Evening star., 1948-09-28

JOHN HITCHCOCK CHAPLIN,
Told probers story OF "con-
spvacy."
Gen. Groves. Well, I would not
say SC.
Mr. Stripping. Was it successful
Gen. Groves. I do not know; ]
imagine that it was successful to q
certain degree. You never know
what the other fellow finds out
You may think you know, but you
don't know; and just how successful
they were, I just cannot guess.
Mr.. Stripping. Would you say
that they were quite busy?
Gen. Groves. / would say yes II
that. I would like to refer YOU Il
the Canadian spy report which,
think, gives an idea as to their acti.
vities in Canada, and all you have
to do is to take the relative size ane
importance of the United States anc
Canada and just guess, and that
is all that I would be doing as tt
how much their whole effort was
In other words. I may know where
We found out about 1t, do not know
where We did not find out about it.
THE CHAPIN-HISKEY CASE.
Some time in 1898, an individual
who was born either in Sweden or
in Russia, according to information
which the committee has, and who
goes under the name of Arthur
AleXandrovich Adams, entered the
United States from Canada, and in
connection Herewith furnished a
fraudulent Canadian birth certifi-
cate.
Adams admission to the United
States for permanent residence was
facilitated by the false statement OF
one Samuel Novick, who is present.
ly the president of Electronics
Corp Of America, and has been
prominently connected with that
company, and with the ownership
thereof, since its creation in 1912
During the war, Electronics Corp. of
America performed secret Govern
ment contracts in the amount of
some S6,000,000. For a time it was
the only contractor engaged in pro-
ducing certain highly secret items
for use in radar installations. Fur
ther reference is hereafter made to
the activities of Samuel Novick.
Arthur Adams is virtually char
ter member" Communist of the So
Wet Union. He participated as a
revolutionary in the Russian revo-
luton of 1905, was imprisoned and
still is suffering from the injuries
resulting from the beatings he re-
Eeeived. at that time. ,.,... =
e... e. Several Sojurns in U. S. D..,
= 1t has subsequently been dis
covered that Arthur Adams had
several previous sojourns in the
United States.
|s.Ina 1896 Adams, accompanied-. -.hy
his wife, reapptared. and forg a. time
visited Adams wife's sister III New
York City. According to the brother
in-law of Adams wife, they left in
1887, ostensibly to return to Russia.
The committee does not know
whether or not Adams actually re-
turned to Russia before he appeared
in Canada seeking admission to the
United States. 1t was about this
time that Samuel Novick facilitated
Adams entry into the United States
from Canada by false statements as
to Adams employment by Novick
Tried to Conceal Efforts.
The Committee has little infor-
nation as to Adams activities since
his entry from Canada in 1888 to
the time it was discovered that
Adams was acting as Soviet es-
pionage agent.
During the war period Adams
was discovered to be actively en-
gagged in espionage activities for
the Soviet government. Those ac-
tivities included the securing of
information with respect to the
developments that were being made
in the United States in connection
with nuclear flssion. He was in
physical contact with Clarence His
key, an atomic scientist assigned to
the Manhattan Project. This re-
port hereinafter deals at length
with Clarence Hiskeys connection
with Adams.
He experienced considerable sue
cess in securing data that he de-
sired. for when his room and his
effects were secretly searched in
1914 by Government agents he was
found to have IN his possession
highly secret information regard
ing the atomic bomb plant at Oak
Ridge, Tenn, as well as other vital
information regarding the develop
ment of atomic energy in other
countries. The committee has evi-
dence of at least one direct contact
that he made with the Soviet Con-
sulate in New York. On October
IS, 1914, Adams was observed to
leave the home of lawyer in New
York and enter an automobile reg
istered in the name of Pavel Mix
hailov. Pavel Mikhailov was vice
consul in the Soviet Consulate in
New York at that time. When
Adams entered the car he was
carrying large carrying case.
Adams was driven directly to the
Soviet Consulate.
When Adams status as a Soviet
espionage agent was discovered, he
was thereafter under fairly constant
surveillance by the security officers
of the Manhattan Engineering Dis
trict, as we'll as by special agents of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Eventually, Adams discovered that
he was under surveillance, and in
February 1885, made a desperate
but unsuccessful attempt to leave
the United States.
The committee is presently in
vestigating the completely of two Of
the subjects of this report in the
attempted escape of Arthur Adams
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