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The new chief of Referat II, Hptm. Nauman zu Koenigsbruck, was
handcuffed by the order prohibiting S-operations in Spain. He had only
begun work on an P. - organization (Rueckzugsorganisation - withdrawal
plan) when he was ordered to return to Germany. In February 1945, Blaumr
was also recalled, and Referat II's remaining activities were entrusted
to Werner Schulz, an inexperienced manfrom BERLIN.
(3. Referat II, KO Spain, AT Work
R -Organization
In late 1942, KO Spain began to fear an Allied invasion of Spain.
This attitude, based in part on persistent reports from BERLIN pointing
to the probability of Allied landings in Spain, prevailed throughout 1943.
Shortly after the Allied invasion of North Africa, orders were received
to build up an R-organization in the Iberian Peninsula. Referat II's
part in the project consisted of blirving small quantities of S-materials
in south and south east Spain, where the invasion was anticipated. To
avoid possible indiscretions, only the German staff was allowed to participate
in the burying parties.
The plan was to send agents across the front lines or to parachute
them in the vicinity of hidden dumps. Thus future Abwehr missions,
once arrived behind enemy lines, would be assured of adequate supplies.
Approximately thirty small crates were buried at a depth of about twelve
inches, at locations easily accessible and close to future sabotage
targets. These crates were mrosion_proof and contained five to ten
charges of different types and sizes, such as incendiaries, demolitions
and camouflage coal, all of British origin. .Instructions for use were
attached to each charge. The locations of the dumps'were described in
great detail by a series of charts and photographs, of which three sets
were made. One set was kept at II headquarters in BERLIN, one sent to
AST PARIS, and one to the Iberia Abwehr Troop, a unit set up at the same
as the R-organization for employment in the event of an Allied invasion
of the Peninsula. None of the charts or photographs remained in Spain.
The three existing sets were destroyed before the end of the war. The
copy in PARIS disappeared in 1944, coincident with the rumored desertion
of a member of the II staff of AST PARIS.
Also in line with the R-organization, Referat II began in late
1943 to train ten to fifteen Spaniards in the handling of S-materials.
These men were to be left behind enemy lines. However, when all S-operations
in Spain were discontinued on orders from BERLIN in early 1944,
this plan had to be abandoned. Of the participants in the sabotage
course, Blaum remembers Francisco Borjabad, the recruiting agent, and
Ricardo Gusaeta and Emilio Diaz, both students. Since the training had
to be suspended in its early stages, the Spanish agents never received
any sabotage materials.
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