OSS - MEMORANDUM ON GERMAN SABOTEURS WHO, VIA SUBMARINE, LANDED ON THE EAST COAST OF THE U.S.

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• Publication Date: July 20, 1942
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1. The training eohool attended by the eight Gorman eabotoure who
were reoontly apprehended in the United State following their landing from
German oubmarinse, wae known at the Auebildungulager Quante and waa looated
on Quentz Lake, Brandenburg, near Berlin, Germanyo Thia IMO the only eohool
attended by thee? Nazi agente.
2. The sabotage eohool wae formerly a private eatate. The main build-
ing had boon remodeled into peparahe rooms ae quarters for the instruotors and
studente. Thiu building alto oontained an ?Moe, dining room, and a reading
room. A laboratory was located nearLy, ono-hdlf or whioh ooneiated of A small
lecture room with bonehea suffioient for about twenty men. Next to thia lecture
room waa the laboratory iteelf whioh wad reported to be fully equipped for all
types of ohemicale, equipment, and eleotrical apparatua.
There wore sixteen etudents in the ()lase attcnded by the eight sabo-
teurs apprehended in the United Stilted, four of whom were officers of tht
German Army who apparently were unable to speak English and had no oontaot
with the other twelve men. Three of the other twelve dropped out for one
reason or another prior to the completion or the ?ours?, and a fourth man,
who wua scheduled to come to the United States with the other eight, was not
permitted to Emil bemee of illness.
3. The courae at thie uchool eontinued for three week. The following
id an outline of the eubjootei in which th tudente received training;
a. General chemistry
b. 14ht burning mixtureo
(oaltpoter, oulphur, flour)
ougaro etc.) the mixtureo
or which are easily ignited)
o. Methode of igniting light
burning mixtures
d. Bard burning mixture (thermit,
aluminum powder mixed with iron
oindore, plaoter of Pane, oto)
.Methods of igniting hard
burning mixturee
las Expleeiveu
g? Primoro
h? Fuses
L. Timing mut electrical davico
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j. Adoption of background, personal
history, etc. to conceal identity
in United States
k. Practical sabotage training
1. Secret writing
in. Inspection of industrial plants,
railroads, bridges, and canal locks
4. Lieutenant Walter Kappel Intelligence-2, German Army, was the
officer who selected the students for this course and appeared to be in
charge of the school and gave some lectures. The two instructors were
Dr. Walter Schultze and Dr. Helmuth Koenig, who were reported to be con-
nected with the Scientific Department of the German High Command.
5. The subjects considered the most important, although the time
spent on each is not known, were explosives and haw to detonate them,
incendiary materials and how to cause their ignition, and instructions in
various forms of mechanical and chemical delayed timing devices.
6. The selection of the students who came to America, to a great
extent, was decided by Lieutenant Walter Kappe. In addition to his duties
at Intelligence-2, he also appears to have been an executive officer of the
Deutsch Amerikaniche Kameradschafte (German-American Friendship Circle), part
of the Auslands Organization of the Nazi Party. This organization held
periodic meetings in Berlin at Hanes Restaurant, as well as meetings in other
parts of Germany, of those Germans who had previously lived in the United
States. Several of the saboteurs were obtained through their contacts with
Kappe in this organization. Some of the saboteurs were also drawn from the
German Army as a result of their ability to speak English and their former
residence in the United States. There appears tc have been no coercion to
force anyone to engage in this work.
7. There appears to be no specific qualifications for selecting the
sabotage agents. The only specific qualifications appeared to be a former
resident in the United States and the ability to speak English. An investiga-
Von was apparently made of the individuals selected to determine their
loyalty to Germany.
8. The students at this school consisted of both civilians and Army
personnel.
9. All of the students in the class attended by the eight saboteurs
were Germans. There was some evidence to indicate the school was approximately
one year old. The saboteurs coming to the United States were furnished with
American magazines and it was noted that periodicals from other countries foreign-
to Germany were available in the reading room. The school may have been used to
train groups sent to other countries besides the United States.
