 These pre-war contacts effectively set up a network which the German foreign office tapped into as WWI began in Europe.The Indian nationalists may also have followed Casement's strategy of trying to recruit prisoners of war to fight for Indian independence.In 1906 Casement was on his way to Brazil, where he became consul for the foreign office in Santos, then he was transferred to Pará, and lastly he was promoted to consul-general in Rio de Janeiro.