Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-09
Similarity in Names
duplicates U. 5. Aide
In Secret fBI File

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ternaIaoE&1 rccnAnee--Ano q FBl
AgentS--has bern disc !ose6 .r orr
Of the secret documents arosaEAI
out n the Judith Cop3en trial
The internal security case
concerned the effort a. Ida Paw.
de Paylsa 70 come 70 tlsis country
from Italy 70 marry William
Henry Sanders
The FBI couldn't ind Mr.
Sanders for months because they
we're looking on l25th street tn
stead Of l33d street IN New York
When the Fedora SleuIhs an
ally tracked down Mr. Sanders
their report shows. about the most
damaging information they could
dig up about him waS that he is
very Withdrawn. quiet and not al
a particularly friendly nature
Different Man in L. 3. Werk-
Then. for reasons unexplained
the FRi report said a william
Sanders was mentioned as an
adviser 10 the American deleea-
ton az two sessions Of the United
Nations General Assembly. but
nothing could be found out about
him al the State Department An
entirely different man. William
Sanders. is a special assistant TO
the director Of the once Of United
Nations Affairs in the State De
partment.
The FBI report was one Of
those read to the court by Miss
Coplon's defense attorney. Arch
ibald Palmer. He explained he
was reading the reports his client
is accused OF ahStrsctinG from
FBI files because they are sup
posed 10 affect internal security
and. therefore. II they do not
mean thing. then. my point has
been made
F'BI interest in Mr. Sanders WAS
started when Source A" WAS
advised that one Lidia Payil de
Pavign. OF Florence. Italy. was
seeking passport 10 come to
the United States to marry VII
liam II. Sanders. SAT West l25th
street. New York
Italy Opposed Departure.
A report dated April 81. l9+7
said her departure from Italy is
opposed by Italian intelligence au-
thorities on the grounds she was
an enemy agent suspect" II add
ed that she was suspected OF
espionage on behalf Of Titos Par
tiSans' in Yugoslavia during Ger
man occupation Of Italy.
The Italian woman also de-
scribed as the mistress OF q man
employed by the Allies as an I'M
dercover agent. who was suspected
OF actually being a double agent. -
At the time OF the FBI report. she
was said to be under surveil-
lance" by the Italian police as a
suspected agent OF OZNA Yugo-
slav secret police.
AT Italian request. n stop" was
placed with the immigration and
Naturalization Service against the
womans entry. And then the
hunt started for Mr.. Sanders.
Files and telephone directories
were searched and jsnitors and
occupants of buildings at and near
the West l25th street address were
interviewed without any trace of
Mr.. Sanders. The case then was
closed.
Had Received Letter From Italy.
But a continuation OF the report.
dated December Q. l948. showed
1t was reopened on March Q. is+s.
with investigation going on
through September o last year.
BY then. Source A" supplied add
tional information, giving Mr..
Sanders address as SAT West 1880
street--two blocks away from
where the previous FBI search had
concentrated. He had received a
letter from the Italian woman.
whom he apparently had met while
in the Army.
The FBI investigation showed
that Mr.. Sanders was born on
November IA. 1916. at Hillsboro.
Tex: was married in 1910 and d.
vorced in 1916. was indicted into
the Army in l943. and was honor
ably discharged in l945 after in
fantry duty in Europe and being
raised to the grade OF It's.
Charles w. Miller. superintend-
ent OF the apartment building
where Mr.. Sanders had q room
with a couple from Texas. CO.
operated with the FBI. He was
the one who told the FBI that Mr..
Sanders lis very withdrawn. quiet.