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65-8946 Klein constructed'a portable shortdave radio transtitting and receiving set for Felix Jahnke and Axel Wheeler-hrll whfen he.built the radio set, Klein knew it would be used. for transmitting messages to Germany. Upon convietion, Klein' received a sentence 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 t92s 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 Seboid Tor transmittar to Sermany. HKleiss had originally 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. EVELYN CLAYTON LEWIS A native of.Arkansas, Evelyn Clayton Lewis had been living with Frederick Joubert Duquesne in New York City. Miss Lewis had expressed her anti-British and anti-Semitic feelings.