Executive Sessions of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations
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S. Prt. 107–84 EXECUTIVE SESSIONS OF THE SENATE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS VOLUME 4 EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION 1953 ( MADE PUBLIC JANUARY 2003 Printed for the use of the Committee on Governmental Affairs U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 83–872 WASHINGTON : 2003 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Jan 31 2003 21:53 Mar 31, 2003 Jkt 083872 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 E:\HR\OC\83872PL.XXX 83872PL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS 107TH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut, Chairman CARL LEVIN, Michigan FRED THOMPSON, Tennessee DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii TED STEVENS, Alaska RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio MAX CLELAND, Georgia THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah MARK DAYTON, Minnesota JIM BUNNING, Kentucky PETER G. FITZGERALD, Illinois JOYCE A. RECHTSCHAFFEN, Staff Director and Counsel RICHARD A. HERTLING, Minority Staff Director DARLA D. CASSELL, Chief Clerk PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS CARL LEVIN, Michigan, Chairman DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii, SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois TED STEVENS, Alaska ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio MAX CLELAND, Georgia THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah MARK DAYTON, Minnesota JIM BUNNING, Kentucky PETER G. FITZGERALD, Illinois ELISE J. BEAN, Staff Director and Chief Counsel KIM CORTHELL, Minority Staff Director MARY D. ROBERTSON, Chief Clerk (II) VerDate Jan 31 2003 21:53 Mar 31, 2003 Jkt 083872 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\83872PL.XXX 83872PL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS 83RD CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION JOSEPH R. MCCARTHY, Wisconsin, Chairman KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas MARGARET CHASE SMITH, Maine HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, Minnesota HENRY C. DWORSHAK, Idaho HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois JOHN F. KENNEDY, Massachusetts JOHN MARSHALL BUTLER, Maryland STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri CHARLES E. POTTER, Michigan ALTON A. LENNON, North Carolina FRANCIS D. FLANAGAN, Chief Counsel WALTER L. REYNOLDS, Chief Clerk PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS JOSEPH R. MCCARTHY, Wisconsin, Chairman KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas 1 EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington 1 CHARLES E. POTTER, Michigan STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri 1 ROY M. COHN, Chief Counsel FRANCIS P. CARR, Executive Director RUTH YOUNG WATT, Chief Clerk ASSISTANT COUNSELS ROBERT F. KENNEDY DONALD A. SURINE THOMAS W. LA VENIA JEROME S. ADLERMAN DONALD F. O’DONNELL C. GEORGE ANASTOS DANIEL G. BUCKLEY INVESTIGATORS ROBERT J. MCELROY HERBERT S. HAWKINS JAMES N. JULIANA G. DAVID SCHINE, Chief Consultant KARL H. W. BAARSLAG, Director of Research CARMINE S. BELLINO, Consulting Accountant LA VERN J. DUFFY, Staff Assistant 1 The Democratic members were absent from the subcommittee from July 10, 1953 to January 25, 1954. (III) VerDate Jan 31 2003 21:53 Mar 31, 2003 Jkt 083872 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\83872PL.XXX 83872PL VerDate Jan 31 2003 21:53 Mar 31, 2003 Jkt 083872 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\83872PL.XXX 83872PL C O N T E N T S Page Volume 4 Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, October 23 ................... 2729 Testimony of Sidney Glassman; David Ayman; Lawrence Friedman; Elba Chase Nelson; Herbert S. Bennett; Joseph H. Percoff; Lawrence Aguimbau; and Perry Seay. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, October 26 ................... 2777 Statements of Benjamin Zuckerman; Hans Inslerman; Thomas K. Cookson; Doris Seifert; Lafayette Pope; Ralph Iannarone; Saul Finkelstein; Abraham Lepato; Irving Rosenheim; and Richard Jones, Jr. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, October 27 ................... 2815 Statements of Edward Brody; Max Katz; Henry Jasik; Capt. Benjamin Sheehan; Russell Gaylord Ranney; Susan Moon; Peter Rosmovsky; and Sarah Omanson. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, October 30 ................... 2851 Statements of Harold Ducore; Stanley R. Rich; Nathan Sussman; Louis Leo Kaplan; Carl Greenblum; Sherrod East; Jacob Kaplan; James P. Scott; Bernard Lee; and Melvin M. Morris. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, November 2 ................. 2893 Statements of William Johnstone Jones; Murray Narell; Samuel Sack; Joseph Bert; Raymond Delcamp; Leo Fary; and Irving Stokes. