{404-10103-10149 ui 7 April 1977 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT : Comments on George de Mohrenschildt ' "'Reputed Former CIA Agent" REFERENCE: Memo for the Record, dated 4 April 1977"... . 1. In a UPI article (see Tab A) published in the: | Washington Star of 4 April 1977, George de Mohrenschildt is referred to as a “reputed former CIA agent." This...:° remark is a misinterpretation of the facts by the writer. of the article. A review of the de Mohrenschildt file’. reveals that. de Mohrenschildt had provided information,.:.in _ December 1957, to a CIA representative in Dallas, Texas, in response to the latter's request, on his trip to Yugoslavia in 1957. on behalf of the International Cooperation Agency (ICA). This action does not make de Mohrenschildt a "CIA agent," rather, it makes him an unpaid informant. - _-The circumstances pertaining to CIA's interest in de Mohrenschildt's knowledge of conditions in Yugoslavia are set forth in the following paragraphs. oe e 2. On 3 June 1964, the Agency forwarded to J. Lee Rankin, General Counsel, President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, the following informa- tion on George de Mohrenschildt. . . "1. Reference is made to your memorandum of 31 March 1964 requesting any information on George and Jeanne de Mohrenschildt that is available to CIA files. Our review shows. that the files contain reports received from other U.S. Government agencies, primarily the FBI, as well as some information de- _veloped by this Agency in 1957 and 1958. The review also produced references to information and the Office — of Strategic Services. According to the records of those agencies, George de Mohrenschildt had been con- sidered for employment in 1942, but was not hired because he was alleged to be a Nazi espionage agent. No information developed by CIA or its predecessors RETURN TO CIA 27 _ Background Use Only “+ Do Not Reproduce: BEES
before the assassination of President Kennedy had established any link between de Mohrenschildt and Lee Harvey Oswald and his family. . "2, CIA's initial interest in George de Mohrenschildt developed as a result of his sojourn in Yugoslavia in 1957 on behalf of the International ‘Cooperation Agency (ICA). In that connection CIA headquarters sent a routine advisory to its Dallas representative who called on the de Mohrenschildt's in the early part of December 1957. In the course of. several meetings the CIA representative obtained foreign intelligence which was promptly disseminated to other federal agencies in ten separate reports. The Dallas representative continued informal, occasional contact with the. de Mohrenschildt's until the autumn’ ~~ of 1961. He has not seen them since that time, although _he received a Christmas card from them during the holiday — period following the assassination. . ne "3. On the 23rd or 24th of November 1963, after the assassination, our representative in Dallas re- ceived a telephone call from one of his contacts who told him that several members of his firm had attended a social or a discussion group in January 1963 and that Lee Harvey Oswald had also been there. Our repre- sentative immediately arranged for the FBI. to contact the executive. It was later ascertained from the FBI, and from one of our sources, that George de Mohrenschildt 7 was present at the meeting and had introduced Oswald to the group. — . 7 a "4. At CIA headquarters the association between the de Mohrenschildt's and the Oswald's was noted for the first time in December 1963 when it was reported from ‘Haiti that the de Mohrenschildt's had appeared at the Embassy and volunteered information about their rela- tionship with the Oswald's. At about the same time the details of their association began to appear in reports made by other U.S. Government agencies engaged in in- vestigating the assassination. Oe "5, During the contact with George de Mohrenschildt late in 1957 and 1958, his background was investigated. “Inquiries produced a considerable amount of information about him and. his activities, including allegations that during World War II he had engaged in espionage activities on behalf of the Nazis; that he was a member
