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4 im on the occasion of the second interview vointed out once erain that it should be borne in mint by interviewinr arerts thet be did not have anv close essociation wi CSS end stated t upon reflection he wes fairly certair that he hss not seer FU © or more than 2C oressions during his whole life, He also nointed out thet it is ouite imvossible analyze activities of the rerio? 1°76 ard 1937 in wh he and others were enceved, in the lirht of the political thinking cf todey. EP «oc thet the veriod of interest here wes the reriod of the so-called "United Front"; that very little consideration wes river at that tine to the motives of the Soviets; thet ¢ did not come unti] leter; and thet et this tine the whole hue and cry wes fight Facisn anc Nazis: wherever it wes ot served. said that it wes not urtil the news of the Moscow purge trials in the late 1930's beran to leak out and other events came te lirht that Russia hed undermined the Spanish Lovalists thet people berar to realize thet rerhane thev Ipc been dured in som of their so-called United Front activities, S@img@llestated he did not make this point by wey of apolory but sinvly as a staterert of fect. Ke re-enphasized that he bin no knowledge of any esrionsge activities on tlhe part of PURGESS or « He stated that he fs no reason to :ithhold ormetion of such a nature were he to nossess it and his present feeling is thst he recognizes the evil of Soviet Communism en¢ weulé do anvthin> in his power tc combat it: however, he steted he hes no further in”ormtior. which would throw anv lirht on this matter. 3495