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thet he had been in Z'r. FIELD's hone subsequent to 1938 and that it might have been on one or more than one occasion, or several, that he could not recall. stated, however, that he was never in ‘FIELD's hone in + 1916, tye ance with the young lr (phonetic), AGUES S‘EDLEY, T. Auf occurred to him that aithough TD.ORE by his om testimony admitted that he had net these people and Inom them over & period of years, he had stated . a that he had no reason to kmow if several of them were of leftist leanings, ~ HICHENLOOPER pointed out that in view of the knomm, very strong leftish learning on the part of sone of those individuals, he was at a loss to understand how a person of LATTE, CRE's brilliance and ability, could have failed to recognize the fact. Ne stated that he did not wish to admit that he considered Mr. LATTLICRE to be naive.. In response to this statenent, LATTINORS repeated that . with regard to CHI and FIELD, he had never had any reason to question these individuals in the matter set forth by HICKENLOOPER. . HICKEMLOOPER then asked LATTIVORE. wnether or not a canpact or treaty of friondshin was made in approzinately 1945 between Russia and the Chinese Natioralist Goverment, LATTI-ORE replied yes, that he believed there had been, | near the end of the war, HICKESNLOOPZR asked LATTICHE if there had not been sone sort of azreenent between STALIN and CHIANG KAI-SIUEK and an expression of. cooperation between their governments, at least on paper. LATTTORE replied that there may have been, He stated that as he recalled, statements of such atreenent were published folloring the surrender of Japan, In response to H HICKSNLOOPER's question as to whether these agreements were in complete agreement with the decisions arrived at in the Yalta Conference, LATTIUORE replied that | he did not know, At this point, HICKENLOOPER advised Senator GREEN, Actirg ; Chairman, that he desires a closer examination of LATTIUORE's statenents with | reference to his ‘present line of questioning. ; : LATTE ORS stated that it has always been his expressed + view that it was. a grava mistake of American policy in attempting to reach agreements with q other countries concerning the internal disposition of Chinese territory, and | that such attempts were not only unnecessary but unproductive and harmful. He | also stated that it was his view that the United States should never have taken a position to appease any other nation. ! Lia tte = ark ~h- ee ee ene er Tt oe en rere merase mbes ee ne