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PRELIMINARY INFOREIATION REPORT
Prisoner:
CRANON, Dr. Hellrauth
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CONTENTS
Prisoner: Description
and Vital
Statistics
Brief Party or Service History
Personalities Associated
Ulth
Time, Place, Special Reasons
and
Circumstances of Arrest
Knowlddge Brief
Information on Hand
Requests for Information
Disposition
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R: DESCRIPTION
AND
VITAL STATISTICS
Dr. Hellmuth VON CRZ'ON was born
6
October 1892 at Quaritzi
Schlesien, A German Naticnal, his preset home address is
Steinbach am Atterseo, Upper Austria, Subject was an export
=reliant in civilian lif, a Rittmeistor in the Yiehrmacht assigned
to the
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Amt Auslandnachrichten und Abwohr (Amtsgruppc Ausland)u
and the
w Jehrwirtschaftsstab", both agencies of tho OW.
- II. BRIEF PA.R.TY OR SERVICE HISTORY.
Subject was a Party member from 1931 one. His approximate
Party number is 690,000. He claims never to have held a Party
rank.
III.
PERSONALITIES ASSOCIATED rlITH
BUERKNER (fnu), chief of Amtsgruppe Ausland
l Berlin,
LT. GEN, GEORG THOS, chief of Ubhmirtschaftsstab, Berlin,
MAJ.
GEN. HaULANN BICKER, chief of Viehrwirtschaftsabteilung„
Berlin
1WOR LUDOIG (friu), chief of the political division of Amta
gruppe Ausland
:COL. BRINKHANN
I (fnu) chief of the foreign Armies division
of AmtsgruppeAusland
CAPT. STOETEASIOS, (fnu) chief of the foreignNavies division
of Amtsgruppe Ausland
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SPECIAL .REASONS AND CIRCWSTANCES OF ARREST
Subject was arrested 7
December 1945 at Steinbach, Upper,
A
ustria, by 430th CIC Detachment "Chief of one of the offices of
the Auslandsabteilung of OM from
1938-1940°.
Automatic Arrest.
yNOTILEDGE DRIFT
Amt Auslandnachrichten und-Abwohr (Amtsgruppo Ausland).
Wohrwirtschaftsstab,
Possible subversive activities in connection with an
alleged courier service between Austria and Germany,
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VI. INFORMATION ON HAND
A,
Handbook oh the
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dniian Intelligence Service EDS/GA,
issued by SHAEF
on 4
October
1944i
Interrogation reports
,
of 430th CIC Detachment, Voecklabruck
sub-office, dated 11 December
1945,
GKG/av,
Hqs, Int,
, Ctr. Case History #172,
B. Folder of personal documents.
VII, REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION
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A, Material on the
li Amt Auslandnachrichten und Abwehr -
(Amtsgruppe Ausland) and the"Tiehrwirtschaftsstab
n . Topics
as well as personalities.
Any possible
informatipn'on a certain CHURS (fnu), alleged
German National, said to live in Munich with
. wife
and 2 children.
Any possible information on a certain KITTEL (fnu) 0 said to
live in Lanbach 60, Upper Austria,
314 Any agency, interested in any special information that
might be obtained from Subject through interrogation
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will
please send its request to this Headquarters.
VIII.
DISPOSITION
Subject will be detained at this Headquarters for
detailed interrogation ,providing interest is 'shownby
'other agencies.
l
JOSEPH M. KoLISCH.
Major, Infantry
Commanding
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B.G.S.I., Intelligence Organisation, Attn: Major E.H.N.
Clutterbuck, Allied Commission for Austria (British
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No. 1 Sub-Centre
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Intelligence Center Salzburg Det., APO
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Hq,„ 6825 Hq. Coo, MIS/A, Attn: Capt. Gastaldo
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War Crimes Investigating Team 6836,
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