Evening star., 1950-03-07
MissCopIon and Gubitchev Gui|tv
OfConspiracya and Spy Attempts;
Will Hear Sentences on THURSDAY
Ex-Government
Girl Is Cleared
OnOne Count
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. I-Judlth
Coplon and Valentin A. Gubitchev,
the Soviet engineer assigned to
the United Nations. were found
guilty today of conspiracy and
attempted espionage.
A Federal Court jury of six men
and six women ruled that the for
mer Government employe and the
stocky, blond Russian met secretly
in New York and plotted to spy
for Soviet Russia.
1t announced its verdict at IL: AS
am. after having been locked up
overnight. The jurors went out
at ABS pm. yesterday.
Brunette. vivacious Miss Coplon,
%, was found guilty on two counts
one of conspiracy and one of
attempted espionage. She was
found not guilty on another charge
that she attempted to transmit
classified FBI documents to un-
authorized persons.
Remanded to Jail.
Both she and Gubitchev. 33,
were convicted on a conspiracy
charge to commit espionage by
removing classified documents
from Government files and to de-
fraud the United States of her
impartial services.
Both defendants were remanded
to jail for sentencing at 1920 am.
Thursday by Federal Judge Syl-
vester j. Ryan.
Miss Coplon can receive a maxi
mum of Is years in prison and a
$4,000 fine. Gubitchev faces a
maximum penalty of Is years in
prison and $4,000 fine. Miss
Coplon is already under 40 months
to 10 years sentence for conviction
on charges of stealing Government
documents in Washington.
Neither betrayed any emotion as
they sat snd heard the verdict.
Kisses One Attorney.
Then. as she left the courtroom,
Miss Coplon smiled weakly and
kissed one of her attorneys. Leon
ard Boudin. and her brother and
sister-in-law. MIR. and Mrs. Ber-
tram Coplon.
The first count in the four
count indictment of which both
were found guilty, charged con-
spiracy to commit espionage. spec
flying removal of classified Gov
ernment documents and defraud-
ing the United States Government
of Miss Coplon's impartial services.
The maximum penalty is five
years in prison and $4,000 fine.
The second count. of which she
was found not guilty, accused her
of attempted espionage by at
tempting to transmit Government
documents to unauthorized per-
sons. If convicted on this count.
she could have been sentenced to
10 years and a $4,000 fine.
The third count, of which Gu
bitchev was found guilty. accused
him alone of acting as an unau-
thorized person attempting to
receive secret Government docu-
ments. The maximum penalty is
10 years and a $4,000 fine.
Fourth Indictment Count.
The fourth count, of which Miss
Coplon was found guilty, accused
her alone of attempted espionage
in trying to transmit documents
relating to the national defense
to citizen of a foreign power,
Russia, with the belief it would
be used to injure the United
States. This was the most serious
charge and carries maximum
penalty of 20 years in prison. but
no fine.
Gubitchev, as has been his Gus
tom since the trial began January
"a, stared straight ahead when the
verdict was announced and the
jurors were polled twice at the
request of defense attorneys.
His face was slightly flushed as
he went to a rack and took his
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