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all4 chez

'IA avec

_{M.5acht: TF-,a.k1A}

n'.;us :Ivor! cu une.

conversation sur ma :ritsaticn.

. Etant dOnr4 que F.Kedia et M.Teolvlift savaient que p6tais par-

A/0#4

ti • rani! pour zager

r'en _{volontair qrdans} I'armde

allido m'a

tout.de sul.te dit que p4tais reven1 pour accomplir una mission pour

_{une . nation allide soft pour les} Anglais,lee Am4ricaine ou les 'Fran-

_{cais. Moi j'ai r} 4 _t, on3u affirmati y erontre

ll:'ils 4tft1ent

_{Rnti-nssis,u'iline me d, r.noveraient} jamais.csis qn(au contraire

pourrais uttendre beaucup d'aide c. Jo p rotection vu lours position

et leurs relations.

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lu'Arant!,er,r pr49entant d'un peaple

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conf'its.

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:inconnus mais jn unux assul .tr d'apres 1c o .:-.17 ^{nun jn Y.Kedir}

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cui exi2ttnt 6n Al3nnajan t; connait taus

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'F.rt temps ^Yf ct

_ri' ,Fant•rien

voir

a7ec les h;s-

_{toires P-olAtiques} de44.Kedia:puteque je ne suis pas Vorgien t ^connais- .

. _{cant personneremmnt L7 .7■ s} tna,jeouis sr oi.e avant la .pnssibiliA4-ae

_sxlvoir 'ocauc:up

_{prparer le chein aux prvArp ,.irlsra} nor.s al-riverone

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len:!ematn -Ipto2e =

_{en direction :le PAD} !;axcnic). Y.Kedia et lc p rofesseu.r. von

.i4ende

_{cr.". mnxitu fatt}

pcur7arlerc

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officiers du

AL=71,ce

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c;-.-1'.-.:enr.- 1 here'

_{as :n} v)iture.

_{dehors. "1,orsque tout} toutfut f1ai,V.di4 est. eorti et S'oat 6ntreten4

eve roAl fne d:irmnt que to!Jr 1 't'ire allaient etre termi—

_{n6s dans} quelques instants.

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s'awAt d'abord dune Dienstreii4e ,oescli,linigung pour 737,717T,

alc

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et d'une lettre pereonnelle et screte e raccmmandation aupres

_{du pr6fet de} police d'Erfurt: !:.Kedia m'a conseilld,une fcis arriv6

_{Erfurt,de passer .li)s} liznaa am4ricaines tout soul dans - la mesure

_. du.possible sans m'adrerser au pr6fet de police parce qu'il serait

_{plus . vite d'arriver •} au but at d'ailleurs pour .Aviter que le .SAD:7*.I.H.

_{posSede des ra7_7urts sur} ma.personne.lesquelt.aulaient pu plutard . •

_{Etra.transmis au} ä 'ilerlin-et qui auraient nui teauqoup:h

notre trByail.

_Les pTurparlers termim5s a Dad .::lster,Y.Kedia et le proferseur

• von ,':aces on Continue leur oner.:±n en voiture i=idiatement ?ma

_{po u r}

leqr • A part j'ai re9 11 une :ohambre dans

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_{la :naison de} la 1,13-( qui 4tit l'auberge."Iandhe

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rt

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car

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DATE 2001 2000

KEDIA Michael - alias KOHLER, _Michael

Born: 23 Feb. 1902 in Tiflis

Father: Meki KEDIA, director of the "Surete Georgiene".

Former addresses: •99•KurfOrstendamm, Berlin _31.

4 Rue des Presidannes, Croissy, France

Vesines (near Paris)

1 Rue des Granges, Geneva, Switzerland

Present address: Bern, Switzerland, w/Rostyslaw SHULGIN. German Passport: No. 857, issued in Berlin, 15 Mar. 1943. Physical Description: Height - 6 1 _, sparse reddish hair cropped short, regular features, large nose, ruddy complexion, no beard or mustache, domlnnting eyes, intellectu al type, shape of hoed-square, lon; face. Languages: Russian, French, German

Profession: Before 1940: possibly yoghourt (cheese mode from sour milk) manufacturer.

'Chronological Informs tiOn On KEDIA 1s life

reorgia:

know about KEDIA from 1940. In fact, almost

.

_1916.

.''.1rit

:pLlitical activity-bet .ame member of'a.nationnl.r.

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1921 left ';eori .;.1a _{to r-ether with /iiP}

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E.r&ridOn well-nown nationnliStic _{• leader who w p s at that tir.}

of the See9rity. Fallice of the _{:j ear7inh.-ioverh.rient} r:EIDIA was never a.member of :Ienshevik larty. 77.11e left Geor:71a . vdththe GeoriAh Geyernmeht.

Stayed 15 months in Ist.n,u1 _{an6 then went to :ieidelherT vinere}

-ieh f).-1 _•

ritudied

1924.' InH.,arch,went to l'aris

he•learned

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ormanutactrin'.7.

e and his.ather-innlaw fcr.mde:1 _A'

samoll

to'aIlovi_KDI

_{, fah} 4

.yor,hourt,

A, fro.: t l 'At time on ,Ntirdi • .P. co:'3.fort::•lo

KH;DIA

joined* the Ifouth OrPhization of theationelist _karty

still tinf2.er 1,:ens':e7i1c

_{.( . the} i .l eor4an exile - ,, oveYmment

.

earis.as

influence. h'it the . ationajst i 'artTunder t:le _{leadership . 01: kri.}

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f"ormed,R•pR.rt oC thR _{so-halled kssembly).}

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C;cor.:ish.