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10. The saboteurs sent to America were well supplied with funds in
American currency. Each saboteur was furnished a money belt containing
$4000. They each received approximately $400 in small bills to be used
by them immediately upon their landing. The leader of each group of sabo-
teurs was entrusted with the sum of 00,0000 together with 0000 additional
for each of the members of his group, This money was to be used by them
for expenses and to carry on their sabotage activities in the United States.
In addition to the money brought with the saboteurs to the United
States, each man was obliged to sign a contract for Lieutenant Nappe in
which they agreed to accept as their pay sums from two hundred fifty to
six hundred marks per month, part of which was deposited to their credit in
a German bank, and if they had families, part of this sum was to be paid
monthly for the maintenance of their dependents. None of the saboteurs were
supposed to know the amount of salary received by the others. A, member of
the Army, in order to obtain a salary, had to obtain a discharge from the
Army and become an agent or 05-mann for Intelligence-2.
11. A. EXPLOSIVES
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Only one ready-made explosive was used at the sabotage
school and supplied to the saboteurs. This material was
TNT in the form of blocks, approximately two pounds in
weight and was reported to be immune to shock. A large
quantity of this explosive was brought to this country
by the saboteurs.
They were also instructed in haw to camouflage this
explosive to look like blocks of coal into which:WO
placed a primer charge which detonated when subjected
to intense heat, thus causing the explosive to detonate.
B. TIUE 1)ELA7ED DEVICES
The saboteurs were trained in the use of high quality
sabotage devices such as incendiary pencils camouflaged
to look like pen and pencil sets, sulphuric acid and
chlorate of potash capsules, and clockwork mechanisms
which could be used with both explosives and incendiary
material.
Several simple mechanical devices were described. One
of them consiL;ted of filling a glass test tube with dried
green peas over which water is poured. When the peas ex-
pand, due to the absorption of the water, a loose cork in
the test tube is pressed upward making contact with a
semnd cork, completing an electrical circuit.
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Another device consisted of an ordinary tin can in which
had been put a small hole. The can WAS filled with water.
As the mater escaped, a floating cork descended into the can
and when it reached a certain point, contact was made between
a metal attachment on the cork and the can.
Another simple meohanical device was the use of an
ordinary pocket watch of cheap construction with an unbreak-
able crystal. One wire is connected to the case of the watch
and another wire is attached to a small screw inserted through
the unbreakable crystal. When a hand of the match touches the
screw, an electrical circuit is completed:
Another device which could be used in railroad sabotage
was described as being composed of two bare wires, one coiled
about the other but not touching. The lires are held in this
position by a mixture of rosin and paraffin. Any heavy
pressure on these wires would grind away the insulation and
force the wires together, thus completing an electrical
circuit.
The saboteurs had difficulty recalling the formulas they
were instructed to follow in preparing incendiary material.
It appears that they were instructed in the use of light burn-
ing substances and hard burning substances. The first appeared
to be various mixtures of saltpeter, sulphur, flour and some
instances, powdered sugar or saw dust. The hard burning sub-
stances used ware aluminum powder mixed with iron oxide, iron
cinders or plaster of Paris. No written instructions were
permitted to be taken from the school by the students.
Apparently no instructions were furnished to the saboteurs
in the use of bacteria, poisons or poison gases. One of the
agents in custody is reported to have inquired about this type
of warfare and was told that Germany did not contemplate using
bacteria or poisons and no plans had been made for this type
of warfare, inasmuch as it was not believed that the United
States intended to use such methods.
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B. FIEDULa165.
No regular course a treisling in firearms vas g
iven
to these men, and they carried rif
no firearms with thm
e when
they landed in the United States. I, pistol and le
range -was loca,ted at the school at Quentz e and- some
of the ractice
students had some pistol p.
