[TFR 66-1]
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THE DIRECTORATE OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Tambov Oblast
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"2" Oct 1947        No. 1st<u>-1513</u>            City of Tambov
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[illeg. handwriting]
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<TTL>TO THE DEPUTY HEAD OF THE 1ST DIRECTORATE GUPVI MVD, USSR
COLONEL</TTL>
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<u>                                           Comrade EFREMOV</u>
                                                           Moscow
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<u>In reference to No. 8/2/6134 dated 16 Sep 47</u>

     With regard to the situation surrounding the POW KHARVIS-
ARENBERG Vil'yam (Fredrikh Vil'gel'm), born 1923 - American. [cut
off] has been reported to you three times - namely: 26 Nov 46 for
No. 1/II 205 [cut off] 1947 for No. 1/V-51 and 7 Feb 47 for No.
1/V-69.
     Upon receipt of your inquiry dated 9 Apr 47 for No. 8/2/
[cut off] we again conducted a thorough search of the 
registration document archives [cut off] of MVD camp No. 188, an
inquiry was made at [cut off] department No. 1 of camp No. 188 ,
which is located in the city of Kirsanov [cut off] in the Saratov
Oblast to determine if the POW we are looking for, KHARVIS-
ARENBERG, would turn up there.  The [cut off] camp Section No. 2
of camp No. 64 was queried again (the questions and answers are
attached), but no positive responses were received.
     As a result, the situation surrounding the search remains
[cut off] - specifically, KHARVIS-ARENBERG's presence is not
listed nor is he listed on the lists of those who were shipped or
those who died.
     The [cut off] of the registration section of b/camp No. 188,
in connection with the elimination of [cut off], were fired and
left the Oblast.  There is currently little chance of more
precisely defining the location of POW KHARVIS-ARENBERG.  We
propose that POW ARENBERG Fridrikh Vil'gel'm, having entered camp
No. [cut off],
                                                        [TFR 66-2]
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                              - 2 -
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was given a different nationality and name and was sent somewhere
under that name.  However, these changes were not noted in the
card file.
      This conclusion is supported by the fact that the POW
personnel records numerically correspond to arrivals and
departures for that period.
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                 HEAD OF THE TO DIRECTORATE, MVD
                          MAJOR GENERAL              (MAKHON'KOV)
                                                         [TFR 66-3]
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                  [handwritten "452"]               <u>Top Secret
                                                   </u>Copy No. 1
kn-2. USSR                    [stamp "SECRETARIAT UNK TO
Ministry of                                       Entry No. 5331
Internal Affairs                                  2 Aug 47"]
<u>GUPVI                      </u><u>TO THE HEAD OF THE OPVI,
TAMBOV OBLAST
"26" Jul 47</u>                                         MAJOR     
    <u>Comrade KHVALENSKIJ</u>
No. 8/2/4898                                                     
     city of Tambov
city of Moscow   [handwritten "entry No. 1128 27 Aug 47 [illeg
signature]"]                                      
          Expedite completing our No. 8/2/2453 from 9 Apr 47 on
the cross reference of prisoner of war ARENBERG Fridrikh Villi,
born 1923, an American by nationality, Private First Class, sent
26 Sep 45 to camp No. 188 station Rada from MVD camp No. 212.
          HEAD OF THE REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT GUPVI MVD USSR
                                   MAJOR [signature]
                                                                 
(MAKOV)
[printed along left-hand margin "In responses, refer to our
                                                       [entry]
number and date."]            
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                                                    <u>Top Secret
                                                   </u>Copy No. 1
2-od. USSR                                                    
[handwritten "451  8"]
Ministry of
Internal Affairs                   TO THE HEAD, UMVD, TAMBOV
OBLAST
<u>GUPVI                                               </u>MAJOR
GENERAL<u>
"26" Sep 47</u>                                                  
     <u>Comrade </u><u>MAKHAN'KOV</u>
No. 8/2/61340                                                    
     city of Tambov
city of Moscow [handwritten "OPVI, report [illeg]"]              
     I am reporting <u>that over the course of nine months</u>,
the GUPVI MVD USSR has been corresponding with UMVD of Tambov
Oblast (8/2/5367 dated 20 Dec 46, 8/2/28 dated 6 Jan 47, 8/2/791
dated  5 Feb 47, 8/2/2453 dated 9 Apr 47, and 8/2/4898 dated 26
Jul 47) on establishing the place of departure of the American
prisoner of war KHARVIS-ARENBERG Frank Vil'yam, who was
transferred from camp No. 120 to camp No. 188.  <u>To this date,
a favorable answer</u><u> has not been received</u> at the GUPVI
MVD USSR.  The Head of the OPVI Comrade Major KHVALENSKIJ did not
answer our last request, No. 8/2/2453 dated 9 Apr 47.
     I request that you make it incumbent upon the Head of the
OPVI to immediately respond to our inquiries regarding the POW
KHARVIS and that you impose disciplinary punishment on those
persons responsible for responding to these inquiries.
     I request that you report the results to GUPVI.
     DEPUTY HEAD OF THE 1ST DIRECTORATE, GUPVI MVD USSR
                              COLONEL      [signature]  
(EFREMOV)
[printed along left-hand margin "In responses, refer to our
                                                       [entry]
number and date."]            
[stamp "SECRETARIAT UNK TO
        ENTRY No. 6697
         30 Sep 47"]                                                        [TFR 66-4]
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[stamp "Basis TsAKP Fond 231, Inv. 1, Case 871, page 194"]
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[stamp "Certified Xerox Copy: Head Archive Storage
                                                  [initials
"MIYA"]
                                                  22 September
1992"]                                                       [TFR 66-5a]
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[handwritten "454  11"]