‘ . . “s oo oe ‘ Soni nc) of the Communist Party; and that after the war he was sympathetic toward Communism and the U.S.S-.R. The investigation was extended to Belgium where. George de Mohrenschildt claimed to have lived from 1930 until 1938. His educational background and his work as a journalist were confirmed there. One record .of arrest came to light: on 4 November 1931 he was sentenced by the Tribunal Correctionnel at Antwerp to eight days in prison on charges of resisting a police officer and to eight days imprisonment or a fine of 132 francs on charges of drunkenness and use of a false name. ‘Sentence was suspended pening completion of a three-year probationary period. "6. Throughout his adult life, George de Mohrenschildt has used variations of his basic name, - including such variants as Jerry de Mohrenschildt; Jerzey von Mohrenschildt; George von Mohrenschild;: and George Sergius de Mohrenschild. In like manner he also seems to have varied his former ethnic origin from Russian, to Polish, Swedish, Danish, and German. There appear to be. two versions of his mother's maiden name: Alexandra Latoskey and Alexandra Zapolski. 87, FBI Special Agent James F. Morrissey came to - CIA on 19 March 1964 and reviewed this Agency's files ' on the de Mohrenschildt's. a "8. On 17 March 1964 the FBI furnished to this -' Agency a report dated 28 February 1964. The report.pro- vides details about one Yuri (George) de Mohrenschild's contact with Fedor Alekseevich Garanin, who was a Soviet diplomat in Washington, D.C., in 1946. In that report Yuri (George) de Mohrenschild was described as a petro- leum engineer who had worked in the Texas oil fields and in Venezuela. Concerning Garanin, our records show that he has been a member of the Soviet State Security Service probably since the mid-1940's. He served in Cuba in 1943; after World War II he also served in the U.S., Hungary, and Finland. According to our records, the information about Garanin and his association with the Soviet State Security Service has also been known to the FBI. : "9, You may also wish to make inquiries at the Office of Naval Intelligence; the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Army; the Depart- _ ment of State;~and the Civil Service Commission because
. . . oa te os . . oe + ~* o* i ae Pe . . . . 1 e . . these departments also have information about George de Mohrenschildt." , (Comment: This document was released under. the FOI Act with portions deleted. The deleted portions include in-- formation which was received from a foreign liaison service as well as information which might tend to identify an Agency source, information which originated with the FBI which the FBI will discuss directly with the requester, in-- ‘formation identifying an FBI special agent, information . identifying Agency components, as well as information relating _to Agency internal filing instructions. The deletions were. made under the authority of exemptions (b) (1), (b) (2), (b) (3), and (b) (7) (F). See copy under Tab B.) LO ' - 3, As indicated above, the Agency was interested in obtaining reports from de Mohrenschildt in 1957 relating to his trip to Yugoslavia on behalf of the International Coopera- tion Agency (ICA). Contact Division (now Domestic Collection ‘Division - DCD) had its representative in Dallas, J. Walton Moore, contact de Mohrenschildt. The history of Moore's relationship with de Mohrenschildt from 1957 to 1961 is a attached under Tab C. In his testimony taken on 23 April 1964 at 200 Maryland Avenue NE, Washington, D.C.,; by Mr. Albert E. Jenner, Jr., assistant counsel of the President's Commission, de Mohrenschildt described his contact with Walter Moore, whom he referred to as G. Walter Moore [sic - J. Walton Moore]. De Mohrenschildt's statement concerning Moore is contained on page 235 of Volume IX of the Hearings before the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. A copy of page 255 is attached under Tab D. _ 4 As a routine action, Moore requested traces on de Mohrenschildt. The traces (see Tab E) contained sufficient derogatory information to preclude further extensive con- tact with the de Mohrenschildt's. A summary of information on de Mohrenschildt from the Office of Security appears under Tab F. ee - 5. Conclusion: George de Mohrenschildt was never a "recruited agent" of the Central Intelligence Agency. For approximately four years (1957 - 1961), a representative of — the Agency -had had a periodic contact with de Mohrenschildt for the purpose of obtaining overt information which the latter obtained during his travels abroad. These contacts
