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Name P la ce of Birth Da te P a re nts Ra cia l Origin Ua rlta l S ta tus Occupa tion -

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Employme nt R esidence

Employe d by Inte rna tiona l La bour Office .
(1944) 538 Pain Avenue, not far from U niversity
Street, M ontreal. Telephone Lancaster 7628.

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GENERAL
U nder date of O ctober 24th the B.S.C . supplied us w ith a
digest of the inform ation available in London respecting
Alexander RADO , w ho w as referred to in the correspondence from
Sw itzerland as ALBERT. RADO has been connected w ith the
C om m unist M ovem ent since 1929, he has resided in G erm any,
France and Sw itzerland.
From D ecem ber, 1941 to O ctober, 1943 he w as engaged, in G eneva,
as e Soviet espionage agent. A w ireless set operated by thi
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agent’
s organization w as located and he then proceeded i
nto
France, w here he w orked w ith the M aquis. Follow ing the
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in Sw itzerland. I
t w as suggested that he proceed to M oscow , he
agreed but w hile en route feared he w ould be harshly dealt w ith
and w hen in C airo, on January 10, 1945, he applied to the
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Soviet U nion, under escort, on June 30, 1945.

In his statem ents to the Bri
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that be only review ed reports subm itted by agents in G erm any
and condensed sam e for transm ission to the Soviet U nion. This ,
is a gross understatem ent, how ever, as RADO w as in fact the
head of an im portant Soviet M i
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w as In di
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Em ploym ent - Em ployed by International Labour O ffice.

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R esidence - (1944) 538 Pain Avenue, not far from U niversity
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U nder date of O ctober 24th the B.S.C . supplied us w ith a
digest of the Inform ation available in London respecting
Alexander RADO , w ho w as referred to In the correspondence from
Sw itzerland as ALBER T. RADO has been connected w ith the
C om m unist M ovem ent since 1929, he has resided In G erm any,
France and Sw itzerland.
From D ecem ber, 1941 to O ctober, 1943 he w as engaged, in G eneva,
as a Soviet espionage agent. A w ireless set operated by thi
s
agent'
s organization w as located and he then proceeded into
France, w here he w orked w ith the M aquis. Follow ing the
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that he only review ed reports subm itted by agents In G erm any
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and condensed sam e for transm ission to the Soviot U nions This ^
Is a gross understatem ent, how ever, as RADO w as in fact the
bead of an Im portant Soviet M i
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w as In di
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s organization included at least 12 m em bers and three
radio transm itting sets.

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R AD O 's w ife has also been connected w ith the C om m unist M ovem entj
since 1929. She has l
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som e tim e w as em ployed by the Soviet Em bassy In Berlin. She
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w as also Secretary of a C om m unist W om ens M ovem ent. In Septem ber,
1945 she applied for a visa to stay w ith her si
ster, a M rs.
Enm a Jansen, in C am bridge. She claim s that the International
R ed C ross have advised that her husband Is in good health.
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O n N ovem ber 26th the F.B.I. reported having looated a cable
w hich originated In G eneva, being transm itted through N ew York
to H erm lna R ABIN O W ITC H . I
t w as signed Alexander ABRAM SO N and
reported that he w as st
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lw ithout new s and asked her to Inter
vene w ith New York and telegraph any Inform ation. This w ould
indicate that at this tim e, nam ely August 8th, tho funds had
not been received.
N O TE: Efforts to locate the cable In M ontreal have fai
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cause cables received as long ago as August,1944 have since
been destroyed.

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NO TE - The exhibits In this case coo tain various code w ords to
cover the true Identity of the individuals referred to,
thi^s the follow ing should be carefully noted in order
to obtain a clear understanding of the m atter generally*
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Ale xande r RADO - Ge ne va.

DAVY - Colone l SOKOLOV.
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Colone l ZABOTIN or more probably the S ovie t
Military Attache of USSR Embas s y in Ottawa.

