NAZI SPYING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 October 1942, Page 3

NAZI SPYING

AND MOAT ATTACKS ON SHIPPING FACILITATED BY ARGENTINA <§, CHILE. PROTEST BY MR SUMNER WELLES (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) BOSTON, October 8. The refusal of Argentina and Chile to sever relations with the Axis was permitting the other American Republics Io be stabbed in the back by enemy agents operating freely within their borders, said the Assistant-Secretary of State, Mr Sumner Welles, to the National and Foreign Trade Convention.

He noted with profound gratitude that the 18 other American nations were solidly behind the United States. The remaining two republics were still permitting their territory to be utilised by Axis emissaries as a base, for hostile activities against their neighbours. Aided by reports sent by these agents, enemy submarines had taken a high toll of ships and men serving under the flags of Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Panama,' United States and Chile and Argentina themselves. It is reported from Santiago, Chile, that an innocent-looking cable, “Kindest regards to mother and my little daughter,” gave the police the missing clue to a vast Nazi spy ring operating in Latin America. Three leaders were arrested and confessed to sending cipher messages to a Nazi spy, Heinz Luben, in Havana, who was recently sentenced to death; Seized documents contain full lists-of United States airmen in Chile and also detailed information of ships’ movements which was transmitted by a secret short wave station.

Washington reports that some United States radio announcers have been tipping off enemy submarines, according to reports received by the Federal Communications Commission. One announcer is alleged to have given information of convoy movements from America by dedicating songs to the crews of certain vessels. Another is alleged to have used an open code by juggling prices in radio advertisements and by deliberate and systematic grammatical errors, said Mr James Fly, chairman of the commission. Testifying to the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee Mr Fly stressed the necessity of investigating the personnel of international and foreign language stations in the United States.