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WFO 161-2419 ELN:cjl 4 Mr. FORTAS advised that he saw very little of HISS socially and was in the P Street home of HISS on one occasion. ‘ we The records of the U.S, District Court, Southern District. of New York, reflect that ALGER HISS was convicted on two counts of perjury on January 20, 1950, resulting from his testimony before a grand jury, wherein he (1) denied furnishing Government documents or other information to JAY DAVID WHITTAKER CHAMBERS or any other unauthorized person and (2) denied having seen CHAMBERS subsequent to January 1, 1937. On @muary 25, 1950; he was sentenced to five years in prison on each count, the sentences to / run concurrently. —— JAY DAVID WHITTAKER CHAMBERS, a self-confessed member of the Communist Party and a Soviet Espionage Agent, accused HISS of furnishing classified Government documents and information to him, CHAMBERS, for transmittal to the Soviet Union. 28