COUP BY SPIES
FRENCH FRONTIER LINE INSPECTION BY IMPOSTER SECRETS OF MAGINOT SYSTEM (Received April l'J, I.2ci a.m.) LONDON, April 11 The Paris correspondent of the Daily Mail reports that the secret service is feverishly trying to round up the spies responsible for a coup at Boulav on the Mnginot line, where a bogus colonel, masquerading as an inspector from the Defence Ministry, was shown most vital parts of the line. He took copious notes and complimented the commander on his efficiency. The trick was not revealed until the real colonel arrived half ari hour later and was arrested as an imposter. He was able to establish his identity. Frontier guards at Strasbourg arrested a well-known Strasbourg contractor whose luggage contained full details of the Maginot defences.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23011, 12 April 1938, Page 11
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127COUP BY SPIES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23011, 12 April 1938, Page 11
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