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NK 1200-32986 ibibb2,. 67D ©) her Government leo agency whicn conducts security and intelligence type investigations, «~ advised that informstion wes received from a reliable source to A the effect that prior to 1933 the Communist Internationale (Comintern) ard other Soviet apparate were very active in gathering int-lligence informatica in the Far cast. Meny International Communist function: ries were stationed in Shanghai end Canton for the purvose of gaticriis intelligence information. One means nfr3yi ‘ of communication used Ly these individuals to contact central Sp-Yitw headquarters in Moscow was through the use of telegrams. Such ol¢ telegrams which were always coded were never sent directly to fit 13 PAA Moscow but were sent to ezents in other countries such as Egypt : and France where they were recopi and forwarded. to telegram addresses or "drops" in Berlin. one of these &) OAM addresses was the office of aLB.RY sinvielN in Berlin which proved | to be very successful since wINJILIN received a great quantity of L mail, telegrams, and cablegrams from all over the world K a ee gee Re oe Ii. ACTIVITI2S IN GuntaNny wi aM bein BANE age a ae arte aera 4 soit As", 4 ALN Vib alelitgd P~ EINSivIN's personal secretary, whose identity was not . known, in turn gave the telegrams.to a soviet courier whose duty . Wey was to pick up such mail from several telegram "drops". This _— information w-s then channeled by one means or another to Moscod SX) a/ Jb This source advised thet it was reported that ZINSToIN's 2 Ie Berlin Office employed at least two female secretaries, both of _ 90 whom were Communist sympathizers. The exact period that wINSTEIN's - pe office was used as an address for coded cables by Soviet intelli- aoa gence was not known to the informant however, oihsTallits cable “OTM address was alreedy in action as of 1929. The reason fer the use of EINSTZIN's cable address was due to the quantity of legal cable traffic at that address due to sIhSToll's e5t.ablished Interna~ tional reoutation, which provided a relative innocuous cover for illegal communications. The individuel in EINSToIN's Berlin Office wie at