◆ SpookStack

CMR aE ee: . site anger - a a= etre A ae efamGENE eM Nd uM ; fs. cy WEN:E - 2 i") =~ RY 100-94062 ght ~ This Informant aleo met in Moscow with the! Soviet Military . iciaetd pipent F ate va pepiotiage agent who was resident in china, nase NYALTKOV. MALIKOV was formerly the Soviet Military Attache in China and‘had been in the school of the General Staff with the Informant from 1920 to 1924. Informant over a period of months discussed with General BERZIN and MALIKOV the Chinese situation as it effected Auto-Moto-Export. Sometime in 1935, General BERZIN had a conversation with this Inforrant, at which time BERZIN asked him what his plans were to sell trucks and also open branches from Manchuria to Southern Chine. BERZIN was interested in this because he needed a legal cover for his espionage agents and he wanted this Tnformant to open up branches throughout China and make available to BERZIN the facilities of Autocioto-Export. This Informant told him that it wovld be quite complicated and he asked BERZIN if he had any other facilities. Informant recalls that BERZIN then told him not to worry, as "We have the organisation there already. We have for our people an organization which provides an ideal place for our network". This Informant does not recall whether BERZIN said that the Russians organized it or developed it, but BERZIN said the organization was called "The Institute of Pacific Relations" and it was the “basis for our network in China®, This Informant said by "network", BERZIN meant a network of Russian Intelligence, which usually consisted of foreigners, ; and it was their experience in China that if you were American, English or French, that such citizenships were ths most effectives tnfornant) said that it was his impresston that tile rnstitute of Pacifie Relations was some kind of an organization which had branches everywhere, that it was operated for Soviet Military Intelligence OnLy and that it was used by them alone. BERZIN said that it would be. good | to have these storehouses of Auto-Moto=Bxport in China to use in an extreme condition, This Informant stated that BERZIN wanted to have a certain space allotted toe Soviet Military Intelligence in the Auto-Moto~Export - Warehouses which would contain armaments that would be earmarked for | them, This Informant understood that BERZIN wished this to be_ available to his intelligence organization in the event of a general uprising or armed revolt in China, This Informant continued that BERZIN discussed "how people work for us." He stated, “Many people go abroad for a Chamber of Commerce, a reseavh commission or a trade commissione You get a man with a passport, a knowledge of languages and a good education. You first have him write an economic report on conditions in China, and then you follow that with a tat