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Bi RMATIO IS UN ment: 0. p= - ° 4a, Office Memorandum + onrrep states GOvVER ie TO sopirector, F3I tric SE Cea” DATE: gor. 20) sASEAL Thy 27tb* “— . Teecy _____. FROM 8 Quy HOTTEL, S42, Waphington Field (: SUBJECT: “sub-committee of th Reretgn Relations Comittee Allezations of Senator JOSEPH LicCaRTHY etree LOMLTY OF GOVBIUE ENT EPLOYERS Ofhenmacr -" Counsel for the Canmittee, Ur. MORGAN, began foie that the witness am stated he was primarily interested in the four periods thatj3VDENZ previou mentioned in the sumarization of the testimony and that he would divide this into the dates, naely: the periods of 1937, 1913, 19hb and 1945. u - In connection with this, BUDENZ mentioned in going back over the period that he was in the Perty, stated that he joined in August, 1935 because of the Peovles Front policy as stated by the Seventh Congress of the Camnist Party which said thet the Party would cooperate with World Tendencies. BUDEKZ statet™ that he vas comvinced at that time that the Camunist Party was the standard bearer for the carion people. He ed then that BROWDER, after returning froan¥- Moscow, urzed him along with GEIARTRAISLIR, to go into the open Party. He stated that this was on October 2, 1935. He mentioned that he left the Party on October 11, 19h5. yf Then referring to the period 1937, BUDEI'Z stated in answer to question that at that tine he first learned of OWE! LATTI{0nE. He stated that he believed this was about October, 1937, at a meeting which he had attenied with BRCWDER. He stated that LATTL‘OREts name was discussed at the time and he felt for the purpose of faniliarizing himself with men considered important in the Party Qoetore he, BUDENZ, left for Chicago. yf / => 3s BjDEIZ at that point stated he wished to remind the Cammittee that though ne referred to the Communist Party as a Party, he actually knew it to be a piracy and not having the semblance of a party in any sense. {J 73] R BUDENZ then stated that through the Politburo, instructions had been zfvean that the two chief assigments of the Cammnist Party were in the afquiescence of Red China and Red Poland; that these two assizments were the yopief conquests in the world. A question was then asked of BUDENZ if OWEN SLAITI cE was in the conspiracy. BUDENZ stated he did not wish to indicate that CBATTINONE was present at any of the meetings.: BUDEIZ was then asked how was fre ane! a part of the conspiracy and he replied FREDERICKAPISLD, Secretary of eh AINED, JF) NOONT) 7 e@ Anerican Branch of Pacific Relations, stated that LATTI'ORE was charged with ha responsibility of placing the right people in the China field, BUDENZ stated (0-3. 4 bat based upon FIELD's report, he formed tuts opinion, 7 | ee Jap 3 3278-13 a ty Us ECORDED - 8 ES —ZZTZ TF OG JUN 12 1950 —_' ce em ne ee i nl Om NFO HEREIN | qx » ALLT cum |