Evening star., 1945-06-07
War Data Leak
.|nquiiryPushed;
6 Under Arrest
Theft of Confidential
Documents Charged;
Three Arroigned Here

IHTSe AIIuI9neO neTS
The arrest Of two State De-
partment officials among six
persons charged by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation with
conspiracy to violate Federal
espionage statutes is only part
of a comprehensive security
program" to stop leaks of secret
information, Acting Secretary Of
State Grew said today.
He emphasized that the program
will be continued unrelentingly in
order to stop completely the illegal
and disloyal conveyance of conf
Dental and secret information to
unauthorized persons"
His statement followed the arrest
of two State Department employees,
a Naval Reserve lieutenant and
three New York writers by FBI
agents last night on conspiracy
charges involving the alleged theft
Of confidential documents from the
State, Navy and War Department,
the Office of Strategic Services, the
Once of War Information and the
Federal Communications Comnlis-
sion.
Printing of Text Is Tipoff.
1t was learned today the first
"tipoff" in this case came when the
magazine Amerasia published the
verbatim text of what was described
as secret OSS report, which was
recognized by responsible officials.
The FBI then was called in to in
vestigate.
The investigation eliminated In
the six arrests last night.
Those arrested in Washington are:
John Stewart Service, a State De-
partment employe for about ~ years
with an unusual record of efficiency,
The FBI gave his address as 707
Eighteenth street NV.
Emmanuel Sigurd Larsen, a spe-
cialist in the China Division of the
Office of Far Eastern Affairs of the
State Department. The FBI said
he was arrested at his home at 1850
1dTVaTQ SLTeSI NV.
1t. Andrew Roth of the Office Of
Naval Intelligence and listed by the
FBI as residing at 1914 Queen street,
Arlington, Va.
Three Seized in New York.
Arrested in New York are:
Philip Jacob Jaffe, editor of the
magazine Amerasia.
Kate Louise Mitchell, graduate
Of Bryn Mawr College and a CO.
editor of Amerasia.
Mark Julius Gayn. author Of one
or more books on Far Eastern af-
fairs and free-lance magazine
writer.
An article by Gayn is to be pub
lisaed in Golfers tomorrow. The
magazine announced: "Gayn's ar
ticle is based upon intercepted jap
anese broadcasts and radiograns,
and upon confidential reports from
various military and diplomatic
sources" Henry La Cossitt, editor
of Golfers, said the Gayn article
was passed by the censorship Office
on May IA
The three arrested here were ar
raigned early this morning before
Commissioner Needham c. Turn
age, pleaded not guilty. and then
were lodged in the District Jail in
default of $4,000 bonds. They still
are held in Jail.
The three arrested in New York
furnished bonds of $4,000 each and
were released.
Two Years Maximum Term.
The maximum penalty on con-
viction on the charge of conspiring
to violate the Federal espionage
statutes is two years imprisonment
and $4,000 fine.
The FBI said the arrests followed
an intensive investigation by the
FBI for two and half months. The
FBI said documents were recovered
which included originals and copies
OF papers from Government depart
ments and agencies.
The documents had security clas-
sifications, ranging from restricted"
to top secret" the FBI said.
The investigation was launched,
the State Department said, when it
became apparent few months ago
there were leaks" of secret infor-
nation from the State and Navy
departments. There was a consul
tation between officials of the two
departments and then the FBI was
called in and asked to investigate.
The FBI said this investigation
disclosed that data removed from
confidential Government files was
turned over to Mr.. Jaffe at meetings
either in Washington or New York.
Some of this information, according
to the FBI, was printed n Amerasia.
The bureau declined to discuss what
(See WAR SECRETS, Page A-4.7