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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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@ ) FD-36 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Transmit the following Teletype message to: BUREAU NEW YORK FBI, PH 11/27/sh, DIRECTOR AND SAC NY ALGER HISS, IS - R. REBULET TO NY OCTOBER THIRTEEN FIFTYFOUR AND BUAIRTEL TO PH AND NY NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR FIFTYFOUR. FRED T.° WILKINSON, WARDEN, U. S. PENITENTIARY, IEWISBURG, PA., ADVISED HISS REIEASED THIS DATE A FEW MINUTES AFTER NINE A.M. AND IEF? INSTITUTION ACCOMPANIED BY WIFE, SON AND TWO ATTORNEYS, CHESTER LANE AND ROBERT M. BENJAMIN IN LANE'S CAR. ACCORDING TO WILKINSON, THE PRE-RELEASE PLAN SUBMITTED BY HISS INDICATED HR WOULD RETURN TO HIS HOME IN NYC WHERE HE WILL BE SELF EMPLOYED AS A WRITER AND LECTURER. WILKINSON STATED HISS HAS NEVER INDICATED TO HIM OR ANY OTHER PRISON OFFICIAL TO HIS KNOWLEDGE THAT HE INTENDED TO WRITE A BOOK BUT QUOTE PLANS TO DO WRITING UNQUOTE AND HAS INDICATED THAT HE WOULD WRITE ABOUE PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY OF GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS, AS AN EXAMPLE GROUPS OF PRISONERS. HE STATED HISS IS VERY INTERESTED IN PEOPLE, HOW THEY THINK AND REACT, AND CURRENT EVENTS. HISS HAS NOT MADE ANY STATEMENT THAT HE HAS , BEEN RETAINED TO WRITE BOOKS RE PRISON LIFE OR GOVERNMENE SERVICE, aus INDICATED TO WILKINSON THAT IF HE COULD NOT MAKE A LIVING BY mcruRehic - WGH:s jh 65~2hh0 2 ~ BALTIMORE (INFO) (MAIL) Co 2 - WFO (INFO) (MATL) 5-2 — ¥¥ Fok | Starens Svisieet LG tom . lags: a “ecm ow Approvea:/1 ta Files ~ Aah s Sent. Bo + ies Agent in Charge
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