were not clandestine nor did such contacts involve the clandestine procurement of secret foreign intelligence. + So far as the Agency knows, de Mohrenschildt: provided in- formation in response to Moore's request as a patriotic gesture, ‘without thought of monetary gain. Ae Russell. Holmes cc: IG SA/DO/0 -
gniews' conference: called’ to, iy: to Oltmans’;.statements,_: ehe, It's completely: contrary: to}. Jover heard my father say.) . at y father-ha a the#assassination of: _o | identé Kenr The ‘the astassination; is-completche cont to: anything: he‘said:to: me =|. g remotely like that, hesaldrg ‘with: masterminding| teacher‘at. Dallas’ Bishop ‘Collég ; &-Teputed ‘former. CIA “agent, . “\erucial witness. i: “"the ‘woman sai . |. “not afrai - bility’ of - te ~ However, she said de. M _ Schildt ‘wag: “just. terrified”’: of Olt.’ ee pt " Mans..“He felt he had been drugged.|.: - “In Amsterdam (where.Olimans inter. ae viewed | him - for“ Dutch ; television). © was trying to make him. do things he had never done."":
TAB B # "MEMORANDUM 3 FOR: Me. 3 Lea Rankin i er rae President’s Commission athe =. 2. Assesinalion of President 3 -” wee A ne T REO ete CRepor t ald ws - supyect st George and Tein @4/, ounenstan ee SoS s. ONE fe MaAaKen. 109 eSSABN 7 - ‘Reference i is sade bs your mamoeorandem of 31 Marsch . 1964 requesting any information on Georges and Jeanne Da MOMBENSCHILDT that is available in CIA files. Our review: shows that the flles contain raper?s received ica other U.S. formation developed by this Agency in 1957 and 1954. The | Seview aleo produced references to information in the records of the perdinater of Information and the Oifies of Strategic a. According te the records of thoxe agencies, Geergs | De MOBRENSCHILDT had been considered for employment in — -:. 2942. bet wae net hived because he was alleged to be a Nazi ', esplonage agent. No infarmation developed by CIA (or ita | predecessera) deiore the assasvination of Prasident Keanedy a ed Lee tha reey OO AED enn ne De MOERENSGHULDTs . | and Lee Harvey OSWALD or biz family. fae SOV far FOIA 2, GTAte duitial interest tn George Ds MCHRENSCHILDT daveloped a8 a reselt of hiw sojourn in Yugoslavia in 1957 on behald of the International Cooperation Ageacy (ICA). In that . connection CLA headquariera sent a routine advisery to ita Dallas seprasentative who called on the Da MOHRENSCHILD Ts in the early pert of Decambar i957. In the course of several — meetings the CLA representative obtalneu foreign intelligence ‘ vhich was promptly disseminated to other federal agencias in tem Separate repurts, The Dallas representative continues Raview on | a’
informal, oceasgional eoatack wits tha. Da MCERENSCHILDT Ts. antil tha autumn ef 1961. Ha has riot seen tham ‘since that ties, althougs he reesived a Christmas card from them turing the holiday p period intlowing toe, sesngsination, - re 3 On the 2394 ov 2its of Noyecaber 1983, ‘after tha. bo .. - aasasaination, ony representative in Dallas received a tala wens Py Fone “TS bad attended a sacial or a diseasaion - on . gtciup tt Jannazy 1963 rod that Ino Hervey OSV ALo ek ase | . Beem there. Sine, “Preventative immmediataly arranged fox the | FBI te contact the source .j If wus Later asca _ the FBR, and irem go of our own sourcas, that George 22 —— , Leer bite ny Sect at the masta est ed intros: a feron iene a. ‘At CUA headquarters the asssciation betweas tha” a = MONRENSCHULD?s anil the CSWALDa= was noted far the. ‘ | first time in December 1963 when it was repartad from Halth - thatthe Ds MCHRSNSCHILDT's hod appeared a8 the Exibassy and voluntecred information about theiy relationship with the. , CS¥ALDs. At