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Dies Captures Alien Spies

CHICAGO--A 23-year-old alien, until recently an agent of the German Gestapo, appeared before a secret hearing of the House Committee on Un-American Activities tonight with photographs of United States industrial plants and admitted he had engaged in espionage in this country, Rep. Martin Dies, D. Tex., announced.

Dies, Committee Chairman, said the witness, Heinrich Peter Fassbonder, admitted having received checks from the German Government and having taken part in both plant and military espionage.

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