“The Dark Invader” Faces Alien Tribunal
(Received 14, 1.15 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 13. Captain von Rintelen, chief of the German spies in the United States in the last war, appeared before the Aliens Tribunal to-day and sought permission to travel freely in Britain to lecture. Admiral Sir Reginald Hall, who was responsible for Captain von Rintelen’s capture in 1915, but who is now his friend, testied that Captain von Rintelen, in an interview, described himself as a conscientious objector to Nazism. He said that history might have taken a different turn if he had not refused the Nazis’ offer of the London Embassy in succession to Herr von Hoesch. , j Captain von Rintelen renounced his German nationality in 1934, and wantfj to devote himself to the service 02 Britain. Decision was reserved. Captain von Rintelen described his activities in America in a book entitled “The Dark Invader.” r— FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT GRANTED Received Sunday, 9.20 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 14. The Tribunal granted Count von Rintelen freedom of movement subject to undisclosed conditions.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 244, 16 October 1939, Page 8
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