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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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ee NE AD NN LS Le TTS, SPT ‘ + WAS )5° NY 4 AND PH 1 FROM BA 2 3-32 PM | DIRECTOR AND SACS NY AND, PH URGENT | : JAHAM., DURING INTERVIEW YESTERDAY CHAMBERS FURNISHED FOLLOWING IN- FORMATION. PROBABLY DURING AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, THIRTYFIVE WHEN THE CHAMBERS WERE LIVING AT SMITHTOWN, PENNA ON THE DELAWARE WITH MAXIN. LEIBER, PRISCILLA HISS VISITED THE CHAMBERS ALONE AT SMITHTOWN AND | LATER ALGER CAME AND THEY DEPARTED TOGETHER. ENROUTE TO SMITHTOWN IN THE OLD NINETEEN TYENTY-NINE HISS FORD, PRISCILLA STOPPED OVERNIGHT AT THE FOUNTAIN INN LOCATED IN DOYLESTOWN, PA. WHERE US HIGHWAY ROUTES TWO ZERO TWO AND SIX ONE ONE INTERSECT. CHAMBERS HAS A CLEAR RECOLLECT- ION OF THE INCIDENT OF PRISCILLA STOPPING AT THE FOUNTAIN INN BECAUSE SHE DISCUSSED WITH CHAMBERS SOME UNRECALLED INCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED AT THE INN. CHAMBERS THINKS PRISCILLA WOULD REGISTER AS MRS« ALGER HISS OR MRS. PRISCILLA HISS AS HE NEVER KNEW THE HISSES TO USE ANY FICTITIOUS NAMES. CHAMBERS STATES HE MIGHT BE WRONG ON THE OCCASION OR EVEN THE YEAR WHEN PRISCILLA HISS STOPPED AT THE FOUNTAIN INN, BUT SUGGESTED THAT THE REGISTRATION RECORDS IF AVAILABLE BE CHECKED FOR SUCH REGISTRATION FOR THE PERIOD NINETEEN THIRTYFOUR DASH THIRTY nel SEVEN., CHAMBERS ALSO ADVISED THAT DURING THE EASTER WEEKEND OF ee teat NINETEEN THIRTYFOUR OR THIRTYFIV™, PROBABLY THIRTYFIVE, ALGER HISS AND HE MADE A TRIP IN THE HISS FORD FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. PROBABLY TO ERWINNA, PA. TO VISIT JOHN HERRMANN AND HERRMANN-S WIFE, JOSEPHINE HERBST. ON THE SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE ABOVE EASTER SUNDAY ALGER f ae ial on ar a a _! i { i Bl. PHILADELPHIA Hyon IMo Sad, nnn arn q fi he Ae | ‘ . ; poet Wf ~ 103367
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