862.20210/9–2244
The Chargé in Argentina (Reed) to
the Secretary of State
[Extract]
No. 16155
Buenos Aires, September 22,
1944.
[Received October 2.]
Sir: I have the honor to refer to the
Embassy’s despatch no. 16069 of September 14, 1944,49 and to transmit herewith
further information received from the Office of the Military Attaché
regarding the arrest and detention of Axis espionage agents. This
information comes from a “well-informed, definitely reliable police
contact”.
The first of two reports, dated September 19, reads as follows:
- “1) Nazi agents are still being watched, but not being
picked up. They have been warned that they are under
surveillance, but have been told not to let that bother
them.
- “2) Police have been told to go easy on Nazis arrested in
radio espionage case.
- “3) Walter Junkers has been released. Police say they have
nothing on him.
- “4) Ortiz de la Calle and his wife were used by Utzinger
as covers in renting places from which to operate.
- “5) A concerted drive on American agents will start
immediately. No names or specific orders have been given as
yet, but police have orders to stand by prepared to get
busy. Allied agents not mentioned. American agents were
specified.”
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