Evening star., 1949-06-11

In civilian clothes attended the
gatherings and on these occasions
great secrecy was maintained at
the house and all curtains were
drawn"
MIR. Sill was quoted as saying
that ION different occasions Mr.
IDunham and his wife were OBJ
served moving around the house
In a nude state" and the inform
ants 11-year-old son saw the man
"go out on the porch in the nude
to pick up his newspaper"
Mrs. Dunham, q native Of Rus
sia. was on duty with the OSS as
q research analyst. Both DR.. and
Mrs. Duham, It was said, had
signed afddavits stating they did
not belong to any organizations
advocating the overthrow of the
United States Government by
force.
Taught at University.
Mrs. Dunham said In her appli-
cation that she taught English
and German at Wayne University
from 1888 to 1914. The FBI was
informed the couple returned to
their university jobs after the war
The alleged Soviet agent and
author who was q friend OF the
Dunhams, Mrs. Aleksander, was
said to shave been known by q
dozen aliases. She married DR.
Bozhidar Aleksander in Vienna in
1926 and the couple came to New
York In l941. the FBI reported.
Trina, a native Of Leningrad, wa.
described as VERY friendly" with
Soviet officials in New York, anc
acquainted with Red Yugosla,
partisans. She had described
herself. 1t was said, as the only
Russian authoress In the United
States.
The woman. according to ths
data. was In touch with Pave.
Mikhailov. who has been reliably
identified by the bureaus inform.
ant as being In charge Of Red
Army espionage and as having
lent suggestions which resulted ir
q Red Army espionage apparatus
being set up In Canada"
Began Writing at 7.
Trina began writing at the age
Of Z. 1t was said, and since has
published scores Of books. She
Travelled throughout Europe and
the Near East as a young woman
and for two-and-a-half years was
q screen writer in Russia. She also
turned out poetry, short stories.
articles. children's books. reviews
and translations in many Ian
guages.
The couple took out citizenship
papers in 194l following their ar
rival in New York. In that same
year the couple received over
$4,000 in cash in two checks
drawn on q Swiss bank branch In
New York.
Trina was known to be in con-
tact in New York and Washing
ton. 1t was said, with Bernard l..
Koten of the American Russian
Institute. who was reported to
have trained Russian secret serv-
Ice agents in the Soviet Union
from 1882 to 1887.
Called Friend of Johnsons.
''Koten is also q friend and
| contact" the report said, ''for
William Hermann Eckart john
son and his wife. Annette r. john
son, formerly employed on the
secret Russian desk ut the War
Department"
The latter couple left this EN-
ployment more than two years
ago. Oficials at the department
said they were released In . re
duction Of the staff. The couple
was accused In the FBI report OF
giving information 10 NKVD, the
secret Russian police.
Trina was overheard, IL was re-
ported, when she assured a MEM
Der of the Soviet consulate stan
| in New York that she was always
ready to help him as much a.
she could and in whatever way he
might require" This was said
to have occurred In May Of l946.
An ANONYMOUS letter directed
10 FBI Director ]. Edgar Hoover