LIST.
Prisoners of war from camp No. 120 who departed for camp No. 188
on 25 Sep 45
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Name Last   First    Middle  Date of Birth  Nationality    Rank
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1. Arenberg Fridrikh Vil'gel'm   1923                 American    
 Private
2. Rejger   Rudol'f            Genrikh               1905      
American     Soldier
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     Head of the Directorate of camp No. 120
     MVD KFSSR                Lieutenant Colonel     [signature]
(Makarov)
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     Head of URO Camp Directorate
               Lieutenant                            [signature]  
(Gubin)
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[handwritten "455    12"]
                                                                 
<u>Copy</u>
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                           STATEMENT.
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     On 30 Sep 45, we, the undersigned: Duty Officer Nitshiperov,
Zone Commandant Dubovitskij and Convoy Head Merkulenko, prepared
this statement upon the arrival of the two prisoners from
Petrozavodsk.
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     The statement contains the clothing inventory of the two
prisoners.  Garrison caps 2, overcoats 2, cloth service jacket 2,
cloth pants 2, shirts 4, drawers 4, leather boots 2, socks 2, 
sweaters 2.
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Duty Officer                                      (signature
illeg.)
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Zone Commandant of the Camp   (no signature)
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Convoy Chief                                      (Merkulenko)
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True copy: secretary of camp No. 120 Directorate
          MVD KFSSR  Captain   [signature]  (Maksimov)
[An official seal "USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs POW camp No.
120" is stamped over the above]
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27 Mar 47                                                        
                                                       [TFR 66-5b]
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[handwritten "454  11"]

LIST.
Prisoners of war from camp No. 120 who departed for camp No. 188
on 25 Sep 45
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Name Last   First    Middle  Date of Birth  Nationality    Rank
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1. Arenberg Fridrikh Vil'gel'm   1923                 American    
 Private
2. Rejger   Rudol'f            Genrikh               1905      
American     Soldier
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     Head of the Directorate of camp No. 120
     MVD KFSSR                Lieutenant Colonel     [signature]
(Makarov)
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     Head of URO Camp Directorate
               Lieutenant                            [signature]  
(Gubin)
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[handwritten "455    12"]
                                                                 
