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I.C.65-8946 When Sebold returned to tha United States in February,. Terminals Company" ih New.York City After ostablishing his first contact with Duquesne byrletter, Sebold met with him in Duquesne's offiee.: During their initial meeting, Duquesne, who .was extremely concerned about the possibility of electronie surveillance devices being present in his office, gave Sebold a. note stating that they shouid talk elsewhere. After relocating. to an Automat, the two men exchanged. information about members of the German espionage system with whom they had been in contact Duguesne provided Sebold with information for. : transmittal to Germany during subsequent meetings, and the meetings which occurred in Sebold's office were filmed by FBI Agents. Duquesne, who was vehemently anti-British, submitted information dealing with national defense in America, the sailing of. ships to British ports and technology.. He also regularly received money from Germany in payment for his services.. On one occasion, Duquesne provided Sebold with. photographs and specifications of a new type of bomb being produced in the United States: He elaimed that he secured that material by Secretly entering the DuPont plant in Wilmington, Delaware. Duquesne also explained how fires could be started in industrial plants. Much of the infornation Duguesne obtained was the result of his correspondence with industrial concerns. Representing. himself as a~student, he requested data concerning their produets and manufacturing conditions. . Duguesne was brought to trial and was convicted. He 'was sentenced to serve 18 years in prison on espionage charges, as well as a 2-year concurrent sentence and payment of a $2,000 fine for violation of the Registration Act. PAUL BANTE A native of Germany, Paul Bante served in the German and became a naturalized United States citizen in 1938.. Bante, formerly a member of the German-American Bund, claimed that Germany' put him in contact with one of their. operatives, Paul Fehse, because of Bante's previous association with a Dr. Ignatz T. Griebl.. Before fleeing to Germany to escape AL Buge Adsn gean de up pageaggduy uaaq pey qagog.ag.' uoggneasoad.. with Guenther Gustave Rumrich, who was tried on^espionage charges in 1938.