THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 28, 1989.
H-R. KNICKERBOCKER THROWS BACK CHALLENGE INTO TEETH OF GOEBBELS
Paris, To-day. .
"HERE IS THE ANSWER to Goebbels' challenge,”
BRITISH
declares Mr. H. R. Knickerbocker, the American SEIZURES journalist, in a signed article in “Paris Soir," giving in amazing meticulous detail an account BY CONTROL of the Nazi leaders' alleged foreign investments totalling £34,000,000.
The article closely identifies numerous agents with the amounts they are said to have negotiated and the destinations and denominations of the deposits.
Mr. Knickerbocker says that Goeb-fraud scandal and Interned in Dachau, bels employed, three agents:-
but through two other agents Ley Achterberg, Firstly, William
re- was able to export $50,000 to $60,000 presentative of the Nazi publishing monthly during the six months pre- house of Franz Eher Verlag, who de- ceding the war, the majority of
of a to South America. posited $1,850,000 in the safes
in Buenos German Importing firm Aires;
Secondly, Thomas Bucher, member
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HIMMLER'S TACTICS
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London, To-day.
LATEST FROM THE FRONT
Somewhere in France. Dear Mother--l'am sending you a lovely little souvenir. It is one of Goering's medals which, they are using for money here.
Your Soldier Boy.
BREMEN WENT INTO
Over 70,000 tons of goods THE ARCTIC
were intercepted and detain- ed by the British Contra-
London, To-day. band Control during the In reference to Mr. Wing- week ended September 26th.
ton Churchill's statement These figures include 23,150 tons of
of petroleum that the German liner "Bre- iron ore, 14,200 tons
of manganese men" was in a Russian port, products, 7,200 tons ore, 7,600 tons of oilseeds, 0,000 ton it is rumoured that the giant of bauxite 2,000 tons of fodder, 2,100 tons of miscellaneous foodstuffs, 1,300 trans-Atlantic liner is at tons of fibres, 1,300 tons of oils and Murmansk..
fats, 1,000 tons of cereals, 300 tons of rubber and a number of con
Just before the outbreak of war,
Dealing with Himmler, Mr. Knic-signments of chemicals, cotton wool the "Bremen" left New, York for an of Goebbels' propaganda staff, who, kerbocker says that the Gestapo chier gums and resins, timber, hides and unknown destination, and
skins and fertilisers.
with the help of the Kreisbank Com-avolds banks but has placed about:
The goods in question were detain- pany, deposited bearer shares to the $2,000,000 in the hands of German value of 2,480,000 Belgas in Luxem- friends in South America, the Neared on the ground that there was evid- ence that they were contraband, con- burg;
signed to Germany.-British Wireless.
Thirdly, Paul von Boddchelm, bank- ing agent, who deposited at the Osaka branch of Nippon Ginko Japanese currency and bills payable at sight valued at £465,000 sterling.
GIVING DETAILS
East and Finland.
Mr. Knickerbocker acknow. ledges his indebtedness for the In- formation to a group of experts whose privileged position In the banking and financial world' on- abled them, he states, to obtain precise details which are inacces- sible to others. Mr. Knickerbocker details
"They were not intended to ances on Goebbels' and his wife's lives contracted through Dortmunder used in peace time, but are now-pub- Union Brauerei firm in florins, dol-lished at the request of Goebbels, who Ger- announced that I had filed and was lars, belgas, Swiss francs and
unable to reply. man marks.
insur-
says,
Mr. Knickerbocker similarly out- lines other Nazi leaders' alleged fn- vestments, beginning with Ribben.. trop, whose three agents, he include Eylau, nephew of Heinkell; the latter being a champagne manu- facturer and Goebbel's father-in-law. These three, he asserts, deposited sums equivalent to $185,000 in Dutch and Swiss banks.
RIBBENTROP ·
re-
Unlike other leaders, Ribbentrop deposited none of his money in French
Knickerbocker francs and Mr. marks that Ribbentrop always held out to Hitler the ideal that a separate peace with France was possible.
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“Goebbeld' agents BRW me board the ship at Southampton last Satur day but did not see me land."- Reuter.
RUSSIAN STEAMER TORPEDOED
London, To-day.
A 4,000-ton Russian steam- er was torpedoed by an un- known submarine last even- ing.
Ribbentrop's Insurance policies, which are set forth in detail, were
wine Nineteen of the crew of 24 taken by friends In the trade, the writer, asserts.
have been saved by Soviet Goering's alleged clandestine
Reuter, vestments through four named agents patrol ships.
Moscow, To-day. are then set forth, including a
According to the Tass Agency, the of specified United States securities.
lost Soviet steamer was the Matallish, which was attacked and sunk by a submarine in Narva Bay off Esthonia.
LEY UNLUCKY
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Mr. Knickerbocker asserts that Ley-Reuter. was unlucky, for one of his agents, named Richter, was implicated in a
SOVIET PLANES OVER ESTHONIA
The
Tallinn, To-day. Esthonian news agency says that Soviet mili- tary planes flew over Esthon- ian territory on several occa- “sions" on Tuesday and yeş-
terday.
Esthonia has protested to Russia, The Esthonian Government
DOCTOR VICTIMISED
Five robbers, armed with daggers, ransacked the residence of Dr. Li Fung-leung, at No. 8, Wanchai Road, first floor, about 10.45 a.m. to-day.
The robbers escaped with $280, in Hong Kong currency, $210 in Chinese. money, and a gold finger ring, valued at $20.
No arrests have yet been made.
LONDON-PARIS AIR SERVICES
London To-day.
has It is announced that the resumption Issued categorical' denial that the of a regular commercial air service Polish submarine which escaped from between Britain and France is at pre- Tallinn was refuelled by the Estho- sent under consideration. plan authorities-Reuter,
Wireless.
British
NEW, TURKISH ENVOY SEES HITLER
London, To-day.
rumours
have been prevalent ever since about her fate.
Various theories have been ad- vanced for the method of hér eg- cape, one of which ' · that... 'she. changed her flag-and so was ran- dered immune.
In the House of Commons yester- dày, Mr. Churchill was asked if it was possible for an enemy vessel to change The new Turkish Ambassador to her nationality on the high seas. Germany presented his credentials to Mr. Churchill did not answer, Hitler in Berlin yesterday.-Reuter. ~~ Reuter.
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