<u>Copy</u>
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                           STATEMENT.
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     On 30 Sep 45, we, the undersigned: Duty Officer Nitshiperov,
Zone Commandant Dubovitskij and Convoy Head Merkulenko, prepared
this statement upon the arrival of the two prisoners from
Petrozavodsk.
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     The statement contains the clothing inventory of the two
prisoners.  Garrison caps 2, overcoats 2, cloth service jacket 2,
cloth pants 2, shirts 4, drawers 4, leather boots 2, socks 2, 
sweaters 2.
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Duty Officer                                      (signature
illeg.)
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Zone Commandant of the Camp   (no signature)
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Convoy Chief                                      (Merkulenko)
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True copy: secretary of camp No. 120 Directorate
          MVD KFSSR  Captain   [signature]  (Maksimov)
[An official seal "USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs POW camp No.
120" is stamped over the above]
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27 Mar 47                                                        
                                                        [TFR 66-6]
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[handwritten "<u>Entry 5245</u>                        
[handwritten "415   10"]
              15 Apr 47"]                    <u>Top Secret</u>
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[handwritten "to comrades [2 illeg. signatures] 16 [illeg.]"]
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USSR
MINISTRY OF                                                      
INTERNAL AFFAIRS
<u>GUPVI       </u>           TO THE HEAD OF THE OPVI ,UMVD OF
THE 
                                                  TAMBOV OBLAST
                                            MAJOR  
"9" Apr 47                                   <u>COMRADE
KHVALENSKIJ</u>               
No. <u>8/2/2453</u>                                               
        city of Tambov
city of Moscow
                              <u>in reference to No. 1/u-51 from
28 Jan 47</u>
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     For the third time I am requesting that you cross reference
and report to the GUPVI MVD USSR on where the American prisoner
of war KHARVIS-ARENBERG Fridrikh Vil'gel'm is being held, or
where he was sent to.
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     The prisoner of war ARENBERG, mentioned above, was turned
over to the MVD camp No. 188 on 30 Sep 45.
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     I am attaching a copy of the transfer statement for the
prisoner of war ARENBERG, as well as the receipt and a list from
the MVD camp No. 120.
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     <u>ENCLOSURES</u>: see above.
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HEAD OF THE 2ND DEPARTMENT, GUPVI MVD USSR
               MAJOR
                                   [signature]  (MAKOV)
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[stamp "UNK SECRETARIAT 
        Entry No. 2666
        14 Apr 47"]
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[printed along left-hand margin "In responses, refer to our
                                                       [entry]
number and date."]                                                                    [TFR 66-7]
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Entry No. 13352 [Stamp "SECRETARIAT UNK TO  [handwritten "93"]
                        Entry No. 201<u>           Top Secret</u>
                                  9 Jan 47"]  [handwritten "466"]
     USSR                                         <u>PERSONAL</u>
  MINISTRY OF
INTERNAL AFFAIRS
     GUPVI
"6" January 1946              TO THE HEAD OF THE UMVD - TAMBOV
OBLAST
   No. 8/2/28                                     COLONEL
  city of Moscow                   
<u>To Comrade LESHCHUK</u>
city of Tambov
[handwritten "to Comrade Khvalenskij"]
[handwritten "complete immediately and do not delay completion of
similar requests in the future"]
     I am reporting that the GUPVI, MVD of the USSR, is receiving
inquiries from the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs and from
other official organizations about the search for prisoners of
war who, according to the card index, are being held in camp No.
188.  There are no records on [their] release from camp No. 188
and the OPVI UMVD confirms that they could not have departed.
However, they are also not present in any of the camps in the
Tambov Oblast.
     For example:
     1.  No. 8/2/4462 dated 28 Oct 46 (passed via "VCH")  We
inquired as to where the American POW's KONRADI Dzhordzh, born in
1925 and BONAR Karl Karl, born in 1919 went after they were
shipped from camp No. 188.  It is totally unacceptable that
almost two months passed from the time [we sent] our memorandum
No. 8/2/5013 dated 30 Nov 46, until Comrade MAJOR KHVALENSKIJ,
the head of the OPVI, reported back.  He reported in No.
1/II/2191 dated 24 Dec 46 that KONRADI Dzhordzh died on 6 Jul 45
and that BONAR, Karl Karl, is listed as having arrived at camp
No. 188, but to where he departed has not been established.       
     2.  We inquired in No. 8/2/4791, dated 20 Nov 46, (passed
via "VCH") on the American POW's; KHARVIS Arenberg, born in 1920,
who arrived in camp No. 188 from camp No. 120 and VAJNER Iogan
Gustav, born in 1922, who arrived to camp No. 188 from camp No.
125.  Major KHVALENSKIJ, in No. 1/II/2059 dated 28 Nov 46,
reported that POW's KHARVIS and VAJNER are listed as having
arrived, but it is not possible to determine to where they
departed to.  To present there has been no response to our repeat
inquiry No. 8/2/5367 dated 20 Dec 46.
     Having reported the above-mentioned information, I ask you
to immediately cross-reference where American POW's KHARVIS
Arenberg, VAJNER Iogan and BONAR Karl have been shipped to and
report this to the GUPVI, MVD USSR.  Send <u>the registration
file with the death and burial certificates</u> for POW KONRADI
Dzhordzh who died on 6 Jul 45 while being transported from camp
No. 188 to special hospital No. 5951 (city of Kirsanov).
     I also request that any remaining POW registration [files] 
from camp No. 188 and special hospital No. 5951 be                                                        [TFR 66-7a]
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put in proper order immediately.  Also point out to Comrade Major
KHVALENSKIJ, the Chief of the OPVI, the unacceptable sluggishness
in completing the requests.
THE HEAD OF THE GUPVI, MVD USSR
LIEUTENANT GENERAL
 

