Espionage - Spies

Oct. 17, 1957 - Woman atom spy allowed to stay in this country. Mrs. Christine Milde, 35, a Polish woman who spied on a Communist atom-ers mine, was yesterday granted permission to stay in this country with her 12-year old daughter. in July 1951, Mrs. Milde, who used to keep a ski-lodge in Lower Silesia, was asked by three men to gather intelligence about uranium mines near her home at Karpecs. Her husband was in Warsaw. She found out about quantities of uranium being mined, transport methods, and mine development projects, and passed on the information to one of three men who were working for a Western Intelligence agency in Salsburg Austria. In August, when walking in Karpacs main street with her daughter, Yvonne, they were stopped by two men in a car and taken to police H.Q. and later transferred to secret police H.Q. at Wreclawa, where she was questioned day and night for seven days. Yvonne was taken from her after three days to go to an orphanage. The officers demanded that Mrs. Milde sign a confession and Yvonne was brought back to the secret police and she was told she would not. Information sheet torn

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12-year Agency Allowed Asked Atom Confession Demanded Gather Granted Intelligence Methods Milde Mined Mines Orphanage Passed Permission Projects Quantities Questioned Silesia Spied Stay Stopped Told Transferred Uranium

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