GISEL*S PARENTS - Inte llige nce De partme nt of the Red
Army in Mos cow.
GIS EL1 S FAMILY LAMONT -

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Inte llige nce De pt, of the Red Army.

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Cze ch. Diplomat in Ce ne va ?

SISI - Rache l DUEBSNDORFER of Ge ne va, in writing

le tte rs which s he s igne d RACHEL s he fre que ntly
me ntione d he rs e lf as S IS I.

TUPKIN -G. Toumkln, forme r Charge d'affaire s , USSR
Embas s y, Ottawa.
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Addre s s , Inte llige nce De partme nt,
Re d Army, Mos cow.

In De ce mbe r, 1943 and again in April, 1944 (e x. 44)aa I.L.O.
Re s earch worke r in Montre al, He rmina KABINOWITCH, approache d
the S ovie t Embas s y in Ottawa on tfiat s he claime d we re ve ry
important and s e cre t matte rs . V. PAVLOV, the NKVD man, was
informe d e nd te le graphe d to his s upe riors in Mos cow who told
him to take no action (e x. 44). It was not until late in
April (17-4-44) that PAVLOV informe d Colone l KOTINOV of the
matte r.
RABINOIITCH had appare ntly worke d for the I.L.O. In Ge ne va

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OIS KL'S PARENTS - Inte llige nce De partme nt of the Red
Army In Moscow.

Colone l ZABGTIN or more probably the S ovie t
tlllltary Attache of USSR Embas s y in Ottawa.

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Intelligence D ept, of the Red Arm y.

’.O ' LAM O NT - C olonel M O TINO V.
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R achel DUEB2ND0RFER of G eneva, in w riting
letters w hich she signed RACHEL she frequently
' m entioned herself as SISI.

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Important and s e cre t matte rs . V. PAVLOV, the NKVD man, was
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Informe d and te le graphe d to his s upe riors in Mos cow who told; -f A/*
him to take no action (e x. 44). It was not until late in O^tf) c&lt;
April (17-4-44) that PAVLOV informe d Colone l MOTINOV of the * tc * ~
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and it mus t be Infe rre d that s he had als o worke d dire otly
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or Indire ctly for the S ovie t Union or the Communis t Party. &lt;Tj
Afte r le aving S witze rland s he is be lie ve d to have be e n in
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Mos cow where s he was give n a warm re ce ption (e x. 46).
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About March, 1944 s he re ce ive d s e ve ral le tte rs through the
I.L.O. bag from Geneva s igne d "RACHEL”. Thes e le tte rs , in a j
form of open code , gave he r ne ws conce rning an Inte llige nce
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organization in S witze rland and as ke d he r to ge t in touch with;
re pre s e ntative s of the Inte llige nce De pt, and arrange for
110,000 to be s e nt through prope r:cut-outs (e x. 44).

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As s oon as he he ard this ZABOTIN e s tablis he d contact with
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RABINOWITCH through S .N. I00DRIAVTZKV (e x. 46) and afte r having
as s ure d hims e lf that the matte r was ge nuine , made arrange me nts ,
pre s umably through Mos cow, to comple te the financial trans action. RABINOWITCH ve nt to New York where s he re ce ive d $10,000
from Cons ul MICHAILOV. S he the n hande d this mone y to the he ad I
of a Watch Company in New York who re mitte d it to S witze rland, ;
pre s us ably unde r the guis e of a bus ine s s trans action*
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Thereafter KO U D RIAVT££V kept in touch w ith R ABIN O W ITC H and
on August 2Q th (ex. 47) she inform ed him that a telegram had
been received in New York indicating that the m oney had
arrived. The telegram w as from Alexander ABR AM SO N , a m em ber
of the I.L.O . in G eneva, w ho i
s undoubtedly one of the Svisa
agents. ABRAM SO N had been on the point of vi
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be ing me ntione d
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ALBERT -a ppe a rs to ha ve be e n unde r s us picion s ince
he was me ntione d a s be ing s ick a nd a bout to
le a ve his profe s s ion for a lon« time

