Evening star., 1948-08-02
Communists
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was getting lnIOrfndtioii oo'
Government officials (here). -.
Senator Mcclellan asked him II
he knew of his own knowledge OF
any one in a Government position
here who was feeding information
To Miss Bentley or any other agent.
He said he did, but that the ques-
ton was a little hard to answer
because he had not been present.
when the information was trans
mitted. But he supported her story
throughout on the grounds that ne
had had contact with Golas ana
knew his position in the conspiracy
and knew and had repeatedly met
with Miss Bentley and knew OF ner
position and her work. i
Under questions by Chairman
Ferguson and Senator OConor ne
declared he had no reason What-
soever" to doubt any of her story
because of what he knew OF Galos
and Miss Bentley, and "other cir
cumstances surrounding the whole
story
First Met Her in 1943.
Detailing the account Of his con-
nection with Miss Bentley and
Golas he testified he had first met
Miss Bentley in 1943. several months,
perhaps six months, before the death
of Galos.
He said Golas had told him the
Russians planned then to setup a
new apparatus" to obtain informa-
ton from all of the American secur-
ity agencies. He said he was told
it was planned to centrallze on
American military intelligence
abroad.
He said he was to have IAN i'm
portant place" in this and that Golas
wanted him to see William Ludwig
Ullman about the Office of Strategic
Services.
He said he had protested that he
would want help because the stan
of the Daily Worker, of which he
was managing editor. was short
handed. He wanted Golas to see
Earl BroWder, Communist party
leader, who later was put in cold
storage" Golas replied that there
was too much hurry to do that and
that he had not come to Washing
ton to see Ullman.
Met Miss Bentley on Street.
But at that time he carried out
instructions, he said, to meet Miss
Bentley on a street corner IN New
York. He said Golas told him that
Miss Bentley was doing important
underground work" and that she
had been extensively tested" and
that could talk to her just like to
him"
Ordinarily, he went on. his con-
facts with Soviet agents was at dill
ferent places about New York, but
he was so pressed for time that in
the case of Miss Bentley they US
ually met at the same little restau-
rant
He said Miss Bentley called her
self Helen Johns for underground
purposes and that he used the
pseudonym Mr.. Lewis
WAS she Communist" the COM
mittee asked.
"Oh yes, I know it," the witness
answered.
Pressed TO Do More Spying.
He said he had been pressed to
do more espionage work and that,
as in the case of Leon Trotsky's
Staying in Mexico several years ago,
he had served as an intermediary
for people who were to meet Soviet
secret police
Mr.. Budenz said he helped the
Soviet secret police get in touch
with Sonia Ageloff and she was sent
by them to Paris.
He said she was instrumental in
introducing to Trotzky's friends
there Jacques Monard, another So
Wet secret agent, posing as Bel
gian count interested in Trotzkyism
He testified that Monard went to
Trotzkys home in Mexico and SUBJ
seouently killed Trotzky there with
an Alpine stock.
He said he also helDed get a