EAST GERMANS SENTENCE U.S. CITIZEN TO 15 YEARS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200700009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 1999
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 30, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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I-East Germans Sentence.U. S. Citizen to 15 Years
SpecialBERLIN, to The .S Sept. ew 29 York Tlmea cur Student From Rhode Island
t ay sen ence
n American free-lance photog-
apher and art student, Peter
einauer, of Providence, R. I., to
15 years in prison on a charge
f espionage.
The sentence was the sev-
erest ever given'a United States
itizen by an East German
ourt.
In a report on . the trial,
.D.N., the East German press
ervice, said Mr. Feinauer, 27-
ears-old, had been found guilty
f committing espionage and
Cher crimes against East Ger-
any as an agent of the United
tates Central Intelligence
gency.
Studied in West Berlin
Western representatives were
of admitted to the courtroom,
ut officials said that Wolf-
ang Vogel, an East Berlin law-
er who has defended
umerous Western nationals,
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Accused of Espionage-
Term Is Severest Given
represented Mr. Feinauer at the
trial. .
Mr. Feinaucr attended
courses in design and photo,-
raphy at the Academy of Art
in West Berlin. He occasion-
ally drove a ? cab and worked
as a photographer.
According to A.D.N., Mr
Feinauer was recruited by the
C.I.A. in West Berlin in 1961,
two years after he had firs
come to live in the city.
Mr. Feinauer was alleged t
have sought to establish espi
onage contacts with Govern
ment and social agencies ?an
organizations.. He was als
charged with having helped
East Germans flee' to Wes
ocations" and East German
order fortifications for
.I.A., for West German in-
titutions and for the National
roadcasting Company.
It could not be immediately
earned when and where Mr.
einauer was arrested. Another
merican, Roland Wiedenhoeft,
university teacher, was ar-
ested in East Berlin ear,ier
his month. The charges against
im have not been made public.
N.B.C. Denies Using Film
Frank Donghi, manager of
ews for the National Broad-
asting Company, said here
esterday that N.B.C. "never
sed a piece of Mr. Feinauer's
Mr. Donghi said that in 1961
'we looked at a piece of film
e submitted, but it was ?re-
urned and we did not use it."
"He was one of countless
Free-lances who have submitted
filmed material"of "border prod ilm to us." he'said.
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