FIGURE IN SPY TRIAL OF SOBLEN LINKED TO BRANDT OF WEST BERLIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200570011-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 6, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

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figure in D y I rwwi of 5obLen
Linked to Bi-andt of east BerlinFOlAb3b
'-.tcla nad ru.pplied data from th
iles of the Office of Stratee'i
in a.-11J.oilQa.,for a~pew".t.rial f
Mayor WxWilly. Brandt of we
Berlin:
had -repeatedly denied the spy
`
In, q. once
. before
grand jury in this city earl
last year,
Judge Thomas P. Morph
ab ned a; show cause order on
,.e new trial motion. Argu-
ment is expected to be heard
on Monday. The motion was
filed by Ephraim S. London.
In his affidavit, Mr. London
maintained that the Govern-
ment's "denial of knowledge"
concerning Dr. Hans Hirsch-
fold's whereabouts was "mis-
leading, if not false." During
the trial, Assistant Ilnitecl
States Attorney Richard C.
Casey told Judge William B.
Herlands that Dr. Hirschfeld
,vas "outside the jurisdiction of
the United States . . I don't
know where he is living." I
Mr. London said the Govern-
ment, nevertheless, had on at
least three occasions between
1957 , gufi,,,19.60 been able to
locate Dr. lliraChfeld "without
the ]east difficulty." He was
identified as a person of promi-
nence in West Germany. at that
West, German Senate.
Dr. Hirschfeld's name' came
into the Soblen trial on. July 6
When 3lrs. Johanna Koenon
at one time a courier for
;;sian wartime spy ring init
this city, mentioned him' and
the 1a to I)r~ , orst Bacrenspiune-
1, . ,"
L110 development of the atomicia
dim..),
military project is not onlyIh:
meaningless in relation to thcj-
inherent.ly improbable," Mr.1na
l He contended that Dr. Hirsch- lI
ents in support of that view,
'pended to the motion, were
11911 hes of Harvard University, I
grandson of the late Chief,
xd Prof. Herbert iMarcuse of l
The motion also contended l
at if the defense had been inl
position to call Dr. Hirsch-
d or obtain a deposition from
'y might have given more
ight to so respected a Gov-1
st suffering_ from lympathic i
ned that he knew nothing
t
t
Dr. Hirschfeld.
statement from Dr. Hirsch-
to Joseph Brill. trial
the new motion. It ended:
We are in the middle of an
candidate of the S. P. D.4
Social Democratic partv1 ff
simple to claim that tho'
D. is cot 100 per cent
against Communist infil-
on. Just look at Willy B:
of his closet co-workers
been named as : Soviet
t and a spy!
hat is the main reason of
rating. I don't know why;
f
emale or others pick myi
e. I only know I never did'
hat she claimed and claims.;
ve never met her before.".
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