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I• IEx-U. S. AgentCaught WithTop SecretsThousands of Files Recovered in Berlin Office of AmericanBy THOMAS A. REEDYBERLIN— (AP). A former U, S. Army intelligence agent in Europe as a tourist has been caught with thousands of top secret files, according to the U. S, High Commission in West Germany.A commission spokesman identified the man as Michael R. Rothkrug, 44, of Westport, Conn. He has been in the Berlin Army stockade since Aug. 2, while the Army and the State Department jointly investigated to determine how 'to proceed, against him. Rothkrug’s brother, Mark, also of Westport, has been notified that a trial is impending.Rothkrug, a naturalized American born in Belgium, was an Army lieutenant during World War II and later a civilian attached to military intelligence in Berlin. He left the service in Berlin early this year 'as a tourist and settled down as a partner Sn .a German textile firm.U, S.' officials • representing-both the Army and the High Commission told this story:Army agents checking Rothkrug’s' continued presence in Berlin visited the offices of his textile firm Aug. 1. They found a full case, of Army intelligence files, including a long list of “in-1“ formers.” He was arrested and arraigned on a charge of failing to turn back all secret documents in bis possession at the time he left the military investigation division,The long lag since then resulted from Army- indecision as :o how to bring the case to trial without -being forced to disclose the contents of the top secret files in open court. The State Department agreed to handle the case and High Commission, district attorney Irvin Robbins is now preparing it.weisriAxbethDOB,TtheIdifrvmIcBeardibierarhsmcaTiblncthta
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Long Beach Press Telegram
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Sat, Dec 13, 1952
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