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- would assist Germany. e Bec. 65-8986 Bante assisted Paul Feige ir obtaining information about. ships bound for Britain with war materials and supplies... Bante claimed that asa member of the Gestapo his function was to create discontent: among union workers, stating that every strike: Sebold met Bante at the Little Casino Restaurant, which was frequented by several members of this spy ring. During one such meeting, Bante advised that he was preparing a fuse bomb, and he subsequently delivered dynamite and detonation caps to Sebold. . Entering a guilty plea to violation of the Registration | Act, Bante was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment and was fined $1, 000. MAX BLANK Max Blank came to the United States from Germany in 1928. Although he never became a United States citizen, Blank had been employed in New York City at a German library and ata book store which catered +@ German trade. . Paul Fehse, a: ‘major figure in this case, informed Germany that. Blank, who was. acquainted with several members of the spy ring, could secure some valuable information but lacked “the funds to do so. Later Fehse and Blank met with Sebold in his office. They told Sebold that Blank could obtain details about rubberized self-sealing airplane gasoline tanks, as well as a new braking device for airplanes, from a friend who worked in a — Shipyard. However, he needed money to get the-information. Blank pleaded guilty to violation of the Registration Act. He received a sentence of 18 months' imprisonment and 2 $1,000 fine. a ALFRED E. BROKOFF Alfred E. Brokhoff, a native of Germany, came to the United States in 1923 and became a naturalized citizen in 1929. He was a mechanic for the United States Lines in New York City for 17 years prior to his arrest. Because of his employment on the docks, he knew almost all of the other agents in this group who were working as seamen on various ships. ae eat a © ~ Brokhoff helped Fehse secure information: ‘about the Sailing dates and cargoes of vessels destined for England. He also assisted Fehse in:transmitting this information to Germany. Also, another German agent, George V. Leo Waalen, reported that he had received information. from Brokhoff for transmittal to Germany.