Hide Article Text (OCR)
t,fEx-U.S. AgentnCaught WithSecret FilesBERLIN (flV-A former U. S. Army intelligence agent in Europeas a tourist has been caught withthousands of top secret files, an American official announced today. The spokesman identified theman 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 invest! -i i gated to determine how to proceed i j against him. Rothkrug's brother, t j Mark, also of Westport, has been )! notified that a trial is impending.i1 j Rothkrug, a naturalized Ameri-i can born in Belgium, was an Army •! lieutenant during the war and later i, t a civilian attached to military in-tj-telllgence in Berlin. He left the* j service in Berlin early /this year •; as a tourist and settled down as a partner in a German textile firm! IT S. officials representing both •jthe*Army and the High Commis-* i sion told this story:.I . Afmy agents checking Roth-k^ug’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 bf “informers/1 He* was arrested and arraigned on a charge of failing to turn back all secret documents in his possession at the tiriie he left the MID, or Military Investigation Division./ The long lag1 since then Resultedfrom Army indecision as to how to bring the case to trtal without being forced to disclose the .con* tents Of the top secret files in. opencourt. The Stdte Departmenfcagreed tp handle the case andpigh Commission District AttorneyIrvin Robbins Is how preparing itlt;11
Newspaper Details
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Sat, Dec 13, 1952
Page 5
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
USA 19 Oct 2019
Other Publications Near Thomasville, Georgia
Thomasville News
Thomasville Progress News
Thomasville Federal Mortality Census
Thomasville Weekly Times Enterprise
Thomasville Times Enterprise
