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rCLUpon learning of his plans, Hoover did not do what he had done in the 1938 Rumrich case: order immediate questioning of everyone named in the
confession. Instead, he proposed that Sebold proceed with his work under
the directionrCoand on the payrollrCoof the FBI. Holding back from arrest was standard double-agent procedure, something that the British had taken great pride in teaching to the naive Americans. Before Sebold, though, the FBI
had barely tested its skills, and certainly not with a counterspy of such potential importance.
Their work together began with the FBI mastering the complicated German
code system. Once SeboldrCOs initial communications assured the Germans of
his trustworthiness, the Bureau helped him set up a radio outpost in a ramshackle two-room cabin on Long Island, with machinery powerful enough to send and receive messages from overseas. To make the ruse work, technical agents learned to imitate SeboldrCOs Morse code signature. The Bureau also rented an office in the heart of Times Square, providing Sebold with a
location where he could meet Nazi operatives and disburse the GermansrCO moneyrCY

Excerpt From
G-Man (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Beverly Gage

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