Another agent who enjoyed even more confidence in the Hankow commercial couvaunity. was a very, wealthy Russian, 4, who had been there many yeats and knew ever one intimately, belonged to all the clubs and. who was credited with tunchangeably strong "white" leone Ings, Petroft got in touch with him the first instance and in some way which has yet: to be explained hho was injured to transfer his property to a Soviet institution. "He thu aged an an agent" economic espionage", gert information mostly fom erebanta find bunkers. Because. of his gonnexion with the latter he was algo able to help a great deal in the exchange of foreign currencies and in the transfer of funds when banks were closed to the publi He was never seen with any of yt in public, but at night he telephoned for a messenger to come ina ear when he had a message to transmit, and he sometimes even went to see Petroff at night. I have, also known Petroff and Brin to go to his house to arrange for the despatch of military couriers, in which matter hho was of great assistance, know because T have had documents ent by him, Thave only to add that several of these persons are now in. Shanghai where they are presumably carrying Jon the same work as in Hankow,
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