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Q-19 (7-8-55) ing, at ‘this date, ‘that President ‘Roose- velt and. ‘Secretary of War Stimson actually believed that their Manhat- tan’ Project and the atom fg After Truman held his first fablnet. geet Presi- Fite? Stimson stayed behind to tell him what was going on. ‘Truman ‘says in his memoirs: * Stimson told me that : 2 British governments, they London, becaus: ae he would have learned, that: ‘Werbert Morrison in’ the the secret was already’ out, British Parliament has been that the Russians had already pressing Sir Anthony Eden to golen it, that the United tell the whole truth about s was living in @ fool's ; these scoundrels, We do not know how much Eden knows, The’ day may come when but the explanations given the British government will thus far gre not plausible, pluck up the courage to tell “From the American stand- Parliament what they know point, it would be ‘roficlent about the crimes of Burgess. if we were told that the dis- and MacLean. When they, cussion about the Manchurian: were in this country aoe. ctuary did pass over the ish’ officials, they were fan” Burgess and MacLean desks, ian agents. Whatever ured. Dut the truth must be te between the American and ‘vealed in Washington or mel toric reputations are al bar Douglas MacArthur and just as Harry Trumai has testified that his battle wrote his memoirs, so wi! orders.were passed on to the these other men. 4 poare 4 enemy in the Korean wai He investigated thoroughl; (Copyright, 1958, wistures Brndicate an Nieto “yr. Belmon - Mr. Harbo —______ Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr, Sizoo Mr. Winterro: wd Miss Gandy yea of Orin i: A se, he'wanted me to know sboute The leak must have been an immense project that was under way—a project lookings. to the development of a new explosive of almost unbeliev. ble destructive power. Tha all he felt free to say at the time, and his statement left me puzzled. It was the first information that had come to me about the atomic bomb, but. - hhe_ gave me no details If this business was really #o secret, why did not the Pentagon set up an adequate Security system? The FBI was ‘Kept out of it but not Dr. Klaus Fuchs who, although a known Sommunist.. x permitted i enter this country and to work’ at the Manhattan Pree ‘ |. But not only was the Vice’ President kept in ignorance but the Congress. Harry Tru- man _ recounts .that when he was. chairman’ of “a: Senate committee investigating the -national’ defense, Stimson came to him. This is the way Truman recounts it:* + “ ‘SENATOR,’ the Secretary (Stimson) told me as he sat beside my desk, ‘I’ can't tell you what it is, but it is the: gTeatest project in the history, “of the world. It is most top, secret. Mi ot the people’ who are pe engaged in ave no idea what e who do would your not: g oing. plants.” . . 1: Perhsps' ‘had Harry ‘trie’ } Tan made ‘his investigation, eee et GG NOY © 1 158 ‘Washington » s THERE HAS BEEN some speculation that the leak was. in the State Department.‘ Suppose the American Gov- ernment engaged upon dis- cussions . with’ the British government concerning thi decision and the documents, . back and forth, passed over | . desks of Burgess and Mac-! , ¢ Le And suppose they made | . coples and passed them on to their Russian masters, Knowl- edge of the truth, if it did nothing else, would cleanse the reputations of suspected ricans.: —— anv SENT GB. Mane broke i976 Ame! bi ew 6 By LEVTER Jun 22 Zz — NOT RECSNDED 126 NOV 18 (955 Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Stor —______ N. Y. Herald ——__ Tribune N. Y. Mirror —____ Daily Worker —_____ The Worker New Leader Date NOV 7 4.1055