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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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PAGE TWO ADVISED CHAMBERS STATED THAT DURING THE EASTER WEEK END OF NINETEEN THIRTYFOUR OR THIRTYFIVE, PROBABLY THIRTYFIVE, ALGER HISS AND HE MADE A TRIP IN THE HISS NINETEEN TYENTYNINE FORD FROM WASHSHINGTON,’ D. Ce, . PROBABLY TO ERWINNA, PA, TO VISIT JOHN HERRMANN AND HERRMANN-S WIFE JOSEPHINE HERBST. BALTIMORE ADVISED THAT CHAMBERS HAD PREVIOUSLY FUR- NISHED THE NEU YORK OFFICE INFORMATION CONCERNING HERRMANN AND HERBST AND CHAMBERS INQUIRED WHETHER HERRMANN HAD EVER BEEN LOCATED AND INTER- VIEWED. CHAMBERS FEELS HERRMANN DEFINITELY KNOWS OF HISS- UNDERGROUND CONNECTION AND ACTIVITIES AND IS QUITE CERTAIN HERBST ALSO HAS SAME KNOWLEDGE. CHAMBERS ADVISED HERRMANN AND HERBST WERE DIVORCED OR BROKE ‘UP apout NINETEEN THIRTY- SEVEN. HE STATES BOTH WERE CP MEMBERS AND UPON BREAKUP BETWEEN THEN, BRONDER AVARDED’ THEIR NICE HOME AT ERWINNA, PA, TO HERBST, WHERE SHE MAY’ STILL BE LIVING OR PRESENT WHEREABOUTS BE KNOWN. CHAMBERS ALSO ADVISED HERBST IS NOVELIST AND WRITER OF SOME REPUTATION. HE HEARD RECENTLY FROM UNRECALLED SOURCE THAT HERBST HAS DEFECTED, MAKING HER A GOOD POTENTIAL WITNESS IF TRUE. HE CONSIDERS INTERVIEWS WITH HERRMANN AND HERBST AND POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF “THEM AS WITNESSES AS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. NEWARK SHOULD REINTERVIEW HERBST, UNLESS SOME REASON EX- ists FOR NOT DOING SAME, IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF SHE RECALLS ABOVE VISIT BY CHAMBERS AND ALGER HISS. UNQUOTE. PHILADELPHIA HANDLE. MC KEE END A I O PLS I PH NK R 1 PH NY NK R 2 NYC 103372
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