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Büro Ha
Büro Ha also known as Buero Ha was a Swiss intelligence agency that was founded by Major Hans Hausamann in September 1939 and established by the Swiss Militia. It was closed in 1949.
Büro Ha was founded in September 1939. with an office that was set up in Teufen by the Swiss Militia. The agency was a covert arm of Swiss Intelligence, disguised as a press-cuttings agency. The agency was designed to develop the Swiss defence force and at the same time enable the Swiss to maintain the dubious claim of neutrality. Buero Ha was established as an independent agency by Hausamann because he feared, during the period that led up to the war and in the event of a war, that the official intelligence agency, the Swiss Army Intelligence would be too small to defend Switzerland.
In 1939–1940, Hausamann's office was moved to the Villa Stutz in Horw-St. Niklausen south of Lucerne. Against the resistance of the intelligence section of the army staff, Hausamann later succeeded in finding accommodation in the Hotel Schweizerhof in Lucerne, where Intelligence Collection Point 1, headed by Max Waibel, was already located. The radio equipment remained in Teufen, and a telex connection was added. Hausamann's office consisted of Hausamann himself, two women from the Women's Auxiliary Service, a radio operator and an office orderly who was also a driver.
Haussaman was assisted in the agency by military intelligence officer, Czech colonel Karel Sedlacek, who was with the Czech government-in-exile in Switzerland. Hausamann reported to the 5th Section of the Army Staff. Brigadier Roger Masson. of the Swiss General Staff, was chief of Swiss wartime intelligence.
Büro Ha's offices in the Teufen villa HQ were organised into four departments. Buero D focused on Germany, while Buero F focused on France and Buero I was Italy. Hausamann's office had two secretaries and Czech colonel Karel Sedlacek as an assistant.
In a travel report from Austria on 1 June 1938, it is stated:
After the collapse of France, states that had remained democratic or the constitutional Principality of Liechtenstein were endangered. According to Germany, Germany should organize the European continent. In a large-scale system, the leading people grant the people being led graduated autonomy. But for the peoples being led there would be no sovereignty, no independence and no territorial integrity.
From the Swiss point of view, the question therefore arose as to how the war would develop in the future and how Switzerland could retain its sovereignty. In the memorandum of 1 June 1940, the Hausamann office describes and assesses the political and military situation in detail:
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Büro Ha
Büro Ha also known as Buero Ha was a Swiss intelligence agency that was founded by Major Hans Hausamann in September 1939 and established by the Swiss Militia. It was closed in 1949.
Büro Ha was founded in September 1939. with an office that was set up in Teufen by the Swiss Militia. The agency was a covert arm of Swiss Intelligence, disguised as a press-cuttings agency. The agency was designed to develop the Swiss defence force and at the same time enable the Swiss to maintain the dubious claim of neutrality. Buero Ha was established as an independent agency by Hausamann because he feared, during the period that led up to the war and in the event of a war, that the official intelligence agency, the Swiss Army Intelligence would be too small to defend Switzerland.
In 1939–1940, Hausamann's office was moved to the Villa Stutz in Horw-St. Niklausen south of Lucerne. Against the resistance of the intelligence section of the army staff, Hausamann later succeeded in finding accommodation in the Hotel Schweizerhof in Lucerne, where Intelligence Collection Point 1, headed by Max Waibel, was already located. The radio equipment remained in Teufen, and a telex connection was added. Hausamann's office consisted of Hausamann himself, two women from the Women's Auxiliary Service, a radio operator and an office orderly who was also a driver.
Haussaman was assisted in the agency by military intelligence officer, Czech colonel Karel Sedlacek, who was with the Czech government-in-exile in Switzerland. Hausamann reported to the 5th Section of the Army Staff. Brigadier Roger Masson. of the Swiss General Staff, was chief of Swiss wartime intelligence.
Büro Ha's offices in the Teufen villa HQ were organised into four departments. Buero D focused on Germany, while Buero F focused on France and Buero I was Italy. Hausamann's office had two secretaries and Czech colonel Karel Sedlacek as an assistant.
In a travel report from Austria on 1 June 1938, it is stated:
After the collapse of France, states that had remained democratic or the constitutional Principality of Liechtenstein were endangered. According to Germany, Germany should organize the European continent. In a large-scale system, the leading people grant the people being led graduated autonomy. But for the peoples being led there would be no sovereignty, no independence and no territorial integrity.
From the Swiss point of view, the question therefore arose as to how the war would develop in the future and how Switzerland could retain its sovereignty. In the memorandum of 1 June 1940, the Hausamann office describes and assesses the political and military situation in detail: