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Pe Walter Winchell - of New York |” Spy Digest The espionage front has erupted with headlines from Washing: ton, London and Moscow. it offered another indication of the tur: bulence constantly exploding beneath the surface in this grim and acadly struggle. There are splea everywhere, Their battles are in- fense. And it is a war that has never known a truce. Allen Dulles, former CIA director, recently observed: “In the Soviet Union we arg faced with an antagonist who has raised the art of espionage to an unprecedented height.” In the shadowy world of intrigue and subversion the most stunning triumphs of Red agents have been represented by the in- firation of high levels,ef government. The latest shocker Ja the story of Britain’s H.A.R-Philby, a member of British counter-Intelli- | gence and the Fortigii Orinict=wWho also functioned as a Sovict snake, 1 The Red stain in Washington was deep and extensive during fand seVeral years after) World War If. The following illustrates j the extent of the subversion: At one time a U.S. Ass't Sec'y 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 consullant 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 rise 1o power have never been fully exposed. When Congress eventually investigates this sordid story—the headlines will ruck the nation. The ugly art of Soviet espionage can be Ulustrated by the follow. Ing: Murder Inc. was a babe in the woods compared ta Moscow's secret killers, Red Intelligence can put a man in the street armed with perfect counterfeit documents, including moncy and rubber gloves, with another man’s fingerprints on his hands—a silencer piste) for his Viciim--and a poison ring on his finger—to take his uwn life and protect his seerets. Qne Ws aowus case iuvolving Red killers was the murder of ‘Lrotsry. ‘ners nave ween many others, During the early 1930s 4ullet Stuart Poyntz was one of the most active and influential U8, Communists, Later she enlisted in the Kremlin's secret police. La Poyntz was shocked by the activities of the secret agents and nade the fatal blunder of threatening to quit. Une day she strolled out of her West Stih Street apartment—and vanished. Her disap pearance remuins a 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 “te do something” about the Poyntz case...Ben Gitlow’s book, “The Whole of ‘Their Lives,” notes: “The murder of Poyniz when she was groping her way out of the Communist domination of her mind and soul, had a tremendous effect woon 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 continued the probe despile threats from Communist agents. Ap- i parently ‘he learned too much. On Jan. 11th 1943 the front pages ‘reported thai anarchist Carlo Tresca was’ shot and killed. Tresca’s 1 murderers-added another unsolved Communist murder mystery. i Red agents have always used sex as a weapon. The Profumo j affair Is the latest example. The classic case is the Trotsky stoty: i Trotsky’s Mexican hacienda was a foriress, 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, i Sylvia Ageloff, as the dupe. She was a lonely lady whose friendship , was won by a female Red agent—who suggested @ trip to Paris, ‘There Miss Ageloff was introduced to a handsome, charming man and fell in. loye. They returned to Mexico together, When, he cam ! Tie killed oe a ee — | to visi 7 fiss Ageloff opened the door of the ‘fortress. Te Tae Oby adie pipens pict. we Uedvuy ld isdd San ee ae ne ee . a are PPI as Ti Re LE ht EN gan a bet B@lmont sper Callahan onrad eLoach vans Gale} Rose : Sull ae Tavel Trotter Tele Room Holmes Gandy The Washington Post and e fi ifs ee Herald ; tee *e Washington Dally News ; i nee ——The Evening Star Nor RECORDED New York Herald Tribune 19] AUG 12 1963 New York Journal-American New York Mirror a mre eee New York Daily News New York Post The New York Times ac The Worker The New Leader oo —>—+ee The Wall Street Journal The National Observer 4 we ope i Dele Yv SENT DIRECTOR . fa e £ 2