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e Saw Ae we “esoneerning “ebye but that he lett Gerrany heeause he was askei tg change his “utech citizenshi: inte Germon citizenshin; that he refused to make this chance although at the same time he hal been informs? that af he did ret comply with the wishes of the German Cover nt he would have to resign his position as director of the ! aijiser »iihelm Institute; that he came to this country as a Pake JYecturer at Cornell University and bad decided several months aro that unter ne cireumstsnees would he return to Germany; tf. Jurirs his stay in America he had bad no connection with erm officials or GServan circles and had acted in every way as a mtch citizen, iinstein stated thet on June 15, 1940, he wrote a letter to 'ebye advising him thet he, Finsteir, J received the information from abread and that he did not know whether e charres were true but felt it his duty not judze bim spon the fncts but to turn the information ever to an Amcriecan citizen as 3! was of a serious nature. MO, he pad ’ ty advis g his Vinstein aiso stated that on June 1”, written to Professer tirlarecd of Cornell Universi in the same respect. Tirstein advised that he had never heard anvthing wrong . be knew the man well enough not to trust hims that he !instein would recent things that Debre said as a scientist as beine trne but would not aceert things that “ebve said a3 a man as necessarily being true. Finstein continued that ‘sbve was . very shrewd man oc. extracnrdinary intelligence, very versatile and having extraordinary ability to reach his goals and knew what to do to obtain immediate and personel advancement. Tinstein said that re believed Debye was not a person of high levyalty and woul? use anything for his cwn advantnre, Vonstein stited trat Debye acted very suspiciously abroad and did net act ar a Uutchman. In explanation cf this, 'imstein said that cebve's eolleagues abroad had been persecuted since 1° 47 and thot he ebye in no way tried to help then an? dia nor attempt to ail ther jin securing nosition elsewhere. : Accordinre to linstein, he hed heard that Debye had made the statement that the Faiser Wilhelm Institute vas at the time being used for military puri oses.