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é Pa a i a a creer rn ee i Te a there is a prima-facie case to stow that he is not a Cam munist, “I know there is a law preventing the nae o of Communists. Perscrally and frankly I vous 2 ngt de worried 4f an Individiial Communist’ were In flong’s rel On. This is beceuse he would not BE-able to rom a Toell’ antl | could not get away with anything, He could not com it verbal sabotage, and all of the work coning out of the New York office has to clear through me", On a later occasion Mr. Lattimore stated to our investigator in part: "how I know that the various factions smear a non—-Confornist by charging him with being a Commnist. However, the Chinese G : the open and intervene in such domestic problems. I merely say this: If your people L— have gone to the Chinese Ambassador or any other Chinese Govermment representative and such Chinese representative has told you that this man Hong is suspected of being a Communist, then I say you should discount such evidence and certainly Goverment dare not come out in should rot declare the man ineli of evidence. It is true that I gible merely on that kind don't know anything about Hong personally except what I have learned from Dr. Chi. It is also true that he could be a Cammnist without my knowledge. It is also true that he could have hoodwinked Dr. Chi. However, until ecncrete evidence is prese then I believe that based on Dr. nted that he ia a Ccemmniat Chi's standing and reputation and ability, 'is judgment that Hong is not a Cammnist is a .. prima-facie case in favor af Hong and should not be reversed on the testimony that you may have received from anyone repre- senting the Chinese goverment or for that matter on the testi- mony of any Chinese." It will be noted that the sum and substance of Mr. Lattimore's ~ testimony is that he does not know Mr. Chi, that be has full faith in Dr. Chi Hong, that he does know Dr, . and was willing to employee d is and that even if Hong were Af A coum Chi's recamendation, that he does not know whether Hong a Cammnist, but does not think he a Communist, he woujd still like to re Hong could do no harm in his position, In hia letter to Mr. Barnes, Mr. oni pre yin ye service. because eo fs 4 Lattimore outlined the entire situation as he understood it, described the relationship between Hong and Dr. Chi and then said: "ks long as Dr. Chi stands in the relationship of loyal friendship to me and the loyalty of an honest employee of an Ancrican government ‘agency, there will be no difficulty with either man, no irresponsible playing with Chinese politics, -+