| Show FBI Nabs Six for Theft Of Sec Secret t Documents WASHINGTON WASHINGtoN June 7 UP UP- UP Six persons including state department officials and and a a. navy lieutenant were under arrest Thursday in connection with the theft of ot highly confidential g government gov gov- v- v papers classified as restricted restricted re lire d an and top secret The five men and one woman specifically were charged with stealing the documents in a conspiracy conspiracy con con- conspiracy to violate the espionage act There WM was no mention however however however how how- ever of dealings with the enemy F FB BI I Director J J J. Edgar Hoover said Wednesday night in announcIng announcing announcIng ing the arrests' arrests here and in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York that the data from confidential confidential government files fUes usually was turned over to Philip Jacob acob Jaffe Russian-born Russian coeditor with Kate Louise Mitchell of the New York magazine Jaffe and Miss Mitchell and Mark Julius nationally known writer who also allegedly used some of ot the material were arraigned in New York They are areat at liberty on bond Those apprehended here were Lt Andrew Andre Roth formerly assigned assigned assigned as as- signed to the office naval of-naval ft intel l tel tel- Emmanuel SIguard Lars Larsen ren en specialist specIalIst specialist in the state departments department's China division John Stewart Service state department department department de de- de- de for foreign servi service e office who until recently was stationed in China All three were arraigned here Wednesday night and remanded to the custody of the US U.S. marshal for failure to to post bond Hearings Hearings' were cre set for June Juri 14 If n convicted of ot violating the espionage act all aU face fac maximum penalties of ot two years' years imprisonment imprisonment imprisonment imprison imprison- ment and ana fine Hoover said documents recovered recovered e ered ed by oy by his agents gents include originals originals nals and copies of official papers from from- the state d department the war and arid navy departments theoffice the theoffice theoffice office of ot strategic services the theoffice office of war Information and the federal communications ati ns commission commission commis- commis sion slon He said the arrests followed a a. two and one half months months' investigation gatlon gation which disclosed that the documents usually su Uy were t turned overto Jaffe at meetings in Wash Washington ington and New York He said the was established established established in 1937 with th the announced purpose of promoting the th It study dy of ot Pacific affairs f Undersecretary of State Joseph C C. C Grew declared in a a. formal statement that it became apparent a a few ew months ago that state and nd n navy vy department Information ofa of ofa a secret character chara te was reaching unauthorized persons persona The F FBI B I Iw Iwas w was s asked to investigate he added |
