862.20210/1125: Telegram

The Ambassador in Brazil (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

987. My 966, March 20, 7 p.m. Following members of LIR espionage ring now in custody: Friedrich Kempter, Herbert Muller, Karl [Page 189] Haering, Hans Muth, Doctor Heinrich Niemeyer, Hans Dives, Josef Pessek, Fritz Haering, Karl Sandberg. Following members being sought: Edgar Brombergard, Hans Muller.

Following members of CEL espionage ring now in custody: Albrecht Engels, Herbert Von Heyer, Fritz Kohler, Wolfgang Klee, Antonio Gamepinto, Otto Meier, Otto Linhart, Arno Von Muhlon, Stanislau Golak. Following members being sought: JPED Schluchtmann, Eduardo Schmidt, Eugenio Muhler.

Following members of CIT espionage ring now in custody: Karl Muegge in Rio, N. Christian Christensen and Hans Ulrich Uebele in São Paulo. Following members being sought here: Leo V Hus, Antonio Lucas, Herbert Spencer and Albert O. Schwab.

Fritz Noack of LFS espionage ring now in custody and Herbert Winterstein, his co-agent, is being sought.

[Here follows a list of Post Office boxes covered.]

A grill type Hallicrafter radio transmitter located in Kempters residence was seized, photographs by next air mail.

Please inform FBI immediately.

Caffery