Evening star., 1951-12-14
Texts Of Reports Of Loyalty Review Boards John Department

Gayn was a free-lance writer in
terested in questions concerning
the Far East.
Subsequently a grand jury re-
turned indictments against Jaffe
Larsen and Roth, but found "nC
true bill" against Mitchell, Gayr
and Service. Jeffe pleaded guilty
and was fined $2,500. Larsen
who had admitted procuring some
of the documents for Jaffe, alst
pleaded guilty and was fined
$500, The case against Roth was
nol-prossed.
Among the large number o
Government documents found il
Mr.. Jaffe's Office were copies o
about 40 of Mr.. Services reports
and the primary question befor,
this board in connection with this
aspect of the Service case is hi
part in making any of these avail
able to Mr.. Jaffe. Eight of thes,
40 were ozalid copies from Stat.
Department files which were fount
in Mr.. Jaffe's brief case and wer,
identified by Mr.. Larsen as paper
which he procured for Mr.. Jaffe
Included in the 40 were also TYPED
or carbon copies of at least II
Service reports procured from
other sources than the State De
partment. None of these 40 re-
ports were papers from Mr.. Serv.
ices files.
1t will be recalled that Mr.. Serv.
ice customarily kept a carbon cop,
for his personal files of the report.
which he made while detailed Il
the Army in China. Most of these
copies bore the typed classification
Secret" or "Confidential' which
Mr.. Service himself had placed or
the original. Copies of about II
of these reports were in Mr.. Serv-
ices possession when he arrived
in Washington on April IL. 1945
and were found in his possession
at the time Of his arrest. AS stated
above. none of Mr.. Services per.
sonal copies were found in Jaffe's
possession.
Full Statement Made.
Mr.. Service made a full state.
ment of his connection with Mr.
Jaffe to the FBI. to the grand
jury, and to the board. Although
he had heard of Mr.. Jaffe as
editor of Amerasia he had never
met him or communicated with
him prior to his return to Wash
ington on April II, 1945. On April
10, Mr.. Service was introduced tc
Jaffe by 1t. Roth. whom he
had met the preceding November
at a talk that he tService) gave tc
the Institute of Pacific Relations
and who now invited him to
dinner. Thinking that Jaffe as
editor of a specialist magazine or
the Far East would be interested
in a conversation he had had with
the Communist leader Moa Use
Tung in Yenan. Service took along
with him to his meeting with
Jaffe a copy of his report on that
subject.
Mr.. Jaffe was interested anc
asked if Service had other reports
that he could see. He invited Mr.
Service to lunch the next day, anc
Mr. Service brought to that meet
ing about eight or 10 copies of re-
ports which he carefully selected
from his personal file as being
descriptive and not discussing
American policy. Mr.. Jaffe al
lunch stated that he wished te
take the papers to New York with
him, Mr.. Service permitted Mr.
Jaffe to do so, and afterwards, or
April 25. picked up the reports ir
New York.
This, according to Mr. Service
and so far as the evidence before
the board goes. was the entire ex-
tent of Mr.. Services transmission
of classified documents to Mr.
Jaffe. The exact number of docu.
ments loaned to Mr.. Jaffe is un.
certain. 1t is established that Mr.
Jaffe had other sources from
which he obtained copies of Mr.
Services reports. The board founc
no evidence to disprove Mr.
Services recollection that tht
number of reports which HI
loaned to Mr.. Jaffe did not ex.
coed 10.
The transmission of classified
documents to a person outside tn,
Government service, whether TO
examination or loan, was not onl,
highly injudicious on Mr.. Service
part, but was a violation of tn,
security regulations and practice
of the department. Since the is
sues here are Cd loyalty. and q
security risk. the board has had II
examine into the motives behint
his act.
In this connection the nature o
Mr.. Services function in China
from which he was freshly ar
rived, becomes of moment. On,
of Mr.. Services official dutie
under Gen. Stilwell had beel
to serve as public relations office
for Army headquarters, and a
such to work closely with Ameri
can correspondents and to fur
nish them background informa
tion" regarding the political stu
alton in China. Understanding O
this situation was essential to in
telligent and accurate press re
porting. Background informa
ton" was understood at Arm,
headquarters to include, at tn
discretion of the officer. classified
information. which could not it
self be published. but which woult
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