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a ee ie pa een oR erm ng OSU ee A EIA Sram se ES _ np ler sere: J 2 NY 100-94061 shaken in his faith in Russia. He dees not recall having discussed the Russian attack on Finland with LATTIVOR®, but states that at a later date when he charged LATTE‘CR® with being pro-Soviet, LiTITiORE cited the fact that he had denounced Buss’an aggression accinst Finland and had made some public pronounce— ment or put himself on record in some way in this regard. Informant was unable - to ceive any information as to the possible lecation of such a statement on ~ public record, Informant continued that after the invasion of Russia by the Gaman Army in 1941, whatever doubts LATIIMORE had were apparently dissipated and he again adopted a consistent pro-Scvict attitude, Informant described _ the period in #usso-American relations following the «ussian entry into the var as "a honeyicon period” and felt thet it was undoultedly due to this that LATT2ORS was recommended to the Chinese Nationalist Government by the American Government to act as personal advisor to CHIANG KAI-SHER. Subsequently he became head of the Far East Division of the Office of War Information at San Frm cisco and in 1944 accompanied former Vice Fresident FED NLLACE on a trip to Russia, Siberia and Mongolia, , Inforsant stated that he had heard frou an official who replacad LATTIIORE as head of OWT at Jan Francisos that LATTHIORE had "loaded" the staff of O'I at San Francisco with Communist sympu.thizers and that there had deen a good deal of difficulty weeding then out. ve According to infommant, when LATTLAOHE returned from his trip to Russia and HKongolia with HENRY wALLACE, his attitude had stiffened to the extent that he would suffer no criticisn of Soviet policies and broke off his personal relationship with the informant because the informant md a decided anti-Soviet feeling, He recalled that shortly after his return fron the WALLACE trip, LATS RIOR cave a lecture at Columbia University on conditions in Japan in which he adopted the tomuunist dine thet the United Stetes Ind no real interest in Jéran fron an economic or military viewpoint and should get out as soon as possible, It wes vbuut this tine tint informant, in a conversation with LAT Eivic, stronzly attecked whet he considered to be the consistent Conmunist vierpoint of vio PH Paes, former editor of "The Compass", at which time LATILACN: became quite angry anu said he would not countenznce criticism of his close friends, - 7 On the last occasion when informant hod personal contact with LATITNONE, LAT? EZORE was enployed at dolins Hopkins University at saltimore.