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Suspeeted Spies
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tCO0IlluPu F1Olll rage -
and abroad on Hungarian folk lore,
Hoover said.
ENTERS COUNTRY
Miss Buchanan Dineen. Hoover
said, entered this country Oct. II.
1e41, arriving in New York City by
Atlantic clipper. He said she had
been given last minute instructions
by the German naval attache at
Lisbon.
She first came to the attention
of the FBI as a mysterious miss
Smith" in November. l94l. Shortly
thereafter, Hoover said, she de-
cided to aid the FBI when it be-
came apparent to her that she
could not carry out the instructions
of her Nazi employers.
The FBI chief said she cooperated
fully, receiving information desired
by the German espionage service
but always under the surveillance
Of the FBI. All information re-
corted to her and forwarded to her
Nazi superiors abroad was cleared
through the FBI and the army and
navy intelligence. Hoover said.
Miss Buchanan Dinee, Hoover
said. became acquainted in Buda-
pest with Miss Dehajeck who had
engaged in espionage in this
country.
Miss DehajCk, now in Germany,
lectured frequently on the west
coast, generally in San Francisco
and Los Angeles, during 1938-39
when she was touring this country
with her husband, Guyala Rozinek.
Hoover said she was able to secure
valuable information about Ameri-
can defense preparations. She had
been sent here by the Hungarian
government and her lectures were
Of a propaganda nature.
Rozinek, Hoover said, was in
yestigated in San Francisco, Pitts
burgh, and New York after citi-
zen in September, 1899, advised the
FIJI that Ro2inek was a former
captain in the German army ano
i employed in a chemical plant ir
he San Francisco area. He first
aroused suspicion when he alleged
> said that Hitler not only is my
fuehrer, but my God" He latel
was arrested and deported.
FURNISHES BOND
At the time of Rozinek's arrest
Hoover said, Mrs. Behrens furnish
ed $500 bond for him, and HI
visited her in Detroit prior to hi
deportation May 81, l941 Mrs
Behrens, Hoover said. At that tint
told immigration officials:
II am 100 per cent tor Hitler. I
Hitler wins, all those small coun
tries in Europe will have thei
freedom
Thomas, the FBI chief said, lonl
was known to his agents as an as
sociate of Max Stephan, Detroi
tavern keeper whose death sentence
for treason was recently com
muted by President Roosevelt t.
life imprisonment.
He was born in Fresno, O., o
German ancestry and was described
as an important contact for mem
hers of the German American
bund and at various meetings spok
in behalf of national socialism an
defended Nazi anti-Semitic atroc
tiles.
While she was being tutored b
Miss Dehajek in methods of max
ing contacts in this country, Mis-
Buchanan Dineen was given
checkered green and black noteboo
alphabetically indexed and settin
forth the names, addresses and Il
most instances telephone number
of persons known by her in tn
United States.
Miss Dehajek told the pupil tina
the names would give her an entr
into social circles where informa
ton might be obtained.
Listed were the names OF abou
300 prominent persons from variou
cities in the United States, includ
ing Ojail and Berkeley, Calf
Denver, and San Francisco.