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Fete eects 2 tenes beetle en enter ce een cohen Filled In). INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM FROM: TO: Chief, Contact Division, 16:0) Chief, Personnel Security Division, “OS SUBJECT: de } (PENSCHILUL, George | ohn Lg _ AKA: - von HCHRENSCHILUE , George Sergi m von MOHRENSCHELDE Jer Aaa 1. Reference is made to your request for a security el earance on. the subject person as a potential source of intelligence information. The necessary checks have - been completed with the: following results: Mo ‘aaditional inf ormation has “been: obtained, “except for such | ae . fi. biographic information as ‘indicated below or in: the attachment. 23 an be rm Information has been received that. subject was | ; investigates with. yo Favorable, results in . wot ee Wd cl : Certain ‘information has been received ana appears: in the attachment | | which your - Division will wish to consider - in. determining the e tent - and jevel | of your use of Subject. he checks vere made on the basis of ‘the identifying : ; information you furnished or in an attachment to this memorandum. Should it be dis 2. fos iclased that this information. is erroneous or that Subject is known, LY, a different. t name, ) this Division | should | ‘be nobit: ied, Aumediately. | ne iy ly hae “2. Tt is to be. “noted that our of ie YW, Me Kndt Chief, ? Personnel. Security By a7 > SAP! ¢ "i VED-L HIS CATEGORY 1S ASSIGNED BY INDEX FOR HEADCQUARTESS USE ONLY THe - FELD CHIEF DETERMINES Levee c _ CLASSE: 1D, iscLosunz }; FORM NO. FD | CONFIDENTIAL ee t NOV 55
re ers “19h5, L947, and 1957. ‘The investigation reports as vell as the - £1. es of other Federal Agencies reflect the following: a a ee “Between 1910 and 192 Subject'uvas considered to be -pro-Gernan. and suspected of being a Cerman propagandist and ae an espionage agente oo ‘Several informants stated that Subject was in . eompatay with the Gommnist form of government in Russia but knew of no. ae cies. : had been proGonaunist or ’ pro-Nazie . irresponsible, > conceited, an advent turer fond of exaggeration, and. fe "overly ABETESSL VO « a tre -y guestionsble toyalty, reputation, a nora character. - Bee Se -wn~American activities on the part of Subject. One informant v : — . Subject was investigated by Federal Agencies in 191, 192, - 3 ow. - 7 advised in. 19h7 that Subject had definite Commumnistic tenden- | aE ee “Investigations failea to: promes : any “Tegal competent evidence or witnesses to substantiate the reports | that Subject “Majority of informants consider Subject to be eccentric, - an “Subject. has been known to associate with persons: of, wa 7 Subject, when interviened, “admitted that he tend s to exage : 7 7 sonata | ard advised that he thought the Gommnist form of govern= a nant: of Soviet Russia was the better form of government on the - Oe cope _.. European continent, and thet he had a great admiration for the 992.0 0 r * GCommnistic form of government, but that that did not prevent o-oo oe | ~ him frou having a stronger feeling of Loyalty to the government oe i of the | United 1 States. a 32392962 Page 17
George DE MOHRENSCHILDT “From the Office of Security CIA CONNECTION: DE MOHRENSCHILDT was security disapproved for OSS employ- foe - ment on 18 July 1942 because he was suspected of being a Nazi. 1. ‘agent. On 13 August 1958 derogatory information was furnished ..°: 0. the Contact Office who was interested in interrogating him as ee an alien contact. His second wife, Phyllis whom he married on * 53" jl July 1948.and divorced 29 December 1949, was employed as a 0 “. yeceptionist .by a covert project (NCFE) from 1950 to 12 January 9.0. agent. Several informants stated that Subject was in sympathy a (1951 when her employment was terminated. (Reason not given.}. °°” a  Subject's brother, Dimitri S. VON MOHRENSCHILDT, was osc) 0 28 [oS approved on 11 April 1950 for exploitation as a contact.for eres ee - foreign intelligence purposes on a Limited basis; not. to receive 27}. -. Classified information above confidential. =. 24) So eS . OS INDICES RESULTS: 2.0 -  9§ Files on Subject, his second wife, and his brother . -- yeflect use by the Agency as set out above. Subject was °°--y _ investigated by the -FBI in 1941, 1942, 1945, 1947 and 1957. - Between 1940 and 1942 Subject was considered to be pro-German 9 and suspected of being a German propagandist and an espionage with the Communist form of government in Russia but knew of ~~ no un-American activities on the part of Subject. One infor-. 02 | ” tendencies. However, investigations failed to produce any =| 0% mant advised’ in 1947 that Subject. had definite. Communistic -° 0) 7. ol egal competent evidence or witnesses to: substantiate the : aa reports that Subject had been pro-Communist or pro-Nazi. The 98} 4% majority of informants consider Subject to-be eccentric, ~~ 20 “eet fl irresponsible,. conceited, an adventurer fond of exaggeration yo.) 0% and overly aggressive. He has been known to associate with = i. persons of questionable loyalty, reputation and moral character. | | Subject has admitted that he tends to exaggerate and stated that he thought the Communist form of government of Soviet rere D Russia was the better form of government on the European Be pe 1132392962 Page 18, --