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8 » CONF TWO STATIONS PHILADELPHIA 1 NEW YORK 2 FROM NEWARK 4 3-05 Pit SACS | ees URGENT --~-- | JAHAI. THE FOLLOWING FROM BUREAU, QUOTE RE BALTIMORE TEL NOVEMBER SECOND. JOSEPHINE FREY HERBST INTERVIEWED BY NEWARK IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR. HERBST ADVISED SHE LIVED IN WASHINGTON, ‘De Ce, WITH FORMER HUS- BAND JOHN HERRMANN .IN APARTMENT ON NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE, N. Y., FROM JULY To SEPTEMBER NINETEEN THIRTYFOUR. SHE RECALLED MEETING AN INDIV- IDUAL! IDENTIFIED TO HER BY HER HUSBAND AS CARL, WHOM SHE LATER LEARNED THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS IN TIME MAGAZINE TO BE CHAMBERS. SHE IDENTIFIED NINETEEN THIRTYONE PHOTOGRAPH OF CHAMBERS AS CARL. ‘SHE BELIEVED HERR- MANN MET CHAMBERS THROUGH HAROLD WARE. SHE STATED CHAMBERS VISITED THEIR APARTMENT ON TUO OR THREE OCCASSIONS IN WASHINGTON. SHE DEDUCED THAT CHAMBERS WAS COLLECTING INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF NEW YORK CITY. HERBST ADVISED THAT AT THAT TIME HERRMANN WAS ENGAGED IN SECURING INFORMATION OF A POLITICAL NATURE FOR BACKGROUND OF A PLAY HE WAS WRITING. SHE DENIED EVER HAVING SEEN CHAMBERS MAKE ANY PHOTOGRAPHS IN THEIR APARTMENT AND STATED SHE KNEW NOTHING OF THE | . {comecrie BETWEEN HER HUSBAND, CHAMBERS AND WARE. SHE DENIED KNOWING . ALGER OR PRISCILLA HISS. JOHN T, HERRMANN INTERVIEWED HAY THIRTYFIRST LAST. BALTIMORE REFERRED TO NY. REPORT JULY FIRST FORTYNINE BY SA ROBERT Fe X. O-KEEFE, FOR INFORMATION OF NEWARK, REFERENCED BALTIMORE TEL END PAGE ONE ? ae °Y ‘oss