abont the same tise the datails of thair asze- | ciation began te appear in reposts made by other U.S. Govern ' paank agencisa segaged is inventigating the assassination. - 3 During the contact with George De MORRENSCHILD TY. late in L957 and early 1959, his background was investigated. . inquiries produced » considerable amocn$ of Information about - | Rims and his axethyities, (oeluding allegations that during World. War Il he had engaged in espionage activities ca behalf of the | Nasis; that he was a rnember of the Cormmuaiat Party} and that ' ater the war ha was aynpatihetics toward Communism asd the | U.8.S.2. The investigation was extended to Belgium where . George De MCHRENSCHILDT claimed to have lived from 1930 - until 1935. His edvcational backgroond and his work aaa Journalist were | senfirmed Sheze-| «
pomeaone vil errs £  pimeam cee aeeimemiat ve me emma seeomiimemtnanem te ten oy a ae wane ge eae 2 6° + comme oe ae 6. “Throughout hia adult Ife, , George De MOBRENSCHILDT : - OPS che gE bas: used vasiationa of bis bagic name, including such variants as cov) | Sexy de MOURENSCHILDT; Jeray ven MOUBENSCHILDT; George SF ia Like maozer be also sooms to have varied his farmer othala ~ | , ae 7 There azpeny te be to version of his mother's mablen aeiets , oe! CLA on Maren ed so vid ie Abin INGE om De MORBENSCHILD?s. ee “Oa Marah 1964 the YL Senlsbe tthe Agency a Oe oe 2 Popertdated 28 Fabrancy 1966.| _ rene aie eens tbe . a *. ete * : eh. a * : . - @ . >. # ad 7 ae = « . ee 1% .. * : : & tise oes Soop sont . .? . . a pe we oone = redaenine sve Samene: mee ssemcenetmiem setae eon estes Cte rote tn eo = ean ere ” we aoe co en ee a —- 936 You may aise wish ta make inquiries at the Ofiles of Naval Intellirences the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Army; the Department of State; and the Civ Do Service Gammission because these departments also bave info; se mation about George t De MCHRENSCHILDT. Distridution: Se oe Orig. & le Addressee _.. ; re Zoi) - —_ “ Richard Helms an a _ ° . Dapaty Director for dana ans aad
‘Acting Chief, Contact Division (Direct) ATTN 2 Support Dallas Residert Agency MRCROFILMED APRT 1969 New Case 43259. | ~ . DOG. MICRO. SER. © Details oo J. Walter Moore Is. covtact with. Geevge DaMohrenschildt Prem \as7_ te Itet (Moore . Bran | 60 /Cortacts' Dallas office ee . ods x have known-Ceorge do Mohrenschildt and hia wife aince 1957. oo Hy latest actual contact with then was in the fall of 1961, although 2 received a Christmas card from them during Christmas ef 1963. The card mailed from Port-au-Prince and a copy of wy acknowledgement is attached, 9° | 9. After oar late President's assassination, either’ on the 234. ~~ a Ye 2uth of November 1963, I received a telephone call frea(Dr.) Paul a icherts, Director of the Socony Nobil Research Laboratory at. Duncanville, . } Texas. Or. Reichertz advised that_members of his staff had attended some kind of social op discussion im Jamary 1963 at which Lee Harv: Gawald was present. Ho sention was made at this tine ef George de Mohren- . of schildt. I told Dr. Reichertz he should report thie information to the on leeal office of the PBI and he replied that he knew no ome in the Ballas — office of the FEI amd asked if I would pass the information-along for hime I called the FBI and they said they would send somebody out to talk to Dre. Reichertz. I nade no effort to follow up on the matter with Paal - Reb t it was of ny business but during a visit ; a wit ver LE ian lat’ Soc Mobil. Research Lab and a , see g @ of mine for many. yearal, she advised that she had heard that ny e Hohrenschiidt had befriended Oswald after his arrival in Dalla? and bad introduced hia to a study greup on the USSR. cr1- USA eae ? [bravia] a ~~ , & Dew sony Ile fexas. OSA, . @ By init contact with de Hohrenschilit was the result of — . @ source lead from headquarters, dated 22 Nev 57, adviaing that George de Mohrenschildt had recently returned to Dallas after spending apprexi« mately a year in Yugoslavia on a job for the ICA. I ealled on de Mohren- . schildt in early December 1957 and submitted a name check, dated 6 Dec 57. t that tine, de Nohrensthildt gave me a copy of standard. personal history _ oma 57, which gives considerable blographic data, which I am enclosing. — Lee He OSWALD (201- ava2es) a | ecouol- hanel. kuewl eal a. ao : Dr. Fae doe HERTZ oc. cowtalin : ont both oF Secon Mobs I ou Subj. . ‘oxi stop Grey who ;