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the G erm an G eneral Staff

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and therefore presum ably of equal im portance.
CO RBY also supplied inform ation concerning the
true Identi
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DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE

Exhibit N o, 46 W
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This concerns an interview betw een LEO N
and BABINO W ITCH, during the oourse of

which s he criticis e d the s trict tre atme nt
s he had re ce ive d from TUFKIN and contras te d It to he r re oe ptlon in Mos cow, which
was ve ry wa:rm . This docum ent reveals that
BABINOWITCH had vi
sited M oscow before
coming to Canada,

Exhibit N o, 44 - D ecem ber, 1943 - N otes headed "H erm ina"

which re ve al that s he te le phone *TOFKIN and
as ked him to re ce ive he r on an urge nt
matte r, TUPKIN re fus e d but late r grante d
he r re que s t whe n s he e xplaine d the matte r
to him, TUPKIN que s tione d he r but no
re cord was made of he r re plie s .

Exhibit Kp. 44 -

23-1-44 - BABINOWITCH appare ntly forwarde d a te le gram to Rache l on the matte r,

Exhibit No. 44 -

9-3-44 - Re ce iving no s atis faction from
TUPKIN, BABINOWITCH wrote a le tte r on this
date and e ndds e d a le tte r re ce ive d by he r
from Ge ne va, It re fe rs to a te le gram
which S IS I s e nt RABINOWITCH and as ke d how
he r journe y to GIS EL's pare nts turne d out.
It e xplaine d that S IS I's pos ition was s ad
and as ke d BABINOWITCH to Inform GIS EL's
pare nts to hand ove r $6,700,00,

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w as advised that i
t concerned "their
person" and that he need do nothing. At
the sam e tim e, M oscow asked PAVLO V i
fhe
knew her address but he did not have thi
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inform ation.
Exhibit No. 44 -

Exhibit No, 44 -

13-4-44, Re fe re nce made to te le phone
que s tions on this date which was whe n DAVY
vis ite d Montre al, It is pos s ible that it
was BABINOWITCH who made this te le phone
call as re fe re nce is made to he r not
having re ce ive d a re ply to he r le tte r or
he r te le phone que s tions and that s he accordingly wrote anothe r le tte r to TUPKIN
as king that he de al with he r firs t le tte r.
14-4-44, DAVY {SOKOLOV) e nde avoure d to
ge t in touch with BABINOWITCH by te le phone
Not having he r te le phone numbe r or addre s s
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Exhibit N o. 44 - De ce mbe r, 1943 -

Note s he e de d "He rmina"
which re ve al that s he te le phone ^TUPKIN and
as ke d him to re ce ive he r on an urge nt
matte r. TUPKIN re fus e d but late r grante d
he r re que s t whe n s he e xplaine d the matte r
to him. TUPKIN que s tione d he r but no
re cord was made of he r re plie s ,

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9-3-44 - Re ce iving no s atis faction from
TUPKIN, RABINOWITCH wrote a le tte r on this ;
date and e nclos e d a le tte r re ce ive d by he r
from Ge neva. It re fe rs to a te le gram
which S IS I s e nt RABINOWITCH and as ke d how
he r Journe y to GIS EL’s pare nts turne d out.
It e xplaine d that S IS I's pos ition was s ad
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and as ked RABINOWITCH to inform GIS EL's
pare nts to hand ove r $6,700.00.

