WAR FRONT: German Tempter

Ever since last April, a new and special type of German Ambassador has been making calls in the U. S. His name: Gerhardt Alois Westrick. His title: Commercial Counselor to the German Embassy. His job: Hitler's ambassador-off-the-record to U. S. businessmen.

Dr. (for lawyer) Westrick arrived in the U. S. through the back door from Japan. He brought with him his dark, beautiful wife, and his two boys, Klaus, 9, and Peter, 6. They put up at Manhattan's swank Plaza Hotel. For several weeks, short, stocky, snow-haired, direct-speaking, wound-limping Dr. Westrick did...

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