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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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PH 6231182 assistance; through hig connections he is able to assist him and thereby gains his friendship. He stated after en inmate anocers to be friendly, BRAVERMLN and WILDILMSON contact him and at first suggest certein reeding material to him, end leter they enter into ¢ discussion with him. LISH/NSKY stated that reading materia] in the library is cerefully censored, but once in e while a mistake is mede end @ book to their liking is wut in the library, He could recall onlv one book of this tyne, namely WALTER LOVENTH’ L's book entitled, "Your FFT." He stated in view of the fect both WILLIA™S(Nend BREVERMLN, as well as WINTER, ere more intelligent than the average inmete, they will make a very good imoression on any inmete they ensege in conversation. LISHENSKY wes elso of the ovinion that since the CP, @s well as BREVERVMEN, WINTER, and WILLIZYSW heve contects emong the officials of labor unions, the nemes of these contects erc given to the inmete vrior to his releese for him to contect for @ vosition end essistence, LISHANSKY advised that he hes talked to many inmétes whose names he can not recall, who heve been greatly impressed with WINTER, WILLIAMSON, end BRLVERVEN, ard in his opinion ere excellent recruits for the CP. He was of the ovinion thet they exert influence over at le-st 300 present inmates at Lewis~ burg e He stated he realized thet the above-mentioned individuels ere being treated the same as other inmates and rightly deserve to be treated in this manner €8 long és they behave themselves, but stated in his opinion, when they try to convert other inmetes to Communism, their orivileges should be revoked end they should be confined at 211 times in individuel cells in order not to heve contect with other inmates, He stated the above situeétion is a menece to Society end should be stonped, LISHLNSKY advised thet the above is all the informetion he has in his vossesSion end stated he hes never been eble to elicit any definite information of interest to the Bureeu from either HISS, WINTTR, WILLI/MSON, or BRAVERMIN, and believed it would be a vaste of time to #tterot this in the future. He furthe stated he desires no nart of the GP or of its activities. The ebove information wes discussed confidentially with “Mr, GEORGE W, HIIMPHREY, Warden, "nited Stetes Penitentiary, who edvised thet he was not aware thet such a situetion existed, end doubted that either HISS, WILLTL™SW, WINTER, or BREVERYLN would have much influence over other inmates, either in vrison or 103555
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