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PAVLOV the n que s tione d "His Mas te r" and
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was advis e d that it conce rne d "the ir
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13-4-44. Re fe re nce made to te le phone d 0 ^ 0 °
que s tions on this date which was when DAVY&amp; r,
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having re ce ive d a re ply to he r le tte r pr^vLV q
he r te le phone que s tions and tha$;s fee 4oi?&gt;*,u
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cordingly wrote anothe r le tte r, .to f?0PKIN £*
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as king that he de al with he r fir^t le tte p; y nt

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14-4-44. DAVY (SO KO LO V) endeavoured'to ^
get in touch w ith RABINO W ITCH by telephone,
N ot having her telephone num ber or address
he evidently used the 1943 M ontreal tel
phone directory and listed the three ^
persons nam ed therein as H . RABINO VITCH,
w hich w ere as follow s
513 G rosvenor, W alnut 3363
6050 D arlington, Atlantio 3724
4906 Q ueen M ary R oad, Atlantio 9148
but he could not trace her through any of
these telephones.

Exhibit No. 44 -

15-4-44. The second l
etter w ritten by
RABINO W ITCH w as received at the Soviet
Em bassy. I
t forw arded another letter re
ceived from R achel w hloh m entioned having
received a telegram from RABINO W ITCH under
date of 23-1-44. I
t asked that she Inform
G ISEL's fam ily and advise ZNAM ENSKY 19 that
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SISI was w orking as of old w ith LUCY.

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Exhibit No. 44 * 15*4-44 (e ont'd*)
q It Me ntione d Albe rt be ing s ick e nd not inte re s te d e nd that for S IS I's work GIS EL'e family
wee trans fe rre d $10,000*, through He rmlna and
New York In conne ction with the wis he s of Ur*
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Exhibit No* 44

17-4-44* Afte r re ce iving the s e cond le tte r
" PAVLOV advis e d LAMONT about RABINOVITCH and told
hln of having bee n Ins tructe d to do nothing, thi s
was afte r LAMONT wante d to know why he did not
pre vious ly Inform him of the matte r*

Exhibit No. 44

19-4-44* Follow ing the conversation w ith PAVLO V,
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twas decided to oontaot RABINO VITCH by tele- r
phone because the l
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a printed letter form and also w arn her that
she m ust not w rite or telephone and that in tw o
w eeks "G ISKL's nan* w i
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ing was apparently personally dealt w ith by LEO N
because DAVY was in Vancouver* I
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likely that she was contacted on M ay 5, 1944,
refer to exhibit 46* _ _
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NOTE: Exhibit 44 als o contains re fe re nce s to Rache l's le tte rs
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having bee n s e nt through the mall and the pos s ibility of I
ce ns ors hip* LAMONT cons ide re d that two re fe re nce s to
ZNAMENSKY 19 we re e s pe cially harmful*
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Exhibit N o, 46 - 5-5-44* This docum ent oonoerns LID S's m eeting
w ith HERM INA* I
t was w ritten by LAM O NT on
M ay 6th, the day after the m eeting*
He rmlna told LEON about s e nding mail to Geneva
with mail of "he r organization* (Inte rnational
Labour Office ) becaus e the y we re not s ubje ct
to s crutiny (ce ns ors hip)* S he re p or te d that
the las t le tte r took about .a month and the
te le grams took s e ve ral days *

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ABRAMSON and s he re porte d s he knew e ve rything
was in orde r and that be Inte nde d to go to Mos coir
In June , 1941*
S he s poke favourably of S IS I and is convince d
that the le tte rs we re writte n pe rs onally by he r*
S he e xplaine d that s he did not know anything
about the mone y but thought hat S IS I had told
Mos cow about he r*
S he e xplaine d that s he could de pos it the mone y

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PAVLOV advis e d LAMONT about RA8IN0KITCH and told
him of having be e n ins tructe d to do nothing, this
■as afte r LAMONT wante d to know why he did not '
pre vious ly Inform him of the s itte r.
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it was de cide d to contact RABINOWITCH by te le phone be oaus e the le tte r writte n by he r waa on
a printe d le tte r form and als o warn he r that
s he mus t not write or te le phone and that In two i
we e ks "OIS EL's manN will vis it he r. This warnv log was appare ntly pe rs onally de alt with by LEON
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MOTE: Exhibit 44 als o contains re fe re nce s to Rache l's le tte rs
having bee n s e nt through the mall and the pos s ibility of
ce ns ors hip. LAMONT cons ide re d that two re fe re nce s to
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Exhibit No. 46 - 5-5-44. This docume nt conce rns LZDN'a me e ting
with HERMINA. It was writte n by LAMONT on
May e thi the day afte r the me e ting.

