GERMAN PROPAGANDA
MASTER MIND ACCUSED WASHINGTON. Feb. 17 The trial has opened of George Sylvester Viereck, journalist, and author, alleged master mind of German propaganda in the United States. Viereck is accused of making false statements to the State Department when registering as a foreign agent* The Government charges Viereck with having received 40.000 dollars a year for propaganda activities. Arrested by Federal agents last August, Viereck was described as "one of the outstanding propagandists of the world, and is one of the truly great menaces to-day to the safety of the United States."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24203, 19 February 1942, Page 8
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