The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-27
RUSSIAN IS ARRESTED
 FBI AGENTS
Bail Is Fixed at S25,000- Atomic Secrets, War
 Vessel Involved

WASHINGTON. March 27. "A puzzling but spine-tingling spy mystery confronted A-bomb con- scious Americans today as FBI agents snared a young Russian naval officer preparing to flee by ship from Portland. Ore. On the record. It. Nicolai Gre gorovich Redin. 29-year-old mem Der of the Soviet purchasing Com mission at Seattle, was arrested last night on espionage charges involving plans and information regarding the U.S.S. Yellowstone, a destroyer tender assigned to take part in the scheduled atomic bomb test this summer.
 Man Se.xe1 The formal charge was disclosed late last night by Assistant FBI agent Julius A. Bernard at Port land, hours after FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover had announced terse- ly in Washington that Redin had been seized as he was about to board Russian canning vessel for home.
 Arraigned before U. s. Commis- sioner Robert A. Leedy, the Soviet officer, wearing the uniform of his rank, was asked whether he under stood English.
 { Humping Leedy's desk, Redin cried T will not talk. will not talk
 He then demanded to see the Soviet Consul, who was not repre- scented at the proceedings. ] But Leedy. fixing ball at $25 1000, ordered the officer to be held in Multnomah County in default of bond until another hearing is set. | Under FBI Scrutiny i Redin, a graduate of the Rus- sian naval academy who came to this country four years ago, had been under intensive F'BI scru- tiny for several months, Hoover said in Washington.
 State Department officials and the Russian Embassy are silent. There was no immediate clear cut answer to the No. l question {, posed by the arrest: could atomic bomb secrets be involved? Foreign Spy Ring
 But a broad hint that they might ! be came from the House Committee on un-American Activities. which for several weeks has been diggins into reports that foreign spy : ring Is at work in this country 1 Committee Counsel Ernie Adam son said the group headed by Rep John s. Wood sD-Ga.) has clos ed-door meeting scheduled for to- day, adding to a reporter.
 T assume after the meeting the chairman will have something to say about this arrest"
 Charge Made
 At Portland, Bernard said Red.n was charged with obtaining infcr- nation about the U.S.S. Yellow stone for use and advantage of "a foreign nation. to wit the U.S.SR." And had induced another to ob- tain plans, documents and writings relating to warship of the US. Navy.
 l Bernard said the charge accused Redin of action against the peace and dignity of the United States { of America"
 :; He said the accusations were / made in Seattle on Dec. 22. 1945. the day Redin is charged with hav- ing obtained the information. The warrant was issued last Friday | There was no announcement of how the young Russian officer had i obtained the documents and plans ] or whom the officer had induced" to obtain the information.
 On Floating Cannery A Naval officer disclosed at San Francisco that the U.S.S Yellow stone was to take part in the Bi- kini bomb test, now set for early July after having been postponed from May by Presidential order. | It was disclosed that the ship Redin was preparing to board was the floating cannery, the S.S. Alma Alta. which had undergone year long, $2.000.000 refurnishing in the Oregon Harbor and which report edly had been ready to sail for sev- eral weeks.
 Seattle newsmen had a brush with Redin only II days ago when the tanker Puentc Hills arrived