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The article details how a spy stole the secrets of the 1943 Soviet Union, Iran and Egypt conferences from the safe of British Ambassador Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen. The spy offered Ludwig Moyzisch of the German intelligence service photographs of secret documents in the British embassy for £500,000 each. The photographs consist of a list of British intelligence agents in Turkey and a preliminary report on the decisions reached at the conference of Allied foreign ministers, among others.

The article presents information on the availability of the top secret documents of the West Germany in the public domain. It is mentioned that classified documents are so readily available in Bonn that a good spy is only required to read the newspapers. The German officials mention that situation is aggravated by the presence of allied embassies in Bonn whose own security is under suspicion and they have access to German documents.

The article reveals how Russian "Tass" newsman Leo C. Pisarev who was working in the Netherlands was arrested for spying for the Communist party. He cultivated a relationship with a rank-and-file employee of the Dutch government from whom he tried to get classified information through bribery. The government employee reported it to The Netherlands' security police who hatched a counterespionage plan by preparing fake counterespionage papers. The employee brought the papers at a designated place where police promptly arrested the spy.