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Two Seized as Spies in New York FBI Roundup
FBI roundups in New York led to the arrest of Melekh and Hirsch, accused of gathering military installation maps and photos for Soviet bombing plans. Melekh, a 1955 immigrant, lived with Irina and two children on West 86th Street while his son was at Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street. Both men face up to 28 years and $25,000 fines if convicted.
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Meickh
West 86Th
Hirth
Fifth Avenue
Tenth Street
Greenwich Village
Melekh
U.S
Irina
Mikhail
Marina
Justice Department
FBI
JA Washington
Edgar Hoover
Hirsch
Lloyd McMahon
Valerian A. Zarin
U. N
Prrest
E ‘Durin
Allen W. Dulles
U. S
Central Intelligence Agency
Dulles
Zor Ln
U.N
Jukh
Peter Stephens
Ag “Gyp- Mlrseh
John Gilmore