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ime i vaetit ed =) a Ee ee ee . ~ | ; pre ‘up promptly by the regular courier. Informant was aware of at ae CC | EOE: Another individ who acted as courier for EINSTEIN's telegram address was ALFRED\XATINER, Receptionist at the CP ow Central Comittee Building im Berlin prior to 1933, who was Qno\r contacted by an unlisted telephone when cables were not picked NK 100-32986 ea mbl least two or three occasions when KATTNER made the contact or ee ee Pe oY pick up at EINSTEIN's address. Aw bl bab7D he informant advised thet he (& h; was of the STEIN was unaware of the true nature of _ the correspondence which was channeled through his cable address from the Par East. Arrangements may possibly have been made through LINSTSIN's secretary without his knowledge. Informant pointed out that if EINSTLIN were aware of the use of his address apo AWM from the berinning, the mest logical approach to-him in order to Py gain his approval | for such activities would be to convince him ~ Spey 2m that it was in:the interests of “human riz ghts. (BO w/ ofr Gs Informant further advised that at least one incident occurred during the summer of 1930 which indicated LINSTEIW must have had some knowledze of the use of his cable address for purposes other than his own. At that time, EINSTEIN's private secretary had planned to go on a three or four week vacation and had been instructed to notify the Soviet courier in advance of the date of her departure so that arrancements could be made to intercept the Comintern cables before they were given to KINSTEIN. The private secretary left without informing the courier and no attempt was made by the courier to contact EINSTEIN personally. — The only remaining alternative was to await the return of the secretary. When she returned from vacation several weeks later, all cables were turned over to her by EINSTEIN and there were no . unpleasant repercussions. The use of the cable address by the Soviets continued as in the past. The informant was unaware as to whether EINSTEIN asked for an explanation from the secretary as to the use of his own cable address for activities not relating to his profession. Informant advised he-had no further knowledge of facts which would indicate knowledge or lack of such on the part of EINSTEIN relative to the above operations. He stated that EINSTEIN was frequently active in supporting so~called "front groups", especially those relating to human rights or anti-Fascist netivatiee nD ol ; \A