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Lid 'c1~mped 

On Spy Case'. 

SUNDAY STAR, 

Washineton, D. C. 

15 August 191J'8 

Anal.vst Says Orders 1 

Fr~m ,'Higher ,Up' 

· Protected Reds . . ,• ..... --- -.-.-- ·-;....-,, ··-,; __ 

• By Constantine Brown ,. So,:iet .,Var Planne~ ' 'I -(C,oritlnued From Page C-1.) Congress WRS ••rlousiy alarmed over - . _ There is,e\•Jctcnce that-the U.,S. S. i • • U~e !ntonnatlon obtained through -The present lnvestlgaUon by the R/ was lbln_lii_ng In terms of R. ~·•r ab.road that" there •hould be ·no dl•-'. the Wa..hlngtdn grapevine. 

~ous~ Commit.tee ~n Un-An_ierlcan against 1 the weste~ ·powers • !iOOnl 1 crlmlna.tton against l!IU~h persona:. It was known thn.t not a. single 

AcUv1Ues into Communist lnftl~ra- after.the \\'e~t ·rushed to her re~cue ~hU! ·order reached the House Mtll-=- top secret document v.•as .safe ·and 

tion of ~ey positions In the United whcrr she Was attacked ~· ActOJf j ltary Afl'aln;; Commltlee and a sub- that a.Ii tnfornlRLlon such a. docu-

, Sta.te~ Government., and Int;> Red Hitle~. F~r iru;tance, \\'h~n the ~o/ : committee v.•a5 R.ppolnLed to ~n\'e_s-~ ment contained would find its WAY i espionage actl\1.~les on ~hat! ot .yfet governnienL ,9.'fts alJowed to open· _L~gate t_he matter. ~n~ of the M- to Mo.,cow mo_re speedily tha~ to re1 R~la, may ha\ e surprls~d many I a con!3ulate in. Vnnco~1\'er. Mvs~ow .s.1.stanL secretaries testifying befor~. sponstble American omctals. ln·dlspe~~e. but It Is old news, to top- ordered only two profeS:Slonal con- this subco~mlttee declared ·Lhat aol regard o( existing laws, becr;use-ot 

mnkm~-Govern_ment omctals and to l!Uli:; to that, city, .according to doCu- !

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1ong as a .man ts 51 per cent A_merl- the .. r cmcr eilc .. ~t 

ma..0 .Y members or Congress and 1 mcnt., produced by the Jormer So- ,can and on!Y 49 per cent Communist.~ overnment as ermlLted to lnsLall . 

new~papermen In Washlnglon .. h 1 vict. official, JE:or GouzenJc,_o. 'J1.1e ,he. !!hOuld ~e Qt~alffl.ed for any Job,, J..,eower!ul radio trirnsmltler In· Jihe ' 

The spectncular hearings are ·t ~ •resL ?r the Staff wa'! packed wit.h f1n the armed_ forces. l Penta -on ltselC. It sent. tens of 

offshoot. or 8 Federal .. gran~. Ju_~)! NKVD agents and v.•ith prUfess_irinnl I When quesLtoned 88 to why nor th·ousands or i·ords Lo Moscow e\'er)' tnvcsLlg?~lon In New York, 1!1 whl~h r:;pies tn~Lructed to do exclusl\'clr 1

tor1ous Comm~ntst.s were taken into d 

, ~n~e 136 persons appeared. as wit- e.:ipionage ·work. • . the· Office o! Strategic Services, the .

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[" 1944 War Depnrtment.. cryptog1 nes..i;es. More than ·hn}f. Pf Jhf:m j The"· adminiS'tratlon In \\'ashing- wartime cloak-and-dagger o_utnt, ai ~aphers had almost succeeded In 

would, h~\·e bern""1~~dlct~d· lt ~1!1ed- ton was fully· a'\\•are ot the act.i,·tL'les . spokesman. lo~ OSS, which WM an breaking the Russlnn code. Th~ 

:~~~li, et:~~n:~e~t~~:~. were. 5tronger ,\er ou~ so-calleci Allies. The FB! and I imporlanL Intelligence organlzatio~ wan _.e ~ earn w a e So\·let 

· c· ·}fl of. ; 11 Lhe eVtdence· 11iervlce• Intelligence units pre.sentedlj hea.d ed ~~Maj. Oen .. W~Uam Dono repreSentatlve.s In th. ls country '9.'ere do~p:i~o~I~ .presented w1der oath .. impor~anL·lniormaUon ~·lilch.shoul_d I ran, gtated that. "It t".Lke& a Com- send.Ing 1n giJch large volume to ,the 

