Walter Orloff, Brooklyn, N. Y. medical student who has been under arrest in Germany for over a month on charges of Communist activities, will be deported to the United States, George S. Messersmith, American Consul General here, was officially informed this afternoon by the German authorities.
Mr. Messersmith, however, was not informed on what date the deportation would be effected, the authori#ies vaguely declaring it would be at the earliest opportunity. He received, however, a promise that he would be informed of the date of the young man’s departure in order to enable him to communicate with Orloff’s family.
MUST REMAIN IN JAIL
Orloff will have to remain in the jail here to {SPAN}###{/SPAN}{SPAN}###ferred{/SPAN} after a month in the Griefswald prison, until his departure. It is not known whether he will be taken to New York on a German vessel or will be permitted to leave Germany without a guard.
Orloff’s deportation was ordered under the official pretext that he had “abused German hospitality” by indulging, as an alien, in Communist activities.
The Orloff case was first called to the attention of the American consular authorities by two of the Brooklyn youth’s fellow-students, and early efforts to obtain a hearing for him or to effect his release, were unavailing. The authorities finally consented to transfer him to Berlin where the evidence in his case was reviewed. Orloff denied being a Communist or of having engaged in Communist activities.
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