                                                  [signature]
                                                       (KRIVENKO)
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[Printed along the left side of the page "In responses, refer to
our No. and the date."]                                                        [TFR 66-8]
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[handwritten "Entry No. 53040"]              
[handwritten "26 Dec 46, completed by [illeg. signature]"]
                                        [handwritten "462 19"]
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<u>                                                Top Secret</u>
     USSR
  MINISTRY OF
INTERNAL AFFAIRS
     GUPVI
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"20" December 1946                 TO THE HEAD OF THE OPVI UMVD
                                          TAMBOV OBLAST
  No. 8/2/5367
  city of Moscow                                            <u>To
Comrade KHVALENSKIJ</u>
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<u>Reference No. 1/II/2059 dated 28 NOV 46</u>
                                                    Tambov
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     Carefully cross-reference all of the documents you have on
MVD camp No. 188, as well as the documents from the Operations
Section.  Accurately establish under what last names and to what
location the American POW's, Vajner Iogan Gustav, born 1922, sent
from camp No. 125 and Kharvis-Arenberg Frank Vil'yam, from camp
No. 120, were shipped.  Report the results to the GUPVI MVD USSR
by 1 Jan 47.
     In the future, you are to immediately report all changes in
the registration documents for prisoners of war to the
Registration Section of the GUPVI, MVD USSR, so the changes can
be made in the central index file. 
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DEPUTY HEAD OF THE GUPVI, MVD USSR
LIEUTENANT GENERAL
[signature "PETROV"]
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[Stamp "SECRETARIAT UNK
        Entry No. 7875
        25 DEC 46"]
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Completed by Davydov
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[Printed along the left side of the page "In responses, refer to
our No. and the date."]                                                        [TFR 66-9]
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                                      [handwritten "456 
<u>13</u>"]
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RECEIPT
==================

I received 2 (two) prisoners of war from Comrade Merkulenko into 
camp No. 188.
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Duty officer                       (signature [illeg.
handwriting])
                                   (triangle stamp for passes)
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True copy:     Secretary of the MVD Camp Directorate No. 120 
               KFSSR Captain [signature "Maksimov"]
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[seal "USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs
          POW camp No. 125"]
                                           [handwritten "144"]
                                                       Top Secret
                                           [handwritten "457"]
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            TO THE ACTING HEAD OF CAMP SECTION No. 2, CAMP No. 64
                          SENIOR LIEUTENANT  
                                         <u>Comrade
DILVEAPNESHKIN</u>             
                          
                                                         - here -
OPVI
22 Apr 47
[handwritten "1p602"]
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          I request that you immediately report when and to where
the prisoner of war ARENBERG Fridrikh Vil'gel'm departed.  [He
was] born in 1923.  He is an American who arrived from camp No.
120 and was sent to camp No. 188 on 20 Sep 45, for which there is
a receipt issued by camp No. 188 and a certificate.
     I am also reporting that REJGER Rudol'f Genrikh, born in
1905, arrived at camp No. 188 along with the POW ARENBERG.
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THE HEAD OF THE OPVI MVD TO
          MAJOR
                                                       
(KHVALENSKIJ) 
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[handwritten "Major [illeg. signature]"]                                                       [TFR 66-10]
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[handwritten "Entry 5120 20 Feb 47"]
MVD of the USSR                                 <u>Top Secret</u>
Camp No. 64
Operations Sect.     TO THE HEAD OF THE OPVI UMVD - TAMBOV OBLAST
"18" February 46                                   MAJOR        
                                           <u>Comrade
KHVALENSKIJ</u>
No. 00124                                    [illeg. handwriting]
City of Mormansk                                    <u>Tambov</u>
                                              [handwritten "464"]
<u>In reference to No. 1/V 46 dated 27 Jan 47</u>

As a result of the questioning of POW's Khajm Fred and Sklej
Dzhordzh regarding the POW's you are searching for - Bonner Karl
Karl born 1919, and Vajler Iogan Gustav, born in 1922, it was
explained that at the end of 1945 or at the beginning of 1946 the
POW Bonner Karl departed camp No. 188 on a special transport
train for one of the work camps (according to POW Khajm).  The
POW Vajler Iogan departed for his own country from camp No. 188
in October 1945 (according to POW Sklej).
     In addition, these POW's explained that the following POW's
also know of Bonner Karl and Vajler Iogan: Brajling Genri (at the
Kaganovich factory), Myuller Al'fred (at the Sanitorij site) and
Dukh Ptefan (in the territory of former camp No. 188) were
located in camp section No. 2 of camp No. 64.  These people, who
were also considered Americans, were held in MVD camp No. 188.
     At the same time we are reporting that the operational
worker Junior Lieutenant Lobanov found that POW Bonner Karl's
departure was indicated in the card index of the
operations/registration [section] of camp No. 188.  The basis of
this is a memo from the registration section.
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Deputy Head of the Directorate of MVD camp No. 64
Operations Junior Lieutenant                [signature]  (Ivanov)
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Head of the 1st Department, Camp Operations Section 
Lieutenant                                  [signature]  (Petrov)
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<u>Typed in duplicate</u>
Copy No. 1 Addressee
Copy No. 2 file
Checked by Lobanov
      l ya
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