~~ th-:8 grand jury, in ·a. repclrt Jlke have thrown At l,eest soi;ne sirSplcton , lmunl,st, t~ catch a Compmnlst." Kremlin. They were. elated. over 

°that Issued by the 'Royal CommlS- on the work which was being done Couldn t Help Themselves . their succesS'iii oreakmg what wBB 

&Jon In Canada, vmuld ·have bared by ~gents or Russia. . I Neither the Secret~ry or Wa.r, :coi'i&tdetea to De the most compllthe~.whole story or Soviet a_ctlvtt.tes ,In ~940. when ~he U. S.·S. R. v.:as the Sl)Cret~ry of State. nor the coted cOde in exls~ence when .the 

In the uru'ied states ilnCe i933 .and F.tlll B:_n ally of Germany, the-sonet I heads o! other Governmen~ deport.- fiend· of the secUon working oh It 

would' have Ob\'latfd the 'ritarlnga' governm~nt ,tried Lo bu~. impo:t~nt ments and agencies relished the' was called one ifibfrllhg by_., hih 

whl.~h. Bfe. now Det'ng h".!ld. ,.by th~ lndustrl~l pr~ucts In th!s country presence or Com~unlst.s tn. their superior officer R.nd told [0 11Jay off.' 

1 Ho~e committee. unro~L~nately, to be m;ed in the manufnctu_re oI ~rganl~aLiC'lns. , BuL they could not "When this oMcer tr_ied to argue his 

howeVer, thlai~~ n~t posslb,I~, elnce war me~riel. The .c_hief ot the! ~elp themseh•es. The pressure rrom case he wa.s Lota Ctlrtiy! Ihi.S ls, 

1 the. Justice Department ta ·reported Ee.stern European Dlnslon. in the I r.t}e top o~ the executive branch IJ,Ot an order.• 

·to have decided against lt. , · · 'State Department-which ~ncluded to . "dlscr.lmlnate ~gainst l.lberaJs'r The testimony or the confessed 

• ;·Russia-wr~t~ a top-s1

eqet. memo-, was so great-that. no executive _could So\•let spy,· Elizabeth Bentler. tw6! 

Agencieo Had Files . , randum opposing such •,ale. 1 ·""Y In his Job unless he complied weeks Rgo, that she had caused n· 

The PBI and. , ~~e lntelllgence .. Secret·'Rep'ort Bored . ., , with such tnstrncLlons. . , near anlc among her · on- 1 1 

~rvl~ea of t,he Army and Navy '. A rshort time later he '9.'as asked . I When a highly emcient. admiral, tAct.~ w en s e· learned rroi.1 her · 

I have n.ot let the coμn_t.ry down. by Constantine Oumaru;ky i.hen r head of Navy . communications,. ipe in~s 111 e · 1 te ouse about 

, All those agehclM have ,voh~mtnous Sm•iet Ambassador here, t~ \'L:-jlt ,1 !protested too loudly t);l~t the flles t e uss 811 c e,_ explains at t.hls11 ' files ·contalnlng names _of th~~sands him. After the usual exchaiige !

1 lof-~adlo oper.ators ip mer~hant ships, n date the 'or er. no 0 amper , 

1 of_ Ame~cans a~d .!orelgn~rs and 1 about t1:ie Washington weather, the lwh~re well-known Commm~lsts ~d 'i!Eh Russian sec.re£ cyphers. , 

1 su~stantlRted evidence . al tl].elr ;·soviet Amba5SRdor, .,0 !he amaze• · ,Kotlen a hold, were refused to lilm Other Codes Read 

i plotting, n~t only .r,or the forcible . rnent or his \'!sitar. mentioned that by the Federal Co11_1munlcapons The ·unofficial explanation at that 

:.ov~rthro~ or the '~vemmerit; bμt 1 he knew a,bou~ the ad\'erse top 1 Comr:11lsslon,, he· wai1 removed from time wa.11 that it. "\\'OUld be w1et.hlcai 

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al.llo tor tpe betr~y~~ ,of .top·nc.ret.s i &ecret. repoit. M!. Oumansky . actlve duty .and retJre.d, although for u, to pfy Into the- secret. com-1 

fof .our armed ~orces to . the. ~ed, showed his golfl-filled teeth in °""hat , he was ~ne ot U~e. a_.ble.st comm~ni- muntcations o! o~r A Illes, althoug 

A~Y· .. . . _ . , , may be descrJbed as a smBe and i cat.ion experts In ~he United S_t tes it wa:s an open" secret to all that w ~e excuse put.Forth ~ ~!~11' A. added, In essence: , Tile few att.e~ J?tl ~o purge CoJ!l- were reading the codes of man~ I 

'\Vnllace that the.c;e were' riot,tfeason-1 "Why d9n't you ~·ork \\'ilh us? munlst.s, who "ere proved to have olher naLlons which ~·ere our i155oclabl~ ads, ~tnce RU:SSla was our·AIIY .• 11 you realized ho~· Important I_~ li;l. transmlt.~ed highly secret Informs- at~s In_ the war. 

