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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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ERIE Third Com Convict ; Faces Charge. I re (Continuéa: from page-Onef . SOx. ‘They wilt: inotor td. theii New: York home, ‘probably acconipanied; by Hiss” lawyer, .¢ ‘ ‘Wilkinson. id Fi follow normal “Foutiri ‘bEeakfast. at. the” pris i "chiéciced , out by. Several. der ments, Including the commissary’ and ‘the. library. Then. he wi 1 He ‘ig: éxpected” t [ released: between, 8 30° and, aa ain EST, | “Hiss Was‘ * indicted’ --o| twe charges, . that ‘he lied. to Ja’ ‘federal grand’ jury . when he denied: that’ jhe passed” goverriment secrets to Whittaker Chambers, Who says he was a. courier for a préwar spy! ring; and: that ‘he -lied again int testifying he did not see ‘Charnbét ‘after Jans: i, 193%: The ‘first trial in ‘4949. “resulted ina hung jury. At a second trial ending Jan, 31, 1950, he was con: victéd on: *both counts, -He suitrend:, ered. .on March. 22, 105 te to begin Serving his term. ; The prison: grapevine As , puizifig: about the release of Hiss, Chariés Prewitt,” Richmond, “Va... . dis- charged from the. prison Wednes; day after serving 27 ‘months’ ‘for taking a: stolen automobile acrdss |State lines,- said. .Hiss was. “one 0 ‘the most respected fellows. in “thi Prison. a. 4 : AS far. ag t Keng, he ‘got ‘sion! with - the - - boys,’ Prewitt? , fold: a, ’ve seen.’ ’ Lahe,: as, Hiss’, _dawyer, predicts / hat the one-time: secretary Beherz at of the founding Conference of the- United Nations; will tty to. rvindicate ‘himself and- tg exposel the: frameup against him.’ . evn keep. ‘trying... to, prove: his recently. “Stilt im rena eXs, ‘Becting. bre arid thei: SonTony., : Until March: 28; 1956 Hiss: must. gteport at Teast : ‘once a, Hionth to. probation officer.. Hé- will have: t {tell where he's, living; wheré hé’ working, how much he's. earning, : hom. ‘he's - ‘seeing. 103593
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