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Me nt eng Ne OM oe ee a DES epee 008 M9 oA gt AR Rene FY BO, ape? go on Fog re ean pre ag vee ~2 a L wBisos 702 IsTzSTIOATION Se aN Be! ‘The following information concerning Professor Alvert insertats affilias. 2. 3. 4. tion with Communists and the use of his office in BERLIN (453/275) watil~ 1933 as a telegran adiress by Agents ef the Coutatera and ether Soviet - Apperate is desmed to be of euffielent interest to verreat forverding . higher Headquarters, . f oan sy symcPsis cr PRETIOUS irvesttastions te ane . ; is : aol one, ’ . ; we ; PRESINT INVESTIGATION: Prior to 1933 the Conintern sai other Soviet Apparate were very active im ~ gathering intelligence information in the Far East. Many Iaternational ~~ Communist functionaries were stationed im SEAIGIAL and CANTON for that pure . Powe, and among then vere exysrienced German Apparate men such as Hans - CH, FrieirichSURD%, Johannes LIKBT2S, Wilhelm -ZAISSEi, end a Cne means of comtunication used ty these persons to eoatact Central Read quarters 1n MOSCCY was through the use of telegrams, However, theese tle grams, vhich were always in code, were never sent directly te MOSOO¥, bat wers sent to Agents in other eountries, each as Egypt or Prance, where were re-copied and forvardei to telegran addresses in BERLIN, One of theses \~: addresnes was the office ef RINSTXIE, which proved tc be very successful =~ since FIESTIUD reseived a great quantity of mail, telograzs, earlogrens, . ete, from all over the world, ; KLESTL1Z's personal secretary (her nase cannot Ye recalled) turned ever the '-” *telegraas to a special apperat man whose duty was to pick up such mall fren teveral telegran addresses which iacluded FISSTIIN's office, a watchmaker's - shop known as-UHREsILB, BERLIN, and a Kertonacenfabrik® (box factary) ope — rated vy Waltex SCHAUTREAUSEN, BIRLIX So., Beve Jacobistr, The pick up aaa thes Gistributéd the telegrans to the various ehiefs ef the various Soviet Apparate im BIZLI¥, who in turn sent the inforzaticn to MOSCOY¥ by courier, military attache pouches, illegal ratio traneni tters, and other methods, Since these telegrans vere in code, it te Qevumed that EINSTEIN did aot know their contents, Sovever, it ies veanoceable to believe that EINSTEIN did knov that bis Sffice was being used Wy the Soviets as a telegram cover sitress. EISSTXI£ mast have become aware of what was going on in eithsr 1930 er when kis personal secretary went en leave and he was giver @ large encunt 6: Selegrane which he kept wi ry aot ee returned from leave, The her ok per own ive