January 8, 1999

Dear Raye,

     Thanks for your card and info. The $20.00 you sent
has been placed among my property (it was confiscated)
and will await my release someday. They no longer accept
cash unless it is Austrian Shillings. But thanks anyway. At
least I'll have twenty bucks when I get out since my wife is
divorcing me and will leave me without a cent of money.
      My social security isn't enough to pay my medical
bills, just enough buy an HMO. Became of the 85 Iran-
Contra mess I don't receive a pension. But enough disaster.
If I think about things I can really become depressed.
     The case about which I can tell you a little was an
off-the shelf "company" operation. At my trial, Al Fayed's
security chief testified that my arrest was planned in D.C.
by CIA and FBI a month before I was taken into custody in
Vienna. At the time of my arrest, I was shown documents
which were found in my hotel room. I had not seen them
until then since another member of the team in Vienna had
given then to me the night before. (The police found no
fingerprints of mine on the papers.) I had a choice at my
arrest to identify the documents as genuine or as fakes. If I
said genuine I would face charges in the U.S. of high
treason. I said they were forgeries and was arrested for
Fraud, tried and found guilty despite the evidence of
entrapment.
     The other team members, one a high ranking "suit"
in the agency, all escaped. One went home, had a fling with
my wife by feeding her some sort of bull shit, whereupon
she "gave" him my brand new Jaguar which has now
vanished. God knows where. It appears as though he was
part of a plot to get me since a senior FBI official in Vienna
told the newspapers that "The CIA wanted to get Le Winter
out of circulation since he was too dangerous as its former
chief expert on disinformation and had been a whistle
blower for a number of years."
     The police also testified under oath the whole action
was directed by the FBI and that they acted under their
instructions. An FBI agent was present at my arrest,
questioning and search of the hotel room. Please feel free to
share this with Rodney.
     Another fact which I have documents for is as
follows: The Austrian justice ministry sent a request
concerning the documents taken from my hotel to the CIA
with a request concerning their real of forged status and
also requested that a government expert be sent to testify at
my trail under oath concerning the documents.
     The US government waited three months before
responding. Their reply stated that the documents were "not
authentic", no word about them being forged. They also
refused to send any expert to testify under oath. As for the
documents, I will ask my attorney to send you copies of
same for the web.
     Sam Anson of the L.A. Weekly seems interested
and I wonder what, if anything, he will write. I will need
money to live when I get out and would be willing to write
a book and reveal the truth about the "conspiracy to hide
the truth" about Diana's death. If you can find a publisher,
with a large advance, I would be willing to pay a agent's
fee to whomever helps.
     The true facts would shakes the world to its
foundations, since it involves a number of government and
more than a number of intelligence services.
     By the way, please tell Rodney that his postal
money order will be returned because the rules have
changed. The money order can't be cashed here and U.S.
dollar notes will almost not be accepted. The only
possibility is that he send US money to my lawyer, Dr.
Krebs who must convert it in schillings and then pay it into
my jail account. That goes for anyone who want to send me
a few dollars which I can badly use.
     Karl Koecher was a colonel in Czech intelligence
who worked at the CIA. We became friends. I was
instrumental in getting him exchanged after he was jailed,
for Anatoly Sharansky. He was here but escaped hack to
Prague. Nobody got killed here and as far as I swear under
oath their was no, is no ,was  never a 2nd GKR anywhere
with me.
     I have heard a rumor that I may be called as a
witness at the Pinochet trial in Spain because I was in the
room with Dave Phillips when Pinochet gave the order to
kill all the folks in the Stadium.
     We'll see, please try to start a massive action of
letters to the President of Austria asking for an executive
pardon. I am old, sick (very) and have or am losing
everything I care about and I'm really innocent.
     Al Fayed has gotten into contact with me now and
would like to have the truth. Isn't that irony of ironies?

All the best,

Oswald
Dr. Oswald LeWinter
Wilhelm's's H”he Tullnerbach
A-3021 Pressbaum
Austria