After Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Fried received cipher communications in which communists in Western Europe were told to "use all ways and means to make the people rise up and fight the occupiers" including demonstrations, strikes and sabotage.
Po tom, čo Nemecko napadlo Sovietsky zväz, Fried dostal šifrovanú správu, v ktorej bolo komunistom v západnej Európe povedané, aby "použili všetky spôsoby a prostriedky na to, aby ľud povstal a bojoval s okupantmi", vrátane demonštrácií, štrajkov a sabotáží.