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e. Co-operation of Spanish Officials and Firms.
The Spanish secret police had very close ties with the Abwehr
and SD. The foreign branch of the Falange submitted reports of various
kinds to the Abwehr. Carlos Pereyra, an agent for the Mexican motion
picture industry in MADRID, worked as a liaison agent between the Abwehr
and Falange.
Alcazar De Velasco, a Spanish agent who had been in England an
Abwehr businessman was taken to Germany by Oherbeil in August 1944.
One source of information in the Falange was handled by SS
Sturmbannfuehrer Mosig of RSHA Referat IV B.
Franco's ex-foreign minister, Ramon Suner, transmitted to Schellenberg
incidental items of intelligence.
f. Liaison With Spanish Officials.
Fuchs, who was stationed at BIARRITZ for two years, had close
contact to the following persons belonging to the Commandancia Militar
de la Frontera Forte de Espana:
(1) Col Julio Ortega-Tercero; handled transit and exit permits.
(2) Major Ibanez; operated his own net of agents and was suspected
of working for both the Germans and Allies.
(3) Capt Linares; supposedly worked for the British in conjunction
with the Family de la Sota in BIARRITZ.
(4) Capt Sanchez.
Fuchs was also introduced to the following members of the Spanish
Intelligence Service:
(1) Lt Col Cabanillas from MADRID.
(2) Maj Goycoreta.
Fuchs was acquainted with the following named subjects who worked
for the different sections, some pro-German and some pro-Allied:
(1) The Count of Andes.
(2) The Duke of Aguilar
(3) The Family de la Sota.
As these persons were residing at BIARRITZ between 1942 and 1944.
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