Part IV of the SWC Operation Report

                            FINDINGS

A. Enforcement of laws

Germany has passed a series of laws over the years to prevent attempts at Nazi revivalism. These laws are not always enforced, however. In some cases, neo-Nazis have actually been tipped off in advance about impending police raids. Such is the case of Heinz Reisz, who told Ron Furey that an official in Hesse's state police (whose name he does not even know) has saved him considerable trouble by warning him that the police were on the way. (See entry "Deep Throat")
Constantin Mayer leads the Dresden area cell of the "Nationale Offensive," a group that was recently banned by the government. Although Mayer says he is under constant surveillance, he says he has cordial relations with the police and conducts his business with them "with a wink and a nod." (See entry Constantin Mayer)
Reisz's brother-in-law operates a video studio in Langen which produces Nazi propaganda. Yet the studio continues to operate. (See entry D. Warmt)
One woman, a retired police inspector, was presented by Wolfgang Juchem to Ron Furey and Rick Eaton as an example of his support among respectable Germans. (Juchem is seeking to take over and unify all of Germany's right wing.) (See entry Sigrid Schenk)
One neo-Nazi leader, Meinolf Schoenborn, has been raided by the police on several occasions. They've obtained his computerized membership list - a phoney, prepared in advance from a local phone directory to confuse the authorities. (See entry for Meinolf Schoenborn) B. ESTIMATES OF NEO-NAZI MEMBERSHIP
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     The Office for the Protection of the Constitution is the
     official German government agency which monitors the
     activities of the radical right.  Its estimates of
     membership in various neo-Nazi organizations in Germany are
     low.  For example:
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1. The Freiheitliche Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, run by notorious neo-Nazi Friedhelm Busse, is estimated by the Office for Protection of the Constitution at 150 members. Yet while ingratiating himself with Busse, Ron Furey was shown Busse's list - 980 members. Busse even claims he has thrown out another 150 for alcoholism. (See entry for Friedhelm Busse)
2. While the government estimates that another group, the Nationale Offensive, has 100 members, Ron Furey found out that the Dresden area cell alone has 150. (See entry for Mayer)
3. Meinolf Schoenborn's "Nationalistic Front," which is also banned, is estimated at 130 members. Schoenborn claims an infrastructure of 8,600. Even if Schoenborn is overdoing it, it is apparent from information obtained through an interview between Ron Furey and Schoenborn that the 130 figure is overly conservative. (See entry for Schoenborn)
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     Furthermore, the image of the supporters of the radical
     right does not always conform to the street-thug stereotype.
     (See entries for Juchem, Schenk, Klaren, Hammelback,
     Marliany, Walz)
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  C. NAZI LEADERSHIP
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     Many names have been given by the press and the German
     government over the years as the top Nazi leadership.  Some
     of these people, however, are not in the leadership
     positions they once were.
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     The most significant find of the trip was that one Wolfgang
     Juchem, who has a squeaky-clean record and 30 years of
     service to his country, is considered by many to be the
     odds-on favorite to restore the radical right's tarnished
     image.  (see entry for Wolfgang Juchem)
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  D. INTERNATIONAL LINKS
  1. The Center attached an answering machine to a cold line announcing to any potential caller that he or she had reached The (fictional magazine) Right Way. This was done to provide credibility to Ron Furey's cover should anyone decide to check up on his persona as a journalist.
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     On Friday, February 12, 1993, that phone rang - it was Mark
     Weber of the Institute for Historical Review, the notorious
     organization dedicated to the proposition that the gas
     chambers of Auschwitz are a myth.  He had called to obtain a
     copy of The Right Way.  Now, the only people who knew that
     number were Ron Furey, the Center's senior research staff,
     and the neo-Nazis in Germany to whom it had been given.
     Furthermore, several of these people claimed to know Weber
     quite well.  (See entries for Kempkens, Godenau, Weber, and
     Carto),
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    2. Roy Godenau's contacts with Iraq and Khadaffi (see entry for
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     Godenau).
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    3. Reinhard Kopps, a former Abwehr (World War II German
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     military intelligence) officer who worked for, and escaped
     to South America via the "ratline," maintains links with the
     radical right throughout the world.  Kopps, who employs
     Godenau, (see entry) provided Mr. Eaton with a letter of
     introduction to a contact in Luxembourg who could be trusted
     to launder and distribute funds to various neo-Nazi groups
     in Germany.  Kopps also suggested that Mr. Eaton consider
     employing Mark Weber (see entry) for a separate project.
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    End of Part IV
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