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er-inliSrw-dees-U. S. Court AgreesTo Free Formerequip: bad iaa-•• * yasif1! of thousands of top secret docu-JS0 ments.Intelligence Agent.. BERLIN.; (UP)~A U, S. court agreed today to release on $20,000 bail a 'former Army'intelligence agent accused of illegal possessionmimn If sai than Costion i‘ the it net ,f after ablyrs,lel.ereerebyessiza-the:orsspi-r.=dththeuch;,oo-ra.il-iteslan,era!verd5UthMltiledefe-Pre-Army authorities were shocked by the ruling of tihe-High Commission Court .in the case of Michael! R. Rothkrug, 44, Westport, Conn; They said if he raises bail and is freed a day and night watch will be put on his home in the British sector to prevent any Communist kidnap , attempt;U. S. Prosecutor Irvin Robbins objected to bail on-the ground that Rothkrug “is charged with a security offense which is serious as treason or murder and. which could call for the death penalty.“Bail for such an offense could be safely' granted in • the United States,” Robbins said. • “'But wc are behind the Iron Curtain and if released on bail, Rothkrug will be a sitting duck for anyone who wants to get . at him.”.Judge Sadie Arbuthnot overruled the government objections*• American, authorities said, the documents ..found in Rothkrug’s possession: included lists of Germans- working in the anticommunist underground . in the Soviet Zone. They said the entire net of American informants' would be jeopardized if the Reds learned the names on the lists.Crlt;ReHitBI prod reels brou 1952 Th ed t the by i by i Ti ton agec■Tithe-utecpricC.RC
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Huron Huronite And Daily Plainsman
Huron, South Dakota, US
Thu, Dec 18, 1952
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