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Show NAZIS HOLD 3 IN HITLER BOMBING PLOT BERLIN, Nov. 21 (U.R) The Nazis secret police to-night to-night announced the arrest of three persons including two "leading"-agents of the British Brit-ish secret service in connection connec-tion with the Munich beer cellar bombing attempt on the life of Adolf Hitler. The announcement said that Ott Strasser, one of the early Nazis now fled abroad, was the organizer of the bombing plot and that British intelligence agents were the instigators. A number of persons implicated have been arrested, ar-rested, it was announced. Two Seized 'The official announcement said the chief of the British intelligence service for western Europe a Mr. Best and his alleged accomplice a Captain Stevens were seized while attempting to cross the frontier into Holland near Venlo. " George Elser, 36, of Munich, was arrested while attempting to flee into Switzerland to report to persona , who instructed him to place the bomb, the announcement said. . Elser, charged with responsibility responsibil-ity for the bombing, confessed, the official announcement , said. The Britons were charged with being accomplices. |