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Job Was to Ald Writers uFer edt his job, informal but ‘recognized, was to aid writers and ireporters and to give them proper ‘and accurate background material, Service said. So he showed Jaffe a memorandum he wrote on a Chi- 'nese- Communist presentation of ltheit own position. Later, he Jet ‘Jaffe borrow eight or ten of his ‘other memoranda which he consid- lered it would be appropriate to jallow Jaffe, as a writer on China, to see.” Service insisted these documents were purely reportorial and con-: tained no military or other secrets ‘and no classified material on American policy or position. Service pointed out that the first, secret, raid om the Amerasia offices was made while he was in China, and that it demonstrated “that whatever channels Jaffe had for obtaining official documents were already in existence and function- ‘ink very well indeed.” For the Ta showed that there were mipsses of secref Government dBc- uments in Jaffe's office. i Next, Service said, it appeartd| tihat the FBI testified that it had: inolified the State and Navy De-} partments it was ready to make the arrests, and was satisfied il had solved the case, just six days after Service returned from China. before he had even met Jaffe. Hence, Service said, “1 could not possibly have been one of those suspected at that time.” ‘Admits Indiscretions | Service readily admitted that his igiving his memoranda, and his conversations with Jaffe were in- disctretions. He said he had suf- fered for them for five years. Republican subcommittee mem- bers, Senators Hickenlooper (Towa) and Lodge (Mass.), pounded him with questions on two points: Had he devoted as much time and attention to other journalists as he had to Jaffe? Why had he always. gone to Jaffe’'s hotel, or office, or apart- ment, and why had Jaffe only once come to his, Service's, office? Did not reporters seeking information, from an official come to the official and not vice versa? Service answered that he talked to and spent much time with many riters on Fortune, Time, Newp- ek and other magazines, amd that he met with many of th obtside his office, at lunch or dt téctr homes. ‘McCarthy Makes Notes —Seuesett MeCarthy, who Teshed at Service in the first speech he made, when he touched off the current investigation of Communists in Government last February, sat be- ‘hind subcommittee members yes- ‘terday, making notes while Service i talked. ha gave information to Jaffe, but he thought he was just giving background information to an au- thentic journalist. He would have Ito be pretty nalve to have fallen for that.” | Lodge and Hickenlooper also 'wanted to know by what right did Service show to Jaffe documents that had been given security class- ‘ifieations. Service replied that he ‘had done the classifying, that the decuments were copies of his memoranda, and that he had enough knowledge of the facts to know when they could be dis closed, after a Japse of time an events. This was properly a ma te} within his judgment and a thérity, he declared. , F.]p. BR. Messages to Cuiang Service was questioned at length about one of the documents seized in the Amerasia offices at the time the arrests were made. It identi- fied itself as a summary of a account Service gave of two top! secret “eyes only” messages froy President Roosevelt to Chiang Ka He told a reporter, “Service : ; . it was impossible to talk abou ‘China then without talking abou shek, relating to unifying the Chl- ine military situation. But he nese Army command under Get-|<icieg he had no knowledge eral Stillwell, Service said he assumed the American military plans or secrets. To a hint that the subject might document was written from notes,|have been prospective American probably taken by Mrs. Gayn, dur-|jandings in China, Service re- ing a conversation he had with her|plied that though the topic was land her husband. He said he hadlin the air—Admiral Nimitz hed felt at liberty to talk about the! mentioned at a press conference messages, then 10 months only, be-jithe need for such a landing—he, cause the facts had taken place,! and because the background had. already been published, particu- larly im an article six months earlier. It was a sensational scoop by the New York Times’ China cor- respondent, Brooks Atkinson. Serv- ice said he was informed that [President Roosevelt himself had Service, did not know “if, when or where” any landing was to be made. He may have cautioned Jaffe about not using certain informa- tion, Service speculated, but if so, it was only in accordance with usual practice of an official talk- ing to a journalist, giving hi some information for his o jpermitted the release of Atkinsen’s| idispatch because it was factually , jaccurate. Never Gave Military Secrets ito Jaffe, and whether he had eau- guidance, but not for publication. To the questions on whether he| ever passed military information| é of it, Service appealed for q| chearer definition of terms. lie never gave Jalfe militar Jie sald tha fe Jaffe not to reveal or mak s@crets, he was sure. Evan ainiaendimiaianaad