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feared the Government might not be able to seize the bail or hold Reznichenko responsible if Melekh jumped back to Russia . As this and other cases we have covered always show, the Russians are quick to disown nationals of other countries caught in acts of espionage for the Soviet Union . Thus it was not surprising when they failed even to lift a little finger in Hirsch's behalf . All their efforts were in behalf of Melekh only . The day after Reznichenko's money was refused, U .S . Commissioner Earl N . Bishop was approached with a request for Melekh's release . This time it was the Russian's wife, Irina, who had been furnished the $50,000 by the Soviet Embassy . Bishop finally granted Melekh his freedom when his wife swore she would inform the Government "at once" if Melekh made plans to leave the country . To prove the tender of bail, Attorney William Kleinman, who had been retained by the Soviet Embassy to represent Melekh, took a worn, brown attache's bag and turned it upside down on Commissioner Bishop's desk . Neatly packed $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills cascaded out to a round pile of $50,000 . That afternoon Melekh was released from jail with the restriction that he could not leave Manhattan, and if he so much as sought sanctuary in the United Nations or any embassy where the United States did not have jurisdiction, his bail would be forfeited . He also was ordered not to enter piers, railroad trains, or terminals, nor make any move, actual or implied, to leave the city . When Melekh left the Federal House of Detention, he had no comment, not even a word about his accused sidekick, Willie Hirsch, in the dangerous game of espionage they had played . Hirsch still was behind bars, and, for the Russians, a forgotten man . While removal proceedings were being awaited before Melekh and Hirsch were taken to Chicago to be arraigned on the espionage indictment, Soviet officials in New York and Moscow wailed loudly about the arrest of their delegate . Tass, Khrushchev's official news agency, screeched about the United States jailing Melekh "unlawfully and provocatively ." At the United Nations, one Soviet delegate demanded that Secretary General Hammarskjold arrange for Melekh's release and end "this shameful act," his arrest . Another said the arrest had been contrived by Allen W. Dulles, then head of the Central Intelligence