862.20210/1186: Telegram
The Ambassador in Brazil (Caffery) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:12 p.m.]
1059. My 1049, March 27, 1 p.m. In addition to the arrests already mentioned the police have now arrested Elemer José Nagy and [Page 192] Mariana Fischer, co-agents of Salomon Jaios who left Brazil for Lisbon on February 17. Nagy was the sender of the recently decoded “Toni” messages dated in November and December 1941 and transmitted with Department’s instruction 2286 March 5.13 A dismantled transmitter was seized in the house of Nagy. Dismantled transmitters were likewise apprehended in the houses of Herbert von Heyer and Niel Christian Christensen. The seized radio transmitter which belonged to Friedrich Kempter was in a condition for immediate use when it was located. Other evidence accumulated through the raids consists of chemicals used in the preparation and developing of letters in secret ink, documents, photographs of Hitler, photographic equipment et cetera.
Please inform Federal Bureau of Investigation immediately.
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