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Cryptologic Aspects of German Intelligence Activities in South America during World War II
included the use of secret inks, ciphers, and the
microdot camera. They were also given suicide
pills, two each, for use in an emergency. False iden-
tification papers were provided by Department VIF.
They were given no persons to contact other than
Becker, either in North or South America, since
Department VID had no one there who could assist
the project. They were also not given any cover
addresses for use in establishing communications
with Germany, as it was assumed that they would
be successful in their radio endeavors. As a supple-
mentary method ...