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Be rmina told LEON about s e nding mall to Geneva

w ith m all of "her organization" (International
Labour O ffice) because they w ere not subject
to scrutiny (censorship). She reported that
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S he s poke favourably of S IS I and is conv^ncqd tj ,
that the le tte rs we re writte n pe rs onally‘by
She e xplaine d that s he did not know anything rcy
about the mone y but though^that S IS I had tol4 ;v
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She explained that she could deposit the m oney
but asked for a cheque. I
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diplom atic passports.

LEO N recorded her oonduot as natural and that sh&lt;
w rote to TU PKIN because of her cool reception,
adding that M osoow received her w arm ly.
RABINO W ITCH considered that there was no sus* pic ion against her and that letters sent to
Montre al did not appe ar to be censored*
An e ntry s hows that the me e ting was arrange d und^r
cove r of two contacts and that it was normal.
RABINOVITCH de s cribe d as a s tout woman, 45 ye ars n;
lame In both le gs , us e s two s ticks but drive s a |
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e xpre s s ing the hope that s he would he lp and
as king be r to s e nd a le tte r to S IS I In
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Ge ne va. It als o as ke d about de live ry of
■tfr e e rvle e nail* (l.L.O.) to Ge ne va and
s ugge ste d s he wire RACHEL or Ale xande r that t
GIS CL's pare nts we re Inte re s te d and would
he lp. $10,000 to be forwarde d to a Vateb
Company, according to S lS X*s ins tructions aul
that s he s hould make arrange ments "with our {
■j s , X- ■ re pre s e ntative * (e vide ntly LEOH) about the ■
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RABDIOVITGH in Montre al, about May 17th, t a
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reported having banded over the m oney, she!
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ABRAM SO M who replied that he bad not re
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firm In Vew Tork" to the effect that a
telegraa had been reoelved from ABRAM SO N
M U ch reads "thanks for the warm greetings"
and she considered that the aoney had been,
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BABI3OTITCH furthe r re porte d that it vac
impos s ible to s e nd a man to Ge ne va*
ABRAMSON's addre s s In Ge ne va give n as Bus ine s s - Inte rnational Labour Office ;
Re s ide nce - 3 Chcaln Be rtrand, Ge ne va.
gxhlblt No. 49 - 28-8-44. Utte r writte n by Oe ralna RABINO■1X08 e nclos ing a ae aorandua on the Inte rnational Ubour Organization.

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Exhibit M o. 47 - 4-9-44. M eeting w ith LEO N on M aoTavlsh St.
w hen she was given the task ofreporting on
"the characteristics of the Institution".
gxhlblt N o. 47 - 28-9-44. M eeting arranged to be held on
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Exhibit No&gt; 62 - By m eans ofcom parison and checking w ith
’ Exhibits 34-2, 34-4, and 57 there is every
indication that Exhibit 62 conce rne d a
m eeting held on 5-7-45 of JIN , BICE, and
BADEAU (ex* 36-1),
The Item in question reveals that DKBO ISE w as
also know n to BACK and BACLET and Indicates
that DEBO ISS him self recruited BACLET,
The item in question, tfiich is com pletely
struck out, follow s a reference to BACK not
having contacted BACLET but BACK apparently,
added that BACLET knew nothing of his im m ediate
w ork "since 0EB01SE talked w ith him and he
talked to him and general!^ he Recom m ended to
him for BACK to get acquainted and onl* after
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