Top Skip to main content. CIA Accession: R. The provinces were said to be the home of "Puppet Armies" that "would take instruction and leadership from the U. Forces or the Central Government if they were approached properly. The memo argues that the trip would provide a chance to find out about an underground movement called the Anti-Japanese Salvation Corps, and to collect trustworthy intelligence about an area that was probably "the place where the Japanese will attempt their last stand.
Three of the men on the list "had never been in Greece at all. April 1, , 9 pp. The reports address "the twin problems of keeping our sub-agents out of politics and maintaining amicable relations with the guerrillas. The correspondence is very chatty, and discusses problems with, and between, OSS personnel, agents, and operations in Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and elsewhere. James M. The bodies were those of a Mr.
Kleckowski and one Wilhelm Hamburger. The memo describes difficulties in carrying out the interrogations, commenting that "the lack of collaboration between X-2 and SI might produce most unfortunate results. November 23, June 10, , 23 pp. Dimitri Petrou, January 11, , 2 pp. Edson wrote that "SI Greek desk owes more to Mr. Petrou for its successful operations than to any other single person. Petrou in his project. Dimitri Petrou, February 20, , 1 p. Edson wrote that "Mr.
Petrou is completely conversant with all our operations, both in Greece and in Cairo, since the beginning. The practical point then arises that as long as we continue to operate in Greece it would be greatly to our disadvantage to have Mr. Petrou 'browned off' at OSS. In this way, he could continue to serve the organization for our period of life here and at the same time be in a position where there would be no reason to fear that he would be anything but friendly to us.
Many of the reports include the names of the foreign subsidiaries and affiliated companies involved. January 31, August 3, , 60 pp. One memo includes the suggestion by one Kurt Adler that a disease similar to hoof and mouth disease "be transmitted into Germany through packages sent from a neutral country. Among the measures that needed to be taken was to "explore discreetly possibilities of actual SI undercover activities through 'fences' whose means you would not question as long as results were gained.
