1. --4-694 (Rev. 4-10-79)UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION RECORDS DISCLOSURE COVER SHEET FOI/PA BRANCH RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535 Subject of Request: Walter R. Dornberger FOIPA No.Mr. A. J . Weberrnan 6 Ble ecke r S t ree t New Yo r k, Ne w York-=.2..::. 0.:l:...L,...:5:....;:....:8~_--~..../:19:....:0:....- _ __ 4 _Nov 26 .sao 1001 2Dear Mr . Web errnan:Enclosed are copies of docum n ts from our files . Where noted on the enclosed e documents , excisions have been made in order to protect materials which are exempted from disclosure by the following subsections of Title 5, United States Code, Section 552 and Section 552a. The exemption number(s) indicated by a mark appearing in the block to the left of the subsection cited constitutes the authority for withholding the deleted m aterial. (See Form 4-694a, enclosed, for an explanation of these exemptions). You wil l note that w henever page(s) have been withheld in their entirety a sheet has been substituted listing the number of page(s), the identity of their location within the file, and exemptions under which they were withheld. When a deletion is made from the enclosed pages , the appropriate subsection exempting that information is noted opposite the deletion . Section 552IKJ CJD D D D(b) (b) (b) (b) (b) (b)(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)Section 552aD D CKl QD DD D Pursuant to your request, withheld in their e n tirety.(b) (7) (A) (b) (7) (B) (b) (7) (C) (b) (7) (D) (b)(7)(E) (b) (7) (F) (b) (8) (b) (9)SQD D D D D D D D D(d) (5) ( j) ( 2) ( k) ( 1) ( k) ( 2) (k) (3) (k) (4) (k) (5) (k) (6) ( k) (7)pages were reviewed and20pages wereThe decision to withhold exempt portions of our records is the responsibility of William H. Webster, Director of the FBI .C!J Unless noted and explained, a search of references to the subject of your request 1n the files of other individuals or organizations, i.e., "see" references, was not undertaken. To verify most "see" references requires information identifying the individual(s) and/or organization(s) with whom the subject of your request associated and the ti m frame of the association(s). Should you desire a search of "see" references, e please advise of the details describing the specific incident or occurrence and time frame. Thereafter, efforts will be made to locate , retrieve and process any such record.

2. Mr. A. J. WebermanMr. Weberman, Walter R. Dornberger is the subject of one main Bureau file (105-11072) which consists of 48 pages and you are being furnished 28. Contained in this file are 19 pages of material which originated with the Department of the Air Force (17 pages) and the Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) (two pages) which have been referred to those respective Agencies for direct response to you. In addition, our documents contain information furnished by the Department of the Air Force, and CIA which will be furnished to you by the Bureau as soon as their determination is made as to the releasability of their information. You are also being furnished a two page reference in which Mr . Dornberger is captioned as the subject. This reference is being furnished to you in its entirety. The enclosed 30 pages are stapled into documents as the originals appear in our files . You have the right to appeal to the Associate Attorney General any denial of FBI information contained herein, or you may wait until we have completed the processing of your FOIA request, which will occur when CIA and the Department of the Air Force advises this Bureau as to the releasability of their information contained in our documents regarding Mr . Dornberger. In either case, your appeal should be directed in writing to the Associate Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, (Attention: FOIA Appeal Denial of Access). 