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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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ECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVED FROM: FHI AUTOMATIC DECLASSI DATE 1l-20-2014: 943314 . FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Form No.1 THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT - NEW YORK FILE NO. REPORT MADE AT Aaa PERIOD FOR whic MADE RISPORT MADE BY (hmh ) PHILADELPHIA 2/20f52 2/18~20/52 RALPH J, T, CARTER, JR. TITLE CHARACTER OF CAS PERJURY 3 JAHAM ESPIONAGE - R SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: No information re LOUIS J, LEISMAN developed in’Philadelphia, through credit, criminal, and neighborhsod investigations, Philadelphia indices negative re LOUIS and GERTRUDE HEACOCK LEISMAN. LOUIS and GaRTRUDE LEISHAN employed 9/18~23/l3 as cooks at Besser's Department Store, Glen Rock, Pa, They were also employed by NORMAN REAM at Lee Meade Inn, Gettysburg, Pa., from 8/6-9/1/1.7. Wo record of employment by REAM from 9/43 to 6/48 located. VIRGINTA REID, former employee of Lee Meade Inn, who is believed to be reliable, describes LOUES LETSMAN as "uncouth, hard-boiled, shiftiess, undependable, heavy drinker, not trustworthy, and of betlow average intelligence," Crediff and criminal negative at places offemployment, DETAILS s ‘. Veterans Administration Records, Baltimore, Md., reflect that LOUIS J, LEISMAN, who has also been known as LOUIS JOSEPH SMITH and FRANK LEISHMAN, formerly resided at the following Philadelphia addresses during the dates indicated: APPROVED AND FORWARDED: ad Bf . SPECIAL AGENT od, f p IN CHARGE ; DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES 2440+ 929° COPIES OF THIS REPORT 5 ~- Bureau (74~1333) ~ New York (65-11:920) 2 - Baltimore (65~16l.2) 7 Philadelphia (65=2)1.0) 103475
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