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100-1630 Bratinoro toe vere ala Tis Vin, .Hiss RUTH BEAN, mentioned heretoforo as being connected with the “Mongol Project, presontly resides in an apartnent at 619 Nowington Avenuc, Baltinore, According to T-1l, Mrs, LATTIHORS on Moy 16, 1949, inforned RUTH ‘Bra that FOTSR ONON and JOHN HANGIN should be at attornoy QUANDT's office at 2:00 P,li,, that day regarding an extension of their visas, On this occasion, Mrs, LATTIAORS nentioned that, according to QUANDT, the Immigration and Naturalization Sorvice authorities feel that the Living Budcha is an unidesira- ble resident as he has made statenents indicating he was not strongly cnough anti-Communist and thus they arc suspicious of hin, She stated trat she had told QUAND! that this is ridiculous; that this man is the Living Buddha and that the reason he is in the Unitcd States 1s beenuso he did not want to be in Nenking when the Cormunists cane in and that he had left Outer Honcolia in 1931, becouse of the Cormunists, ; Mrs, LATTINORE told RUTH S2AN that "we" have to be awfully careful thet tho two Mongols nake their position perfectly clear, that is, that thoy eculd not heave stoyed in Nenking after the Cormminists ennc and that they could not have left their fanilics there when tho Communists canc in, Thoreaftcr, . faccording to T-ll, the conversation of RUTH BEAN with Mrs, LATTINORS was sub- ‘gtantially as follows: RUTH Eeall; "Yell, that is soncthing that should have bdeon done in the press statcnents, but overyonoe was being so cagcy and refused to let anything: political be said," rs, LATTIMORS then stated that the Living Bucdha was being erecy and no one told hin what to say; that when the reporters asked hin what he thought of tho Communists, the Living Buddha said merely that he is a Llanea and docs not so in for politics or sonething to that effect, Hrs, LATTINOR stritol thet instead he should have stated definitely that he ran away fron the Communists, RUTH BSA; "The point is that in evory one of these noctings we have had with nowspaper people, an obvious attempt has been nade to keep from saying anything like that, Frankly, I would rather have them qualified as anti-Communists pub- licly ané take the danger to the Johns Hopkins Peyje School than tho other wry around," Mrs, LATTIMORE: "With theso two Mongols, I think thoy night as well lmow that —- and put it as strongly as thoy like and just tell the truth, They should say that they could not havo stayed —- 54 <—