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STANDARD ForM NO, 64 * _ Office Memorandum ,°. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT To : Mr. Tolson _ paTtE: October 19, 1951 FROM : L. B. Kichols _ | SUBJECT: MC CARRAN COMMITTEE é ! ys _With reference to_the_information. communicated. to. .me by Jay Sourwine and Eva Gfoma._ pertaining..to_an alleged conversation which ZH. Qllace had with a subversive agent . . a ta_Philadelphia wherein Wallace wos asked for information sian pertaining to the atomic bomb, which he declined to give, gtcting he had already given 2a5,I talked to Sourwine last night with a view of trying to get more identifying | date. “Sourwine stated 2 simply dtd not heve_ogny additional data and in the course of the conversation he we stated, "I of course wouldn't say that the source was Don - |Surine,” nas - D Tele. Rooe__ TAY ae me Ree Ra 2 BE - Since Surine discusses just sbout everything he knows with Fd Wellor, I asked Nellor if he had heard any rumors about allegations of a meeting Between Wallace and some eUdvere tye agent tn PAtTadeIphiac” Nellor atated-he hadnt, however, he would call Surine and see if he had heard anything. He called back shortly thereafter and | satd Surine stated he had never heard of any such rumors. This morning, Wellor stated he had asked Courtney Owens of _the House Committee on Un-American Activities tf he had heard of any such rumors. Owens told hin he had heard a@ rumor around the Hill and he believes Matthew Cuetic had discusséd a meeting between Reaty-Bal dwin, Henry. Wallace , and Leo Kritsky (ph.) who was supposed to have been a Sovtet agent and who was now out of the country and was connected with the American Slav Congress. —i_furnished thta information to Mr. Belmont _tn_order that an additional check could be nade. LOO AE Sar AAS ri SAR ASR RECA ete een ies In talking to Eva Adams thia morning I told her_we. had a large group_.of people work all night reviewing several. hundred files and J asked.if there was any possibility of. al getting further tdentifying.data.. I asked tf there was any _ possibility of putting’us in touch wtth their tnformant sine thetr informant seened 'to be Bo specific tn referring to the Bureau as having information, stating Mr. Ladd would have tt at his fingertips. She-asked~t/-I-had~talked-to-Mrs-Ledds _ co: Mr. Ladd =: a cp - 281G ZezL! 7 9 Aiyt/ payee Belmont q peep a RECORD hare Voter ; BINOVO yosy CLES BY . 7 RAE 303 I 0 Ne A OR I