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ric-ihlidfain-,tlelt»nt?MtipscionTo q cl s\r hr* W't °hheLl^PTones*lrnei/icnsta*ee-\use v rd theVP)lt;RRETRIAL ORDEREDIN ROTHKRUG CASEas in aid«lt;m^nt Th of a oped the romrjroinsAppeals Court In Gem^any ^Ult Sets Aside Westporter’s ConvictionMar In £t hatARFFt VNKFUR*7* Orrmanv March16 tUP A V S High rommi^ The•don f^ourt of Appeal*; todav set «**H\aside the conviction of a former in telhgenre agent found gmltv two vears ago on charges of illegal ^ ^po^^ecsion of gov ei nni^tit docu ^ ments and ordered a new trial for ^ar Michael R Rothkrug of Hillspoint road Westport ConnFormer chief of the \rm\ s Tntel-iigrn/'e Documents center in Berlin Rothkrug won h* appeal on grounds that the American court which tried him in Germanv in 1953 had committed prejudicial er rorsRothkrug was found guiltv on Couthee counts cf illegal possession of classified I S government docu j ments Sentence was suspended on condition that he leave Germanv and jeturn home within 30 davs which he did RoMikrug later appealed the «entenoeAfter leaving the Armv and his intelligence post Rothkrug had(Continued on Page Twelve)H.contbillsforecom
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Bridgeport Post
Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
Wed, Mar 16, 1955
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