Evening star., 1951-12-14

PICK jane up. service accOrQlng-
~ called up Jaffe and arranged
to meet him at Jaffe's room in the
hotel. Service testified that he
had never before met Jaffe, but
knew of him as editor of Amerasia,
and, believing that he would be
interested, brought with him to
Jaffe's room his file copy of a re-
port of an interview he had had
in Yenan in the spring of 1945
with Mao Tse-tung, the Com
munist leader.
There is information in the
file indicating that Service had
met Jaffe in China some years
previously. and had transmitted
information to Jaffe from China.
We find no corroboration of this.
And it appears from FBI reports
that Service and Jaffe, in their
telephone conversation arranged
to meet in Jaffe's room because
if they were to meet in the lobby
they might not recognize each
other.
Supplied Other Reports.
Service allowed Jaffe to retain
the copy of the Mao interview
and Jaffe expressed an interest
in Services other reports and it
was arranged that they would
meet again in Jaffe's room at the
Statler on the morning of the
Goth. Pursuant to this appoint
ment Service the next morning
brought a number of his reports
(Which in his testimony before
the State Department board he
claimed were specially selected
as being of such nature that they
might be divulged) and left them
with Jaffe. Service then re-
turned for lunch with Jaffe and
1t. Roth in Jaffe's room at the
hotel. and Jaffe said that he
wanted more time to read the
reports and would like sto take
them to New York, to which Serv-
ice assented. Service testified
that he lent Jaffe 8 or 10 of
his reports. The information in
the file indicates that Jaffe may
have received from Service as
many as 10.
On April 25, Service called on
Jaffe at the Amerasia Office in
New York, and picked up the
reports. AS he kept no record
of what reports he had lent to
Jaffe and made no check of those
which were returned, we have no
accurate information as to how
many and what reports Service in
fact lent to Jaffe. While in New
York on the oath and 25th of
April, Service stayed at the apart
ment of Mark Gayn, a free Lance
writer on Far Eastern subjects
whom he had met for the first
time on April 18 and who hac
been a college mate of his brother
and on the evening of the oath
he attended a party at Gayn's
apartment at which Mr.. and Mrs
Jaffe, Kate Mitchell and others
were present.
Service met Jaffe again II
Washington at Jaffe's room in the
Statler on May 8, and on May
20 picked up Jaffe at the Statlel
and attended with him and other.
a farewell party for 1t. Roth
He also met Jaffe in New Yorl
on a weekend party of Mr.. anc
Mrs. T. A. Bison on May 19 ant
20. There is no evidence thai
Service passed any copies of re-
ports to Jaffe at any meetingi
subsequent to those of Apri
10 and 20. but there is infor.
nation in the file indicating thar
on May and % at Jaffe's room
in the Statler Service continued
to talk freely with Jaffe, as HI
had on the 10th and Goth of April
and this Notwithstanding the fac
that at these first meetings Serv
ice felt that Jaffe was unpleasantly
Iinquisitive and insistent and tina
after leaving the meeting of Apri
20 with 1t. Roth. Service asket
Roth if Jaffe was a Communist
to which Roth replied that HI
did not think he was a Commu