' ag stated above — AT “this time I saw and met Hrs. Jan de Mohrenschildt, a white Rusaian emigree from Shanghai. I saw the de Hohrenschildt's several times in 1959 and 1959. In late 1959 or early 1960, Hr. and Hrs. de Yohrenechildt went on an 18 sonth hiking trip through Mexico and Central Amerlea. An account of this trip, as } taken from the 18 Oct 61 isme of the dallas Tines Habald, ie enclosed. a In the way of a perscnal essossnent, I would say that the | de honrensenilie’s are an interesting and unusual couple. This is, 1 believe, the second marriage for beth of thes. Mra. de Hohrenschildt, | whe has been a successful dress designer, has a grown,married daughter, . who is quite a fine artist. George de Mohrenschildt has several children: by his first wife (reportedly a very wealthy woman now living in the Middle East). One of his children died of cystic fibresia and George de Yohrenschildt has always bean very aétive in the ‘yearly cystic fibrosis fund 4 raising. campaign. oo _ 5. Ceorge de fobrenachilat wakes a good appearance. He ‘ie he about sixn-feet tall and weighs around 190 pounds. For a man his age, -~ ae approximately 53, he keeps bineelf {n good condition and ia a bitof a - Fo, physical fitness mt. He is a moderate drinker and when I last saw. - . him, smoked a pipe. I would. describe his personality as friendly and out- going although I have heard hia referred to ae conceited. He reputedly. has an eye for the ladies and I understand his interest does not go | " unreeiprocated. Ha leads a. somewhat unconventional life, plays tennis | at 5 ofclock im the morning, he ia rather outspoken, has a keen interest in international affairs and in sesial justice. By local conservative standards, he woald be oonsidered a liberal. His outlook OB life ig . continental. _ oe Ge De tiohrenechilat is fatrly well known in petroleus circles Sie Dallas. I only know of one good friend of his, This is(Col.) Lawrence » orl ov (Retired) whe ia in the ofl leasing business, The colonel and I both play handball. He mentioned the last tise I saw hin that de Mohren-: schildt wanted him to come to Haiti to help him run a plantation and organize & company there, I believe that the de Hehrenschildt’s left . for Haiti in about February of 1963 but I am very vague on this point. “If there is any additional information I can furnish, please let me know. - ecrt- OSA 6a - busi uessman a Dallas. “Texas. US Aves, SS Goeel Fiend | ond business arscelate | ot Geerge . DuMeHRENSCH IAD T Cate 728 434) ge wanton noone : Ikaltontocre/rn Enclogures. (L may by — dol- J25°U39 G8Que i Exsinde? from < samalic EK
Mr. Jenner, Well, this is September of 1962. 2 ir. De Monzenscumor. 1992, sure. They were out of my mind. I forgot the Wr. Jenner. No; 1962, sir. Yr. De Mompenscuior, No, no. Now the Oswalds were out of my mind. Vir. Jenves. You mean you have not been thinking about them. Mr. De Momrenscuinpr. Yes; I have not been thinking about them. . Vay I say a few things here that I remember? As I told you before, we met the Oswalds through Bouhe, and then we talked about them to Max Clark, and again to Bouhe. And I asked Mr. Bouhe “Do you think it is safe-for us to nelp Oswald ?”: . co oo mo Yr. Jenner. You did have that conversation. ‘ir. De Momrensonmitor. Yes. - : re fr. Jenner, Why did you ralse that question? | ~ ot . Me. De Momsenscuitor. I raised the question because he had been to Soviet Russia. He could be anything, you see. And he eould be right there watched day and night by the FBI. I did not want to get involved, you see. And I | qistinetly remember, No. 1, that George Bouhe sald that he had checked with the FBI. Secondly, that in my mind Max Clark was in some way connected gith the FBI, because he was chief of security at Convair—he had been a chief of security. And either George Bouhe or someone else told me that he is with the FBI to some extent. You never ask people “Are you from the FBI?’ And to me it is unimportant. But somehow in my mind I had this connected. And # my fears were alleviated, you see. I said,.“Well, the guy seems to be OF.” Sow, I am not so clear about it, but I have the impression to have talked--to neve asked about Lee Oswald also Mr. Moore, Walter Moore. . . Mr. Jewwes. Whois Walter Moore? . Mr. De MouRENscHILpT. Walter Moore is the man who interviewed me on behalf of the Government after I came back from Yugoslavia~-G. Walter Moore. He is a Government man—elther FBI or Central Intelligence. 4 very nice fellow, excéedingly intelligent who is, as far as I know-—was some sort of an FBI man in Dallas. Many people consider him head of FBI in Dallas. Now, I don’t know. Who does—you see. But he is a Government man im some eapacity. He interviewed me and took my deposition on my stay in Yugoslavia, what I thought about the political situation there. And we became quite friendly after that. We saw each ether from time to time, had lunch. There was a mutual interest there, because I think he was born in China and my wife was born in China, They had been to our house I think once or twice. I just found him a very interesting person. When I was writing this book of mine, a very peculiar incident occurred. ‘ . Mr. Jenner. Which book? : : . - : Vir. De Mourensoumor. The last one—the travelogue. One day we left for Houston on a business trip, and I left all my typewritten pages, some 180 type- written pages, in my closet. When I returned from the trip and started locking through the pages, which had not been touched, supposedly, by anybody I noticed smail marks on the pages—“No. 1” after five pages, “2” Mall marks with a pencil, another five pages, No. 8, and so on and so forth. I told my wife “Jeanne, have you fiddled around with my book?” She said, -“Of course not.” I said, “That's impossible.” And I forgot it for a while. In the evening we got back home, and we stayed in bed, and all of a sudden the idea came back te me that somebody must have been in my apartment and checked my book and read through that and took photographs. And it was such a horrible idea that Jeanne and I just could not sleep all night. And the next morning we both of us went te see Walter Moore and told him, “Now, look what happened to us. Have you Government people’—and I think I asked him point blank, you know—“Have you FBI people looked through my book?’ He said, “Do you consider us such fools as to leave marks on your book if we had? But we haven't.” I said, “Can’t you give me some protection against somebody who has?” He said, “Do you have any strong enemies?” I said, “Well, I possibly have. Everybody has enemies.” But I never could figure out who it was. And it is still a mystery to me. . So I am not so sure whether I asked point blank Clark or Walter Moore 235
about Oswald. I probably spoke to both of them about him. My Fecollectiog is, and also my wife's recollection is, that either of them said he is @ ha lunatic. Later on Max got disgusted with him and said that he ia a 20-goo! b-----d, a traitor, and so on and so forth. But by that time we already forgy; Oswald—got Oswald out of your lives, you see. This is one point. . The second point fs as you can see the whole of the Russian colony in Dallas were interested in Oswald one way or the other, because they representey somebody who had been to their old country just recently, and could give them the latest information on what was going on. As I said, the old guarg were naturally against them right away.. The others were Just curious. By this particular couple, Natasha and Igor Voshinin, refused to see them. Ang - I insisted several times, “Why don’t you see them? ‘You love all the Russiang Why don’t you meet Marina Oswald?” And she said, “We don’t want to, and we have our reasons for not meeting them.” And it kept on in my mind, | did not want to raise that question. But why didn’t they want to meet them? Mr, Jennea. Well, tell me what is your speculation as to why they did no want to meet them? . : : , Mr. De Mouzenscuirpr. I do not have the slightest idea. Maybe