Word: petersen
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...PETER PETERSEN Hamburg, Germany...
...wish to state categorically that there is no connection whatsoever between the Baranes spy case in France and the Petersen case, and that the French government got none of "Petersen's secrets" from the Dutch...
...wish to observe that, although the word espionage has been used repeatedly in the press in connection with the Petersen case, this word is entirely out of place and therefore does not appear in the official press release given out by the American authorities nor in the indictment against Petersen...
...true that Petersen did transmit secret information to Netherlands officials; this, however, took place on a reciprocal basis. In this way The Netherlands received information from the U.S. (i.e., Petersen), and The Netherlands on her side gave information which was considered to be useful to the American authorities. This exchange of information, incidentally, was not of a political or strategic nature, but had a purely technical character. The information received in this way by Netherlands officials was available exclusively for the internal use of The Netherlands government...
...government gladly accepts full responsibility for the actions of their own officials and civil servants. In this case there has been no question of any imprudence or indiscretion committed by any official of The Netherlands government, and therefore likewise there can be no question in the Petersen case of any embarrassment to my government...