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iets) FEDERAP BUREAU OF INVESTRATION THIS CASE oricinaten ar NEW YORK FILE NO. 65-1642 REPORT MADE AT DATE WHEN PERIOD FOR ‘WHICH MADE REPORT MADE BY " BALTIMORE 11/23/49 11/1L4p19/49 FRANK G. JOHNSTO PERJURY: ESPIONAGE - R . JURY: ESPIONAGE - R; JAY DAVID WHITTAKER CHAMBERS, was; et al INTERNAT SECURITY - R TITLE | SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: In signed statenent, 11/18/49, Mrs. EDITH MURRAY, former Baltimore maid of the CHAMBERS, positively identifies ALGER and PRISCILLA HISS after viewing them personally 11/17/49, in NYC, RICHARD F. CLEVELAND, Baltimore attorney of CHAMBERS, does not have CHAMBERS! 1923 passport. Personal papers of CHAMBERS, ineluding birth certificates of DAVID and URSULA BREEN, obtained from CLEVELAND and for~ warded to New York Office, Balance of "CASE papers" in possession of CLEVELAND obtained and forwarded to NY Office. FRANKLIN VICTOR RENO resigned his posi- tion at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., effective 10/22/49, No action since first HISS trial completed in HISS-CHAMBERS libel suit presently pending in Federal Gourt at Baltimore, | REFERENCE : Bureau file 74-1333. Report of SA FRANK G. JOHNSTONE dated 11/22/49 at Baltimore, s APPROVED AND FORWARDED: 5—~Bureau COPIES OF THIS REPORT ; Z-New York (1-SAAG T.J.DONEGAN) (65-L4A920) iy a l-Washington Field (74-94) (Info) . MOY 25 Way. | 1-Boston (65-3251) (Info f aArNewark (65-3917) (Info Ww Cl2Philadelphia (65-2440) (Info) “ YJ |_e~Baltimore | PROPERTY OF FBI ~ This coprrential report and its contents are loaned to you by the FBI and are not to be distributed outside of agency to which loaned, 103383