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13. No ilaforma.tion vas receivep. to indicate that any tiire was spent
studying poison. gases.
14. The saboteurs received their forged credentials,,vhich consisted of
Social,. Security cards and Selective Service registration cards, folloving the
completion of their trainin' gi and at the office of Lieutenant Kappe vhich. is
located in an apartment building, Itanke Strasse 6, 'Berlin, Germany. Lieute,nant
Kappe apparently was the liviaual resporaible for hoe:Lug these doculrents
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prepared. The source of the doc t
urents is tunIcracsiutt. ?
15 ? ..411 a the students were informed, at he m their on a secret
recruitment,
by Lieutenant Nappe that they vere to be sent to the United States i
mission. Sore of them did not know the nature of this mission untl after
their training had actual-1i started.
16. Lieutenant Yavce and aft assistant, Reinhold. Barth, gave the in
structions relative to the Objectives ofa any
the saboteurs in thi,s country.
11. The saboteurs apparently were not instructed in the use
secret codes.
12? The two groups-o
transmission.
19. None.
20. The saboteurs vere furnished vith the nave and address of a mail.
drop in Lisbon, Portagea., vbich vas to be used to cx:straanicate with Germany.
They received instructions in secret vriting and. in writing to the mail drcrp
at Lisbon were to vrite their secret messages on the back a ordinary appear-
ing business letters.
21. The leaders of tW two sabotage groups sugVsted places along the
143erican. Coast?iti.tb, vhich, they were fa:ail-tar, to the CaPtains of the submarines.
Plans were thereafter worked out with these officers to lardi them as Gloss as
. possible to the place selected by the grou.p leaders.
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Xn the preparation for the landing,! the saboteurs were furnished
with German Marine uniforme so that if they :were apprehended in landing they
wtuld be treated aa prisoners of mg These uniforms were to be returned to
the eubmarine if tho,landing was,suceessful.and after the uaboteurs had
changed into civilian clothes which they ,had brought with them. Care wus
taken that the civilian 'clothes worn by the saboteurs were made in America.
The landings were made from sUbmarines by small rubber boats during the
nights The eubmarinos approaohed us close to the shore as possible after
whioh the rubber boats were launehed. In -one instanoe, the submarine touched,
tho bottom in making ito approach* Sailors from the nubmarinec a000mpanied
the eaboteurs on the landingd and returned to the oubmarinee with the small
boatel)
lt was not expected that any additional oupplies for these groupo
of sabotoure would be sent to them in the future? They brought sufficient
equipment with them estimated to lot them two years when ooneidered in
oonjunotion with their training in the manutaoture of sabotage materials.
2,. No dpeoitio arrangements were made tor the return of the oabotonve
to Oormanyg In the event of diffioulties, it was suggested to them that
they endeavor to make their way to Ohile or the Argentine.
24. At least on group leader was speeifisally instructed that if any
or the members of hid group disobeyed inotructions or became dangeroue to
duocessful oompletion of their mission, he should kill them.
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1. The training school a tended by the eight iii46te110
.0 were recently apprehended in the I.Inte:64tatt follqoit0h047(
1aq,3Ing from German svbmarines, was known aseY.11.bii ligslog6.,
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z a tii,as located on Quentz Ldke, Brandenburg:, ;0.4;'. e I,
Clermont. This was the only school attended by thr Nai ag?.
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2. The sabotage school was formerly a priv4e 0 ,:
Nain tuilding had teen remodeled into separate roogis apAarters.
