The Archive · 1937

Soviet Woman Spy

HELD IN LATVIA

Aceomplice Also Caught and Sentenced Riga, Aug, 14

The Soviet won yy. Mari Iwanowa, arrested by Latvian frontier. guards on the Soviet frontier when trying to smuggle across topo-ophic sketches of certain strate tically important Latvian roads, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude by the court here yesterday Sketches in her possession were made on thin tissue paper and secreted among sweets. Documents found in her possession enabled the Latvian police to arrest an accomplice of hers, a Soviet Russian vent, Wisinsch, who was also tried fo espionage and was sentenced to two penal servitude—Trans-

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