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- -6- ™.o incendiary device or high explosive, novever destructive, cen entire branch of incustry. Yet tnis is precisely what tne hazi economic saboteurs of | vorla var II tried to accomplish in the United States. They actually bou ht up whole inaustries ana so civerted essential ,roducts from the armed forces of the United 5 Aves and its Allies. The Nazis achieved this colossal economic sabotace throu sh their ruthless manipulation of international -artserships, cartels and patent pools." Thus the authors go into. the cartel agreements which were forned between Averican and German firms long before Hitler came into power mentioning particularly the Bausch and Lomb Optical Company of Rochester, New York, and Carl Zeiss of Jena, sermany. Their sources of material in this instance are the public records of tne Department of Justice, the Senate Patents Comnittee and the Senate Truman Committee investigating the Netional Lerense Frogram. In relating the case of Tetrecene ammunition manufacturing between Remington Arms Company ano cor years controlled oy the I. ue Farbenindustrie, the authors state Taat, Weven at the time of the writing of this book, despite tne vast suj eriority of tetracene ammunition, it has not yet been zenerally adopted by the United States armed. forces oecause of the Nazi economic sabotage." The cartels, partnerships and patent pools were used oy the German Government as espionage channels, which enaoled tne Hivh Commend to learn nany of the military Secrets or tne United States. Chemnyco, Incorporeted, of Xew York an American representative of I. G. Farbenindustrie served as an agent for collecting all manner of information on America war production useful to the German Government and to Kazi saboteurs in the United States. Yuen Treasury agents raided the New York neadquarters of Chesnyco in February 1942, they found a complete espionaze file "on all American industry" in the lLazi company's vaults. , "This was quite zossibly a copy of the{ndex of Anerican Indust: to on page 23, whic é@ Fei nag learned about throush the in certain "foreign inaustrialist." y referred secretion of a CHAPTER IV "Tokyo Terrorists" In this chapter the authors go into the Black Dragon Society and the effort of Japan to obtain information in various ways. ‘hey reproduce a copy of the letter Gated June 28, 1934 from the Japanese Consulate, K. Kagayama to Ur. H. A. Van Norman, the chief engineer and general manager of the Los Angeles Bureau of Water vorks end Supply, which was nothing more than a polite request from the Japanese Consulate for information concerning tne Los Angeles water supply, nuuber of consuners, filtering process, etc. A copy of this letter was turned over to the F8I by Mr. Norman who als consulted the military authorities at that time. (The reviewer has seen sonetime in years past a copy of this letter in the Files of the FB.) Accorcing to the authors, the Geran and Japanese Intelligence Services o¢ an intimate colleboration snortly after Hitler cawe to power. In 1934 Colonel valth Viecolai sent his section [IIs aide, lajor Ceneral Eugene Ott, to Toxyo. ile was one Germany's most resourceiul secret service men. ie helped tne Japanese to reor their espionage and sacotece activities in Asia and tne Auericas. Ll Salvador becan the chief base for joint Nazi-dapanese operations in the “estern 4 mispnere. Ott, later became the Ger: ‘AMbassacor to Toxyo, took a special interest in the work of, the ,owerful Black Lragon Sockety, wich was in control o- the Japanese Goverment i