Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hondo yakatanga muna September 1939 uye kuvanhu vakawanda vomuParis, hapana zvakawanda zvakachinja pakarepo. Ikoko kwakanga kusiri chinoitika chezviuru zvinoverengeka zvevapoteri vezvamatongerwe enyika veGermany avo vakanga vatsvaka utiziro mukutambudzwa kupfurikidza nokutamira kuParis, zvisinei. Leo Bauer akanga ari pakati paavo vakasungwa muParis muna September 1939. Akachengetwa mumisasa yevasungwa yakatevedzana pakati penguva iyoyo ne
Chibvumirano chehondo cheFrance neGermany chaJune 1940. Muna July 1940 akakwanisa kutizira kuSwitzerland neshamwari yake yebato. MuSwitzerland aigara zvisiri pamutemo aine zita romushandi webhangi muGeneva uye zita rokuti "Paul-Eric Perret". Akava Communist Party informant/contact ("Vertrauensmann") muWest Switzerland uye akatora chikamu mu"border work" inosanganisira muganhu weFrance neSwitzerland.