PLOT TO ASSASSINATE KING
Pi'coivcd Wednosdav, 8.45 p.m. WA8IIIXGT0N, Nov. 2G. Tlio Pedoral Bnrcau of Invcstigation has stated tiiat 1 \vo fipriiians discussed the assassination of King George and (^tiiM'n Klizabetli during the Itoyal visit to Ciiited Btates in 1939. A spokesntan said ihe (iernians were Fritz Wiedemann, tlien ( 'onsul-Genefal at San Francisi'o, and Hennann Schwinn, who was an aclive niember of Ihe GermanA irifjican luind and later deported to ■Germany as a dangerous alien. The two (iprmans, it is alleged, met at San Fraiicisco in May, 1939, and discussed an assassiuation plan but no attempt was niado lo carry out the plot.
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Chronicle (Levin), 28 November 1946, Page 5
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