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Jay David Whittaker Chambers — Part 1

577 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Feb 10, 1949 · Broad topic: Intelligence Operations · Topic: Jay David Whittaker Chambers · 577 pages OCR'd
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i @ @ FD-386 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Transmit the following Teletype message to: KANSAS CTTY FBI PHILADELPHIA Qm 20~ 49 1050 AM SAC JAHAM, PERJURY, ESP R, IS ~ R. WHITTAKER CHAMBERS CLAIMS ALGER HISS MADE TRIP WITH HIM TO PETERBOROUGH, N.H., ABOUT AUG. TEN, THIRTYSEVEN. DEFENSE CLAIMS HISS'S STEP-SON, TIMOTHY HOBSON, WAS A CAMPER AT RIGS O-MARLOW CHILDREN'S CAMP, CHESTERTON, MD., OPERATED BY J. KELLOGG DASH SMITH DURING SUMMER OF THIRTYSEVEN AND THAT HISS AND WIFE, PRISCILLA STAYED IN CHESTERTOWN DURING THAT SUMMER. HISS HELPED EXERCISE TIMOTHY HOBSON, WHO- WAS RECOVERING FROM FRACTURED LEG. MARGARET CANBY SCOTT, BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT, PA., BELIEVED TO HAVES BEEN A CAMPER OR COUNSELOR AT CAMP ABOUT NINETEEN THIRTYSEVEN. PRESENTLY ATTENDING DRURY COLLEGE, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI. SCOTT SHOULD BE THOROUGHLY INTERVIEWED REGARDING DATES OF ATTENDANCE AT SUMMER CAMP, WHETHSR HOBSON OR ANY INDIVIDUAL WITH LEG IN CAST OR ON CRUTCHES IS RECALLED, IF SO, EXACT PERIOD OF HIS STAY AT RIGS-O-MARLOW IN NINETEEN THIRTYSEVEN SHOULD BE ASCERTAINED ~ HOW LONG ON CRUTCHES OR IN CAST - IF SCOTT RECALLS ALGER OR PRISCILLA HISS VISITING HOBSON AT CAMP IN THIRTYSEVEN ~ IF SO, DURATION AND FREQUENCE OF SUCH VISITS - WHETHER HISS'S LEFT CHESTERTOWN FOR ANY PERIOD DURING SUMMER OF THIRTYSEVEN AND POSSIBLE DESTINATION AND TIME OF LEAVING ~ WHERE HISS'S STAYED IN CHESTERTOWN - WHETHER SCOTT HAS ANY PHOTOGRAPHS, LETTERS, RECORDS RE ACTIVITIES AT RIGS O-MARLOW. SCOTT SHOULD BE QUaSTIONED ABOUT WHEREABOUTS OF FOLLOWING CAMPERS OR COUNSELORS BELIEVED AT CAMP AROUND THIRTYSEVEN —~ : M Uv p Chitin Approved: he , Lan Special Agent in Charge
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