as passible ofthe.personne4 operating between 116.880 and Vienna. The approach to Atanatwas made podsible because an previous trips to Vienna Atanas .would contact-

6 Mitzaikoff and give film information concerning the welfare Ofglitzaikoffs:,:-family who still reside in Ism. Mitzaikeff has known Atananas a persona/1-4

, friend for several years. Atanas expressed his willingness to accompli0anything within his power foelltzaikoff. Atanas would have defected longago to the West,but he has no means of taking his family with him. .

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'Merchant Marine in &Ilse, is assigned to the Directorate of Inland Water- '-gays in sofia.and Olds the rank of Cantain. Bacanse of former mutual .,.,friends and associates, Mitzaikoff was able, over a period of :a few years,to establieh'a friendly casual contact with Zozoff. Mitzaikoff believes

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0 •,, . thet.Zozoff is strongly anti -EOmmunist because of the -IMBUTIET-Of.his----- -cousin. in Bulgaria for activities against the State. - Zozoff does not

,tramei to Vienna frequently, but Mitzaikoff believes that he will beTilling and able t6 furnish' moredetail information on personalities''

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• f. tschoffa Bulgarian c tisen, Member of the Orthodox Catholic church, single,arrived in Vienna from Bulgaria on 17 orr 1943 and presently re-eades'at e tseaeff was a former cas-

6 )ual. source. of Mitzaikoff during the latter'd activities for Amt Blank.Because it is logical to assume that the BIB exploits the variousBulgarian import-export firms 'in Austria for their intelligence acti-vities, attempts were made to. establish aeub-source directly associ-ated with that field. Hince ' Guntscheff is actively associated withmaxim:a Bulgarian import-export firms in Vienna aeatransIaor/inter.::preter and advisor, he is in contact with various business men who , btravel between Vienna and Bulgaria mid other western countries. Be-cause of the nature. of Guntscheff's association, be frequently mustcontact the Ehilgatiap. Legation in Vienna on matters concerning the in-port . and export of various materials or goods. Through his latter con- ftact, be is a known and recognized figure,at the Legation. Therefore,in September 1956, Mitsaikoff approached Gimtscheff, who agreed to again

: engage in intelligence activities for Mitsaikoff to determine BIS.dir-a,f' ..: acted intelligence activities into Wiet Germany through business and,-trade,...., ' ,D=31- n1 lin1Silliti -

c,. g. 4.AeoreiVseff.floo. 28 Sectemberl8'9 in Oi±nly.. an Austr citize0,.80gle, has been residing iatilDr." Skalaeasse 7/3.

V emma ce 21 October 1956. Prior to that he resided at Stammers-orfer Hauptstrasse 14; Vienna. Because the majority of Bulgarimaci,"

technical trade and special skills excepted, rare either farmers orgardeners, the Bulgarian Gardeners' Association ii , Austria, which hasbranch' associations throughout Europe is believed to be one of the key

s targets of the BIB. From the racks of this association the BIB pow.. .,, .sibly obtains many Of their sources who are in a position to inform =', .-'=the BISeof'political **de and emigre-developments and movement's among 4, , 11

the Bulgarians in western countries. In October-1956, in an effort to"determine the extent o,BIS activities in other countries, especially , c .-r,West Germany, through this association, titzaikoff approached and:re-cruited Enoseff, who is a member'bf long standing in the-esdooiation.Encseff is an older man, who is a cripple as the result of a stroke, •many years ago; and who has , the friendship and sympathy of both Commu- A.nist mod non-Communist alike. He is considered harmless and has frliemad frequent social intercourse with both camps within the association

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who openly discuss their activities in his presence. Through Remseffan attempt will be made to determine thosp members of the associationwho have frequent contaot with the'Legation and those members who travelto West Germany under the guise of Bulgarian Gardeners , Association af-fairs : whose p- activities for the BIS.

. vnaaxonmacturr, corn 5 December 1921 in Low, Bulgaria, aBulgarian"batizen, a member of the Orthodox Catholic church, is regis-tered in Vienna as a student. On 18 July 1949, Nikoloff married SusanneKlintschoroff,born 8 February 1923 in Sofia, who is a doctor of medi-cine by profession but not permitted private practice in Austria. Theyreside at-Adalbert Stiftergasse 26/19, Vienna. It is believed that fromtime to time valuable information can also be obtained 4om the politi-cally non-active or from the non-communist Bulgarian elements in Vienna.In addition, Mikoloff, who is an electro-technician by profession, whonow operates a wholesale and retail vegetable business in Vienna, was .approached by Nitsalkoff ix:November 19,6, for the purpose of furnishinginformation Concerning individuals employed or actively associated with ; ,the Bulgarian Legation with whom he has frequent business contacts.Nikoloff can also check the friends and activities of Mitzaikoff's othersub-sources. Nikoloff has been a close personal friend of Mitzelkofffor many Years and it is believed that through the formers' extensivebusiness and social contacts that he could contribute greatly to the

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. 3. SpJEGT, who as net control leader of Nitzaikoff , s Bulgarian -''''''-''net, is thd only link between the net and the Region IV handling agent.

