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testimony indicating that the stranger who gave Kuehn the $14,000 was Vice Consul Okuda's associate, Consulate Secretary Tadasi Mori-- mura. A military commission operating under martial law listened to Kuehn's story and then sentenced him to be shot to death "by mus- ermor to fifty ypars at hard Iabor.' Kuehn was one of ninety-one persons convicted of spying against the. United States from 1938 to 1945. And the shame of it was that sixty- four of them were American citizens betraying their own country. The greater number worked for the Hitler government because of loyalty to Germany. A few others were mere adventurers. A few were re- cruited by threats of death or injury to loved ones held by the Nazis. A few became cnemy agents because they saw a way to make easy. money. Brcerpt from page 193 of "The' FBI Story, A Report to the People" by Don Thitehead * Kuehn served at Leavenworth Penitentiary from December 1, 1942, un- til June 6,1946, when his sentence was commuted in order to deport him to Germany. He was confined at Ellis Island, New York, until his parole was ordered on July 29, 1948. He voluntarily departed from the United. States to Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 3, 1948. Excerpt from page 344 j-