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ta rite e ’ WTANDARD FORM io, 64 Office Memorandum {UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN ; j yh) TO : Mr. T olson rt” DATE: FROM : L. B. Nich¥ SUBJECT: ADAM VON TROTT ESPIONAGE With further reference to my memorandum dated ; January 18, 1956, reporting a conversation with Senator James fw “Eastland (D., Miss.) wherein he stated there was among the tarcenthar papers a Bureau report of a spy who met with Justi-: Frankfurter, Jay Sourwine subsequently informed me the 2.:ject was Adam Von Trott and that the communicati-a "22 sent to the LIE 68 0EIT 1920.) ok : Secretary of the Treasury under date of S.ctisres’ 16, 1939. Sourwine further stated that Von Trott was identified in a book written by Allen Dulles as a member of the Communist Party and that this,-of ‘¢€Gurs:, tere the material very significap’ 1 fi.) v2 -vrote a letter to the Com Ocy 1. 4939 eenitting Secretary of the Treasury Galen Seite *, 479%, transmitting a “Tse tverorandum on Von Trott, who was a German in this country ostensibly to attend the Institute of Pacific Relations conference at Varyunia Beach, Virginia, ‘in November, 1939. ae Teless Beardaan ___ Nichols Belnoes Harbo Parsons Rosen Tanm Sizeo —_____. Finerrowd ___ Tele, Room Holloman Gandy It is suggested that the Domestic Intelligence Division review '.is memorandum and prepare a short summary on Von Trott so that a the Riswaniy mearinrandum fa ad PAE the OUTSeau Memoranaum roungd in the Morgenthau peppers, I dco not ‘rk we should interpose an objection unless there is some very significant i 7 IP “termination can be made whether we should interpose an objection to i Jrea son. Y, ct: Mr. Boardman Mr. Belmont LUNtarm pod . Mn, ae AONE | 8) AC 7 65- $738 - BOs fey oe eal — _—_ a - * wep FG ee al