The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-09

VAAC VI D. NAONGAA~ ment, in the custody of Ambassador Joseph P, Kennedy in London.
 The State Department now re- veals that copies of over l,600 docu- ments were found in Rents possess sion, but what 1t does not mention is that among the documents were ex- changes of coded messages between President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, believed to discuss repeal of the U. 8. neutrality act, the Johnson act, the destroyer Atlantic base swap, and outlines for Lend- Lease legislation-two years before this country finally entered the war.
 All this intrigue might possibly have political significance in an election year, but the real reason for the State Departments report at this time Is to give Rents official record SO as to quiet discussion in Congress and check letter-writing campaign which the young mans mother, Mrs. Ann II. P. Kent, of Washington, has been conducting for the last few months in the in- terest of obtaining her sons release from British prison and his return to the United States,
 ANTI COMMUNIST
 ACTIVITIES
 There Is general understanding and sympathy with Mrs. Rents loy- alty to her son, but that does not remove the facts of his trial and conviction, Mrs. Kent herself, in making an appeal to President Roosevelt for her sons release in l942, wrote, T know my sons of- fense waS'a grave one"
 Mrs. Rents own version of the case Is that her son first became violently antl-communiSt during his service in Moscow as a member of the staff of Ambassador William 0, Built, from 1883 to 1889. Young Kent was in Moscow during the great purge of 1886 and became so embittered that in 1889 he was transferred to London, where he was assigned to code-room work.
 Because of his anti-communist sympathieS, he became interested in similar political activities in London and was a member of Q club known as The Right" headed by Captain A. H, M. Ramsay, Q conservative member of Parliament. In this group was one Anna Wolkoff, Q white Rus sian refuge. Another group with which young Kent became associate ed was The Link" @ group which believed that the salvation of Eu- rope lay in friendly understanding between German and Britain.
 In making copies of the Roose- velt-Churchill cables, 1t Is Mrs, Rents contention that her son in- tended to bring these documents back to the United States and pre- sent them to the Senate to show how the President was planning to bring the United States into the war in support of Great Britain.
 Instead, however, she believes that her son showed the documents to Captain Ramsay, Copies of all the documents were found in Rents room when 1t was searched by Scot- land Yard operatives in May, l940. TIE-UP WITH NAZIS
 The State Department report links young Kent closely with Anna Wolkoff and by inference indicates that she was the anti-Jewish and pro-Nazi confederate who was link ed with the Germans. The State De- partment also reveals for the first time that Tyler Kent had made ap- plication for transfer to the U. st embassy in Berlin.
 Mrs. Rents efforts have been successful in getting her son re- moved from common criminal i'm. prisonment in Britain to political imprisonment on the Isle of Wight. When he is released by the British, he will be free to return to the Uni. ted States, but it is possible that as he sets foot on U. s. soil he might be arrested by this government and have to face new charges.