Evening star., 1945-08-10
Three Indicted
.|nU. 5. Secret
Records Leak
Government Charges
Material Was Used
In Magazine Article

Indictments charging a naval in
telligence officer, a State Depart
ment employe and a New York
magazine editor with conspiracy ito
unlawfully take and remove Gov
ernment records and files" were re-
turned today by a District grand
jury. Conviction would carry maxi
mum punishment or a $4,000 fine
and two years imprisonment.
The indictments grew out of FBI
investigations started last March
which revealed that a large number
OF documents rated all the way from
restricted" to top secret" had been
taken from the State Department,
the War and Navy Departments, the
Office Of Strategic Services and the
ONCE of War Information. Accord
ing to Justice Department charf Is,
some were taken as the basis of
editorial material fer Amerasia
magazine.
Named in Indictments.
ThoSe indicted today were:
Emmanuel Siguard Larsen, for
merly specialist in the China di-
vision of the Office Of Far Eastern
Affairs of the State Department,
who lives at 1850 Harvard street
NV.
1t. Andrew Roth, formerly on ac-
tive duty in the Office of Naval In
telligence, Navy Department. His
most recent address was 1914 Queen
street, Arlington.
Philip Jacob Jaffe, editor of Amer
asia Magazine, which specializes in
Oriental political affairs. He lives
In New York City.
Those three were arrested June 6
along with three other persons who,
however, were not indicted. The
three against whom no action was
taken by the grand jury were: Miss
Kate Louise Mitchell, co-editor of
Amerasia Mark Julius Gayn,
free-lance writer, and John Stewart
Service, Foreign Service employe
of the State Department.
Those indicted, the Justice De-
partment announced, are being held
under $4,000 bond.
Defendants Asked to Testify.
Indictments were returned, the
Justice Department said, after the
grand jury had spent two week in
vestigating the case. All persons
arrested under the original COM
plant were given an opportunity 10
testify. The Governments case
was presented by Robert M. Hitch
cock, Victor c. Woerheide and Dom
aid B. Anderson, all special assist
ants to Attorney General Clark.
The arrests last June attracted
wide attention both because of the
official status of three of the men
and the revelation that highly con-
Adential documents were being TAX
en- from Government offices. At
the time, then Acting Secretary Of
State Joseph c. Grew announced
that comprehensive security pro-
gram" would be followed to stop
leaks and punish any one revealing
secret information. The Justice De-
partment said the investigation was
being continued.
It was learned that the FBIs
first "tip of" that confidential pa
pers were being taken from Gov
ernment files came when Amerasia
magazine published the. verbatim
text of what was described as
secret OSS report. The FBI then
was called on by the State Depart
ment to investigate its source.
Given to Mr.. JSffe.
According to the FB1, its investi-
CATION revealed that some of the
confidential documents were turned
over to Mr.. Jaffe, Amerasias editor.
at meetings either here or in New
York and that some of the infor-
nation taken from them was pub
lished in his journal.
Mr.. Larsen, Al, was born in Cali
fornia, educated in Copenhagen and
lived for many years in the Far
East before working in various Gov
ernment offices here and joining the
State Department last year.
1t. Roth, 26, was born in New
York City, and was educated there
and at the University of Michigan,
Before being commissioned in the
Navy in August, 1912, he had served
as a research assistant on the stan
Of Amerasia.
Mr.. Jaffe, 48, was born In Russia
and became an American citizen in
1928. In addition to his editorial
work he owns a printing firm in
New York City and has been active
in several organizations In Far East
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