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g. Co-operation Between Spanish Officials and German Intelligence
Agencies.
Kapitaen Lenz, head of the KO Spain was able to maintain close
relations with the Spanish Army due to his activities in the Civil War.
Giese was introduced to the chief agent of the Spanish counterintelligence
in La Coruna by a letter which he received from Lt Col
Huston, chief of the forementioned organization. Thus Giese was able to
receive reports of the agents maintained aboard Spanish ships by the
Falange and by Spanish intelligence.
h. Relations with Spanish Authorities.
Rohrscheidt, head of Abwehr III in Spain, worked tery closely with
Lt Col Juste of the Spanish Intelligence Service. One part of the GIS,
possibly Amt IV, was in close contact with the Camisas Cruzadaz, a small
group in the Falange.
i. GIS Connections with the Spanish Intelligence Service.
Collaboration between the Abwehr and the Spanish I S were very
close. Carbe and Sanchez Rubio worked together at Algericas. After the
expulsion of the Germans from that area Sanchez Rubio reported activities
in Gibraltar directly to the KO in MADRID.;
Kuehlenthal made daily visits to the SIS office in MADRID. He
conferredmainly with Gen Martinez de Campas and Lt Col Pardo, In autumn
1940, Canaris held discussions with Franco concerning an attack upon
Gibraltar.
j. Abwehr Spain - Cooperation Between German and Spanish I S.
NEST Algericas
The chief of the NEST Algericas was Carbe, alias Den Alberto, who
was concerned primarily with the Gibraltar area and was assisted by Kapt
Keller, alias Bodega. Kurrer believed that operations were conducted mainly
by recruiting agents from among the thousands of Spanish workmen who lived
in Algericas and commuted to Gibraltar. Carbe also handled the negotiations
with local Spanish authorities for the installation of infra-red equipment
across the Straits of Gibraltar for the purpose of recording ship movements
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through the Straits. At one time these installations were destroyed, possibly
by Allied agents. Carbe was assisted in discovering the strength and
armaments of Gibraltar by It Col Sanchez Rubio of the SIS. This station,
Kurrer believes, was closed sometime in 1 044 because of pressure on Spain
by the United Stites and Great Britain.
The following persons were considered by Amende to be key personalities
in the chain of numerous groups and organizations linked with either
KO Spain or the SIS:
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