they knew something about Oswald, of some connection, . o Mr. Jenner. Or maybe they were alarmed, and didn’t want to take any ‘ehances, - : oo : mo, ; Mr. De Mourensomitpt. Maybe just that. : i oy . Mr, Jewner. But they were pretty firm in not having any traffic with them. Mr. De Monszenscuizpt. Absolutely firm. The only ones. Maybe they were just more recently arrived in the United States and they were not so secure . like we were, you see. And possibly they were just alarmed of meeting some-. body who just came from Soviet Russia, - . . Mr. Jenner. I think I will ask you at this point, Mr. De Mohrensebildt, you are a man of very euperior education and extremely wide experience and ac quaintance here and in Europe, South America, West Indies—you have lived an extremely colorful life. You are acquainted to a greater or lesser degree with a great variety of people. a uo .. Mr. De MowmrRenscuripr. Yes. : Aix, JewNen. Did there go through your mind. speculations as to whether Oswald was an agent of anybody? _ tt ; : : Mr. De Monrenscumor, No. me : Mr. Jexxer. Why? Before I put it. that way—when you say “No,” am I eorrect in assuming that you thought about the subject and you concluded he was not an agent of anybody? Is that what you meant? . ~—- . Mr. De MonRenscHinpr. I never thought even about it, I will tell you why I thought he never was—because he was too outspoken. He was too outspoken in his idéas and his attitudes. If he were really—-if he were an agent, I thought he would have kept quiet. This would be my idea, ' “Mr, Jenner. You say he was outspoken. What do you base that on? Mr, De Monrenscuror. For instanee, he showed me his—he discussed very freely with me, when he showed me his little memoirs. -- a . Mr. Jenner. I am going to show you those papers in a little while. Mr. De Mourenscuipt. Those memoirs I think are very sincere. They ex- plain more or less the sincere attitude of a man, sincere opinion of a man. Mr. Jenner. Before I show you any papers, I want you to finish this reasoning of yours, ° : . ; Mr. De Monrenscniupr. I did not take him seriously-—that is all, Mr. Jenner. I know you didn’t. Why didn't you? Sa Mr. De Mowrenscurpr, Well——~ Mr. Jexwer. You are a highly sophisticated person, ; Mr. De Monrenscuitor. Well, he was not sophisticated, you see. He was @ semieducated hillbilly. And you cannot take such a person seriously. All bis _ opinions were crude, you see. But I thought at the time he was rather sincere. Mr. JenNer. Opinion sincerely held, but erude?. Mr. De Monnrenscuitor. Yes. Mr, JENNER. ‘He was relatively uneducated. Mr. De Mourenscuizor. Oh, yes. 236 a
14-00000 “- Reference is made to your request for a security ¢ “a5 a potential. source of intelligence information. &° NOs wo 1124 a 2. '.Tb is to be at _ THIS. CATEGORY 1S ASSIGNED BY INDEX BPUIATE FEM mnds 6 OF POD 2 eget eye 7 ow. . (vhen Filled In) - : ° , ( _ DATE C77" ANgeROREICE MEMORANDUM a oo ae Be as * ° eke a a ws FROM: we fy Contact Division, ‘00 Chief, Personnel Security Division, ‘0S de NCHPENSCHILUL, George ~ an e-AKAs . von HMOHRENSCHILUL, George Serfi b ¢ e. o | ; Jerre #7715- _ & Learance on the subject ; The necessary checks have Lletead with the following results: - - ry oo gee siang BF ras (7 No additional information has been obtained, except for such ©. ** Be So, ] viographic. information as indicated below or in the attachment. a a Fe 4 oe o. co Information has been received that Subject was investigated _*° | favoreble results in Warne & Sa rr ah oe. cal Certa in information has been received and appears a .€+ Gel Tisch your Division will wish to consider tn determining the extent... te. and level of your use. of Subject. le noted that our checks vere made cn the basis of the identifying - ton you furnished or in an attachment to this mémorandus. Should it be a@is= 9: - ‘that this information is erroneous or that Subject is known by. &, different name, _ Vision should ‘pe notified inmediately, pe sos / . = ca wee aa eee -°- BISAPPROVED-U FOR HEADQUARTESS USE ONE 7 ae - HELD CHIEF DETERMINES LEVEL 7 y mt -CLASSIED, DISCLOSURE 4%) epses Chief, Personnel pecurity Division one 2
