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Custodial Detention — Part 3

264 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Oct 5, 1943 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Custodial Detention · 255 pages OCR'd
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32 en & persons suapected of prosizia eynpathtes, and, when the conflict oetually began, the 2,599 Special Agents were able to toke into custody tinnediately hundreds of the most dangerous persona tn the Untted Staves. By ntphtfall of Dacenber &, 1941, a total of 1,772 enemy altens hed been crrested, and the FBI's work tn thte Steld of tnternal security hae continued wtthout o letup tn uigtlance. A Gernan alien tn an eestern city adaitted under questtoning by the FBI that he wanted to see Germany win the war and that he would have no heattoney tn fighting ogainat the Untted States. Thies Gliten, who firat cane to America tn 1920 and who went hack to Geraany ¢ for eeveral montha tn 1998-39, alao adnitted deing on enthustastio former nenber of the Cernan-Anertean Bund and was a Bund term trooper. He demanded that he be allowed to return to Garnany vita the ftrat ship deaving for a neutral port, but was interned dy order of the Attorney General ata dangerous individual, (ain A young Gernan alten registered for Selective Serutoe in | Hew York told Special agents of the FBI that he would surrender to the eneny at the first opportuntty tf he were called tnto miltiary service, He further adnitted that he had worked tn a German Labor _Canp durtng a trip to the fatherland tn 1038 and was rejected for scrutos tn the Cornan Army becouse of an eld eye tnjury. | | Pictures of ehina in the Panama Canal and of the lock Ae an, Cnt ener aerate aan are . hahaa tarahdinleni attention meee oas et a Netra NeaAerer ee ale Son thoy ns 8! tnetallattons there were found then the alten'a prentees were scorched, and he admitted taking then, The camera with whtch the photorraphs were nade Gleo wae found, although all aliens were ordered souctine before to turn tn cameras and othar apeatfied artteles, suck as weapons, exploetuce, maps and charte.
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