The passports secured in this way by von Wedell and by his successor,
Carl Ruroede, Sr., in the employ of Oelrichs & Co., were supplied to
reservist officers whom the General Staff had ordered back to Berlin,
and also to spies whom von Papen wished to send to England, France,
Italy or Russia. Among the latter was Anton Kuepferle, who was captured
in England, confessed and killed himself in Brixton jail.
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