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1 LS wed — SEQRET During his Abwhr activities in Portugal from 1 a to 19%5, Paul Fidremuc, although working as an independent - i agent for Abwhr HQ Berlin, maintained close contact with the - Chief of KO Portugal Obst. Lt. Von Karsthoff, frequently assisting him in an advisory capacity. Fidremuc was interested in obtaining reliable intelligence from the United States to substantiate or to elaborate on the report of his agents in England and the Near East. Von Karsthoff obliged him by showing him or discussing with him the reports of his agent in the United States, whose name, as Fidremuc found out in the - course of his discussions, was Kaul. On While interned in CIE 76 United States Zone of Germany in the Spring of 1946, Fidremuc made the acquaintance of a Dr. Kaul, a fellow internee, whom Fidremuc, from informa= tion learned in the course of conversation him, suspected to be identical with the Abwhr agent Kaul. Vd During their conversations Dr. Kaul told Fidremuc and others that the Gestapo had furnished him with dollars to live for sometime in Costa Rica. He further stated that he had excellent connections with Professor Einstein and his laboratory. He had in his possession a letter signed by Professor Einstein and addressed to the American authorities responsible (% his United States internment, recommending en ae ye" a Mf Source: MID Report dated December 7, 1946 Letter from the Legal Attache, London, England, dated February 18, -_ with oo - om bibIc SE EL pic +p uSe~ne ps 513