The Rote Kapelle : the CIA's history of Soviet intelligence and espionage networks in Western Europe, 1936-1945 by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Author:United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: World War, 1939-1945, Espionage, Soviet, Intelligence service, Spies
Publisher: Frederick, Md. : University Publications of America
Published: 1986-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

210 Narrative History of the Rote Kapelle

was Roessler. Rado then decided to get in direct contact with Roes-sler, and that connection continued thenceforth.

This is Pakbo's genius for fabrication at its best. In 1941 neither Lucy nor Pakbo himself had any connection with the Rote Drei. A Dora-to-the-Director message of 15 July 1942 included the following: "At the beginning of April a new source of information appeared; he has the cover name Pakbo . . ." As was noted earlier, Lucy also joined the net in 1942. Secondly, Puenter has said in writing that he had never been in contact with Roessler and did not know his true name. Thirdly, Lucy did not meet Rado through Puenter for the simple reason that he never met Rado at all, as the traffic shows.

The question that naturally arises, then, is this: If Pakbo has told lies about important matters after the war, did he also lie to the Soviets during the war? Apart from a challenge on 7 October 1942, the Soviets seem to have accepted Pakbo's reports as valid and to have found them useful. The chances are that Pakbo, like Jim, merely tried to exaggerate the importance of his role after the war had ended.

Pakbo appears in twenty-two known messages, but only six of these contain any substantive information. The time span is from 15 July 1942 to 8 January 1944. Apparently he learned something about the Rote Kapelle arrests in Germany and reported accordingly, because on 5 October 1942 the Director asked for more information. And he also reported the arrest of Paul Boettcher, because on 8 January 1944 Moscow said, "As far as we know, Pakbo has never heard of Paul. How does it happen that he has heard so certainly about Paul's arrest?"

Like Lucy and Long, Pakbo had direct contact with the Swiss G-2. His chief sub-source was Salter, whose identity has not been firmly established but who may have been Louis Suss, born 6 October 1890 in Beblenheim, Alsace-Lorraine. A French citizen, Suss died in Switzerland on 25 April 1955. As of May 1968 his widow, Friedel, nee Kirschbaum, lived in Chene-Bourg, Geneva. There were two children, Christiane and Louis Michel. Ghristiane married an American ILO employee named Thompson. She was observed in 1955 at a meeting with a Soviet representative to the UN who is also a suspected intelligence operative.

Salter appeared in ten messages. He was in contact with former chancellor Josef Wirth and with British intelligence. He also knew Long and Kurz; in fact, compartmentation was often breached in

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