3. Walter R . Dornberger, 84, German general during Wo rld Wa r II who supervised the cons truction of the firs t guided mi ssile, developed by Wernher von Bra un; in Baden- Wiirtt emberg, West Germany. Aft er the perfection of the V-2 rocket at Peenemiinde, Germany, in 1942, Dornberger directed the bombardment of --London with V-2s late in the war. Dornberger la ter remarked that the Nazis had lost because his colleagues "were mo re interested in the possibilities of space travel than victo ry in war." After spending two years in a Britis h prison camp, Da rnberger became a U.S. ci tizen and eventually vice president of Bell Aerosystems Co. i11 Buffalo, N.Y. He was on a visit to West Germany when he died.I 0NEWSWEEK/ JULY 14. t980 4. . FBI tiles indicate that this individual is a German to the. United States under the custody and control of the 1n Intelligence Objectives Agency. No investigation o~ this !vidual is ' being conducted by the FBI in the absence of a s pe c ~U87,;:~ . This is not to be considered as a clearance or d1sa pprov~~h~ . ~,_s~individual by the FBI for Federal emp+oymentr. ~-----t ::::;:",~-IBY COU RIER S'iC.J 5. -i'Bl..(105-11072).. !t'r;l't; . .- (l.Q5- 30535 ) --'.'-.--~:~-.........'-- - --- -- ....... . .'-_.~. ,_.;_:.::_.r..,_,.. ,_~ .,.,--. --......~. _.,. .~..~.;:,'""IIQ JUN 30"195&~): ... :._:t... - ---t:.J.~I. ' (!>._ aireau (105-11072) (RM)W!.;;f~,.'... -- .2 .., B.U'talo (105-154) - ,,.,., -~,....: 1 - Jfew York (105-30535) --- .,.t,. 6. .::....'ll~~~t:q--- -- 7. SAC. Buffalo (lOS-1$4)~-r~~~ --~---------------- ~----;7)859soSi..&2WAL!BR ROBERT DORBBERGERIS-G:.1-. .- -.-r& .. Aa the Bureau la avare DORHBERGER la oarrentl7 a '!eobnioal .laalatant to the President or Bell .l1rora1't Corp. 1agara Falls";--f.Y , and a oarrentl7 pr0111ne*t acientiat iD the field or Rocke ta and (Juided M1aa1lea. ~.I~&lclosed w1 th the COP'f vas a erU'ax letter to DORllBERGER re1'lected -; --...........-..--~ ~ The edltora o Magazine asked me to vrite an article on the eossible construction or a _space vehicle tnat ~ight orbit tbe JIOOD. Tberea1'ter reqQeated o1' DORIIBERGBR, . .._,...__ _ _ _ o-oplaa o1' -~..eaearu papua _11t;dch..Jiijght...pe~.taiD.._j;Q_.uciLA_w Cop'Tor4ba,,; 8. ..B j.l.banf a1rte'l 'I; .11221~"?resident ot Bel.'l o1ent1st .,. ~0.CI/[ ...... b '... . .,~; 9. 81aoe reteeaoecl a1rtel ...neotecl tba' DCilRBIRCID J rea14e4 1D V'1oa~ tellowla& 1aYeat!.&a,1 -.. ~~MDtueMA _, I A - o a Jama17 1. 1958. tflr " - "' e:t U.t11Tlae--1Jla.aa4 4etel'II1D1Da b1a eurreat addreu-~.~__..;.:,~~--..-..-toa &D4 ao.e. York ~~elepboae aad Ctt,r Dtreotorlea eeatatae4 ~ 11attas _ tor aubJect. &ad ao reoord tor ubJeot ... leoate ' u utoa aiKl ao.e rol1 Depart.eat or Cre41t.._a.. . ~-"'-'"l'lc--.na.a 1fho...-ca .. lut trred ba' . ,_be -w.~......,r..r.la aMrtoa retleoted tbat ta Tol. IT (1952-1953) aDd wrld.lls .. &troratt lo!'P ,aathl.e._ 1fla NatAeeoe ago Ga11(N11_8rtwe. a,ttale. .& 115~ lepboae DtreoteQ' &lao ... ltat;ecJ .aus' at the a A renew et..ut-o 10. Por tnfor.attoa of tbe Buffalo otttoe. a oop,r HtoHaoe4 -ali'Ml b "olNed laerewttlb...r-uc...... _---=-------~------------------------.1-"I il! 'r.,,-,. 'I'-:..~......10If'-a-i5 i6)718 5960 6~52 ---------------- 11. ;'.I,-'.. ,,.,"'~;.'~:...--~ -~--:-