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mysterious witness, who was
placed IN protective custody
had named the man who ap-
peared at today'S hearing as
member of what he considered
q Rosenberg Clique" at Fort
Monmouth and a close friend OF
the executed spy.
AS the hearings were recessed
until probably next Thursday, a
Senate aide who has been sitting
in on the investigation said the
testimony and evidence given
during the week indicated that
a Russian spy ring may still be
an operating conspiracy, trans
mitting vital radar and elec-
tronicS secrets to Russia"
The statement was made by
Robert L. Jones, administrative
assistant to Senator Potter of
Michigan, member of the sub
committee.
Reds Get U. S. Films.
Senator Mccarthy moved fast
to explore fully two dramatic
developments during the weeks
hearings.
One of these was the disclosure
that an Air Forces technical in
telligence report in June, 1852,
quoted a German refugee scien-
fist as saying that secret data
In the form of microfilms from
the Fort Monmouth laboratories
had turned up in Soviet-con-
trolled East Germany. The
document also reported the refu-
gee as quoting the Russians as
saying they could get anything
they wanted from Fort Mon
mouth = :
The refugees story, as re-
ported in The Star last week, also
said that a full-length film on
the Atomic Energy Commissions
highly guarded work at its Oak
Ridge CTenn0 plant had been
shown to Communist scientists
in East Germany.
Without any announcement
Senator Mccarthy, it was
learned, quietly dispatched one Of
his investigators to Europe to
check on the refugees story.
Hope to Find Scientist.
The investigator is James
Juliana, former agent of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation who
joined the Mccarthy subcom-
mittee a few weeks ago. He left
here last night, accompanied by
an officer from the Army Signal
Corps which operates the Fort
Monmouth Laboratories.
The refugee scientist was re-
ported to be somewhere in the
Western zone in Germany. 1T is
something rather interesting" a
committee source said, "that the
Army doesn't seem to know just
where he is"
The refugees identity has not
been disclosed. The report re-
ferred to him only as a "defec-
tee" Committee sources said the
staff investigator may bring the
refugee to this country for testi-
mony.
Army Issues Comment.
The Army, meanwhile, made
it's first comment on reports that
radar secrets were missing from
Fort Monmouth. In statement
issued in Washington it said it
had no evidence of this.
The Army said that under war
time lend-lease arrangements.
the free exchange of informa-
ton with allied countries was
aupthorized. The opinion was
expressed that any microfllm
copies of Signal Corps documents
that turned up in East Germany
were given to the Russians dur
ing the war.
There was no explanation of
how full-length film on the
Atomic Energy Commission S
work at Oak Ridge could have
reached Russian hands if the
refugees story should turn out
to be true.
The second important develop
ment in the weeks, hearings was
the breakdown of the mystery
man, described as "an important
employe at Fort Monmouth.
Senator Mccarthy said teSti-
mony given by the mystery wit
ness would require many days of
checking and further closed hear
ingS.
AS the hearings were recessed,
Senator Mccarthy said numer-
Gus witnesses heard in the closed
sessions had resorted to the priv
ilege against giving self-incrim-
mating testimony in their re-
fusal to answer questions about
a suspected espionage ring at
Fort Monmouth.
Harold Rainville, administra-
tive assistant of Senator Dirk
sen. Republican, of Illinois, took
note of this after hearing much
of the weeks testimony.
THE great number of former
employees and executive person
mel at Fort Monmouth who have
taken refuge under the protec-
ton of the Fifth Amendment.
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