---
category: PROMIS Scandal
summary: Business partner tasked by Rafi Eitan to receive the PROMIS software with
  its intelligence trap door from Earl Brian for deployment in Guatemala.
tags:
- Person
- PROMIS
---

[Baldur K. Kleine](/people/baldur-k-kleine/) was a business partner of [Manfred Herrmann](/people/manfred-herrmann/) and the representative in Maitland, [Florida](/places/florida/), for Ora, an [Israeli](/places/israel/) arms-running company. He coordinated [Israeli](/places/israel/) activities in [Central America](/places/central-america/).[^1]

[Kleine](/people/baldur-k-kleine/) was tasked by [Rafi](/organizations/rafi/) to receive the [PROMIS](/programs/promis/) software, complete with its "trap door," from [Earl Brian](/people/earl-brian/) in Maitland. He then passed the program to [Manfred Herrmann](/people/manfred-herrmann/) in [Guatemala](/places/guatemala/), who, in conjunction with [Maxwell's](/people/robert-maxwell/) [Degem](/organizations/degem/), implemented it for intelligence purposes.[^1]

[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.