The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-04
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The FBI campaign against sabo- tage has been two-fold, involving both counter-espionage and plant protection.
 The counter-espionage efforts of the FBI broke the backbone of Ger man espionage and sabotage at tempts even before the Japanese attacked.
 After an ls-month investigation during which the FBI operated secret radio station believed by Nal agents to be their own, G-men arrested 33 agents who were sub sequently convicted in Brooklyn and sentenced to a total of 320 years Imprisonment and fined a total of $ls,0o0.
 When investigation of this case began, there was only one suspect Instead of arresting him, the FBI placed him under careful surveil- lance and by watching his con- tacts finally was able to capture the whole ring.
 The FBI says breaking of this ring left the Germans with vir- tually no one to carry on their , work. Another major spy ring had been broken earlier.
 Led Way To ship Custody Counter-espionage also had led in March. 194i. to the assumption by this country of protective cus- : tody over German, Italian and Danish ships interned here. The FBI learned that plans had been completed to have their crews sabo- tage the ships. but the protective custody came too late to prevent damaging of the vessels. Many were badly damaged before Coast Guardsmen went aboard.
 Investigations by the FBI even- tually led to the closing of Ger man and Italian consulates and the expulsion of the Italian naval attache who played a major part in the sabotage scheme, and the conviction of key crew-members of the vessels.
 During its pre-war counter espionage activities, the FBI began cataloguing all aliens who were considered dangerous to internal security either as potential spies or saboteurs.
 Within a few hours after Pearl Harbor, this cataloguing permitted it to round up thousands of poten- lly-dangerous Japanese. Ger mans and Italians. Since then, ! thousands more have been seized i in spot raids which have uncov cred tons cf explosives, thousands | of firearms. and other equipment useful to enemy agents.
 Net l2.0OO Enemy Aliens
 In all. l2,000 alien enemies were seized during the first year of war, the majority being either interned for the duration or placed on parole.
 In addition to counter espionage and counter-sabotage activities. the FBI has been working on other elements which threaten the in ternal security. such as sedition- ists and unregistered foreign pro- pagandists.
 A long investigation of the Ger { man-American Bund finally re- suited in a request to a New York ! Grand Jury by Attorney General Riddle that they consider evidence l that Bund leaders were seeking to violate the Selective Service Act.
 This jury indicted 29 Bund lead CTS including Fritz Kuhn and Ger hard Kunze. Kunze already had been indicted. by a Hartford, Conn. federal grand jury on espionage charges. and when caught in Mex ico he had a well -provisioned boat ready to sail. presumably to make contact with a German submarine | Meantime. state. county, and 1 local police were being trained in 1 the National Police Academy and in special civilian defense schools. i This work, undertaken before Pearl Harbor and still in progress, per- mitted overnight mobilization Of all the nations law enforcement ! officers for war work a year ago.