!hold• no wRter. The chiefs of staff to help the U.S. S. I!., you cotild be I LIOQ to RusslR during the WRr, .were When tht. was pointed. out to 

'o! our armed forces ":ere !ully an ambassador y,ourself· in a sho·r_i,•: frustrated. ,such was the ca_se wlt!1 high omclals the explanation w 

aw~te or u:iO.t:and g_~Ye t,he RU..".~i~n I time. But if. ~·ou c;onq_nue. l\·lth I ~.former Soviet citizen, one Ja~e, thRL t.his might. be true. but tha 

general staff officially all the in- 'your present Attitude: who knows ~ wno wt_th 8 number or athe~s .v.as Rus.o:;la was ~lghly sensitive and i:;uffon,n1etlon Lhe>'. ~eije\'e~_.- uecis.c:1\~Y ! what _yo"ur $=Breer mey be.". 1 . 1

,· i'ldicted ,bt~; gr~nt~ ~ury. 1

; ~~~- spiclous and might take offem~e. lt 

to as.sure jPtrfect rco~per8.tlon be- This conversatio11 \\'Rs reported . m~~on. A -oug e proo 0 t er might. have had serious rcpcrcus.; 

!tween the :AIJied foi:-ces. • • Immediately t~ the proper .omclals ~ guill. was overwhelmlryg, Jaffe, who slobs on the war effoit IL we read 

: There' ti.·ere howeYer~many pfans. l'jn the" Staie Department. Some 18 .1 ~·as the ringleader, drew a ~~aJJ hei- communkaLlons. Thnt wR..o; 

~ ..:...par~t1cUlirly0 Jn the \~Chntcal _de- monthS later, after \\'e'.got into, the I n.ne: while the others were while- correc~. ~t v.·ould have beCn.a serious 

\lelogment.5 or Americaq wenpons- ! war. the new Soviet AmbBS:~ador, v. .. a.sned. blow to her consptra.Loflal plam; .ir 

whi'Ch had to be kept -seCrf!t from '~iaxlm LlLvtnoff, told "friends" In · Ca~ada Broke Case 1 we had discovered what. tier egent.s 

everyj oth,:r .fiat.toll.· The Russt'a-1)s t,he White House that &o long as I It wea not untll ·th~ Canadtai:i- or htp;h and low le\·els In the gov- , 

were 'aware· or thfli at\~ lu!:ed their ·this "anU-Soviet'' official was 'Bl I spy cue broke ln ~~46, 9.1th the ernment were transm1tUng to; 

rnlnfoiis: Who , hB'd bein p·laced· in' I tJ1e heed or the Eeste1 n European 1 revelatlona made by Mr. Gouzenko, oscow. 

high 'position '·~by the-..,Krtmlin, "'to ,D1v1s1on. real diplomatic c_o-opera- 1 code clerk at the Soviet Emba.s~y ln The desire not to offend Russia , 

obtalllJ'thCm.t .;.,~....::.·~-~ .....,~. 1, •,,. I tlon between the U. S. S. R. and 9ttawe.. tha.t the. publlc ~gen to In any way tinqucst.ionably "-'ll..'5 be~ 1 • '~J • _ _!_ - - -- - " ~ 

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. the United ~tates would be difficult. 1

1 learn eome !Acts about the ectlvl- hind the secrecy maintained by the , 

The omctal was promptly trans- 1

· ties or the Soviet government In highest men tn the GO\'ernment on 

..) ferrcd. , - the Western HemisphP.re, , !nets the actjvitlc.e of RusslR;,n agents In • 

Tnols in the Pentagnn , ' wtilc~ were fully known t:o the this country. The wor Is over Rnd 

So\•teL agents t.ook ed\'antage o( FBI and to the arJ!led forces In- we have be~n. In a cold war with , 

the greet. influx ot' Rcser\·.e officers~ t-elligence services end con_sequ~ntly the SovletB. !or nearly 18 :mont.h:oi:. 

