Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 28, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday february 28, 1972 11 Abu till series aviation main target of ring in . In this the second of 11 excerpts from the Book the game of the Hitler listens to his chief spy and the first espionage base is set up in the United slates. By Ladislas far ago sept. 8, 1935, was a. Serene sunday in the bavarian Alps when Canaris sat Down with Hitler in the big living room of Hitler s chalet for his first real Tete a Tete with the fuehrer. Unlike Winston Churchill who had the born Buccaneer s keen interest in the spy game and frankly voiced his All out sup port of his majesty s secret intelligence service Hitler pro fessed to be no espionage Buff. He was of course a native conspirator and a consummate practitioner of the most intricate schemes. He repeatedly told his associates that he had nothing but contempt for secret intelligence and would never stoop so Low As to shake the hand of a spy. But his squeamish attitude was not evident now when listening to Admiral Canaris. Canaris understood How to ingratiate himself with the fuehrer by telling him Only what he knew Hitler liked to hear and seasoning his reports with the trash called incidental intelligence that secret services pick ii in the course of their snooping. Canaris also Kow towed Hitler. He told him i have asked for this meeting my fuehrer to give you my first full Progress report and Espe daily to ask you to Brief Ine about your plans for which you May need the a Wehr s Loyal he spoke of anschluss with Austria and Canaris assured him that the Absher was on top of this situation. The fuehrer mentioned the free City of Danzig and the polish corridor an intolerable Ano Canaris replied that he was working on these questions As he was on the sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. I n fact he said he had just recruited Konrad Henlein the sudeten German Leader As an above or chose the Ireland aircraft corporation on Long Island As his first base using it also As a springboard for other agents he was to Plant elsewhere. Lonowski became an instant Success at the Ireland Plant rising quickly until he wielded considerable influence in the hiring and firing of personnel. He was soon ready to give up spying by himself and turn into the resident director of espionage in keeping with original intentions. As a first step he acquired a new cover. He was made the american correspondent of a German air mag a z i n e called luf Treise and henceforth carried his credentials As an aviation writer with business cards thai continued to Label him a piano tuner. He proceeded promptly to set up a couple of his own countrymen whose reliability and loyalty he could Trust implicitly and then scout for and de v e 1 o p other agents from among his new crop of contacts n the United states. Before his departure from agent. The soviet Union a very difficult target. But Poland and France were under control. England no Hitler said he did not want any spies in eng land. His policy of rapprochement was paying dividends. There was no need for spies in England they would Only jeopardize the Success of his Diplo Macy. The United states Hitler shrugged it was too Remote and too Little involved in the affairs of Europe. But Canaris made an astounding discovery. While he was pushing for an expansion of the existing web of agents in Poland and the establishment of networks in France Denmark the Low countries and Czechoslovakia he was told the a Wehr already had a full blown espionage outpost in a country for which he was making no plans at All the United states. At this time All the problems confronting the United states appeared to be Domestic yet the a Wehr had a dozen agents in this country including sever Al rated High Grade. Even More remarkable this deep penetration of a Distant and Complex land was not the result of any deliberate Effort on the a Wehr s part. It was the work of an exceptional Man going by the cover name of who had carried the secret War to those far shores virtually on his own initiative. He would in the course of time make the United states the most lucrative target in the history of German espionage especially in the Field of All important aviation. Toward the end of the then t i e s interest in the United states was revived mainly be cause the Reichs Wehr the mini Mal army left to Germany had decided in 1926 to add an illegal a i r Force the so called Black badly shackled As it was the German aviation Industry could he became a face in the crowd. His German passport identified him As Wilhelm sch Neider born 1893 in Wetzlar Ron t h e l a h n married a Pian tuner by profession. He a coming to the United states a were thousands during Thos Peak years of immigration seek a better life in the new world. Cleared quickly by immigration and customs he walked Down the gangplank a the pier and faded into the big City on the other Side of the Hudson River. Like a Bee that Dies when expending its sting. Wilheim Schneider expired the moment he passed the immigration in Spector to be reincarnated in an elaborate and in genious masquerade. This Man Luxuriate in a Long string of aliases. He is Best remembered As William Lomikowski i an initiated Circle of certain connoisseurs. Schneider was not ins real name. Nor was he born in Wetzlar. And though he carried the kit of the Craft in his battered suitcase he was no piano tuner. Prior to his departure Lon Kowski was assigned a cipher by which he would be carried on the books and his Mission was Given a corresponding sym Bol. This Man who possessed no carnal thoughts or traits was henceforth to be called and his venture was to be referred to As operation actually the cover wine did not have the obvious Conno tation. It was the abbreviation of the original alias William Sexton which the a Wehr had coined for him but later dropped. Lonowski Given his shopping list which the Flie Gerze Trale had compiled from items found in american Avia Tion magazines and engineering journals. He was expected to get data about a new motor e. G. Smith was developing which the horse Power of existing the Caminez air copied engine undergoing tests at the Fairchild aviation corporation on Long Island and the Licarta pro peller with which Westinghouse electric was reported to be experimenting. The idea of covering the entire american aviation Industry especially though a sin Gle Man was staggering in its very concept. Lonowski was neither baffled nor discouraged. By Early 1928 he Felt it was quite Safe for him to give up piano tuning and revert to his True profession As an aviation specialist. Accordingly he looked around for employment with one of the aircraft Factor ies on the Atlantic Seaboard where he could gain the pres Tige and connections he needed to build up his network. He Germany he had selected two acquaintances to assist him in the United states. One was a youngster named Werner Goerg Gudenberg a n engineering craftsman with a smattering of electronics. The other was Otto Herman Voss a 29-year-old graduate of technical Trade school and a better than average aviation Mechanic. In the fall of 1928 Lonkowski sent for Gudenberg and Voss starting them off in Ireland air Craft. Thus began the coldly calculated preparations for the join penetration of the american aviation Industry and other sensitive areas of the nations Mili tary machine. Next spy rings forces. Copyright c 1971 by Ladislas Farago. All rights re served. From the Book the game of the foxes published by David Mckay company inc. Re printed b y arrangements with the publisher. Distributed in Canada by Musson Book company. U of w students to be interviewed University of Winnipeg Stu dents who have applied for jobs under the United Church of Canada s summer student pro Gram will be interviewed Fri Day at the University. Reverend Oliver Howard will interview the applicants and of the 100 students to be appointed across Canada eight will be from Manitoba. Unpolluted shipped Oslo one of Norway s newest exports is unpolluted Mountain offering the beef accommodations in Thompson the North Rainbow inn 104 Hemlock Crescent delicious Home made meals Art included with the Low daily weekly or monthly rates. 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