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-L- COPY ““x. and the group made up of these on the political desk who were inclined to be more cautious wntil a definite policy had been formulated by the “tate Department. @SNMR was on the former group and was often overgealous, endeavorin to dominate the committee in his capacity as executive secretary. GMM vias made to realize the State Department's position and has cunsed qumenap of the above committee on Czechoslovakia as well as other committees. MM advised that n.ver before had @ scen a member of the committee adopt an attitude such as that exemplified by Suugmm She said that MMMMMMY cvidenced a strong pro-Czechoslovakian attitude and approached every question with the query: "How will this affect Czechoslovakia and not "How will it affect the overall policy of the United States." said GM imadiate reaction was that he must be « Czechian National or at lcast of Czechoslovakian ancestry. 3@@ had no contact other than the three months! period from April to July 1916 and said @™@B could not comment other than to state from his actions Jim would hesitate to place too much trust in him from a loyalty standpoint. The following is a gimed statement dated September 7, 1948, from ,as follows: I served as @uegey of the Czechoslovakian Co-:mittee in May and June of 1916. My acquaintance with the person in whom you are interested is limited to this period. At the first meeting and at all mctings thereafter, I noted that he approached each problem from the standpoint "How will this help Czechoslovakia?" As I recall, such questions as German transit rates, the settlement of the Army's debta, and further loans to Ozechoslovakia ware under consideration. I know nothing about the person in question, but the bias displayed was so marked that I queried the qagyepemessptem® and found she had reacted in similar fashion. I assumed he was of Czech origin and checked the register ae a matter of curiosity, only to discover that his origin was Russian. Since he had worked in other agencies and his would naturally have caused him to be thoroughly investizated, I did nothing further at the time. I recall two other episedes. We requested me to have reproduced, as a Committee document, an article by Maurice Hindus which had appeared in the Congressional Record. {I believe at tha request of Congrcesman Sabbath, but am not certain.) The article was a eulogy of Benes! policy of friendship and cooperation with the Soviet Union. Apart from the contents of the article (about which I had grave questions), the request to publish it as a Committee document was peculiarly out of order. I spoke with Mr. Ganga and Mr. Reber of the Secretariat about it, but they took the pesition that the Secretariat couldn't question a Committee member's request. I then epoke with lr. Williamson, the Committee chairman, stressing the oe eee eee ee AS