into ttie ·arrl1~d forces soon al'ler "-'e• should have been fully known to It would se.em reasonable for the 

entered the ymrid conflict. A con.;;~ I our own G~vernment. Chief .. Executive to mak,e R't'Rilnblc 

&dcrable number o; such egents'.11 Nellhe~- the FBI nor the Intel- to cong!es.ston~I investlgntorli: the 

.y,•ei·e commissioned ·in, the A'rmy , llgence brenches or~ lhe Arm~ an.d ftl~llii containing .the names a1~d deand the Ai:- Force. I· ~avy are allo\\'ed to g.lve their in- tall.s or activities o[ t.hose v.·ho ha\'e 

• :rh lre WRS 110 .t.rouble placing formaqon to anybody but. their ,9een working for Russia In i.hls 

~J In Lile PenLa·gorl where the\; lmmedlaLe chiefs, ~.-ho, in turn, "s country. 'J1lere ls no reRson to bebecav; highly useful' tools. Bu·L '. members. al the President's amclal ueve that I.his would not have been 

~.e ~ 11{Lelllgcnce seCtlons in thi family,_ must keep the aval!able done at another time than an clec- , 

pe.nt4.gon balkP.d aL taking them facts to themselves. : tton yea.r. Since mo$t of t.~e culprits 

~'l.to~sensltl\'e·ppst.s.such' Bs·cryptog.:.. Net~rally there WM a good.1 deal gRve R.c:t.ual or llp;11er\'lce t6 the Nc.w 

lapl}Y. ~adar and other. branches ot off~the-recoi:d t.Alk In Wa.'i,~lng- Deal, t.he revelaUon~ .conl.at~~d In 1 l·heie highly conftdenllal data ex- ton during those years abou , the t.hese nle. might allec~ the ~e·~~t of • 

~·ted. ' clo!Jlp of Lb- AIOllt. fll ~· the elect.lmla. I 

, Thi• Intelligence obJectlo.n was 

n\'erf:ome bY a regl~tP.reg confidential 1 

: order t(I tne \\1er Department. and 

1't4 °Army. co~mm~nd~r.'.' nt ~ome. and. 

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·• I./·,,.,' '..:.\\(i."11 '' •. (~, ;, •";t fl ll/q~~~ I • 

1D-Day Tip-Off (!iven Reds by Spies i~ U .. S·. Jobs; 

Roosevelt · Aide .. Called a Source ·of Information; 

Investigators Demand Crand Jury Be Summon~d 

by Spies Here~ Congress Told· f Plans for 0:29 Also Were Ruahed 

To ·RUBSian Agenta, Congres• 

I Is Told; White, Former Official 

or Treasury, ls Celled B Conteci 

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By ..... Muy _ Sparp 

Top Uniled States war secretl, includinJ 1dnnca notlai _ 

or 0.Day and plam for the B-29, were nub.eel· to RUlliJ:n 

agents from 1 Communist spy ring amoni trulted Govtm. 

menl worker11, Congress was told ye.sterday. 

Na.med as 1 source of Information for one of these rlnO were t..ucb.Hn CurrlQ, Conner admlnlstra.Uve usiaiant to 

the late President Roosevelt, and Hany Outer White. former As.TI.slant Secretary or the Tn:arury. 

ThiJ ring, headed by a Govt!mment worker desert.bed 

u a probable member of lhe NKVD, Russian aeaet _police. had a CUil phatazraphle Id-up In an 1partaw!;I bueme:n:t for tti. 

~pUUaus pbc;itostiitiq o.I' ICU'et Govenullmt docuer:nU. \ht 

• Houae Comm.tltc:e an Un-Amerleau AcUrilla n1 told, 

, A sordid 1t.oey of ea;:er betrl)'al of lhb Govemm•nl llt ' 

the hudii of lboM sworn Lo aphOld It wu Wlfold9d b7 Illa 

£Uubelh T. Bentley, adlconleued lormu •P1 for tho Com.Jlndlilt 

• Party and 1ta auldia1 Ru.sslaa qenll. 

\ I Her unrmoUDlll..I reciW brou1bl 1 pnimpl dam.and from 

I Cb.airman J . .f1mell Thomu (ft., N. J.) for 1 sped.II bb:ia rihbcm 

j f:n~~~~n1tiew:=c~~l~~m~! ~~d b: .:~.: ~== I SLllU Dl~rt Altomey Geor:e Monil Fu• to call 1t1ch 1 Jwy. 

