accompanied Sobell when Sobell took information from Sobell's home on Long Island, few York, to Julius Rosenberg, although he did not see the actual delivery of the information and did not know the contents of the information. Both Sobell and Elitcher had been employed by the Reeves Instrument Company in New York City. They had both gone to the City College of New York, graduating in 1938 in the same class with Rosenberg. Elitcher claimed he was recruited into the Communist Party by Sobell in 1939 while they were both working Washington, D.C.
Sobell failed to return to work on June 26, 1950, ⟨the⟩ day of the arrest of David Greenglass in New York City. ⟨investigation⟩ reflected he and his family left New York by American ⟨Air⟩ Lines on June 22, 1950, for Mexico City, Mexico. He was ⟨located⟩ in Mexico City through Bureau investigation, and he was ⟨arrested⟩ by the Mexican Security Police on August 16, 1950, He and his family were deported from Mexico to Laredo, Tessa, on August ⟨18,⟩ 1950. Sobell was arrested and arraigned on the same date before the United States Commissioner in Laredo on the basis of a complaint and warrant issued in New York City on August 3, ⟨1950⟩ charging him with conspiring with Rosenberg to commit ⟨espionage.⟩ He was named in a superseding indictment along with Ethel and Julius Rosenberg and David Greenglass on January 31, 1951. ⟨It⟩ is contemplated that his trial, along with the Rosenbargs,' will commence on March 6, 1951. The Government's case against Sobell is based primarily upon the information furnished by Elitcher and the available evidence incident to his flight ⟨from⟩ the United States, Neither Sobell nor his wife furnished any information of value when interviewed.
William Perl
On the basis of information, we determined that William Perl, who was employed by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in Cleveland during 1944, was part of the Julius Rosenberg espionage ring. We also learned from David Greenglass that Rosenberg reportedly had ⟨two⟩ apartments in New York City which he used in preparing materials on microfilms in connection with his espionage activities. ⟨One⟩ of these apartments was said to be located in the Greenwich Village section of New York City. Our investigation developed that an apartment at 65 Morton Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, was rented under the name of Alfred Sarant from 19(illegible text)
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