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1. FOLLOWING ON FRANCOIS GENOUD SENT

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A. FRANCOIS GEORGES ALBERT GENOUD CI__ 3 DPOB 26 OCTOBER1915, LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, IS EMPLOYED • BY ARAB COMMERCIAL BANK,.

GENEVA, AND BELIEVED TO RESIDE IN LAUSANNE. IN RHO SEPTEMBER 70

UNILATERAL ASSET C REPORTED SUBJECT. MADE REGULAR MONTHLY VISITS

TO THREE PALESTINIAN HIJACKERS JAILED IN ZURICH .. SUBJECT TOLD

THAT HE HAD RECENTLY RETURNED FROM TRIP . TO BEIRUT WHERE HE HAD .DIRECT

CONTACT. WITH HABBASH GROUP.0 FILES • INDICATE SUBJECT HAS BEEN

INVOLVED FOR SOME TIME WITH ARAB EXTREMISTS . AND HAD ATTRACTED

ATTENTION INBREEDS•Y

B. SUBJECT WAS ABWEHBR 'AGENT DURING WORLD WAR II. HE ALSO

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HELPED CARAVEL, BKHERALD CONTACT IN SWITZERLAND IN 1940'S, ESCAPED

INTO SWITZERLAND AFTER CARAVEL'S DEFECTION FROM ABWEHR IN BELGIUM

DURING WORLD WAR II. 1953 INFORMATION INDICATES SUBJECT WAS MOO

SWISS LITERARY AGENT WHO SOLD "HITLER'S TABLE CONVERSATIONS" TO

FLAMMARION PUBLISHING COMPANY IN PARIS HAVING ACQUIRED POWER OF

ATTORNEY FROM BORMANN EXECUTORS. HE HAS ALSO BEEN CONNECTED WITH

THE "ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES AMIS DU MONDE ARABE LIBRE".Y

C. SUBJECT HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH HANS RECHENBERG, ECONOMIC

ADVISOR TO THE ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT IN 1960'S, WHO IS KNOWN TO

WORK FOR CAWHISPER AND BELIEVED TO WORK FOR ALGERIAN INTELLIGENCE.

IN AUGUST 62 GENOUD APPROA SED CARAVEL, WHO IN PARIS FOR INTERPOL

MEETING, ON BEHALF ALGERIAN - GOVERNMENT FOR PURPOSE UNOFFICIAL

SOUNDINGS RE LIKELY GERMAN GOVERNMENT REACTION REQUEST TRAIN SENIOR

ALGERIAN POLICE OFFICERS, STRESSING TRAINING WOULD BE UNDERTAKEN

WITH KNOWLEDGE FRENCH AUTHORITIES. SUBJECT WAS CLOSE FRIEND OF

MUHAMMAD KHIDIR, ALGERIAN POLITICAN WHO FLED ALGERIA WITH LARGE

SUM OF ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT MONEY. GENOUD,SUSPECTED OF HAVING AIDED

KHIDIR, WAS JAILED IN 1964 AND DEPORTED FROM ALGERIA 1965. HE

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2. ARTICLE CONCERNING GENOUD AND ARAB TERRORIST ACTIVITIES

IN EUROPE APPEARED IN ITALIAN WEEKLY MAGAZINE "GENIE" SEPT 70.

GIST OF ARTICLE AS REPORTED BERN 11271,12 MARCH 71 1 AS FOLLOWS:

A. DEFENSE OF THREE TERRORISTS WHO ATTACKED EL-AL AIRCRAFT IN

ZURICH AND WHO ON TRIAL IN ZURICH WAS ORGANIZED COMPLETELY BY UNION

OF ARAB LAWYERS WHO UTILIZED ASSISTANCE OF BANKER OF GENEVA,

FRANCOIS GENOUD, WHO ADMINISTRATOR OF ARAB COMMERCIAL BANK OF

GENEVA AND WHO HELD IN GREAT TRUST BY PFLP.Y

B. GENOUD OWNED BAR "OASIS" IN LAUSANNE DURING WWII WHICH

SERVED AS LETTER-DROP FOR NAZI INTELLIGENCE. AFTER WAR, GENOUD

REAPPEARED AFTER PERIOD OF SILENCE IN FRANKFURT WHERE DIRECTED

PUBLISHING HOUSEOF NEO-NAZI SYMPATHIES. GENOUD HAS CONSTANTLY BEEN

VERY CLOSE TO NAZI CIRCLES AND MAINTAINS CONTACT WITH NUMBER OF EX- •

OFFICIALS WHO HAVE MOVED TO EGYPT AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF ARAB WORLD.ThTHESE ACQUAINTANCES OBTAINED FOR HIM NECESSARY INTRODUCTIONS INTO

HIGH CIRCLES OF ARAB WORLD. HE PLACED HIMSELF AT SERVICE OF

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0 IPFILCS #ALGEnAN FLN AND FOR PERIOD OF TIME WAS ALSO INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN

BEN BELLA AND NASSER. WORKING GUTH EX-CAPTAIN OF SS, HANS

REICHERBERG, HE FOUNDED IMPORT/EXPORT FIRM IN MUNICH CALLED "ARABO-

AFRIKA". SOMETIME LATER, REICHERBERG BECAME ECONOMIC COUNSELLOR

OF PEOPLES' REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA AND GENOUD BECAME ADMINISTRATOR OF

ARABS COMMERCIAL BANK IN GENEVA, WHICH ALREADY CONSIDERED EGYPTIAN

GATHERING POINT FOR ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE.Y

C. EMIR OF KUWAIT MADE DEPOSIT OF 500,000 POUNDS STERLING TO

GENOUD'S BANK FOR ORPHANS OF WAR OF ALGERIAN LIBERATION. SUM

DISAPPEARED. ACCUSED OF HAVING USED IT FOR PFLP, GENOUD REJECTED

ACCUSATION AND ANNOUNCED HE HAD TRANSFERRED MONEY TO ARAB PEOPLES'

BANK OF ALGERIA, BUT THIS BANK SAID IT NEVER RECEIVED THE MONEY.Y

D. GENOUD APPEARED IN ZURICH Al TIME OF TRIAL VOFTERRORISTS

AS OFFICIAL SUPPORTER AND AID OF PFLP . HE ACCOMPANIED ARAB LAWYERS,

OBTAINED AUDIENCE WITH PRESIDENT OF COURT, AND COMPLETELY SUCCEEDED.

IN PARTICIPATING AS "COUNSELOR" IN CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN LAWYERS

AND PRISONERS.Y

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BLOCH, GENEVA, WAS RESPONSIBLE SALE 11 MILLION SWISS FRANCS VALUE

KUGELFISCHER BEARINGS TO CHINA IMPORT AND EXPORT OF EAST BERLIN WITH

FINANCIAL BACKING AND ACTIVE SUPPORT OF UNION BANQUE SUISSE. BLOCH

ACTIVE COLLABORATORS THIS TRANSACTION INCLUDED ONE FRANCOIS GENOUD

OF SUISSE AND PARIS AND HANS RECHENBERG OF GERMANY . ALSO, IN

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EPTEMBER 65 ONE NILS ANDERSSON REPORTED THAT GENOUD WAS AGAIN IN

ALGERIA, RUNNING BANQUE POPULAIRE D'ALGER. DESPITE OVERT NAZI

1CONNECTIONS, ACCORDING ANDERSSON, GENOUD HAD MANY TIES WITH SO-CALLED

I LEFT IN ALGERIA. HE ORIGINALLY GOT IN TOUCH WITH ALGERIANS THROUGH

NASSER, AND HAD VERY STRONG CONNECTIONS THERE.Y

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