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— ‘ "al FB shemoranduin tio’ Diractor 5. Edgar Hoover. “The. memofandurii. at sought ‘to explain. iwliy. the- FBI He Y not ‘established: ‘Hiss’ association 4 the - Houge Uisamerican Aetivi Cominittee, . fo. _ Allegations. M ade mo - The memorandum ‘noted: that” thé alget FBI began. one investigation of Hiss. . et _ of ‘Noy. 30;. 194 ; in tesponsé, to-alle- ~ gations: by Elizabeth, Bentley;: a: for: mer Communist. informant for’ the “phi ‘usual jnvestigative techni: ‘ques, “iheltiditig physical sutveillatice’ “Hot and" ‘technical suéveillances; - ; pursued: uiitil Alger Hiss. aiid.“his* ‘amily left Washingtoti,.D; GC, Tok. New ~ Work City on- Sept. 13, 1947;! the: meni is. randum. stated., (Hiss left his. State Departimint "post, where he directed: ‘the office: résponsible for ptoposing the United. ! : States’ United: Nations.policiés, to-be-’ ‘cond. president -of :the Carnegie Ene “dowment’ for International: Peace:). The term:-“‘techinical. suéveillances””. has: long. Been used. in FBI memofran- dums to refer-to- wiretaps. or bugs:. Hiss explained-his. basis: oz. believ=} ing: that he. Had: been. ‘wiretapped: in: his book “In the Court of Public ‘Opinion,” published: after he. Served 44 months: int ‘prigon:: + a” One ‘Conversation He wrote that an FBI. agent, séek: 'ige: support for Chambers” charges] “had told Willian Marbury, imy: Bal ; i nore attérriey, that thé buréait hd file drawers’ of transcripts: “OF may telft Ahnne . conversations. . for years.- 'Chathbers, which: was: disclosed’ by. ‘did: ‘not indicaté whether: ‘the- FBLA ~ taker withdut my. Kiovledge . ied plain. iinplica: “Y5 could: recall: racine ly one. > conyers sation: with an. FBI agent regarding ‘he-} had: no, independent. recol: ‘passed: ~ -, - Weitistein, said the: FBI reference to ; the wiretapping, dealt. only with’. . wiiethet Hiss was. aequairited with: or: . several: years, after’ y Broke: off “contacts” The documents, ““condireted; subseqient electronic’ sur-\” “véillance: oF Hiss,,, Witetapping: that ‘, This. “could be claimed’ to have tainted “ itt tapping failed to . “ 7 eluded. the'first releasé-of FBI intér-” Hiss. and: that Hiss: ‘had.been présent. . of. the agent’s- discussing: ‘the. 3. but, noted: that neatly’ 30° ‘Phe -documetits: also inéluded: af” “enormous amount of material, on: the. i ‘séaitch: for the: (Hiss): typewriter;* a. ay ics have alleged, the typewviiter. eit id__-derice. wa’. concocted, ‘The FBI, ai conviction. ; Weiristéiii: ‘ gaid: ‘the: ‘inlatérial it. views. “with adthitted: Comniunist | spies. who: -told of . récéiving. docti- ments from-Chambers. This provided strength. for thé va- - lidity of-Chamibers? ‘stdternent that he . as a.major-couriet for the Cominu- jist ‘underground, an, assertion’ that “ ome. ‘Hiss supporters have térmed’ a abrication; Weitistein: said: ae i “key” élément’ in. the. ‘proséevtion’s case, Weiristein said, If; as-somie-cyits | wasted ‘a lot of: time: Chasing aro _the: country,” he said. ie a 103680