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GERMAN SPY SERVICE SHANGHAI. Oct. 3. German spies in the Far East broke the United States coastguard code and kept track of Pacific troop movements, according to a German, Louis Siefken. testifying before the Military War Crimes Commission trying 27 Nazis. Siefken headed German Naval Intelligence in the Orient in the years 194042. He was succeeded by one of the accused, and another accused helped him to solve the code.. Their achievement was regarded as one of the most important accomplishments of the spy ring which operated directly under the High Command from Darien to Batavia.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26275, 5 October 1946, Page 7
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