European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes saturday february 11, 1950 Fuchs confession tells of split mind full Confidence in soviet policy London feb. 10 a follow ing is a partial text of an alleged confession by or. Klaus Fuchs read by the prosecutor today at Fuchs hearing on two charges of violating Britain s official secrets act. The prosecutor said he would leave out Hie first five pages and begin with the time in 1942 when the German born scientist was released from wartime internment to do atomic research at Birmingham univer sity sold atom secrets 7 years us charges continued from Page 1 of the first six pages which he said concerned Fuchs Early life and immediately after the hearing the entire document was impounded and Given to a Scotland Yard agent for safekeeping. The scientist named by Fri chief j. Edgar Hoover As a paid agent the soviet Union was pictured in he courtroom As a fanatic communist with the brain of a Genius and the soul of a zealot voluntarily gave secrets witnesses testified that up Toi accepted it without knowing Athirst what work i was to do but do not think it would have made any j the time of his arrest last week he difference to my subsequent actions j voluntarily gave to Russia the when i Learned bout the Pur Western world s most precious courtroom Celebration pose of the work i decided to inform Russia and i established Contact through. Another member of the communist party. Secrets in both Britain and the ., with the first transaction on american soil taking place in j Boston in february 1945. Since that time i have had con i the tall slender Sharp featured tenuous Contact with persons completely unknown to me expect that they would give information to the russians. Confidence in Russia at this time i had Complete Confidence in russian policy and i had no hesitation in giving All the i formation i had. I believed deliberately therester allies allowed Germany and Russi to fight each other to the death. I tried to concentrate on giving information on the results of in own work. I used my marxian philosophy to conceal my thoughts which had to be separated into two compartments one Side was the Man i wanted to be. I could be free and easy ant Happy with other people without fear of disclosing myself because knew the other compartment would step in if i reached a danger Point it appeared to me at the Tim that i had become a free Man be cause i had succeeded in the other compartment in establishing myself completely Independent of the sur rounding forces of society. Controlled schizophrenia looking Back now the Best Way is to Call it controlled schizophrenia. In the postwar period i had doubts about russian policy. Eventually i came to the Point when i knew i disapproved of Many of the actions. Of russian policy. I still believed that Russia would build a new world and that i would take part in it. During this time i was not sure i could give All the information i had. Fuchs had now joined the staff at the British government s atomic Laboratory in Harwell however it became More and More evident that Russia would spread her information Over had to decide whether i could continue to hand Over information without being sure i was doing right. I decided i could not do so. A few months passed and i be came More and More convinced had to leave Harwell. I was then confronted by British investigators with the fact that there was Evi Dence i had Given away information in new York. Made by circumstance i first denied the allegations against me. Then it became Clear to me that in leaving Harwell i should Deal a grave blow to Harwell and to the work i had loved and also i would leave suspicion against friends j loved and on people who thought i was their Friend. I realized that there were cer Fuchs sat quietly in Bow Street Dock As the prosecution and High ranking official witnesses related startling incidents which implied he May have Given Russia the know How regarding the Hydrogen bomb As Well As the atomic bomb. Fuchs sat seemingly emotionless As Humphreys charged he had made a full statement of the prosecutor then read the alleged confession in which the scientist admitted taking 100 pounds then �404 from Russia in 1946. The confession As read expressed Fuchs Complete Confidence in russian policy and said he believed the Western allies deliberately allowed Germany and Russia to fight each other to courtroom the courtroom packed to the Walls was a scene of dramatic tension As the Story of one of the most sensational espionage cases in history unfolded. The prosecution s evidence charged that Many secrets he is alleged to have Given soviet agents were gathered while he worked in new York and at the los Alamos atomic proving grounds As a top ranking British participant in the most advanced Fields of Anglo american atomic research. Fuchs Only defense for his actions according to the prosecution was fanatical Devotion to communism and until recently his conviction that Russia would Lead Mankind to a better world. As a result of his association with British and american scientists and in View of the russian govern ment s actions the confession said Fuchs became disillusioned with soviet totalitarianism. The statement which witnesses said was attested to and signed by he defendant said Fuchs admitted Lis continued belief in communism. Acquitted in the mercy killing of her father. Carol Ann Paight is hugged and kissed by her Mother and her brother. Cart. In but not As practice in Russia in this form it is something to ight against Humphreys quoted him As saying. Faces 14-year term the defendant who faces 14 years n jail if convicted was quoted As aying that before he was suspected in started gradually reducing the information he supplied to soviet gents. But the document said his con science did not Start bothering him people and their decent Way o living while employed at Britain great atomic research Laboratory a Harwell altered his original affect fion for Russia. His lawyer j. Thompson Halsall told the court he had nothing to say at this time and would Call no evidence at Bow Street indicating he will present Fuchs Case when he comes to trial Al old Bailey one of the most dramatic moments came when Humphreys after describing Fuchs As a politic agent in the pay of a foreign Power told the court clearly an oath of allegiance meant nothing to a Man whose mind was irrevocably wedded to communist Humphreys quoted the defendant As saying i accepted the atomic research Job knowing nothing of what the work was. When i Learned about the purpose of the work i decided to inform Russia and