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1 l\'eilhPr a Member of Ring Miu Beatley made II dear tti.1 nellheT Currie nor Wbill Wal 

1 membc!r of the Communllt P1rty or of ellber of lbe two w rlnp wllb •blcb 'he woflr.ed in Waltln~ton. But lh1 aid, thQ' 

1 cove lnlorm1Uon ID memben of lhe rm,, Uld W~le 1ided lh9 l =~~l1el111 ind leepln1 Ill memben ln Govcnuncmt jobt, aha 

' Head uf tm'! rl..o.I ahe named u N1t.han Grqo:ry SJlvernsutu. 

tormer)y •Ith tla Boani of Eronom.le WIJ'f1re, latu wllh U.. 

Africultllflll UepartmenL 

Dacribl;ir blm a a prtibable Ruala.n RaWt. pollat apat. m. aa1d 1he vl.tltrd bl1 home af 5315 30th liL n'lf',, 111"1'11'1 I"\, *9ekl 

lo piclr. up tn!orm&Uon, tloauoenll and pbOtOl\atl m-411 ~r 

ln the blRml:nt o! lh1 Silftl'IDIStB IPlf\mCDt. Tho bud of the olbu rm,. JI.la Be!ltlBJ lat181d. wa Ylclot" 

Perlo.. then 3. W1r .Produrt.lon Board ddal. 

ID I.he Silvennute.r rln,:. lhe uid, were: HELEN SILVER.MASTER, bis wife. 

_ WILLIAM TAYLOR, Truaury DepartmenL 

GEORGE SIL\'ERMAN, Army Air CorpJ. 

FRANK COR, Treuury Dep1rtmcnt 

WILLIA!J COLD. Trcuu~ Department. 

SONIA GOLD, hll wUe, Foreign F..coaomla Admlatatr1tian. SOLOMOS ADLER, OIBce of ln1ern1t1001l Jl'in1act1 cf lb 

TreasurJ DepJ.Jtmenl. 

SORMAN BURSLER, 1nU!ru1t dhillon of the Julllc. Depart. 

menr. 

WILLl.\M' LUDWIG ULLMAN, Tru:sury Department 1.ad A1r 

CorpL 

tlo~"i.:1~.~;; ~::11 C:~~t~~n!~~ a:~ ':~U:" w°X:!~ PrncreasJ;e Puty. 

SOL LESHINSKY. UNRRA. 

HAROl..D GLASSER, Tr~uury. . 

JOSEPH GREGG. OlftC"e of 1be CoordJJl1tor of lntu-AnWiu 

Alfa Ira. 

• aunt GREGG, b.11 wUe . 

.4.Uegrd Member• Under Perlo Amaod ol h1rlq bfJ'C!:i memben of 1 1117 rlnl ~Id ti,' • 

Pulo wen: ALLAN A. ROSENBERG, privale 1ttomQ 1nd farml!Tf7 with Iba ' 

Fon!ip. :?.conomlce Adml.DlltJ'IUon. 

DONALD NIVEN WHEELER. omc-e of Stn.tqte Serrica. EDWARD J. FITZC:ERALD, W1r Predui:t.Jon Bo:ird. 

HARRY S. MAGDOrF. Commerce Department. 

CHAR.1.£5 KRAKER, boni. Knvt\.sto', of U:I• Kll.11 of I Seam'. 

£dueaUon and Labor Subcommillet1 undu Senator Claude Pepper 

<D .. Fla_J . 

IRVING KAPLAN of lhe War Pradurl!DD Board nl'bd far 

botb Ip)' rl$. it WU charged. 

Government emplayn not In the 1JPY rin1a wbo 11.lrnlabtd. 

tnron:ftllUon.. ~rdlq to teatlmOll)', wen: DUNCAN LEE. le11l 1d~iaer In the Ol!lc9 of Slralqlc 5en1CUiMORRIS HALPERIN. resurcb and u11lyab d!Vlaloo of tha 

om~ or stn.1111c Servlcu. 

BERNARD REDMO!O", CIAA prau dlvf1loo . 

ROBERT T. MILLER, head of raearcb. Coord.l11.111or af lnbr· 

American Aft'aln. 

MICHAEL GREENBERG. 1$lllllDI lo Currt• It lltti 'WbJ.t. 

House. 

