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Willem Oltmans (Willem Leonard Oltmans) was born on 10 June, 1925 in Huizen, Netherlands, is a Dutch investigative journalist. Discover Willem Oltmans's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

Popular As Willem Leonard Oltmans
Occupation Investigative Journalist · Author · Interviewer
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 10 June, 1925
Birthday 10 June
Birthplace Huizen, Netherlands
Date of death 30 September, 2004
Died Place Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality Netherlands

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1893

He was a close confidant of both Beatrix and Gertrude Büringh Boekhoudt (March 24, 1893 – September 3, 1982) who had been Crown Princess Beatrix's tutor since April 1951.

1925

Willem Leonard Oltmans (addressed as William Oltmans in some English publications; 10 June 1925 – 30 September 2004) was a Dutch investigative journalist and author active in international politics.

1946

He studied at Nyenrode Business University (1946) and Yale University (1948), without graduating.

1953

Originally intent on a career with the diplomatic corps of the foreign service, he ended up working in press offices in the Netherlands (1953–1955).

1955

He married in 1955 and worked as a freelance reporter in Rome in 1956 for De Telegraaf when he interviewed and befriended Indonesian president Sukarno during Sukarno's trip to Italy in 1956.

This started his career as a controversial journalist which the Dutch Security Service would closely watch for many decades.

1956

Due to the highly critical stance he often took towards Dutch foreign policy, as of 1956, the Dutch government conspired to keep him out of work.

Against the will of the Dutch government, Oltmans interviewed Indonesian president Sukarno in 1956.

Once he became a confidant of Sukarno and part of his inner circle he took it upon himself to convince the broader public in the Netherlands of the legitimacy of Sukarno's viewpoints.

1957

In 1957, he pleaded for the transfer of Dutch New Guinea to Indonesia while in Indonesia.

He claimed to have prevented a Dutch war against Indonesia over New Guinea by sending a memo to US president.

Subsequently Joseph Luns, Minister of Foreign Affairs, covertly tried everything to sabotage Oltmans' career, with considerable success: for a long time, Oltmans was forced to live off welfare.

Luns, who now had become Oltmans' nemesis, called him a 'one engine mosquito'.

1958

On June 10, 1958, he moved to the United States.

Convinced that a well connected and informed individual could play a decisive role in the international political arena, he assumed a pro-active part in global political developments, becoming both a news reporter and news maker.

1960

Oltmans was based in the US in the 1960s, where he worked as a reporter for Dutch TV broadcaster NOS and lobbied members of the President Kennedy's administration regarding New Guinea.

1961

On April 5, 1961, he attended a meeting with the United States National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy at which he supported the transfer of New Guinea from the Netherlands to Indonesia which occurred on August 15, 1962, with support from the United States.

Joseph Luns, who was a prominent Dutch diplomat, vehemently opposed this transfer and subsequently had Oltmans declared persona non grata for life.

1963

After Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963, Oltmans interviewed the mother of accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, Marguerite Oswald whom he met in March 1964 at JFK Airport and was seated next to her on a flight.

Further investigation led him to Oswald's acquaintance George de Mohrenschildt.

1967

On 15 October 1967, Oltmans interviewed the de Mohrenschildts for NOS which resulted in a 40-minute film that was the only full-length filmed interview of George de Mohrenschildt.

1975

However, the film, which was kept at Hilversum, disappeared in 1975.

1977

In 1977, De Mohrenschildt agreed to disclose information to Oltmans, but disappeared from their meeting place and was found dead in Florida a few weeks later.

On March 3, 1977, De Mohrenschildt and Otlmans flew to the Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands where De Mohrenschildt had left his luggage, money and keys at Oltmans home and then, a few days later, flew together to Brussels where they had a 12:30 lunch date with a Soviet diplomat with whom De Mohrenschildt conversed with in Russian and abruptly left the table but Oltmans never saw De Mohrenschildt again.

On 29 March 1977, De Mohrenschildt was found dead at his daughters home in Florida due to an apparent self-inflicted shotgun wound via the mouth.

Oltmans stated that a taped recording of the event existed in which footsteps can be heard, followed by the sound of a shotgun discharging, and then footsteps heard again.

L. Richardson Preyer of the House Select Committee on Assassinations investigating the assassination of Kennedy stated that De Mohrenschildt was "a crucial witness, based on the new information that he had".

A few days later, Oltmans told the HSCA that de Mohrenschildt had implicated himself in the conspiracy to kill President Kennedy.

And Pat S. Russell, who was De Mohrenschildt's attorney said "I definitely feel there was a conspiracy and that definitely was the opinion of George."

Oltmans testified for three hours behind closed doors and told the committee that De Mohrenschildt told him he had discussed the assassination of Kennedy with Lee Harvey Oswald from A to Z. "De Mohrenschildt told me that Oswald acted at his (De Mohrenschildt's) instructions and that he knew Oswald was going to kill Kennedy," Oltmans said.

Although Oltmans had given information to the Committee shortly before, De Mohrenschildt's death had released Oltmans from his promise not to divulge certain information.

1991

A lengthy lawsuit (1991–2000) involving the Royal family led to the state having to pay him damages.

Oltmans was born into a wealthy family with roots in the Dutch East Indies.

During the Second World War he was a member of the Dutch Resistance.

He fought a long lawsuit (1991–2000) against the Dutch state, which he eventually won.

1995

In 1995, Oltmans published his book My friend Sukarno.

2000

In 2000, a commission awarded him eight million guilders (four million dollars) in damages, after taxes.

Having paid two million guilders in lawyer's fees, Oltmans bought a penthouse on a canal in Amsterdam and a Steinway piano.

2003

"We blew up a German train," Oltmans told the Dutch daily Reformatorisch Dagblad in 2003.

"Hitler called me a terrorist, but I saw myself as a freedom fighter."