Here - Paperless Archives

- q-
•
•
L
I. . to • .,"".
returned to the ~lrpltiuter wbore he wee Introduc~d to
Walter KAPPE and turther cro ••-examined on hie/ lite and
baokground in the USA by KAPPlIi and '\!lane RI'1"TEIf\ XAPPE
arranged that DABCH would work .... monitor 16" the 8onder-
• 41enat 8eebaua, 24 I;touen " .. un ..., .& JDon.1torlna atl-tion
i io~r~;~~~~b:rO~~'~do~'fj.~t:~'iUDder
the Juriad1aUon ot the
Ottice and at the the direotion Bonderd1anat of Dr Beehaue, PXRRA.
he
he JD&y have bad about the N .. l
make an attempt to return to the
..... tormer~ emplo1e4 b7 Abw.
the eond.rd1~nlt 8eebaua and ahe
''';:~"i::d.,~~:r~::c~"~L~t~'-'Pi!~HLl~oOft Abw. III, who ••
I aua:&V!-aiaa •• 2J~. Berlin.
tb1 ......:Y.18. a4dre.l.
At tbo .. d of ~o~r .. '.~r
• meaaage tran hie ooual11
Room 1025 ~lrplt.ut.r,
to14 him that _cae ~0I\~1dora~'1.
that DA.BOH ahould.lead I a.crlt ~~~;~"~l~~l:'u~~;:~~~~i."
patmjallon had not Ylt been ' sr'n~ed tor
8. the Foreign Otfice w •• oppoI.4.to the
known tran other louran that the Oerman '~~:1:n.t~;i;~:.
wat Oppoeed to the .A.bwehr' e intended labotage
in the USA W'l.tll the outbreak. ot Wlr b.tw.en OermaDT
the USA). A tew day, later XWL.madl IlABCR aign a
100reoy deol,r,tion and then. itGOiOlOd hi. plan top,
eabot,se undertaking to th. USA.; HI ,aked MOOH to write
down ,ny idea' he misht baTe •• ~.a.r4J pO.lible methOd.
tor .abotaS1na the UBA. nr,1n4ultZ'7.1 nen nABOB baa
o:unploted i!iemoran41.D oa 'th1.:lNb~htit ft. oar.tul17
f.flnl,'l2.. otudied by jor UP7Zpl an4~.pt.3.n 6,Aml, the latter
meeting DA in XAPPJfI. ottlo.- al £b8-:-nrpltluter on the
8th or 9th January 191,2.' ,ThelfollowiDg 4ay;XAPPI, 'ASTOR
and IlASOH 1IIII.4a a turther • t~ ot tb. m.morandum • t 6.­
Ranke8tl'oal" a .eoret .A.b•• II.meetins plaae. Thl10ttioo
outWArdly appeared to be concarnea with the production ot
a paper oalled tho "8chrittlel tunS del' Xaultaeua". PUrina
thi, diSou .. ion IlA.BOH learnt the main prinCiples ot the
intended undert'k1ng and tha t he "a. to b. the leader ot
ona
haying alrea~,been oho.en a. le'der ot
• •
.J:-
In Noyomber 1941, When DABCH w .. anx.iO\lI to
sat in touch with the Abwehr, -he queatloned , woman triend
of hle lan41ad¥ l e nom he know to ~e employed at the 'OXW,
about the Abwehr. ThU WaDan told him that it he would sl,.o
her hie life hiBtory ahe would paee it on to he~ of rico.
DASCH did thiB and later received a lotter trom Dr WUBSBL
aelc1ng h1r.1 to ceme to his tlat on December 2nd or 3rd.191J1.
Dr YlXEssm· qa.eeUoned DAecH about hi. lite in tho USA and
aeked him why he wished to wort to~ the Abwahf'. DASCH gayS
him III copy ot the memorandum be bad ni tten tor ItAPPB and
outlined hie ideas on bow he "ould reaoh the ·USA via ·Ih17,
North Atrioa and Brazil.
On the 9th or 10th'December 1914-1 DASCH received
a letter along the follO'tlF1ng linea from Dr flKSBSBL: "I
received your letter and two memoranda. Although tho
development. of the la.t tew 4678 havo given our p~apocta
III difterent phaee, I deeire to keep in touch with, 7OU etill
by having another cont"erenco in tlle near tuture. -.A.t preaent
•
L
L
-