Secret Armies

Secret Armies, by John L. Spivak

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Title: Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare
Author: John L. Spivak
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+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | The Book and the Author | | | | John L. Spivak comes closer to the popular conception of the | | ace journalist than any other living writer. Combining the | | instinct of a detective with the resourcefulness of a | | reporter, and gifted with a hard-hitting, breezy style, he | | has time and again "scooped the world," "gotten the | | story"--despite powerful opposition and personal danger that | | might well have daunted less hardy souls. | | | | But there is an important difference that sets Spivak apart | | from most other gentlemen of the press. For several years he | | has devoted his bright and sharp pen solely to uncovering | | evidence of fascist activities in the United | | States--evidence that is credited with having set off | | several official investigations exposing un-American, | | foreign-dominated propaganda. | | | | SECRET ARMIES climaxes Spivak's exposures. His sensational | | inside story of Hitler's far-flung, under-cover poison | | campaign in the Americas would seem scarcely credible, were | | it not so thoroughly documented with original letters and | | records, citing chapter and verse, naming names, dates and | | places. His unanswerable, uncontradicted facts should go far | | toward jolting many of us out of our false sense of | | security. | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------+

Books by John L. Spivak
THE DEVIL'S BRIGADE
GEORGIA NIGGER
AMERICA FACES THE BARRICADES
EUROPE UNDER THE TERROR

SECRET ARMIES
The New Technique of Nazi Warfare
[Illustration]
JOHN L. SPIVAK

MODERN AGE BOOKS, INC. 432 FOURTH AVENUE NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT 1939 BY JOHN L. SPIVAK PUBLISHED BY MODERN AGE BOOKS, INC. 432 Fourth Avenue New York City
All rights in this book are reserved, and it may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the holder of these rights. For information address the publishers.
First Printing, February 1939 Second Printing, March 1939
Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
Preface 7
I Czechoslovakia--Before the Carving 9
II England's Cliveden Set 17
III France's Secret Fascist Army 31
IV Dynamite Under Mexico 43
V Surrounding the Panama Canal 56
VI Secret Agents Arrive in America 73
VII Nazi Spies and American "Patriots" 84
VIII Henry Ford and Secret Nazi Activities 102
IX Nazi Agents in American Universities 118
X Underground Armies in America 130
XI The Dies Committee Suppresses Evidence 137
XII Conclusion 155

ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
Application in the Secret Order of '76 by Sidney Brooks 77
Letter from Harry A. Jung 82
Anti-Semitic handbill 85
Letter from Peter V. Armstrong 89
Letter to Peter V. Armstrong 90
Account card of Reverend Gerald B. Winrod 104
Sample of "Capitol News & Feature Service" 106
Letter from Wessington Springs Independent 107
Letter from General Rodriguez 111
Letter from General Rodriguez 113
Letter from Henry Allen 115
Anti-Semitic sticker and German titlepage of book by Henry Ford 117
Letter from Olov E. Tietzow 125
Judgment showing conviction of E.F. Sullivan 138-139
Letter from Carl G. Orgell 151
Letter from G. Moshack 153
Letter from E.A. Vennekohl 154

Preface
The material in this small volume just barely scratches the surface of a problem which is becoming increasingly grave: the activities of Nazi agents in the United States, Mexico, and Central America. During the past five years I have observed some of them, watching the original, crudely organized and directed propaganda machine develop, grow and leave an influence far wider than most people seem to realize. What at first appeared to be merely a distasteful attempt by Nazi Government officials at direct interference in the affairs of the American people and their Government, has now assumed the more sinister aspect of also seeking American naval and military secrets.
Further studies in Central America, Mexico and the Panama Canal Zone disclosed an espionage network directed by the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo axis and operating against the peace and security of the United States. A scrutiny of the Nazi Fifth Column[1] in a few European countries,