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fur t110 instrrctorF and stue,ents. This building al-WOontOned_
LUL uffire, dining rooms, and a reading room. A laboratory
tr3notAiy, one-half ,)f which consisted of a small.lpatte
VOW tt benc}.oe, suff Icient for about twmty men. Text, to #is
130M WLIS tle laboratory itself which was reported to be
f'111," ecidipiv,: for all types or chemicals, equipment, arid .elec-
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lAere sixteen students in the class attended by
z.abuttiurs apprehended in the United States, four of whom
.erc off icor.,.; of the German Army who apparently were unable to
i;vak niith and had no contact with the other twelve men. Three
of i)ther Uelve dropped out for one reason or another prior=
to ti Q completion of the course, and a fourth man, who was sehe-
:i1ci to come to the United States with the other eight, was not
IfIA,itted to i1 because of illness.
The coume at this school continued for three *Weeks.
1L :u is an outline of the subjects in which the students
training.
a. General chemistry
b. Liglit burning mixtures (saltpeter, sulphur,
flour, sugar, etc., the mixtures of which are easily
ignited.)
c. Methodo of igniting light burning mLxtures
d. Hard burning mixtures (Zhermit, aluminum powder
mi.!-ed with iron cinder's, plaster of Paris, etc.)
0. Methods of igniting hard burning mixtures
f. Explosives
g. Primers
11. Fuses
i. Timing and electrical devices
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J. Adoption. of backgrourd,,personal
bietory, 04. to conceP1 identity it,
United States
L Practical sabotage training,
1. Secret writing -
m. Inspection of indu9t441 pa:
railromds, bridges, 6i:a cap:al i?ckY
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4. Lieutenant Valter Kappe, Intelligence-2, Geri 'na' Aiw, Op
the officer who sPlected the students for t4is 00UrSe And axad
to be in charge of the school and gave some lectures. wo
instructors were Dr. Walter Schultze and Dr. Helmuth 0,?4ig,t1440
vere reported to be connected with the Scientific DepattliOnV
the German Rigii Commando
5. The subjects considered the most imi,ortant,-*Iihottg,
tLm, t,,ent on each is not knorn, were explosives and 110-
t.em, incendiary materials and how to cause their ignition',
instmctions in various forms of mechanical and cheitical dela
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timing dr-vices. '
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6. The selection of the students who came to America, Wo
a great extent, was decided by Lieutenant Walter. Kappe,r In adet
tion to his duties at Intel1igence-2, he also appears to have b*
an exemtive off Icer of the Deutsch Amerikaniche Kameradschaft00
(German-American Friendship part of the Auslan4s-Orgautr
zation of the Nazi Party. This organization Mid periodic seetink
in Berlin at Hanes Restaurant, as well as meetings in other partsV
of Germany, of those Germans who had previously lived in the UndiA4
States. Several of the saboteurs were obtained through their con14\
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tacts vdth Kappe in this organization. Some of the saboteurs
were also dr3a1 from the German Army as a res4t of their ability 1
to 3pek English Ali their former residence in thw United States,.
There appear2 to have been no coercion to force anyone to engage
in this work.
7. There appears to be no specific qualifications ,.or select
the saLotric. ant. The only specific qualifications appeared to
be a forme- regident in the United States and the ability to speak
*I.-h. An invqstigation was apparently made of the individuals
selectod to determine thfqr loyalty to Germany.
The ctudentg Ms this school cowlisted of both civilians
and Army perbonsel.
9. All of the students in the class attended by the eight
sa)oteura were Germans-. There was some evidence to indicate the
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school wan app:oximately one year old:, The saboteurs coming to
the United States were furnished with American magazines and
it was noted that periodicals from other!Oountries foreign to
Germany were available in the re,iding A$014. The school may have
been used to train groups sent to. other countries besides the
United States.
10.
The saboteurs sent to America werep well with
funds in American currency. Each saboteur wa f?rnished.a, money
belt containing S4000. They each received approxiaately $400 in
small bills to be used by them immediately upon their landine.. The
leader of each group of saboteurs was entrtated with the sum of
t53,000, together with $5000 additional for each of the members
of his group. This money was to be used by them for expenses
and to carry on their sabotage activities in the United States.
