NO SENSATION IN BOY SPY STORY
AUCKLAND, July S. A sensational story published in a Sydnev newspaper yesterdav alleging that an Auckland boy comntunicated with Germany during the war and had a mania for spying, "according to police evidence, ' ' and "disclosed the departure of New Zealand troojjs for overseas," was strongly denied officiallv todav, when it was revealed that, although the boy had a spy mania, he communicated nothing of value to the eneiny. It was stated today that the police and the security intelligence knew all about liiiti. He was born in Auckland in 1920 and early in the war was a shipping clerk with an Auckland fivm. Inquiries by the police revealed that he had been communicating with a man in Germany, but this liad no connection with the war. He received one air mail letter from Hamburg and posted a letter to the German Ambassador at Tokio, but according to a liigh offieial of the security intelligence he ' ' got nowhere. ' ' It was otlicially stated that "the boy had a spy ' bug ', but was quite hannless, and no serious aspects were involved. I11 1943 he was fined £5 for wrongfully wearing an K.S.A. badge." •
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 July 1946, Page 8
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196NO SENSATION IN BOY SPY STORY Chronicle (Levin), 9 July 1946, Page 8
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