•.- His position as such affords advantages which will be lost if directg contact with Nitzaikoff would be maintained by the American handling

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a. The majority of thil aforementioned indivijuals for the cost:Part speak only very poor German and can write only iethe Bulgarian

• = language. This advantage is surmounted by SUBJECT's ability to read,• write and speak the .Bulgarian language fluently. SUBJECT's extensive

'background in economic and politioal affairs of the 'Balkan area also en-ables him to understand the mentality and personality' traits of the .,

'.-* Buloarian people which cannot'be accomplished by anyone not having oom7

t : siderable schooling in the history and background of Bulgaria. :.

b. Because, Nitzaikoff ., the key individual, is unable to travel n,. , outside of Austria, it would be necessarythat a handling agent make manytripe to Vienna for maintaininecontrol of the net. SUBJECT's iesidencein Austria, however, enables him to maintain constant contact withNitzaikoff aneAhe net. Frequaattravel .tO Austria to maintain proper

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‘; ir ducontact with the net by an American handling agent would make it ex-tremely difficult to operate discreetly over an extended period of time.On the other hand, SUBJECT is officially registered and documented bythe Austrian Internal Ministry as a press correspondent and has pressrelations with several newspapers and universities in Austria and WestGermany which allows him frequent and unquestioned travel within oroutside of Austria.

c. By having SUBJECT as the soli contact with the net, thepersonnel of the net do not realize that they are working for anAmerican intelligence agency; therefore, this would avoid any poesibi-lity of embarrassment to this organization in Austria in the avant ofany unforeseen adverse action on the part of any member of the net,with the exception of SUBJECT himself.

d. Because of SUBJECT's knowledge of languages, he is ableto translate all information obtained from the personaerployed in thenet into the German language which mikes it readily usable for process-ing and reporting.

A. ]cat of continuing the operation is, for the present, approxi-matel- followz:

a. SUBJAMT as net control leader would receive a maximummont'Lly payment of ANS 4,000 (al/proximately $155) with an additionalmont • ly ex7 iyariture of .NS 2,000 (approximately $7740) for travel andlc: f; c,:ponses. In the event that SUBJECT mould only be associated

....Ile Bulgarian net and not with any other nationality, his paymentwill Le correspondingly decreased.

b. Mitzaikoff would kb -active a monthly_pkyment of ANS 1,500(alii.roximately $57) with an additional monthly expenditure of approxi-mately ANS 750 (approximately $29) for travel expense and for entertainmenz of Bulgarians of interest in Vienna.

c. Steringer would receive aMonthly payment of ANS 1,200(approximately $45). However, this payment would be directly dependentupon the .degree of success of her efforts against the BIS in Bulgaria.

d. Zatscheff would receive a monthly payment of ANS 1,000(approximately $P).

• e. Encsaff'and Ountscheff mould receive a monthly payment ofANS 600 (approximately $23) each.

f. Nikoloff would receive a monthly payment of ANS 300 (ap-proximately $12).

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g. Atanas and Zozoff would not receive any monthly paymentbut would be considered rather on the basis of each individual contaot.These contacts however would absorb the greater portion of Mitzaikoffisentertainment expe_ditures because he must pay for their meals and otherexpenses during their association.

5. In accordance with the requirements and scope of OperationalMemorandum 6/56, the above Bulgarian intelligence net was attemptedin an effort to penetrate and neutralize the intelligence operations ofthe BIS in Germany and Austria. Because of the geographical locationof Bulgaria in relation to Germany, it is believed that a relay pointor secondary base of operations must be established by the BIS in orderto assure a smoother, more dependable and more easily controlled meansof operationi and communioation in their efforts against West Germanyand USAREUR. The logical center for their activities would be a neutralcountry which offers relatively easy =taut with controlling elementsin Bulgaria and still provide somewhat Of a free hand as far as clandes-tine intelligence activities are concerned. In agreement with this,it appears that Vienna, Austria, is not only the clearing house forBulgarian but for all Salim intelligence activities launched againstUSAREUR and West European countries. Because of the difficulty of de-tecting and neutralizing every individual effort of the BIS againstWeet Germany and USAREUR, it is believed that if an effective penetra-tion is established at the base of operations or a relay point inch asVienna, it would then be possible to tap many of the arteries which feedtheir intelligence efforts to western nations, particularly Test Germany,by the efforts of one or a few isdivicluals. It is further believed thatan effective counter intelligence net operating in Vienna, Anstriw,,will.-afford the best method and possibility of accomplishing this objective.

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contributect_ta-by Theodore von AT,Trerar and '-amoitin. TcAlcOS

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