862.20210/2086: Telegram
The Ambassador in Argentina (Armour) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 4—7:37 p.m.]
2464. Embassy’s 2455, December 4, 1 p.m. Although this morning’s press stated 38 Axis agents had been named in accusations placed before Federal Court, press releases this afternoon named only Hans Napp, Ottomar Müller, Elvezio Ortelli, Martin Schneider, Walter Freiwald and Lothar von Reichenbach as having been indicated in this regard. Also stated that the Federal Judge had placed them under preventive custody and incommunicado. In addition the press said that the findings of the court seriously implicated several officials of the German Embassy and that the Federal Attorney had requested that the case of these diplomats be placed before the Supreme Court in accordance with the Argentine code of procedure governing the “trial of diplomatic representatives”. The foregoing indicates that only the agents of Group I have been affected so far.