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13-00000SECRETPAGE: 2MHFNO: 96-5328306 SENSIND: EO RYBATREMEMBER IT), IT WAS DECIDED THAT C/O SHOULD VISIT WHITTEN AT HISHOME, HEAR HIM OUT AND THEN INFORM HIM THAT CONTACT SHOULD BEDROPPED FOR BOTH HIS AND C/O'S SECURITY UNLESS AN EMERGENCY AROSE.FURTHER, C/O WAS TO TRY AND PUT WHITTEN IN CONTACT WITH THE EMBASSYCONSULAR SECTION. AFTER MAKING ARRANGEMENTS, C/O VISITED WHITTEN'SHOME ON THE MORNING OF 28 AUGUST. DURING A HIGHLY EMOTIONALTWO-HOUR AND FORTY-FIVE MINUTE DISCUSSION, WHITTEN RECOUNTED ALL OFTHE DETAILS OF HIS DOMESTIC PROBLEMS, MANY OF THEM QUITE PERSONALAND INCLUDING ACCUSATIONS AND COUNTER-ACCUSATIONS INVOLVING HIS WIFE AND HIS CHILDREN, REMINISCED ON HISPAST WORK EXPERIENCES, AND SPOKE OF HIS RESOLVE TO COMMIT SUICIDE.AS IT TURNS OUT, HE DROVE HIMSELF WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY TO THENETHERLANDS IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR WITH THE INTENT OF HAVINGHIMSELF EUTHANATISED. HE CHANGED HIS MIND, HOWEVER, AFTER HAVINGREALIZED THAT HE HAD, IN FACT, MADE THE TRIP BY HIMSELF; WHEN HERETURNED HOME, HOWEVER, THE PROBLEMS BETWEEN HE AND HIS SPOUSE BEGANIN EARNEST (SHE, APPARENTLY, DID NOT APPROVE OF THE EUTHANASIA PLAN)4. DURING THE DISCUSSION, IN WHICH WHITTEN BROKE DOWN IN TEARS   SEVERAL TIMES, HE ALSO EXPRESSED HIS DETERMINATION NOT TO MOVE BACK   TO THE U.S. ACCORDING TO HIM, SHOULD HE DO SO HIS FAMILY WOULD HAVE   HIM PLACED IN A NURSING HOME - A FATE WHICH HE IS ABSOLUTELY NOT   WILLING TO ACCEPT; AS AN ALTERNATIVE, HIS WIFE HAS INDICATED TO HIM   THAT HIS FAMILY MAY INSTEAD BE ABLE TO ARRANGE FOR A SMALL APARTMENT   FOR HIM IN WHICH TO LIVE, BUT THAT SHE WOULD PAY ONLY OCCASIONAL   VISITS AND WOULD NOT LIVE WITH HIM. (THE LATTER REMARKS WERE MADE   BY HIS WIFE DURING AN UNANNOUNCED TRIP BACK TO AUSTRIA IN CA. JUNE96. AT THAT TIME, THE WIFE DID NOT INFORM WHITTEN OF HER PRESENCE    IN THE COUNTRY, BUT WHITTEN LEARNED OF IT THROUGH A FAMILY FRIEND.    AFTER A CONFRONTATION IN WHICH WHITTEN BEGGED HER TO STAY, HIS WIFE    BROKE DOWN, TOOK SOME MOMENTOS FROM THE APARTMENT AND LEFT.) THIS    SECOND ARRANGEMENT WAS ALSO NOT SUITABLE TO WHITTEN.5. AFTER COLLECTING THE INFORMATION THAT WHITTEN HAD (WHICH   STATION BELIEVES WILL BE OF LITTLE OR NO USEFUL VALUE), C/O   EXPLAINED TO WHITTEN THAT FOR SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS, IT WOULD BE   BEST IF HE NO LONGER CONTACTED C/O EXCEPT IN THE EVENT OF AN EM   ERGENCY, BUT INSTEAD DEALT WITH EMBASSY CONSULAR SECTION. C/O SAID   THAT HE WAS SORRY HE HAD TO DO THIS AS HE HAD ENJOYED GETTING TO   KNOW WHITTEN, BUT THAT THE CONSULAR SECTION WAS BETTER EQUIPPED TO   DEAL WITH THESE KINDS OF PROBLEMS.. WHITTEN RESPONDED BY SAYING THAT   C/O NEED GO NO FURTHER IN TALKING ABOUT SECURITY AS HE HIMSELF WAS A   "STICKLER" ON THE SUBJECT DURING HIS CAREER AND COMPLETELY   UNDERSTOOD THE NATURE OF C/O'S REMARKS. THAT HAVING BEEN SAID, HE   INDICATED THAT THE CONSULAR SECTION HAD ALREADY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH   HIM REGARDING THE JEWELRY THEFT AT THE REQUEST OF WHITTEN'S   DAUGHTER. ALTHOUGH THE DEPUTY THERE HAD INFURIATED WHITTEN BY   MAKING CERTAIN REMARKS TO HIS DAUGHTER, WHITTEN HAS APPARENTLY   ALREADY ESTABLISHED SOME RAPPORT WITH THE CONGEN AND HAD AN   ΑΡΡΟΙΝΤMENT TO SEE HIM IN THE NEAR FUTURE.6. WHITTEN WAS CONCERNED, HOWEVER, THAT HE MAY HAVE MORE   "CONFIDENTIAL" INFORMATION TO PASS ALONG, AND ASKED WHAT ACTIONS HE   SHOULD TAKE IN THE EVENT HE HAS SOMETHING OF VALUE FOR STATION. AT   HIS OWN SUGGESTION, HE SAID THAT HE WOULD CONTACT LOCAL RSO AS WAS   SECRET