establish Contact through another member of the communist returned to jail fifty newsmen packed into the tiny courtroom shortly before Fuchs who had been brought Tolondo from Brixton prison in a Black Maria during a chill drizzling rain was marched into the Dock. They heard the sombre confession and then Humphreys asked that its full text be classified As a secret document. This was done and then Humphreys asked that the prisoner be committed for trial at old Bailey chief magistrate sir Laurence Dunne agreed. The last chapter of today s historic proceedings came with Fuchs return to Brixton in the same closed Black Van that brought him to London. Never heard of him soviet embassy says London feb. 10 ins the so Viet embassy in London denied to Day Ever hearing the name or. Klaus Fuchs until this Case the embassy added we know nothing about him and can make no Bonn votes Aid to Westerlin Bonn feb. 10 a the West German parliament voted 105,000,-000 Marks today in Aid to West Berlin. Only communists voted against the motion. The rest of the House stood to vote As a tribute to the City. Principal object of the Bill was to boost West Berlin s Trade wit the West. Supporters viewed it As Neces sary help to a German outpost in the East which had to be maintained at All costs for Europe s Benefit. The communists said Berlin s disintegration and bankruptcy were inevitable and preached the party line that Only German Unity on the communist Patter could help the former capital. Among the Aid provided for in the Law were Erp and Federal funds for the reconstruction of the West Berlin Power station stripped by the russians in the Early Days of the occupation. The Law also underwrites Westerlin s Trade. It guarantees pay ment for goods manufactured in Berlin for Export where risk resulting from the political Situa Ion might be involved. This was in reference to business men s reluctance to embark on orders that might never be delivered owing to russian created difficulties such As traffic restrictions. The Law also provides for certain a reductions for goods Man fac ured in West Berlin to encourage business. Mccloy scoffs at communist Berlin threat continued from Page i of the mind and character of Ger Man youth he declared. What German youth need is not re regimentation but Freedom of the High commissioner said the Western allies would take if the soviets increased their restrictions on traffic to an from Berlin. He declined however to reveal the nature of the possible countermeasures. Mccloy said the West German government s ban on steel deliveries to Eastern Germany was fully justified because of the unbalance in Trade. He said the action was not a reprisal As such but added the Arm twisting tactics of the soviets certainly do not tend of make one Over tolerant of their he said the steel embargo Waitaker by German authorities Ai e consultation with Allied officials. He said he could not say How Long the embargo would last. Mccloy predicted a substantial improvement in West Berlin s economic situation this Spring. He Sand the Impact of recent Ega Aid would take effect soon. Mccloy arrived Here by plane this morning and was to re urn to Western Germany tonight he conferred with Taylor and other Berlin element officials. Mew Orleans dancer found strangled on waterfront new Orleans feb. 10 up a red haired girl wearing Only a pair of Blue panties was found tangled with her own brassiere n a waterfront room yesterday olice were looking for her Van shed husband. Victim of the slaying was mrs. Betty Jane Guillory 25, described As a dancer something Jula Hula like a Ingrid granted Juarez divorce continued from Page 1 Ferring to the Stork s Victory Over the mexican court action. Rossellini s Hopes of a Rusk wed Ding immediately on receipt of the mexican divorce however seemed to be fading away in the face Flegal complications. The director has ordered his staff of Legal experts to hurry things up since the Avalanche of publicity a siege by photographers has multiplied our desire to put our intimate House in order.", producers drop Bergman from advertising Short Hollywood feb. 10 Secretary of state Dean a chess welcomed or. Ali Sastra Midjo Indonesia s first ambassador to i ., yesterday. Tain standards of moral behaviour potential until after he had Given what a witness Security officer Michael Perrin said was vital information of the greatest possible value to a which you cannot disregard. Fuehs alleged superspy of the before i joined the project most i atomic age was quoted As saying of the English people with whom i made personal Contact were left Wing and affected by a similar philosophy. Since coming to Harwell 1 have met English people of All kinds and i have come to see in Many of them a deep rooted firmness which Ena bled them to live a decent life. That his association with British Avalanche kills 5 Grenoble France feb. 10 a an Avalanche the second this week in the French Alps overwhelmed two houses today near the tines dam in Savoy killing at least five people. Vienna i held in kidnapping for soviet ring continued from Page 1 factoring Plant in Vienna. Abel stated he made the initial Contact in the soviet sector when he tried to sell a stolen radio to a he was advised that there were ways to make easier and big Ger Money. Subsequently the Fence arranged a meeting Between Abel and his contacts in a Public bar in the soviet sector. They suggested that an american with Access to american vehicles could make easy Money if he would Kidnap some people for them. Abel subsequently recruited Frankey to him. Abel and Frankey later met the contacts several times in various cafes and apartments in one of the soviet districts. On one of these occasions the kidnapping of Eder was planned. After picking him up at his Home and turning him Over to the soviets the two soldiers were paid on the spot. The Eder disappearance had occupied the attention of Ufa Crimi Nal investigators since the time it was first reported. Mrs. Eder re ported on nov. 12 that her husband had not returned Home alter Leav ing the House during her absence the Day before. I Army authorities on Jan. 11 officially reported that they had smashed a soviet sponsored kid Naping ring which had been abducting Dps and other persons t u. Of the Zone with the arrest of 12 of its members. It was reported that the ring had been under direct supervision of a soviet v finer in the Central russian head quarters in Vienna. The Leader w j identified As a it col Karandas Boi Abel and Frankey were said to a connected with the same ring. Frankey s Home town is Given Brockton mass., while Abel s Bolivar to
