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NK 100-32986 . S through whom errangements were made for the use of the Cable eddress was BINSTLIN's chief secretary at the time. The identity ; and background of the secretary in question was not known to the ~- informant. Informant advised that this individual was BINSTLIN's - senior and private secretary at least during the period 1929 to 1931. The secretary was very closely associated with an inter- netionel apparatefunctionary of Soviet see $F \- The informant described the operation of the intelligence activities es follows 1Y) a, ich, An intelligence message wes first transcribed into 0 Lak prearranged Comintern or Soviet code. This messare was then cefor/ Py transcribed into a second code prior to the time it was transcribed sp-deec/ in an epproved internal cable code similar to that used by «INSTHIN, The informant was of the opinion that cINSTEIN used the most popular of codes developed in Germany, thet of the Rudolph Mosse Publishing vfelys end Newspa per Fim. The double coded message was then dispatched to the & ReTSIN ceble address. according to the informant, at LINSTeIi's office it was the duty of the senior secretary who was at that time in the employ of the Soviet Apparste,to decode all ‘messages and give e211 messages to wINSTcIN for reading. Hence, ' this individual was in e position to intercept all messages which did not pertain tp LINSTLIN and transmit them to the appropriate Soviet courier This courier or contact man reponsible for: liaison with BING LIN's Berlin Office, came directly to that office to pick up incoming cables for the apparate. yp The Srormant” advised that “INUTLIN's telegram address wes for some time under the supervision and protection of one CH ROSJKOFF, who at thet time was in charge of the falsifica- tion of p ssports "for the Soviet apparate, and subsequently became Chief of” the Berlin Criminal Police in the Soviet Sector in Berlin. Informant advised that in the pest, GhOvKOrF hed issued a fake passport to an alleged Swiss citizen, Pali nliGG, who was operating as an agent of the Comintern in the #ar East ‘and co-worker of the Soviet Apparatein China. at one time, nUcGG had a large amount of intelligence information ard due to security reasons _ was forced to use sINSTLIN's address and another cover address to forward this inf tian, AU=GG was later arrested by the Chinese police Ay a Dh by sPloatt iPr On Fe re ee