TRIAL IN WARSAW

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 71, Issue 55, 14 December 1950, Page 5

TRIAL IN WARSAW

BRITONS CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE (Rec. .10.25 a.m.) WARSAW. Dec. 13. A procession, of witnesses from gaol to-day accused past and present members of the American and British Embassies in Warsaw of espionage. They were testifying in the trial of Group Captain Claude Henry Turner, former air attache of the British Embassy in Warsaw. He is charged with inciting the red-haired 29-year-old Barbara Brobowska to leave Poland illegally. His co-defendants, Henry Upperton and Gordon Helmes, both officers in the motorship Baltavia, are, charged with assisting a Pole to leave the country illegally. Turner, who pleaded guilty, said he hoped to marry Brobowska after divorcing his present wife. One of to-day’s witnesses, Irena Fendeison, formerly employed in the American military attache's office, said she had received a sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment because of her contact with Turner. “I hope this will be a warning to other Poles not to have contact with foreigners.” Foreign observers believe the trial is being directed against all service attaches of the Western Powers, and that- the Polish Government will probably ask Washington and London to withdraw theirs.