Evening star., 1953-12-10

laga with Fabio Gallo, a Mica
raguan who said he was inter-
mediary for Lavrenti Beria,
turned up only strange and mys-
terious facts.
First, Gallo's car, a rare type
to find in Spain, had broken
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Mr. Fuson followed the long Lovrenti
Berio troll. Some times it seemed
hot, but finoIly foded owoy. This is
the last of series Of five orticies.
down, and within two hours
duplicate had appeared on the
streets. Gallo's Cadillac conver-
tible was supposed to have been
his means Of contracting the
three fugitives, the man who
claimed to be Beria, an alleged
Russian atomic physicist, and q
Spaniard.
Then Gongolo Goizueta, the
man who owned the farm where
I was supposed to wait to meet
the self-styled Beria, had dis
appeared. Then someone had
obviously threatened Gallo to
make him lead the Spanish Sec
ret police away from Malaga.
The police dug up some addi-
tional facts to make the case
more interesting. Jose Carlos
1mosSi, a known international
espionage agent, had been in
the same hotel with Gallo Sep
tember 81 - the day Gallo
claimed the United States State
Department turned him over to
the local police at Malaga.
Sells to Either Side.
Imossi was convicted Of
espionage for the British in 1912
and deported from Spain. He
was convicted again in 1947 of
the same crime. He is a known
professional agent who sells his
information to anyone with the
money.
Vicente Reguengo, commits
sioner of the Spanish secret
police, discovered that Gallo had
made two trips to Gibraltar, that
he had neglected to mention.
Then some one had threatened
Gallo.
Gonzolo Goizueta had made a
trip to Gibraltar about the same
time Gallo did. There was much
Gallo had not explained.
Returning to Madrid Gallo was
too nervous to drive his car. The
commissioner would not discuss
the case with Gallo on the return
trip. No one mentioned the
Beria investigation. Whenever
Gallo brought it up, we changed
the subject. Late in the after
noon, we stopped to examine a
tire. Gallo came around to the
back of the car where I was.
What is the situation?" he
whispered anxiously.
I just shook my head, you
tell me, what are you really
scared Off"
Il can't tell you that now"
Gallo said 1t was three DAYS
after we arrived in Madrid that
Gallo finally decided to talk.
Sees Nothing But Nonsense.
For three days the police had
been questioning him. For
three days he has been giving us
nothing but nonsenses," Regu-
engo told me. Nov he's trying
to say the whole thing was a big
lie"
Gallo was being kept in a small
room with bed and desk near
the agents offices. When I went
to see him. gloom hung in the
room like a cloud of smoke, in
spite of the fact that the room
was clean and airy.
Il thought you had gone back
to the United States" Gallo said.
Il thought you had left me-"
mo. I came to say good-by,
though. The boss ordered me
back to the States" From what
I hear in the office, the commits
Sioner has offered you a choice
of 10 years in the jug or depor-
tation to Nicaragua.
That jolted him visibly, but he
said nothing. He seemed re-
signed. To return to Nicaragua
and Dictator Somoza, Gallo be-
lieves, would mean death.
rs this really a hoax?" I
asked him. Gallo nodded.
Il know how you can get out
of here by tonight" I told him.
Gallo perked up.
How" he looked interested
again.
You have your choice of pris-
on or Somoza, or one other