Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 17

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_f 4 a se Sravesne emma tan, 0 Office Memorandum e UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Alles a TO 2 L. VY. Boardma DATE: January 23, ass aka i Pa pis’. ~ re CC: Mr. Branigan 1956 — Belwon f ; Mr. Belmont pray om sf A. H. Bezmo ir. Boardman JUNE Parsoos a : bX. Mr. Nichols sore susyecr: 9 ADAM Vow TROTT. woSee” Qe Py pf Tele Room ESPIONAGE - GERMANY (MORGENTHAU PAPERS) Jue Qs Helloms A memorandun from Mr. Nichole to Mr. Toison 1/18/56 reflects that Senator Eastland inquired whether the Bureau would object to the Committee putting into the record, in connection with the Morgenthau Papers, information developed by the FBI to show that a spy visited the United States and ended up by calling on Supreme Court Justice Frankfurter, and that the Senator stated his recollection of the teatdont was that there was quite a hassle which devéloped and resulted in Justice Frankfurter and Mrs. Roosevelt being critical lof the Director. On 1/19/56 Senator Eastland identified the “spy” as Adam Von Trott and mentioned that a communication was sent to Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau on 12/16/39 concerning Von Trott; that Allen Dulles had identified Von Trott as a member of the Communist Party, ,and that Von Trott was ostensibly in the United States to attend . 926. ny erence of the Institute of Pacific Relations {IPR) in November, 939. The Director comnented, "I will want to know more re tris.” f Bufile 65-5938 reflects that we instituted an investigation of Adam Von Trott on 10/10/39 after Secretary of the Treasury | Hergentnaw contacted former Assistant to the Director, B.A. Tamm and: loduvised him that Von Trott called on Justice FelixTrankfurter in - ie ‘ashington, D. C.s that Justice Frankfurter had reported the results oy his conversation with Von Trott to Secretary Morgenthau and the President and that it appeared that Von Trott, while ostensibly in the United States to attend a meeting of the Institute of Pacific kelations, jitwas actually sent to the United States to contact five persons in the |Suerthrow of Dr. Schott (probably Hjalmar Schact) who desired to he: overthrow the Hitler Government. The details of Von Trott's interview ustice Frankfurter were not made available to us but tt was . soted that the five persons to be contacted by Von Trott did not : - ea Nie plan to contact them. med RECORDED - 8) as ircelosure . ENED - or 6S—-Z9IGG- 202 65-5938 a aa te an “Le n ; 13° JAN 31 1956 : qi ~ » aff Fe . Pe hd ran oe % . wd ik “ . ‘eee

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Sravesne emma tan, 0

Office Memorandum e UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Alles a
TO 2 L. VY. Boardma DATE: January 23, ass aka

Pa pis’.

~ re CC: Mr. Branigan 1956 — Belwon
f ; Mr. Belmont pray
om sf A. H. Bezmo ir. Boardman JUNE Parsoos
a : bX. Mr. Nichols sore
susyecr: 9 ADAM Vow TROTT. woSee” Qe Py pf Tele Room
ESPIONAGE - GERMANY (MORGENTHAU PAPERS) Jue Qs Helloms

A memorandun from Mr. Nichole to Mr. Toison 1/18/56 reflects
that Senator Eastland inquired whether the Bureau would object to the
Committee putting into the record, in connection with the Morgenthau
Papers, information developed by the FBI to show that a spy visited

the United States and ended up by calling on Supreme Court Justice

Frankfurter, and that the Senator stated his recollection of the
teatdont was that there was quite a hassle which devéloped and
resulted in Justice Frankfurter and Mrs. Roosevelt being critical

lof the Director. On 1/19/56 Senator Eastland identified the “spy”

as Adam Von Trott and mentioned that a communication was sent to
Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau on 12/16/39 concerning Von Trott;

that Allen Dulles had identified Von Trott as a member of the Communist
Party, ,and that Von Trott was ostensibly in the United States to attend

. 926. ny erence of the Institute of Pacific Relations {IPR) in November,

939.
The Director comnented, "I will want to know more re
tris.”
f

Bufile 65-5938 reflects that we instituted an investigation

of Adam Von Trott on 10/10/39 after Secretary of the Treasury

| Hergentnaw contacted former Assistant to the Director, B.A. Tamm and:

loduvised him that Von Trott called on Justice FelixTrankfurter in -

ie ‘ashington, D. C.s that Justice Frankfurter had reported the results

oy his conversation with Von Trott to Secretary Morgenthau and the

President and that it appeared that Von Trott, while ostensibly in the

United States to attend a meeting of the Institute of Pacific kelations,

jitwas actually sent to the United States to contact five persons in the

|Suerthrow of Dr. Schott (probably Hjalmar Schact) who desired to

he: overthrow the Hitler Government. The details of Von Trott's interview
ustice Frankfurter were not made available to us but tt was

. soted that the five persons to be contacted by Von Trott did not

: - ea Nie plan to contact them.

med RECORDED - 8) as

ircelosure . ENED - or 6S—-Z9IGG- 202

65-5938 a aa
te an “Le n ; 13° JAN 31 1956 : qi ~

» aff Fe
. Pe hd

ran oe % .
wd ik “ . ‘eee