AMERICAN SPY HUNT
SENSATIONAL. DEVELOPMENTS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST GERMAN AGENTS WHOLESALE THEFT OF DEFENCE SECRETS Prase Association—By Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK. June 20. (Received June 31, at 1 p.m.) The spy hunt took an extraordinary turn when the Federal grand jury named 18 individuals, the majority of whom are highly-placed German officials, charging them with the wholesale theft of military, aviation, and industrial secrets. The Federal Prosecutor made the following statement:—“The directing heads of this ring reside in Germany and are connected with the Government of Germany. They operated through agents residing in the United States and had agents among the crews of steamships plying between the United States and Germany. The directing beads paid these agents, all of whom are of German extraction, for furnishing information regarding American national defence.”
Only four of those indicted are under arrest here. Thirteen are resident in Germany, and are not able to be extradited.
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Evening Star, Issue 22989, 21 June 1938, Page 8
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150AMERICAN SPY HUNT Evening Star, Issue 22989, 21 June 1938, Page 8
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