, In addition to the money brought with the saboteurs to
therAited States, each man was obliged to-sign A contract for
Lie tcnant Kappe in which they agreed to accept as their pay sums
fro wo hundred fifty to six hundred marks per month, part of
whi f*as deposited to their credit in a German bank, and if
thOy ,bad families, part of this sum was to be paid monthly for
th'e thaintenance of their dependents. None of the saboteurs were
43upposed to know the amount of salary received by the others. A
mnmber of the Army, in order to obtain a salary, had to obtain
a discharge from the Army and become an agent or nS-mann for
11 A. EXPLOSTV7S
Only one ready-made explosive was used at the sabotage
school and supplied to the saboteurs. This material was
TNT in the form of blocks, approximately two pounds in
weight and was reported to be immune to shock. A large
quantity of this explosive was brought to this country
by the saboteurs.
They were also instructed in how to camouflage this
ex. losive to look like blocks of coal into which was
placed a primer charge which detonated when subjected
to intense heat, thus causing the explosive to detonate.
B. TIME DELAYED DEVICES
The saboteurs were trained in the use of high quality
sabotage devices such as incendiarv pencils camouflaged
to look like pen and encil s to 4"
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Le ulited with both explosives and incendiary material.
Severta simple medhouical devices-wore described One
of them consist4d of filling a glaps test tube wit4Olod
green polls over which water is poured. he the peai opt and-
due to the absorption of the water, a loose cork in the' eat .
tube ig pressed upward m 4ing contact with a Lecoild colt completini
4n electrical circuit.
Anothrr: device conaisted of an _ordinary tin can in which
had In ,,ut a small hole. The can was filled with Etter. As
th wat9r (?cnpod, a floating cork desceadvd into the earl- sad
when it roched a certain point, contact 11AS tado between a metal
attachmont on tIln cork and th,51. can.
Anothr eimplP mechanical device was the uso of an
ordiwry porkot vcitch o chert,, conatructio with an unbreakable
cryntal. wirP I, connected to tht? case of the watch and
another viiro is attviched to a smal_ scrim inserted through the
unhrkablx) crystal. When a hand of the wntch touches the screw,
an electrical cir011it is covletods
Anothor device which cotila be used in .ailroad sabot4go
dot;cribed aLl bein composed of two bare wires, one coiled About
t,0 othor but not touching. The wires are held in this position
H! a mixtb 0 0: rwin and paraffin. Any hetNy pressure on these ,
wires wotid rrim away the intiulation and :Vorce the wires 4.0 etho
tht_r c.-m,letum pipetrical cuectlit.
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The ,?jbk)tclzr had difficulty recalling the formulas they
werr instructed to follow in prqmring incendiary *atrial. It
aprars that toy worp instructed in the use of itght burnin
oubotncvs and har burning substances. The first Appeared to be
various mixt w- saltpoter, sulphur, flour and some instances,
po-&rod r ar dumt. Th hard burning substamen used
15vA a1limin7;m mixod with iron oxide, iron cinder$ or plaster
of Pri ow-itton insi-uction8 ver v pormitted to be taken
rm!Ath c:Nool 0,0 'tvcionts.
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App1rntiy no incLuctions rerr furnished to the satoteurs
in tho U40f bacteebit, poisons or vim, gases One of the agents
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regu1ax course'. of traiiting in ,firms was given
to these then.a4a they carlledno firearms, with. them
when theyland4 in the United SWell. A:pistol and
rifle range was located at the schbolatTipen# Lake
and some of the studentx had Some4istol;''practice.
12 See answer to 1141.
13. NO information was received to indicate that any time
was spent studying poison gaatt.
14. T46 saboteurs received their forged credentials which
consisted e Social Security cards and Seltiotive Service regis
tration cards, following the completion -ofAleir training, and
at the Office of Lieutenant Kam Qiiich is located in an apartment
building, Ranke Straf;se 6, Berlln, Germany. Lieute t lappe
apparently was the individual responsible for h4ving these doeu*
ments prepared. The source of the docwAento is unknown.
