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I C.65-8946 espionage aotivities and condoned thems While she was not active in obtaining information for Germany, she helped Duquesne prepare material for transmittal abroad.. Upon' a guiity plea, Miss Lewis was sentenced to. serve. one year and one day in prison for violation of the Registration Act. RENE EMANUEL MEZENEN Rene Emanuel Mezenen, a Frenchman, claimed. United States citizenship through the naturalization of his father. Prior to his arrest he was employed as a steward in the transatlantic clipper service. The German Intelligence Service in Lisbon, Portugal, asked Mezenen to act as a. courier, transmitting information the clipper. He accepted this offer for financial gain. In the observance of convoys sailing for England. He also became involved.in smuggling platinum from the United States to Portugal. Following a plea of guilty, Mezenen received an eight- year prison term for espionage and two concurrent years for registration violations. CARL REUPER Having come to the United States from Germany in 1929, Carl Reuper became a citizen in 1936. Prior to his arrest.he served as an' inspector for the Westinghouse Electric Company in Newark, New Jersey. Reuper obtained photographs for Germany relating to national defense materials and construction, which he obtained from his employment. He arranged radio contact with Germany through the station established by Felix Jahnke. On one occasion, he conferred with Sebold regarding Sebold's facilities for communicating with German authorities. Upon conviction, Reuper was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment on espionage charges and 2 years' concurrent *sentence under the .Registration Act... ... EVERETT MINSTER ROEDER Born.in the Bronx, New York, Roeder was a draftsman and I designer of confidential materials for the United States Army and Navy. 10