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 SECRET 2515322 SEP 79 STAFF

CHTE STUTTGART 17937 SECTION 1 OF

TO: PRIORITY DIRECTOR, BONN INFOR GERMANY, TEHERAN, NKARA, ISTANBUL

WNINTNL RTBAT AJAJA CATOMIC

REF: BONN 84660 (NOTAL)

1. KEITH L. TOHLENNY HAD INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH CATOMIC.19 (T/19) 20 SEPTEMBER 1979 AT 1830 HOURS IN ROOM 1005 COLOGNE INTERCONTINENTAL, AS ARRANGED. MEETING LASTED FOR ALMORST FOUR HOURSE AND T/19 WAS PAID DM 7500 FOR PERIOD MAY 1979 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1979. AT RATE OF DM 1500 MONTHLY "FOR EXPENSES" FOR WHICH HE SIGNED HAND RECEIPT IN USUAL ALIAS. IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT MEETINGS WOULD CONTINUE FOR THREE MONTH TRIAL PERIOD. OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER, WITH DM 1500 MONTHLY AS "EXPENSES". THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON 27 SEPTEMBER. NO SECURITY PROBLEMS WERE APPARENT.

2. ATMOSPHERE: TOHLERNT BEGAN EMPHASIZING HIS AGE (SLIGHTLY INCREASED) AND HIS LONG BACKGROUND IN AREA. OINTING HISTORY, ETC. HE THEN ADDED THAT HE WAS GOING TO TALK TO T/16 LIKE A FATHER WHEN NECESSARY THAT IT WOULD BE FOR /19'S OWN GOOD. HE THEN STARTED TO QUESTION T/ ON HIS SERIOUSNESS ABOUT KURDISH PROBLEMS, GENTLY POINTING OUT THAT T/19 HAD HAD LITTLE TO DO WITH KURDISH NATIONALISM DURING HIS ADULT LIFE AND AT THE SAME TIME PRAISING T/19'S FATHER AND HIS CAREEER. TOHLERNT OSED TH INTRODUCTION BY NOTING HIS PERSONAL REGARD FOR THE KURDS AND EMPANTHY FOR T/19'S DESIRE TO ASSIST HIS PEOPLE. ALL THIS WAS WELL-RECEIVED BY T/19.

3. GOALS: TOHLERNT THEN RAISED QUESTION OF WHAT HE WANTS FROM T/19. DESPITE T/19'S DESIRES, WE HAVE NO INTENTION AT THIS TIME OF ASSISTING KURDISH NATIONALISM WITH ARMS OR MONEY AND T/19 MUST BE AWARE OF THE REASONS FOR THIS. FURTHERMORE, WE DID NOT WANT TO RETURN "BLACK" TO KURDISTAN, EVEN FOR VISIT AS THAT WOULD SIBLY CREATE MORE PROBLEMS FOR EVERYONE. HE COULD BEST SERVE HIS COUNTRY BY SUPPLYING ACCURATE INFORMATION ON WHAT WAS