‘(104-10103-10328 ie CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY 1944 According to his prepared statement, dated 30 November 1962, “OLTMANS. claimed he had been arrested at. the age of 19 [1944] by: the German. -§.8. to be liquidated. [Hearing before - the Senate Subcommitee to Investigate the Adminis- tration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Sécurity | Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Bighty- Seventh Congress, Second Session, 1963, p. 3i. J “OLTMANS ‘entered the Royal Dutch Marine. Corps as a war volunteer. on 31. ‘July 1945 and received an honorable discharge ‘therefrom in 1 May: 1946, [FBI Field Report ceR) (New: Haven), 15 January, 1962 - DBE 99933.] 27 October 1948 “An American Visa. no. 188 was issued | to. “OLTMANS on 27 Octob er 1948 in Rotterdam, Holland. (Fer FR (New York), 29 June 1962 - “DBA 14523. 1. ms November 1948 “OLTMANS. enrolled at Yale University, and was admitted to the sophomore class. “He ‘majored in: international relations. He . became president of the International Relations Club at Yale, 1949- 1950 and was a student resident of the Pierson College dormitory. While at Yale he exhibited an interest. in hockey, ‘golf, skiing, sailing, and playing in the New. Haven. symphony orchestra. -CRBE FR (New Haven) , 15 January 1962 - DBF. 99933. 1. 1950 ‘According to ee anaes studied. at Yale University, but was expelled for "inisbehavior't (ot. ‘further explained). MS . [csct- 3/748, 549 4 February 1958 (£ron report dated 12 February, 1957 from ssfeericiah tbe March 1950_ OLTMANS resigned From Yale University, having been noti- fied that his grades were not sufficient. for him to obtain RETURN TO CIA SEHET Background Use Only Do Not Reproducg
scholarship aid from Yale and due to the fact that he had insuf- ficient financial resources to continue his college studies. [FBI = ie Haven), 15 January 1962 - DBF 99933. ] Before 1851 . “After ‘living an unknown length of time in The Netherlands East. India, OLTMANS went to South Africa, then to the United States, where he’ studied for a time at the Institute of Foreign Relations. joni 121527, i4 July 1961 - official J 1951 " OLTMANS arrived in The Netherlands where he became a student-journalist for the Algemeen Handelsblad,; later moved to the United.States, after which he left for Italy as a free lance journalist. foniia (21827, 14 July 1961 feetictall fy 1954 OLTMANS questioned by the Amsterdam police on the charge of having had homosexual relations with a minor. The case was dismissed for lack of evidence. [FBI Memorandum, 30 March 1962.] . August 1954 - November 1955: Described as a translator in the Amsterdam bureau of the United. Press. [FBI FR (New Haven), 15 January 1962 - DBF 99933. ] _OLTMANS' former wife, Freida (now married to Peter BIE- LING), claimed she had met OLTMANS while she was on vacation in Holland. He claimed he was employed as a reporter for the United Press in Amsterdam. She later determined that he was a teletype operator. She claimed that shortly after he was fired from this job and he began to work as a free-lance writer. | [FBI FR (New York), 1 February 1962 - DBA 796.] About September 1954 : In about September 1954, H. J. 0. Van HAAGEN , of Amster- dam, lodged a complaint to the effect that OLTMANS had 5 ah oe o
74-00000 committed acts of lewdness with-his (complainant's) under-age son during the summer of 1954. Inquiries into the matter failed to reveal any evidence of any offense having been committed. ‘When interrogated, and also when being confronted with each other, both the persons concerned denied any act of lewdness having taken place between them. There was, however, evidence that OLTMANS' conduct: toward the boy had been somewhat strange, which caused the ‘latter to discontinue his association with OLTMANS. “AS ‘there was no evidence of any homosexual relations having existed between the persons concerned, the Chief Commissio- ner of Police, Amsterdam, was of the opinion that the matter should not incriminate OLTMANS and should not be used in deportation pro- ceedings against hin. . -. [FBI FR (New York), 11 March 1963 - DBA 35747.] 1956; : my, As correspondent for De Nieuwsgier, OLTMANS covered the visit to Indonesia-of the Soviet Chief of State, VOROSHILOV. At several mass meetings the Russian President severly censored The Netherlands,. he. pleaded. for the immediate transfer of New Guinea to Indonesia, and posing as the great supporter of the young state, he in this way assured the Communist Party of a resounding election victory not long after. Asa result the relations between Indonesia and The Netherlands deteriorated considerably. [Haagse Post, 15 April 1961.] Early 1956 OLTMANS learned that SUKARNO planned to pay a visit to Italy and he asked his papers whether they would be interested in an exclusive interview. The response was negative. At the same time, however, OLTMANS contacted the Agence France Presse which en- gaged OLTMANS, at a daily fee of some 30 guilders, to cover SUKARNO's visit to Rome. The then 32-years old OLTMANS contacted SUKARNO. dur- ing a reception at the Indonesian Embassy, and he managed to inter- view SUKARNO. This interview made a great hit with the AFP which asked OLTMANS to cover SUKARNO's trip through Italy. In those days, OLTMANS got the firm conviction that he had