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I.C. 65-8946 Upon conviction.'Brokhoff was sentenced to serve a five-year prison term for yiolation of 'the espionage statutes .ang to serve a two-year concurrent sentence for violation'of the .Registration Act.: HEINRICH CLAUSING In September, 1934, German-born Heinrich Clausing cane. to the. United States, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1938. Having served on various ships sailing from New York Harbor since his arrival in the country, he' was employed'as a cook on the ss Argentine at the.time of'his arrest. Closely associated .with Franz Stigler, one of the principal contact men for this spy ring, Clausing operated as a courier. He 'transported microphotographs and other material from the United States to South American ports, from which the information was sent to Germany via Italian airlines. He also established a mail drop in South America for expeditious transmittal of information to Germany by mail.. Clausing was convicted and was sentenced to serve eight. years for violation of espionage statutes. He also'received a two-year concurrent sentence for violation.of the Registration Act. CONRADIN OTTO DOLD Conradin Otto Dold came to the United States from Germany in.1926. He became a United States citizen in 1934 under the Seamen's Act.. Prior to his arrest, he was Chief Steward aboard the Ss' Siboney of the American Export.Lines. Dold was related to people holding high positions.in Germany and was closely associated with other members of the espionage group who worked on ships sailing from New York Harbor. As a courier, Dold carried information from Nazi agents in the United States to contacts in neutral ports abroad for transmittal to Germany. Dold was sentenced to serve ten years in prison.on espionage charges and received a two-year concurrent sentence and a fine of $l,ooo for violation of the Registration Act. RUDOLF EBELING After leaving Germany for the United States in 1925,. Rudolf Ebeling became an American citizen in 1933. He was employed as a foreman in the Shipping Department of Harper.and Brothers in New York City when he was arrested