Evening star., 1952-12-30
Mundi 10 Urge Inquiry
In Story Of Spy Setup
Close 10 Los AIamos
By the Associoted Press

Senator MuIlQl, fCepuUllCdu, Ol
South Dakota said yesterday he
will urge further Senate investi-
CATION Of sworn charges that a
spy group. based near the Los
Alamos IN. Mex atomic weapons
installation, was operated "by
the CzechoSlovakian government
through the United Nations staff. ="
The accusation was made by
Harvey Matusow of Dayton, Ohio,
a self-styled former Communist
and one-time informer for the
FBI.
Mr. Matusow told the story un-
der oath at a public hearing be-
fore the Senate Internal Security
subcommittee at Salt Lake City.
Utah. last october 8.
He said a man named George
Starry, whom he described as "the
delegate at that time to the HUI
man Rights Conference Of the
U. N" had urged him in the fall
of 1850 to ferret out "any atomic
secrets that could be obtained in
and around Sandia base in Albu-
querque and Los Alamos
Inserted in Report.
A transcript OF the hearings did
not say specifically what country
Starry represented.
The transcript was inserted in a
report released by subcommittee
over the week end.
Mr.. Matusow testified that at
the time he was regularly quar-
tered at the San Cristobal Valley
Ranch. near Taos, N. Mex, about
80 miles northeast of Los Alamos,
and that the place catered pTi-
marily to members of the Commu-
mist Party" Among others there,
he said, was a CZechoslovakian
woman secretary to lone of the
delegates to the United Nations.
She was a Czech Communist here.
under the auspices of the U. NJ"
He said he had forgotten her
name.
Mr.. Matusow testified that he
already had agreed, while posing
as Communist. to supply in
formation about the Reds activi-
ties in New Mexico to the resident
FBI agent at Santa Fe.
Mr.. MatuSow also named Clin-
ton Jencks, an official of the In
ternational Union of Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers, as one of
the ranch's residents.
Liaison With Mexican Reds.
II know from conversations with
Jencks and other work I was do
ing, while picking up information
for the FBI as to Communist ac-
tivities there, that the Mexican
Communist Party had set up liai-
son with these Communists in the
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Union. in efforts to complete cour-
ier operations across the border" I"
In Bayard, N. Mex. Mr.. Jencks
termed Mr.. Matusow's testimony
utterly fantastic; the work of a
man who can't make a living
otherwise, apparently and who is
IN the professional witness busi-
ness of peddling lies"
Mr.. Jencks said he had never
I'D conversation with Mr.
cthusow and, "as a matter of
i ct. never met him until I was
{ If onted by him at the hearings
IL Salt Lake City"
There was no answer to tele-
phone efforts to reach San Cristo-
h2l Ranch. but its operators, Craig
and Jennie Vincent, previously
have termed Mr.. Matusow's
charges "monstrous" and un-
founded. They added the accu-
Sations resulted from their belief
in social equality for all races.
State Department officials said
George Starry is the same "Jiri
Starry who was denied a visa to
re-enter the United States June 10
as member of the Czech delega-
ton to the United Nations. "Jiri," ="
these officials said, is the Czech
spelling for George.
Secretary Acheson sent note to
U. N. Secretary General Trygve
Lie calling on him to refuse ad+!
mission to Starry because, Mr..
Acheson said. he had evidence
that Mr.. Starry:
Procured other persons to COL
lect secret military information
affecting the security of the
United States and undertook to
supervise the activities of these
persons"
Senator Mundt told a reporter
he expects the subcommittee will
obtain authority next month to
continue its Investigations, and
that he hopes one of it's early
tasks will be to explore more deep
Iy into Mr.. Matusow's testimony.
The Senator said he knows of no
prosecutions which have resulted
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