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, November 3 ................. 2919 Testimony of Abraham Chasanow; Joseph H. Percoff; Solomon Greenberg; Isadore Solomon; William Saltzman; and Samuel Sack. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, November 4 ................. 2953 Testimony of Victor Rabinowitz; Wendell Furry; Diana Wolman; Abraham Brothman; Norman Gaboriault; Harvey Sachs; Sylvia Berke; and Ben- jamin Wolman. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, November 5 ................. 3033 Testimony of Harry Hyman; Vivian Glassman Pataki; Gunnar Boye; Al- exander Hindin; Samuel Paul Gisser; Stanley Berinsky; Ralph Schutz; and Henry Shoiket. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, November 16 ............... 3083 Testimony of Rear Admiral Edward Culligan Forsyth; Samuel Snyder; Ernest Pataki; Albert Socol; Joseph K. Crevisky; Ignatius Giardina; and Leon Schnee. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, November 17 ............... 3125 Testimony of James Weinstein; Harry Grundfest; Harry Pastorinsky; Emery Pataki; and Charles Jassik. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, November 25 ............... 3151 Testimony of Morris Savitt; Albert Fischler; James J. Matles; Bertha Singer; and Terry Rosenbaum. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, December 10 ............... 3171 Testimony of Michael Sidorovich; and Ann Sidorovich. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, December 10 ............... 3175 Statement of Samuel Levine. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, December 14 ............... 3199 Testimony of Albert Shadowitz; Pvt. David Linfield; Shirley Shapiro; and Sidney Stolberg. (V) VerDate Jan 31 2003 21:53 Mar 31, 2003 Jkt 083872 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\83872PL.XXX 83872PL VI Page Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, December 15 ............... 3221 Testimony of Ezekiel Heyman; Lester Ackerman; Sigmond Berger; Ruth Levine; Bennett Davies; John D. Saunders; Norman Spiro; Carter Lemuel Burkes; John R. Simkovich; Linda Gottfried; Joseph Paul Komar; John Anthony DeLuca; and Sam Morris. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, December 16 ............... 3273 Testimony of Wilbur LePage; Martin Levine; John Schickler; David Lichter; Albert Burrows; Seymour Butensky; and Kenneth John Way. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, December 17 ............... 3309 Statements of Irving Israel Galex; Harry Lipson; Seymour Janowsky; Harry M. Nachmais; Curtis Quinten Murphy; Martin Schmidt; and David Holtzman. Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, December 18 ............... 3349 Statements of Joseph John Oliveri; Philip Joseph Shapiro; Samuel Martin Segner; Joseph Linton Layne; and Harry William Levitties. Transfer of Occupation Currency Plates—Espionage Phase, October 19 ........................................................................................................... 3403 Testimony of William H. Taylor; and Alvin W. Hall. Transfer of Occupation Currency Plates—Espionage Phase, October 21 ........................................................................................................... 3425 Testimony of Elizabeth Bentley. Transfer of Occupation Currency Plates—Espionage Phase, November 10 ...................................................................................................... 3431 Statement of Walter F. Frese. Subversion and Espionage in Defense Establishments and Industry, November 12 ...................................................................................................... 3445 Testimony of Jean A. Arsenault; Sidney Friedlander; Theresa Mary Chiaro; Albert J. Bottisti; Anna Jegabbi; Emma Elizabeth Drake; Henry Daniel Hughes; Abden Francisco; Joseph Arthur Gebhardt; Emanuel Fernandez; Robert Pierson Northrup; Lawrence Leo Gebo; William J. Mastriani; Gordon Belgrave; Arthur Lee Owens; John Sardella; and Rudolph Rissland. Subversion and Espionage in Defense Establishments and Industry, November 13 ...................................................................................................... 3545 Testimony of Lillian Krummel; Dewey Franklin Brashear; Arthur George; Higeno Hermida; Paul F. Hacko; Alex Henry Klein; Harold S. Rollins; and John Starling Brooks. Subversion and Espionage in Defense Establishments and Industry, November 18 ...................................................................................................... 3585 Testimony of Karl T. Mabbskka; James John Walsh; Nathaniel Mills; Robert Goodwin; Henry Canning Archdeacon; Donald Herbert Morrill; Francis F. Peacock; William Richmond Wilder; Donald R. Finlayson; Theodore Pappas; George Homes; Alexander Gregory; Witoutos S. Bolys; Benjamin Alfred; and Witulad Pierarski. Transfer of the Ship ‘‘Greater Buffalo,’’ December 8 .................................. 3609 Testimony of Paul D. Page, Jr.; and George