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ree a to : } will "Oo at once by denying it." ; , ; ws ry ' |, -here las been much whispering in both ae Administration and anti- j | d Administration circles that the Russian Secret Police has coples j of Kent'a photostatic copies of the cabies, or at least has their : ; texts, ' Before Kent's transfer from Moscow to London he “had been reproved by Russian authorities for his criticism of Soviet methods and Communism, and was & min who naturally would have been under survelllance by ths Soviet Secret Service in England. ae : . a ‘ 7 . The friends of Tyler Kent suggest that the Russian Secret Service might have procured the Churchili-Roseveit cables either photostatically or textually by entering Kent's room during his absence. It is also pos- sible that Russian spies procured the cables in the English court room + whan An @emer A nf the hho endo tan tho aniiles wan. awhithti+tnaA MAB a yg, Me Rk Va MA AO UO VA TOUS FOS OAL Lk le \ t fm qemengr Sree ne But the manner in which the Soviet Goverment gained possession of the cables is immaterial. Ths fact of such possession has been substan- tiated by Colonel A. 0. McGuire, an attorney, Southern Building, Washing- ton, D. ©. It puts the Soviet Government in a position to use the im- proper interchange betweon the now head of the British Government and the President of the United States in such manner and at such time as might bast suit the policy of Moscow. Widespread rumor has it that ‘Stalin used possession of these cables at Teheran to blaclknail Roosevelt yinto consenting to the Soviot absorption of Finland and other smi}l 8 european states, : . Ian Rose MacFarlane returned to America by plane in September, 1943, | 7 landing in Newfoundland and continuing to Nev York by With him on plane an oat was a free-lancs writer, John Brya wens usually known as Joh ryan, grandson of William Jennsnpoyoyan and son of our Minister to rk, Ruth Bryan Rhode. John Bryan“hod interested himself strongly in the Kent Case and the position of the Right Club men- bers in England, and had openly criticized both the British ond American . Governments. Ha had been imprisoned for six months in London and releas- od just in time to return on the plane with MacFarlane. He had been ex- pelicd from England with ton shillings and 4t was Mrs. Kent's money, fur- nished by MacFarlane, which brought him back to the United States. He took a room in Greenwich Village, New York City, and began discussing the Kent Case freely and with vehemence. On January @, 1944, he was. found dead in his room. The circumstances, as placed in the police re-- cords of the New York City Police, remin contradictory and mysterious. Since this incident -- or accidont -- MacFarlane has indicated a desire to disassociate himself from the case, or mention of the case, giving ‘as his reason a fear for the personal safety of Tyler Kent. NN : ‘ ? . : . . PA ete pets ammeter et a EE, ge RE LISA A ce During the week of July 4, 1944, Mrs, Kent received a letter from England transmitting information that her barrister, Mr. Maw, being 3- ware that British authorities might be considering the release of Tyler i) Kent from prison, had applied for 4 cancellation of the deportation or- , der which has stood over Kent's head since his imprisonment, Mr. Maw i stated his belief thot it would be unwise for Kent, for reasons of bodi- i iy safety, to ra-enter American jurisdiction or leave British jurisdic- ' tion until the government in the United States becomes more friendly to- i ward his client, ; -! - The details of this extraordinary affair in real life were whisper- ~ 15 ed to 4 larger and larger number of persons in the newspaper world, ‘ in Congress, and othor circles. Thoy remained unknown to the larg- oS er Amorican and British publics until June 15, 1644, when questioning and debate broke out in the- British House of Commons concerning the right of _ tho Government to continuc the imprisonment for four years without trial . of 4 member of tho British Parlioment, namely, Captain Archibald Ramsay. The some mmbers of Parliament, who had raised the question on the same floor back on November 11, 1941, participated. 8 time thero was 4 \ much greater response, Additionsl members from t three parties on the ‘ fleor of the House of Commons -- Laborite, Conser ive and Liberal -- . all participated. The same Home Ministor, HerbertAorrison, was quoestion- ed as to whether or not he was excecding his authérity in continuing to deprive Captain Ramsay of the privilege of representing his constituency in Parliament and to deprive that constituency of its representation ~.rely to cover an axchange of correspondence between the now head cf . . the British Empire and the head of a foroign state, which, however ir- \ . rogulor at tho time, could no longer be interpreted as having to be sup- \ ; pressed in the interests of Britain's war effort, \ r = t ; : H fhe (v4 SS — rer lS PSPSPS rere rinaabi mee et ne ree mi a te am