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Pe ae ELD ERUUUPEAUS ECU ASEOS Walter Winchell of New York '” ‘The explonage front has erupted with headlines from Washing. ton, London and Moscow. it offered another indicatlon of the tur. bulence constantly exploding beneath the surface in this grim and Gcadly struggle. There are sples everywhere, Their battles are ine fense. And It is a war that has never known a truce. Allen Dulles, former CIA director, recently observed: “In the Soviet Union we are faced with an antagonist who has the art of espionage to an unprecedented height.” In the shadowy world of intrigue and subversion the most atunning triumphs of Red agents have been represented by the in- Mtration of high levels,of government. The Istest shocker Is the story of Britain’s HARP Iiby, a member of British counter-inteli- gence and the Vo. fio also functioned as 2 Sovict snake, The Red stain in Washington was deep and extensive during | (and several years after) World War IJ. The following illustrates the extent of the subversion: At one time a U.S. Ass't Becy of ; Treasury was a member of two Soviet spy rings. The chief of the State Department's Latin Affalrs division was a member of a Red ; espionage ring. An influential State Department consultant took } refuge in the Fifth when questioned about past or present member. ship in the Communist Party, A U.S. Brigatier-General Was a Becret | member of the Communist Party, according to sworn evidence. : Then there was Alger Hiss. The SD officials who helped Castro's i been fully exposed. When Congre: rise {0 power have never entually investigates this sordid story—the headlines will ruck the nation, The ugly art of Soviet espionage can be illustrated by the follow- ing: Murder Inc. was a babe in the woods compared to Moscow's secret killers, Red Intelligence can put a man in the street armed with perfect counterfeit documents, including money and rubber gloves, with another mun's fingerprints on his hands—a silencer pisto] for his victim-- and a poison ring on his finger—to take his uwn life and protect his s s case hivolving Red killers was. th TSWNE aay murder of ‘Trotsky. ‘kners nave ween many others, During the early 1930s Met Stuart Poyntz was one of the most active and influential S, Communists, Later she enlisted in the Kremilln’s secret police. La Poyntz was shocked by the activities of the secret agents and | made the fatal blunder of threatening to quit. One day she strolled out of her West 57th Street apartment—and yanished. Her disap- pearance remains # riddle, . The Red underworld claimed two other victims as a consequence of the Poyntz murder. Ludwig Lore, a New York newspaperman and a Communist, was appalled by her fate. He openly criticized the methods and ‘concepts of the Communists and vowed “to do something” about the Poyntz case...Ben Gitlow's book, “The Whole of Their Lives,” notes: "The murder of Poyntz when she was groping her way out of the Communist domination of her mind and soul, had a tremendous effect upon the harried, impressionable mind of Lore. He died suddenly, mysteriously, without any previous premonition of illness.” Another Poyntz friend endeavored to uncover her killers, He was a noted anarchist who conducted a private investigation. He i continued the probe despite threats from Communist agents. Ap- ! parently he learned too much. On Jan, 11th 1943 ihe front pages reported thai anarchist Carlo Tresca_ was shot and killed. Tresca’s ‘ murderers-added another unsolved Communist murder mystery. i Red agents have always used as a weapon. The Profumo affair Is the latest example. The classic ¢ is ihe Trotsky story: | Trotsky’s Mexican hacienda was a fort Bulletproof windows, i double steel doors, bombproof ceilings and floors and a small army , of bodyguards. Nevertheless, the assassin entered the fortress with- ‘ out firing a shot, 4 Russian agents studied Trotsky's trusted aides and picked one, | Sylvia Ageloff, as the dupe. She was a lonely lady whose friendship , Was won by a female Red agent—who suggested a trip to Paris, There Miss Ageloff was introduced to a handsome, charming man and feJl inlaye. They returned to Mexico together. When, he cary to visi Miss Ageloff opened the door of the ‘fortress, THe killed IT Oy aie mipens pig UFAvy Ld 0d mr “Be Se eee Evening Star NOT RECORDED New york Herald Tribune 191 auG 12 1963 f we B@imont sper Callahan —____ fonrad eLoach ‘vans, Galeé Rose, - Sull a Tavel Trotter Tele Room Holmes Gandy ou at Washington Dally News New York Journal-American New York Mirror it New York Daily News New York Post ‘The New York Times ac The Worker The New Leader —_. 4 ‘The Wall Street Journal % The National Observer Dele 1 JUL 28 1962 ae aa v SENT DIRECTOR 3 ae Sh pee tr gan PE zy Se Laid aia Piccegs se Seats Poaitanccne nes a's Moy,