ebro tao ppreett acy see cas a. + ROE Cre Tan ae eee A haiee ; e : : e ae Sa a . wee e e % The co ae ong WT Subject was investigated by Federal. Agencies in 91, 1912, 19h, 19h7, and 1957. The investigation reports as well as the * files of other Federal. Agencies reflect the following: _ - “Between 190 and 19),2 Subject was considered to be . pro-German.and suspected of being a German propagandist « and - an espionage agent. oe. oka mo > » Several. informants stated thet Subject was in egmpatiay 7 with the Commmist form of government in Russia bub knew of no. || un-American activities on the part of Subject. advised in ASNT that, Subject had definite | Commmistic tenden~ ‘ = oe “Thvestigations failed to. produce any y lege etikctant evidence or witnesses to substantiate the Teports that ‘Suject,, "had been Pro-Communist or pro-Nazie a L oustiontts oyalty, reputation, and, moral. characters’: i Llane Zs .. European continent, and thet he had a great admiration for the ae Commnistic form. of government, but that that did not prevent — (> him from having a stronger Feeling of Loyalty. to the ‘goverment no Of the United States. oe So ee tee One informant : . . . ae - Hajority of informants corisider - Subject. t to be , escent, ot we pee” arresponsible, conceited, an adventurer fond of * Sorangrat ane, and wa ren overly aggressive. woe . Stuns Sty : “Bubject has been lmown to associate with y persons 7 . ; es we “es a “"Bubject, when anterviewed, admitted that he tends to. exag~. a oy Bes ‘gorate and advised that he thouget the Commnist form of govens® ve eo "want of Soviet Russia was the better form of government on the - pe “RONADENTIL, = BS gy
14-00000 od — pct TIE TE gh $ ‘ ' George DE MOHRENSCHILDT From the Office of Security. 4 oy noe ge Be CIA CONNECTION: £ $ ~. °. DE MOHRENSCHILDT was security disapproved for OSS employ~.° 200% ‘ment on 18 July 1942 because he was suspected of being a Nazi... cagent. On 13 August 1958 derogatory information was furnished. - “the Contact Office who was interested in interrogating him as 9.0: "an alien contact. His second wife, Phyllis whom he married on. * 1 :/= ‘Ul July 1948..and divorced 29 December 1949, was employed as a wn es, swreceptionist by a covert project (NCFE) from 1950 to 12 January 0.-° 7" '1951 when her employment was terminated. (Reason not given.) 68.0 7 * o. ane eo ee _ te eS RR ae Be... Subject's, brother, Dimitri S. VON MOHRENSCHILDT, was. - >. * ‘approved on 11 April 1950 fox exploitation as.a contact/for 2 ; ‘foreign intelligence purposes, on a limited baSis; not to receive ~":-. cclassified information above~confidential. ” Dou Bott er eh . othe Sa a . he ry ee a : a Pid wT ef * Pr a : - HY f0S INDICES-RESULTS: °°) Cre Re gS Bo. QS Files on Subject, his second wife, and his brother breflect use by the get as set out above. Subject was ~ e 1941, 1942, 1945, 1947 and 1957. *: ;investigated by the FBI in ee ;Between 1940. and 1942 Subject was considered to be pro-German ~~". -*.. |" sand suspected of being a German propagandist and an espionage 0". <i, agent... Several ‘informants: stated that Subject was in sympathy 03.02 [- iwith the Communist form of government in Russia but knew of (.0 0." 'no un-American: activities on the part of Subject..~ One infor- 9.0808 ‘marit advised in 1947 that Subject had definite Communistic -/:i.f°*5. «tendencies. However, investigations failed to produce any (008° 200% “legal competent evidence or witnesses to:substantiate the 920 | ‘*xreports that Subject had ‘been pro-Communist or pro-Nazi. The 90:3 °°]: “majority of informants consider Subject to-be eccentric,” Pt Fd &irresponsible,. conceited, an adventurer fond of exaggeration. (9°70 [+ “and overly aggressive. He has been known to associate with © 000° persons of questionable loyalty, reputation and moral character. |" Subject has admitted that he tends to exaggerate and stated... 02° - & that he thought the Communist form of government of Soviet ite ; Russia was the better form of government on the European aes en = Be a? woe ye mat > Pla * t a . : . * ° . ' * . .. . *. & or 1 . e 2 ’
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