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Lei oristhuctied i porthpie’ shor taave'rat , and receiving set for Felix ‘dabnike “ahd Axel a Wien -he built the radio. seb, Klein le it would. be used "for transmitting messages to Germany. at Upon convittion, Klein received a seritence of five years’ imprisonment on espionage charges and a concurrent — sentence of two years' imprisonment under the Registration Act.. “HARTWIG RICHARD KLEISS _Born in Germany, Hartwig Richard Kleiss came to this : country in 1925 and became a naturalized citizen six years later. Following His arrival in the United States, he was employed as a ‘ cook on various Ships. ; _ ‘Kleiss obtained information for Germany, including blueprints of the SS America which showed the locations of newly installed gun emplacements. He included information about how guns would-be brought.into position for firing. Kleiss also obtained details on the construction and performance of new speedboats, being developed by the United States Navy, which he submitted to Sebold. tor ‘transmittal te “Germany: --Kleiss had oFiginally chosen. to stand trial. However, — after cross~examination, he changed, his plea to guilty on.charge of espionage and received an eight-year prison sentence. HERMAN W. LANG + "Herman W.. Lang came to the United States from. Germany in 1927 ‘and became a citizen in 1939. He was one of four people Sebold had been told to contact in the United States. Until his arrest, Lang had been employed by a company. manufacturing highly confidential materials essential to the national defense of the United States. During a visit to Germany in 1938, Lang conferred with German military authorities and reconstructed plans of the confidential materials from memory. Upon conviction, Lang received a sentence of 18 -years in prison on espionage charges and a 2-year concurrent sentence under the Registration Act. ‘ be Byer poe Me Pants ead age Bee , - EVELYN CLAYTON LEWIS. it . A native of Arkansas, Evelyn Clayton Lewis tad been living with Frederick Joubert Duquesne in New York City. Miss Lewis had expressed her .anti-British and anti-Semitic feelings during her relationship with Duquesne. She was aware of his | >.