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to make available as soon as possible further particulars regarding the
charges against Lieutenant Redin. A copy of the preliminary infor-
mation received from the Attorney General is attached.
  It is understood that the case is to be presented to the Grand Jury
at Seattle, Washington and if an indictment is returned by the Grand
Jury, a copy will be made available to the Soviet Embassy.
  As the Under Secretary stated on April 6, the Department of State
under United States juridical procedure is not in a position to in-
tervene in such matters which fall solely within the competence of
the Department of Justice.
  The Charge d'Affaires can be assured that Lieutenant Redin will be
accorded the full protection provided under American law and if the
evidence against him convinces the Grand Jury that a trial is neces-
sary in this case, the trial will be just and fair.80
  WASHINGTON, April 9,1946.

                             [Annex]
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
  OF THE UNITED STATES RELATIVE TO THE CHARGES MADE AGAINST
  LIEUTENANT NIKOLAI GREGOROVICH REDIN
  Redin is charged with specific violations of Title 50, USC., Sections
31a, 31b, and 34. This statute is concerned with espionage. Spe-
cifically, Redin is charged with having obtained information of re-
stricted and confidential nature relating to the construction, equipment
and performance of a United States Naval Destroyer Tender, the USS
Yellowstone. In addition, Redin is charged with having attempted
to induce another individual to obtain for him additional information
of a confidential nature relating to the same ship, and to have conspired
with persons unknown to furnish classified information relative to the
national defense to the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. The
obtaining or attempting to obtain the foregoing information by Redin
was accomplished with the intent and reason to believe that the infor-
mation was to be used to the injury of the United States and to the
advantage of a foreign nation; to wit, the Union of the Soviet Socialist
Republics.
  These charges were brought against Redin as a result of an investi-
gation, and this Department is of the opinion that the evidence which
has been brought to our attention is sufficiently strong for prosecution,
or this Department would not have instituted it.
' A brief statement about this case was issued by the Department on April
9;
for text, see Department of State Bulletin, April 21, 1946, p. 682.



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