Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Some months ago, various persons appeared

in the federal courts of New York City

and the Panama Canal zone

charged with the crime of espionage

against the armed forces of the United States.

Called to the witness stand

they swore to tell the truth

the whole truth, and nothing but the truth

so help me, God.

The story brought out at those trials

is stranger than fiction

revealing the existence of a vast spy ring

operating against the naval, military

and air forces of the United States.

We don't know all the facts

and we probably never will

but we do know that so far as this country is concerned

the story began in a small Scottish town early in 1937.

There, in a quiet residential district..

Good morning, Mrs. Macpherson.

Thank you and good morning to you.

Good morning, postie.

Good morning, Harry, my laddie.

How are you?

Good morning Mr. McGregor.

Good morning, Arnold.

It's a fine morning, Mrs. McLaughlin.

- Yes, isn't it? - Mrs. McLaughlin,

about the mail you getting

there's so much of it every day

and it seems to come from all over the world.

I've many friends who still remember me.

- Ah, here, Mrs. McLaughlin? - Yes?

If it's not too much trouble

would you mind saving some of the stamps

off your letters for my wee son Willie?

He's fond of collecting 'em.

I collect them, too.

Very sorry. Good day, Mr. McGregor.

That's too bad, Mrs. McLaughlin.

German-American patriots

since my arrival from Germany ten years ago

I have learned to love the United States.

Yes, I love America

and I love it all the more

because I realize that its deepest roots

are essentially German.

In all its ways we can see flowing the German spirit

the German sense of duty and endurance.

Many people in this country say

that we of German birth or extraction

are only eight million in the United States.

But they deliberately falsify.

We actually constitute a total of 30 million here.

Yes, America is founded on German blood and culture.

And as a citizen

as a reserve officer in the United States Navy

I say that we must unite all those of German blood

who believe in the German destiny of America...

...and to bring this destiny to a swift reality

by fighting relentlessly the sinister influences

that would destroy us and the new Germany.

We are proud of our new Germany.

Proud of its Great Fuhrer

proud of our glorious blood and soil.

I tell you,

Germans must seize the power that's rightfully theirs.

We Germans in the United States

will soon demand adequate representation

in city, county, state, and federal government.

And those who fight us

must perish socially as well as economically

because of our determination to destroy our enemies

completely and without any consideration whatever.

Germans must save America from the chaos

that breeds in democracy and racial equality.

We Germans must make the United States

and their America our America.

Sieg Heil!

Sieg Heil!

Sieg Heil!

Sieg Heil!

Sieg Heil!

Special delivery, Dr. Kassell.

I'll sign for it.

Okay.

Thank you.

Dr. Kassell's office. Oh, yes, doctor.

Oh, Mrs. Kassell's right here now.

Just a minute, please.

A special delivery letter just came in.

Thank you.

Yes, Karl?

I'm so happy the meeting went so well.

Where are you now?

I'll be right over.

No, I'm sorry. I have some work to do.

No, not professional call, it's party business.

But why can't I be with you, Karl?

I have a right to share all this with you.

Or maybe it's something else

something you just call party business.

Oh, Lisa, it's no use getting into all this again.

Now stop worrying and please go to bed.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes, I will.

Yeah.

Wait for me outside.

Yes.

Huh?

Yes. What's that?

There's a special delivery letter for you.

It's from Scotland. It just came.

I'll get it later, but don't leave it around.

Put it in the top drawer of my desk.

Yes, goodnight.

No, don't wait up.

Wonderful speech, Herr Doctor.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Simply marvelous. Congratulations.

Oh, thank you. Thank you.

Bravo, doctor. Bravo.

Wonderful speech. Will you join us?

No, thank you. I have a call to make.

- Hello, Greutzwald. - Hello.

Didn't you care for my speech?

Mm, yes and no.

I'd like to talk to you about it sometime.

Oh, by all means.

Sometime.

Goodnight, gentlemen.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

There's a man who is somebody.

Why does he say Germans must have power here?

Aren't we all supposed to be Americans in America?

If you'd read and listen

you'd know Adolf Hitler said the fatherland

is where the German feet touch the ground.

German cooking, the best in the world.

Eating, that's all you've got on your mind.

Why not?

There are more important things

to think about these days.

Ideas like you heard tonight.

How to serve the fatherland.

Yeah, but we're in America now.

Yes, and that's our opportunity

which you shouldn't miss.

The trouble with you, Werner

you don't have any ambition.

Ambition? Ambition for what?

What? You will see.

Yeah, pretty soon now.

During the month of March 1937

a young man appeared several times

at the New York Public Library

and referred to a copy of the book entitled

"German Espionage in the Last War"

authored by former Reich's military intelligence chief

Colonel Ulrich von Hartman.

Describing himself falsely

as an ex-officer in the United States Air Corps

with access to military and aviation secrets

Schneider offers his services as a Nazi spy.

Addressing his letter to Hitler's personal newspaper

the "Volkischer Beobachter" in Berlin

from where it is forwarded

to the offices of the German Ministry of War.

Here, with methodical thoroughness

the letter is referred

to the German Naval Intelligence Service

where finally it comes to the personal attention

of Captain-Lieutenant Wilhelm Straubel

who submits it in a report to his superior

Captain von Eichen.

We'll discuss these later. Next.

As requested, our agents in Central America

made a topographical map

of the island of Escudo de Veragua.

How far is it from the Panama Canal?

About 100 miles, sir.

Got it.

- Hoover? - Yes, sir?

Have this sent to the naval ministry.

Yes, sir.

Is that all for Central America?

- Yes, sir. United States. - Next.

Our agents in Los Angeles were able to get the blueprints

of a retractable landing gear

used in their new army bombers.

- What else? - I also have a sketch

of a recent improvement in the sight

used in pursuit of machine guns.

- Hoover? - Yes, sir?

- Air ministry. - Yes, sir.

What about the United States army mobilization plans