I , Tb• only pft110n chlrs~ who i. · 

J~e::.:toar::=~lo~~d:. o. rrhl! WublnllOD Pofl Wl'U !Qo 

(ormH! 1 ... 1 n!Sht lh1l lhl!ft weN 

I two men ntmed 1rv1111 Kaplan ill Ibo War Product.Ion Bcud 11 the 

11m1 Wne. lrvl111 Klplaa of 5D 2nd 11. nw., 1.1ld he WI.I th•D ftlloo 

plO¥ed In wra·, tntlle dlvilion 

end ctrtairtly 'll'U not l]WI lnU!a l\1pllo t.o whom Miia Br!::itley r-.. fn"l'ed. A lr&lllCrlpt of ?aim Bent• Iey·1 taUmort1 faill t.o llYe I.II.)' 

JdenUllcaUon of the man ID wbma . 

1he did refer. eutpt hU wartlmt 

a:opJ07JU11DLl When Miii !.tDUQ IWahed ~ 

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Ameritan-Born Blond 

Is ·Reported Key in · :·, 

Probe of Red. Ring · -' (Fron.~ Y~sterdii,1(s 'ha}1l.'._'E_ctil.fon .. )' 

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NEW YORK, .. July 2'1.--:The 

World'..:J:eleg-1~a1n ·said Loday· in a 

(Copyright ani~le thal _:, l:lea.lil.i-.f ful blond's Lip to Lile E'BI on a 

farg·~ Ru:~si"rt1) spy· ring· led LO 1 

Lhe F'edefal' gra11d 'jury. ii1vesLi- · 

gaLion . ~ufo1jnaUQ!( in .indic_t111e11Ls of 12 Communise officials: 

UniLe·c_i~ Si::ite~ Attonl~y Joh~1 1',.,.X. 

I 

Mc Gohey. commenLing .on i..he 

\Vvr1d..:Teiegn:u11 story, saict Lhat ho 

wom~~,, g~v~ tCS~hi10ny Qcf~·,:e the 

gr~pd .. "'jlll;J': ~·hich ~esultcd ,in t..he 

dndfct.rncnts ·Of Lhe 12., 

~f!i'e,.w.or·ld-::.C~I~~1:a1~1 1.-epqrt~~I. 1,11~: 

follOWil}g.: I 

Tlj_e.unnl\m~~l ·wuman. New Eng_-1 Jand~born·. -sllffered pangs· of co11..: 

sClence a~1d c_i_eCi~t:d sh~ could' 110 

. 10l1ge1" s~bot.age her nath~e· colmi1'T. He1: fanl_~s~_ic ~.t9rY;_ i1~c_red~bl,~ I ~q FS~ ~gc,nt:i ~~ fJrSt.', t.Urped' OUL 

to' bt!. con1.pletely t.rue. I 

'"Sl'e Loid Lile FBf· 1.hac 50'Go\•crn-, 

p~~i1t e~hP~9ye.; _qr ~11. \.en'k~ , ,\·e~r~ members 01 the ring,, 1 1

he FBI' still 

does nor, ·hfl·Ve enoueh cvicienCe to 

tnqi.r.t: Dl!4 is rel1rnlhing rP.ICn~i~sSi\,.­

,on t.he t.rnil ·gf. rh1g ·m-(°;mbe~·s. ~thei~· 

biggest sLUmbling block :is ttia L Fed-. 

. era-i _C?l1fl.s_ ~i.l.l! do_ nOi. adn.' ... liI v.

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fre_ 1 . 

. 1.app111g"e,\~1dence,_ · 

• . Gol Control or· Riug; 

The womnn. g·ratjuale of u noted: 

· womt:1i~s coih;:~e ·a-1ld~ arl official.- of .8 

p11q.>01:ted relief ori:;r1nf.-:nt.1on during 

'U1e war, !lad be¢n' 8 minor ·commuri:ist :BRrtv. meinlie'r for" yfai:s. drad·- ~nAfly s'he7' \\"a.c;;.,taken into ~Conunun.lst 

confidence R'bd. In Lhe··fifldst. Of lhe w::i-r .. when her immediB te.-stiperior 1 dlcd·. found hersei! in .con:..ro1 ·of the 

sjJ~.-·.r1ng._ 

She w;:is given trl(orril~ t!fl11. by 

about~ 50 men ;:111d women Govern-

:menL ·erp_ploye:::,. all Cdfnrhuhist::;. 

