ARRESTS IN RUSSIA
NEW SPY CASE SIX FOREIGNERS CHARGED Press Association—By t Telegraph—Copyright. MOSCOW, January 15. (Received. January -16,: at: 1.5 .p.m.) ; A -new spy case, reminiscent of the Metropolitan Vickers affair, explains the arrest of‘a Belgian; (Bernardt), two Austrian brothers (Weinsettl), one Dane" (Larsen), and two Germans (Fleischle and Rhoden),' all ‘ executive employees of the Control Company, a branch of. the Swiss Societe . Generate des Surveillances, which certified to the exports of grain, lumber, and oil under on which the banks .'pay promptly. ’Though the arrests began in September arid were completed in December it is not yet revealed ifthe men have been charged as, individuals with economic espionage.. The company is riot involved. Twenty Russian employees have also been arrested.
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Evening Star, Issue 21620, 16 January 1934, Page 10
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122ARRESTS IN RUSSIA Evening Star, Issue 21620, 16 January 1934, Page 10
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