ESPIONAGE CHARGE
Former German Count Arrested
.8 p.m.l NEW YORK. Jan. 12. William von Rautter. a naturalised American citizen who was a former German Count, has been arrested and charged with espionage. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said that from September, 1940. to the middle of 1942. von Rautter transmitted to German agents in neutral countries Information about American aeroplane, ship, aluminium and explosives production. also confidential information about the contemplated Allied Invasion. Von Rautter. who was educated in England and Germany, entered the United States in 1926.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22790, 14 January 1944, Page 5
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88ESPIONAGE CHARGE Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22790, 14 January 1944, Page 5
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