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Letter to Director LATTIMORE recalled the leading proponent of a tougher polisy toward Japan was HENRY STIMSON, and LATTIMORE had also served ...~. on & committee urging a stronger policy, although he. has 1 never le met HENRY STIMSON, . a Senator LODGE then spoke up and requested that - the hearing be continued in Executive Session, saying "he was interested in taking the show off the road." After some dis- cussion, LODGE continued the examination of LATTIMORE and asked — mx whi get, who was in China, he knew a gentleman by the name TDEI ae say ine I, who was Secretary of the Document Section for General y fEYER and General MARSHALL in China, LA°T could not recall, but did state that he had met acne in the Far East many times, specifically inl93h, 1935 and 1937. He could not recall having met her in the United States at all since the war. ~ a a Senator LODGE then asked LATTIMORE if he had ever (eee from, or transmitted to, the following persons, any documents, secret documents or oth se, and he enumerated the following persons: PHILIPMQFE, one’ WSON, OTH, s7SERVICE, SRT ciate LATT DIORZ replied that he ha note Senator LODGE then asked prangerg¢feuns had been Secretary of the Institute of Pacific Relations when the vote on control was taken and LATTIMORE replied that he did not believe so, although he wasn't sure, Senator LODGE then asked what LATTIVUORE had meant in a statement of yesterday when he stated that BUDENZ had come to Washington as a “call to colors" and LATTINORE replied that it was a call to come to smear someone as a Communist who wasn't one, Senator LODGE, regarding yesterday's ‘testimony, uo asked if LATTIMORE had stated that the FBI did not vouch for ~ f BUDENZ! credibility. LATTINORE replied that he was not clear as to that statement and the answer and asked his counsel to i look into the matter, MR. PORTER got up then and stated that 1 they had no specific information that the FBI does n Leve ” in the credibility of BUDENZ and that we did not er specifically , to BUDENZ, PORTER stated that he had talked to a Department of ' Justice official who stated that they had used BUDENZ as an informant . but not’ +o identify members of the apparatus. Senator GREG came in and asked if LATTIUORE | had ever gotten approval of his policy on Japan and LA?TIUORS ;