·rar:.ging _from clerks .Lo oqe .1TI_on 9f 

near cnbiueL aut.hority'. .Nearly all, 

dtf~ JQ· FBI_ P1:~.!'Sl}1;c. ·nQ lqngei· ?r~ 

on the (io~·ern men t pa.yrol!s. ~ 

Among lhe.:sec1:et:S l,hc \\'oman .find 

J1el" ~ge1it..'3 i.~i1:m:;q oyer .~Q ~h~ Jh.1,.'- sfo:1s ·.were the .f'.irst; μIan.~ ·uf llle 

H-29, su'll" under "~·rnp°'d. and cornplei~· data op" R-E>-X, -~ plR~iiC ('.Xplo~~i\•e.~ She ft1rnlslled thi; SoViet wi'Lh Rlmosl d~i1'· figures on .o\med- c~_il .. pi:o~uclion df Jj);:i ntf.c;, aDct· .~_1.:__hef' 

wBr ,1nate:-1at: 

(~ocle ·W:l!' • .\imo!"t .°Brok~n .. 

From R-' \V.hit,P. HQ1h1f..-nffic!al shc-i, l~Rrnerl 0ne1 rti:lef·1.n~·1: Amb.l'iC::i.h-_ in::.. 

J.eti1genc.~ Officers ·y.:erJL_~ 

~'tifeak the Russian secrei.; code-~­

~· - 1_11c_1Cicntel1¥.:.... khic~ '!11iil!il-

~r01;hlfd-.fri!ei;j~i£:s 

onlle ex1srnmelif:Llle s~Uie-1 

ftt~~'iHl)l.:i μre s'll.111 a~b·l .y __sU .. ll;J.ill:.· :mtn'n~-Ul~C. \V(;flnK _IOI'. i.l);\\'Otn!ln WU:-i !I. 

mun' high l_n tll~ cuu11C1t.:;: ur tilk 

2:U~-~ n~;_el ~t~::·::~:~\~1a1~e~·.,~i~t:·1,rk~:~~ ingLun·. -SL·rt:e.L corner and ·L'llrn over !·fecrP.L inronnation,.lo her. Othe1::., w,ol:_k-irli.for her"i11cl~1ded, a 

personal a4\·ls'.!1: of President; -RoOse-

·Vf_lt. a: :high ~r~lr ·~i(· FQrCie omcer. rrn· offiCial of ~he \V;-ir · Product1ion', 

Boarn. members of .the Office of \Var 

Tilfofnl::iliion a'j1cf ~rs01y; h1ibril1Cd 

of ·pol1·c.-r r_,_·om .~1h·e.1_··$_t.rflle~ic ~Gmi-, ,en1111ent agenc1es~1 

:1 1\'.bne rece_!ved' m!?ney for t.1\~lr. 

i'RcLiVities. They turnect or._~r 1,he • 

lii~fohHa1.1tui" L>c;,Ci~(!~.e the~; \~·erl!.:Iora) 1 

~n~.nib9rs ·Of_ Lile- Co11rnnmis1.~ P~t:l\\' .. I 

•\'Her m!or111111~ .. lht! F'B!, Urn wumnn 

~;?taill~!I' 1nQ11~· o.r h~1; {,lid H.:5~u-~i_:)_J~;:1 ! 

.(or q1cre tllan ,~ rcttT t.o gh·t!··L.lit!. PBI.I 

•a chance 1,,0 check l1tr ::>LOI")!. 

OnCt·. wiLh F'Bl tt~c-11'1.:0:. \,•all.:hinu· I ~l;e· h'1et fi - high- otl°\,cia'i fro1l1 LI;~ 

Sov'iei, EmbA5.'i.): in ·\V1:~shing1,on·. ~he: 

f'.e~etn~_d ~ll, e'11vle9pe l!OiH;.\'i~1i1lg:, 

;SeV.e·ral .t.hol1!5::ind.-dollar~ from him. 

The official came LO .New \7ork ·n.1 

..... press· t_l}e mone)~ oil" r1.er b·ec:.fi'iise he 

-.bclii,·ed _ ... he \\~Os weaken'fo~. 

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Thureday, 22 .July 1911.8 

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The W~shing~on Post 

Thursday, 22 July 1948 

r··· .. 

Blonde ~ea.d;er ·o·f Spy Ri~~g. 

