Three letters, addressed to Japanese and bearing Japanese stamps instead of American ones, were seized prior was alleged by the "San Francisco Chronicle" to be an espionage plot Disclosure of the selzurs. of the Jolters was made by Mr. Frank J. Hennessy, United States Attorney, who said' that Customs omeials had seized the mysterious letters, Said he hed no-idea of their contents, He also declared that "he had. knowledge of the "Chronicle" story hinting that the seizure was "re tutedly Tinked with a coast-wide espionage plot" 7 "The "Chronicle" alleged that the letters dealt with operations of the Bremerton Navy yard. Tt said that the information Tesding to the setzuro originated in Seattle. The paper as-Seried that the leiers were entrusted {oon "unidentified person aboard the vessel" Tt was known, the paper claimed, that " in recent "weeks "Customs and Posial authorities had redoubled their vigilance In connec-Hon with efforts fo Intercept letters of a suspicious nature addressed to undisclosed Par Eastern destinations."
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