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Already ;invaded t ;zognosiovaki.a.

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the

_{16aper mann'Od} ito ot im.thes0as6 brci he tr9v611.ed to I-2:.;n(%.ain.:7 I

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_{- men} the.';-,bcasian _{1940.-On . July .7.4 .justifte} 'r the "Orman occupation of rarts, --flrman

_{trficers cont'Ae*A nd} KDIA. Me afterwrds honmi ti:. _{,!t the Abwehr'hc,:}

_{' his name in . their files} because _{ix7it.t2 of} the mass _{. he had received}

_{' in 1:130' to} co to Prague; The giAN3n-intellIi:once o 'ficoro

who contfacted

_{icDIA and who ro.t} trv ti ae omiard cooperated _{durinv the}

_{.was•were ;4ajor1,: .} Major,: :RAUDACH'und•i l aupt:Anbn (trof.) _of theSouth ithssiah intelligence brrinch: The e _{.rmans ',nount} to be the most active mn,.;:hkrap g. o .f the .6ecr7Inns'sohe ecame, for tnm, the leadchtg--figUre. of Caucasian e4airv. In Sept 1940 _{was in . 'contact with . Oit II} .:(Lt 2iGOl;. von aRit,■DEP.5711410. :.adt a cedple of

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an independence or _{other*Gaucnsien} nations. This wa.s-the only basis

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regain 7:eorzian independence

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1923-reducation,

ties, bUsineSti:- associates ere-,a11—anknown.:

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spin i

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_{. and here „heard • for the first . time or ;e.ppe .lin}

As. losses : . •

: were . Crest . an results neFligible,

on his .return to 3or1in, iledia

''insisted : this 'undertalcinc; stop . ii•Ii.mcdiately. • 'ile af; _s2.eed to :re-ori: .;:nize .

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action

_{'the Caucasus if}

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_{l'aDI .Á was inforMed .that .CAmAT3A} I vas paraThuted without.his, consent. _5he : xesults. were nca-,1i .r:ib1e an(i . k)im a;ster three years :, the leader of _{TAARAi I, KAWVA , *} escaped. to Istanbul . At nc: end of 'the Year was in Paris. _{. 1943 'KOTA in .} Berlin. Made two trips to Istanbul, •on .Je from ::or _{to Apr. 17 and ar,,ain} fr.on Dec, 4 to 18 Dec. Two _{•-,roups were sent to the Caucasus .} under ETZKOWAICIVILI, only he reti ,rned. The results for . _{' KEbIA of the two roUpa} were more .interestinc than to the "I ermans - _{as the .informatiOn was :.iloro} political than Oilit.,ary.

_{In Istanbul' KEDIA was ii} constant 'contact with '11J.RI PAS:iA Aho

_{'represented . t very influential} A uranian

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. policIx towards Eastern people was obviously imperl

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_{andtheir'servi ,:es -in Istanbul, officer to the ‘'urkish} authorities an(i71I

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Oct. In .;eneva, Switzerland. V,ns first contacted by 1)137 in fall or winber 1945 upon request of he I■mericni _{Consul. 1)137 ,7,athered in thLs} first interview that believed hir,isolf kept by the Americans in Suisse for future use. n'DIA sur,gested to 1)137 that he (K) not be kept in on internment camp because, In such a case, he could not run his chain (which he said reached into Moscow) for the Americons. KEDIA hod contact with the Si officer, Lt. JOLIS (Paris).

1946: In Born, Switzerland livim; with Hostyslaw SHULGIN. _{In January 1046, D57 reported im KMIA l} s recent offur of the

use of his Georrjan

Probably nothing happened, that is, his offer apparently WEIS ^not accepted.

uhnin.

.4xt happened oftorrords Is not clear.

_Feb.

.1 was to be interned. Internment postponed.

Kedia's name came up again in connection with the SW.:1LIN opera- tion. D37 was put in touch with SHULGIN by KEDIA, whth whom he (SHULDIN) lived in Geneva, according to a report by DB23 and DB5 of _{June 46. Thru SHULGIN, KEDIA's} offer to use his Georgian chain was _• indirectly renewed. KEDIA made his offer indirectly to the ITIP:TR

_• (UKRAINIAN CHIEF COUNCIL OF LIBERAITION), probably well aware of

SHULGIN's connection with us.

• _{12 July 46. KEDIA, in a} letter to Rostyslow SHUL3II: proposes _{that SHULGIN contact KEDIA's men} in Turkey (Istanbul). According to

1946 (con0d):

KEDIA,.he has nine a.-ents in Turkey. KEDIA's chief representative is MENAGARI-who has contacts with the followinrz Turkish officials:

1. NADJI-BEY (Naci Bey), Chief of the .1-urkish _{rilitary Intell.}

C(.1. CELAL BEY, Chief of the 'kurkish _{IS for western} Turkey.

Col. TEMER-BEY

Gen. NURI PASHA, brother of Enver PASHA

Gen. ERKILLET

KriM Cofer Bey AKHOUT

Service.

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Among KEDIA's agents is on Alexander KANKAVA who parachuted into Georgia 1942 and returned recently _{, to Istanbul.} KEDIA apparently gave this information to SHULGIN for trans- mittal to the UHI.R. representative Zuf-ene STACHIV. UHUR is repo rted to have decided to organize an intelligence center in Turkey, and STACHIV' was charged with the _{mission. SHULGIN, however said that} "KEDIA is very impulsive, and not always _{wise in the choice of his} associates." SHULGIN wants to get the advice of the ",mericaLl authorities" what to do, and their reaction to _{KLDIA's list.}

German organizaAons of which KEDIA wns a member

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