Claims

A 1960 CIA dispatch records that Otto Skorzeny was persona non grata with the Gehlen Organization

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An 11 Aug 1960 dispatch from CIA's Munich base reports that WINTERSTEIN, chief of UPHILL (Gehlen Organization) political collection, said Skorzeny 'is persona non grata with UPHILL and particularly with UTILITY.'

Evidence

RelationRecordNote
documentscia.govSkorzeny file Vol. 2 p.0134 (Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act release): Chief of Base Munich to Chief WE / COS Germany, 11 Aug 1960, subject Jean Franthile MARTIN/Otto SKORZENY. Read from the downloaded PDF 2026-10-30 (sha256 a3bbed5e).

Ties

ToRoleYearsVerdictSource
Otto Skorzenysubject1960Structuralcia.gov
Gehlen Organizationshunned Skorzeny1960Documented · saidcia.gov
CIAreported1960Documented · occurredcia.gov

Claim

An 11 Aug 1960 dispatch from CIA's Munich base reports that WINTERSTEIN, chief of UPHILL (Gehlen Organization) political collection, said Skorzeny 'is persona non grata with UPHILL and particularly with UTILITY.'