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USCIB: 13 • .5/91 

MEMORANDUM FOR THE MEMBER$ C!F USCIB: 

Subject: 

Reference: 

Developments in the Petersen Gase. 

USCIB 13.5/89 of 2.3 November 1954. 

2 December 1954 

l. The enclosure is circulated for information in connection 

witl.1 the reference. 

2. The enclosure hereto is unclassified and may be so handled. 

Enclosure 

Statement of Opposition to 

ifutions to Dismiss 

USICB: 13.5/91 

C01'W=IEJEN"f/At 

Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 02-20-2014 pursuant to E.O. 1352e 

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IN THE UNI'IED STATES DISTRICT COORT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT CF VIRGDlIA 

AIEIANDRIA DIVISICE 

tJNI'JED STATES CF M-i!RICA : 

vs. : 

JCBEPH SIDNEY PETERSEN, JR., 

·Defendant. 

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STAT!ijMQT <I' QPP(S!TIC!i TO 

HOl'ICIJS TO DJ§MTSS 

CCMES NCM, the United States of America, through its 

counsel, alld states its opposition to the Motions to Dismiss 

Counts Che alld Two of the Il:ld.ictment.filed by the defe:adant, 

Joseph Sidney Petersen, Jr., and in support thereof' submits 

the following Points and Authorities. 

Respectf'ul.ly submitted, 

Speoia1 Assistant to the Attorney General 

CERT]]'IQATE CF SERVICE 

I certify that I aerved a true copy of the within Statement 

0£ Opposition on David B. Kinney, Attorney of Record for the defendant, 

in the case or United States of America vs. Joseph Sidney- Petersen, Jr. 

on this, the first day of December, 1954. 
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REF ID:A59286 

IN THE • UNI'lED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EAS'.IEIU{ DISTRICT CF vmamIA. 

AIEX.ANDRIA. DIVISIW 

UNrmD STATES OF .AMERICA : 

JCSEPH SIDNEY PmERSEli, JR., : 

Def end.ant~ : 

POms AliD AVTH®TIES m OPPCB!Tl;W IQ 

m;n;mm•s MQI'IWS TO n:rsmss 

CCIJNT I 

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1. A Bill of Particulars neither strengthens nor weakens 

an indictment and forms no part of the record tor the purpose 

of a Motion to Diam:iss. 

JIDited, 8tates v. Cgmy;pa, 248 u.s. 3491 353 (1919) 

J>unl&m v. Yn;it@d States, 165 u.s. 486, 491 (l.897) 

Jrause v. UpJ.ted States, 267 Fed l.83 (CCJ. 81 1920) 

United Stat@a v. L@lkoft, llJ F Supp. 551, 555 (D.c. E.D. Tenn., 1953) 

2. Where a statute sets out in specific terms all essential 

elements constituting an offense an indictment charging an offense 

in the language of the statute is sutticient. 

gcqn :v. Uaj:t;ed Stawa, 178 F 2d 588, 591 (GOA 6, 1949) 1 cert. denied 

.3.39 u.s. 920 

Jlnited States v. Crnmmer, 151 F 2d 958, 962 (CC! 10, 1945) 1 cert. denied 

3'Zl u.s. 785 

umted States v. Kushner, 135 F 2d 668, 673 (OOA 21 1943) 1 cert. denied 

320 u.s. 212 
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.3. The act enumerated in Paragraph I, Count I,. of the Bill 

o£ Particulars hereto£ore filed by the United States is not barred 

by the applicable Statute of Limitations. 

Title 50 United States Code, Section .31 (1946 Fd.) 

Title 18 United States Code, Section 79.3 (1952 F.d..) 

Public Law 8.31, Slst Congress, Section 19 (Internal Security Jlct 

of 1950) 

United States Code and Congressional Service, Slst Congress, second 

session (1950) P• 3905 

United States v. Gt!napgsld,1 72 F Supp. 982 (n.c. M.D. Penna., 1947) 

United States v. Newman, 6.3 F Supp. 269 (D.C. S.D.N.Y, 1945) 

COQNT II 

The Points and Authorities set forth in Paragraphs l and 

2 of Count I, sunra..1 a.re equally applicable in opposition to defendant's 

Motion to Dismiss Count II and are incorporated herein by reference. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Special Assistant to the Attorney General 

QERT1FICATE CF smxcm; 

I certify that I served a true copy o£ the within Points 

and Authorities in Opposition to Defendant's Motions to Dismiss on 

David B. Kinne7, Attorney of Record for the defendant, in the case 

of United States ot .America vs. Joseph Sidney Petersen, Jr. on this, 

the first dq of December, 1954.