Evening star., 1944-02-20
Argentina Calls Wolff Nuzi Spy,
Frees Him for rip Home
BY the Associated Press.

Frees Him for I
| BY the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 10
Shortly after a federal police
report named Gen. Friedrich
Wolff, German military attache,
as the leader of an espionage
organization in Argentina, the
undersecretariat of information
and the press announced he
would not be subject to trial and
had been released from house
arrest so that he could be re-
patriated.
The police report said three Axis
espionage organizations were work.
ing in Argentina. 1t named Gen.
Wolff as the leader of one.
German espionage in America, the
police report explained, was divided
into East and West Coast sections.
The information which the spies
collected was said to include news
on the development Of the United
States war effort, military organiza-
ton, armament, production of ships
and planes and political and eco
nomic information relating to all
the American countries and particu-
larly the United States.
In addition to Wolff, the japanese
naval attache, Rear Admiral Kat
sunni Yukishita and his assistant,
Capt. Tadashi Kameda, also were
released from house arrest and will
not be subject to trial, the under
secretariat said Explaining the rea-
on for this action the government
agency said:
Keeping in mind the progress of
the investigation and the fact that
the freedom of the trio at the pres
ent time will not affect its develop
ment, considering the diplomatic
character of these persons and also
that the facts now proved were
committed before the rupture of
diplomatic relations. it was decided
today to lift this measure while
means were provided to insure their
leaving the country and the obtain
ing of safe conducts necessary to
their repatriation"
1t was the order confining Gen
Wolff to his home which led to
curt German protest threatening
reprisals which, in turn. precipi-
tated palace revolution ousting
Foreign Minister Gen. Alberto Gill
bert on February Is.
Many Named in Ring.
The police report, meanwhile. said
Gen. Wolff headed an organization
which included number of Argen-
tine, Spanish and German citizens,
the report said, and added that a
number of Nazi organizations con-
Spired to land German agents from
a German submarine on the Argen-
tine coast at the end of 1943.
The report gave the names Of
Argentines, Spaniards, a German
and a Russian who, it said, were
implicated IN espionage activities.
Also named was a Chilean. Ger
trudis Hostovsky de Schlosser, %,
wife of one of the German suspects.
The police said Schlosser and his
wife acted as spies in another South
American country and came to Ar
gentina five months ago to study
wireless The husband, Herbert
Schlosser, was among those arrested
but the report failed to mention
the whereabouts of his wife.
News Agencies Implicated.
The German news agencies DNB
and Transocean were charged with
taking part in espionage activities
in Argentina.
The federal police announced a
supplementary report would be is
sued within two weeks when addi-
tional details of German espionage
activities would be published. With
in three days, police said, a separate
report will be released on Japa-
nese espionage.
Today's report mentioned the
names of 16 persons, 10 of whom
have been arrested. The police also
said they seized large amount
of equipment, including cameras
and film. Receipts for expenditures
were found and we're described as
showing that the organization
worked with unlimited resources.
Sailors Used as Agents.
The police identified a man named
Heinz Lange as director of the West
Coast section of the German es-
pionage organization and said that
a John Becker, who has disap-
peared, directed activities of the
eastern section including Argentina
Becker had been in Argentina ir
1912 as a diplomatic courier.
Referring to the method of trans
mltting this information to Ger.
many the police report said: "It il
necessary to point out the impor-
tant role played In this respect by
the crews of ships sailing under
neutral flags"
The report mentioned the names
OF several alleged agents who ap.
peared to be employees OF the Bayel
: chemical firm. Others were said tt
have belonged to the Spanish Fa.
lange. One of them was employed
in the electrical firm of Siemens
Schuckert. The others worked in 6
German travel agency.
Ranch Leased to Land Agents.
| Among the disclosures of the in.
vestigation. police cited a plan BY
Gen. Wolff to bring Axis agents tt
the Argentine coast from a sub.
marine which also would carry ma.
iterial for espionage activities. Gen