15* All of the students were informed, at the time of their
recruitment, by Lieutenent Kappe that they were to be sent to the
Wited States on a secret mission. Some of them did not know the
nature of this mission until aftur their training had actually st
16. Lieutenant Kapp and an assistant, Reinhold Barth, gave
the instructions relative to the objectives of the saboteurs in
this country.
17. The saboteurs apparently were not instructed in the
use oi any secret codes.
18. The to groups of saboteurs were not given any in uction
in radio tranamission.
20, The saboteurs were furnished 4ith the male and addreos
of a mall drop in Lisbon, Portugal, which was to be used to com
municate with Gormanys They received instructions in secret
writing and in writing to the mail drop at Lisbon were to write
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letters.
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along the Amer c ast.
Captains of the aibzuirj?
with these officers Lo len
selected by the group leaders.
22.. In the preparation for the Iftnding, eaboteursr
furninhed with German Marine uniforms so that t they were
apr
hended ?landing thej wo-ld be treated as prisoners 0 war. Th
luliforms Imre to be returned to the sub,marine if th 1ncflng
auccessful and after the saboteurs had changed into ci#4l1ixt
clothes which thcl had brought with them. Care was tk?hat
-V:1) (A.:Ulan cloths worn by the saboteurs' were node iz Amerioa0
The landinrs were made from submarines by ,small rubber boats auril
the niAt. The cutmarinPs approached 48 close to the shore as
pcssitle after which the rubber boats were lauphed. In we
instmce, the submarine touched the bottom in dakiag it pproach,
railoro from the submarine:s accompan4e4 th4 saboteurs on the land'
in s ?.n, returned to the suLmilminers with the small boats
agest r'
e f iIiar1 to
re thereafter work q
5 aose as possibie to t 0
It was not expected that any aciditional suppl,le.for:t4s
iroup2 of saboteurs would be seat to them in the future'. Timr:
Lrout :ufficient equipment with them estimated to last thein tWo..-
yer:: when concidered ir conjunction with their training W14
m-nufacture of sabotage materials.
No specific arrangements were made for the return of the;,
tJrloteurs to Germany. In the event of difficulties, it was s
ested to them that they endeavor to make their way to Chile or
the Argentine.
24. ' At last one group leader was specifically instructed
that if any of the members of hic group disobeyed instructian's'or
became thlagerom to the successful completion of their nissioni
he shoua kill them.
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Yarrad Sarno of Ihnitottgation
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JUL 22 1S42
PERSONLL & CONFIDENTIAL
BY SPECIAL MESSENGER
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Colonel William J. Donovan
Director of Strategic Services
25th and E Streets, N. W.
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Reference is made to your recent memorandum to Major
General Frank R. McCoy entitled Nuestions *Go be Submitted to
the German Saboteurs." The questions were referred by General
McCoy to the Attorney General, who in turn has handed them to me.
am at this time attaching hereto a memorandum answer.
ing, in detail, the questions propounded by you. The answer*r
these questions are based upon the results of the investigat
conducted by this Bureau in connection with eight saboteurs'
were recently apprehended after their landing from German suI.
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J. Edgar Hoover, Directors
Federal Bureau of investigation,
Department of Jasticet
Washington., D. C.
Edgar;
Thank you very much for your letter -eroapaitig
memorandum relative to the Ger matu sarb0,.eurs, atid thie:140
Laf.ortuation which it contains. As lOO sox3. have Mashed,-
your labors W ith them, I would appreciate the....appOrtunity
having our m.en study the material Ike 13,04 holi it 00111parefiltith,
that vi.ich we have.
Thank you again for your courtesy.
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to be thibnitted to the Soma lialioteurs, I vante41 to advise
you that this nenorandun has bean handled to the Attornay
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