1

Cred.ited With Reds' Arrests 1 Ne_w Yofk, July 21 ,(A>).-The muniSt confidence and in lhc midst~· Worl8-Telegram said today in. a of ll)e w~r. when.her immediate su-

·copyrighted article that a beatiti- perior ·died, fou11d herself, in co.n- ' . ·· · • trol of lhe spy ring Cul blond,e.s_ lip _to the ~Bl on a She was , given inlormalion by 

' l_arge Russian· spy ring. led, to the some '50 m~n.and wornc'n GovernFederal grand jury .irivestigatio1i men~ employes. all· Communists. 

cu'lminatlng' in indiclmenls or 12 ranging from ~lerks .lo .on_e man.of 

top Communist official.s. " near Cabinet .autbor!ty. Nearly all, . · · due to FBI ·pressure. no longer are The. _w~rld;Telegram r_e1~orled on the Gov.ernment· pay_rolls. 

the following: j Among the secrets the woman 

'··.The iui1;amed woman, Ne;v Eng- and her agents lurned over·to the 

·liuid,born, ·suffered pangs cir 'con' Russians. were the first· plans of 

· science, and d'ecided ·:she could ·no .the B-29. still under wraps. and 

ranger sabotage her' native country. COIUP.1.~t'e •data on R:D-X, a plastic 

Her, fantastic stocy, incredible to explosive. ~he fu~nished the. So-

. FBI agents·-at ·first turned .out to viet >Yilh •l!lliist daily, figures ·ori be completely true.~ . f'merican production of'planes and 

· She lold the FBI thal '50 Gov- other, war mat.eri~l_. . ernmenf employes. of all ranks .. from a· Wlilte House gfficial sne 

were members of the / ring. The learned one • daY that Americari 

I FBI still does rio~· have·enough evi- mtelh ence officers we bou o· 

dence . to indict but: is remaining break th~ . U SI . . . 

. relentlessly on the trail of ring "--reals incidentally :«h1~1L.mi&llt I members., Their biggest slumbllng !•ave. Informed American ·auth rblock is· that Federal courts still do tties · o not_ admit wire'tappiflg · eyldence. r~ · T_he,. Russian~· presumably 

, - t:he woman, graduti.le of a noted Quli:lily. changed their code. 

: .wom·~n's college and an. official ·of. Wo~~~'!~ for the woma.n was ·a 

: a pu"rjlorted,relief organization dur- man high· rn lhe. eounc.•l_s .of· ll~el ~ ing the war,,had.b€en a minor Com· Office o.f S.trateg1c Services wtio 

: munis.t p~~ty IT!ember for .Y.eat·s; would_ meet Jh_~ w~ on.:._ W1!1sl1~ 

IGrn~tial:l.y she·was.laken Into Com" ington street co~er and' turn over! 

"'"~..,.-. ~· secret°' informal.ion to .her: . , 

Olhers working 'for her included 

a personal adviser of President: 

~oosevelt, a .high Army Air. Force 

officer, an official of·the War Production Board·, members of the 

Office. of War Information and persons informed of policy,.££ofu olher; 

'strategic Governinenl agendes. 

IJust a Work of. Love · 

i None received money for their· 

,activities, They turned over Lhe 

informatio,r. beca~s~ they \vere: 

l<;Jyil.l fmembcr~ oC the ~~;-u-;s~ Party. After informing lhe FBI, 

the ~oman' rclained many of herj 

old associates for more than a1 

year to give '\he FBI a chance to 

check her slory. 

011ce, with FBf agents·watching, 

she met a high official. from lhe 

Soviel'Embassy in.\vnshington. She 

received an envelope conl~ining 

several thousand. dollars from him .. 

The officiaf'.\:filn·e,to· Ne~· Y~rk lo 

press ihe ,mon~y on her because 

he believed she wa~ weakening., ' 

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,., "-*'·-~ • LAIT T'HID llcltnm D'Cll!m' 

250,000 DAILY - SUNDAY .,.,,; UJIO&n ~a • ...._ 

--W4 PRICS '=°!a 

EX-SPY SAY~ REDS HAD WHITE· HOUSE AGENT 

Top Secrets of War 

Stolen by Commies, 

Senate Probers To/J 

Wom1n ldentlfln Commerce DepartlMllt 

Offlcl1I H Duea-Peylng p.,ty Member · 

- lb' nANS. BOLllUJf U11 n:aaY O:maMS 

A dramatic story of a Soviet 1py rtnv which had an 

agent Jn the Whit.e HoUH, and throu1b 60 .. enta lto\1 

top aecrnt document. from alma&t •veJ'J' depail:zzmlt ID 

Wuhlnrton throuirhout the war wu nnfolded yuterdaJ 

befare a Senate invdtfptlnf committee. 

EUubeth E. Bentley, Vaaar graduate, and on...tlme 

leader of the esplonap OJ'lanlzatfon, who renoa:nced 

communlsm. in 194.5 and reported the whole ontflt to the 

F)ll, deKribed in vtvici detaU the activities of henelf and 

other operattva da.rlns the war yean. 

ldctlfl9 One Aaat 

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