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REPORT @ ; of the @ wat. LABORATORY «i. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON D.C. To: SAC, New York . February 28, 1949 — There follows the report of the FBI Laboratory on the examination of evidence received from your office on February 25, 1949. a gable : Re: SAHAM MAeoewverw PERJURY; ESPIONAGE = ~ R; ; John Edgar Hoover, Director INTERNAL SECURITY - R YOUR FILE NO. 65—11,920° _ FBI FILE NO. Thn1333 LAB. NO. - a Examination requested by: New York . 99829 ad Reference: Letter dated February 2h 1949 Examination requested: Docunent Specimens: 651 «A ten=-page signed statement dated December 4, 1948 at Baltinore, Maryland, bearing the known signature of ALGER HISS. RESULTS OF EXAMINATION: From a study of the ALGER HISS signature appearing on specimen K651,_a de diusion could not be reeenee as to whether the person writing that signature wrote the HIS3 ire on KLO or the HISS signatures appearing on specimens K3/,0 through K342 due to the fact there are variations in the signature K651 from other signatures of HISS which are possibly due to the elapsed tims between the writing of Ki0, K340 through K34,2 and the signature of HISS appearing on specimen K651. KO was written in 1933 and K340 through K342 were written in 1936. Ké651 was written in the latter part of 1948. ' Specimen K651 will be returned to the New York Office as soon as photographic copies have been made for the completion of the Laboratory's files. bo SrA EE G- ¥ Wy AT enstatetpia ; | ral = PHILAT LEMIAI L-«~ Washington Field vy 103128