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. . &t this point, Senator HICKENLOOPER questioned LATTINORE as to whether, . he had ever sent any eamunication via Soviet diplonatie pouch, LATTINORE s}:.” replied that he may have used it on one occasion in 197 when he was hb P to make a trip to Outer Mongolia, He stated he had written @ letter to the” Premier of Outer Mongolia, hoping to receive parmission for the trip, an Oy - enclosed an original letter witten in Morgolian, with Brglish tr and had asked the Soviet Ambassador in Washington, D, 0, to tranmit it to f, Mongolia through Moscow, He avowed that he did not know if the diplanatie |. ~” pouches were used or note To HICKENLOOPER's question as to whether LATTIMORE - had ever made use of the Soviet diplaatic pouch at any other time, LATTIM( peplied, "not that I can recalls I think 4t most urlilely"s © 4205 ey Da 2 Ab thie point, Senator MolAHON requested LATTIMGRE to furnish & copy ef the letter mentioned, to which LATITMORE replied that he would furniah - ee “Senator HICKRNLOOPER next asked LATTIMORE to tell of the clroustances & to whan he had contacted and to who arranged for his trip to Yenan, - LATTINORE replied that be had planned the trip by train and motor car. Be stated thit - their first Conmuntet contact was mada with the first Cotmnist Outpost at’ while they met, and that no previous arrangement and no special procedure had been planred,. It is noted that LATTINORE briefly mentioned at this tine the name of VISSON (phonetic), but the exact comection was not understood, LATTIMORE stated that at that time every newspaper man in Chins waa trying to get to Yens and that the world was avid for news of that area, He stated that a few such correspondents got inte the area. In response to Semtor HICKENLOOPER's quest‘ an to whether AGNES SUEDLEY and WALES (phonetic) were at Yenan when LATTIR arrived, he replied that they were and that upon his arrival st Yenan, he met then at an hostel which had been put up by the Chinese Communists for |. foreignera. LATPINORE stated that he had only social contact with SUEDLEY end &O read . Senstor HICKENLOOPER asked LATTINORE next Af be had ever read the SORE story. LATTINORE replied that he had seen references to it but had not read . the story in detail, In response to HICKENZOOPER’s question as to whether ‘he was aware thet AGNES SIDLEY was involved in that story, LATIIMORE replied tha he was, and stated that he was also aware of s press story in which she denis a. _ . : wate ‘ ofl, Jt ' 7 7 vee ga } * oe ,* spe a en ‘eo t » a Senator HICKENLOOPER next questioned LATTINORE concerning the radio! production “Pacific Story", presented on MBC in 1913, LATTINORE stated that } had been approached by NBC in 1913 to act as a camentator on "Pacific Story", a radio drama, for three to four mimtes at the end of each broadcast. mee i 5