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Before he covld answer the Counsel's question about a particular section of the article appear'ng on these paces, Senator HICKENLOOPER requested that the Chairman grant the privilege to other members of the Committee to exanine the document before it was read into the Record. Much discussion took place on - this particular issue, After agreement was made that the article would be - introduced into the record, BUDENZ then stated that the 22 page draft was one . of several drafts which he’ had prepared on the article which he had subaitted © to Colliers. BUDENZ mentioned that he believed that this draft was om which _ he had prepared sanetime in 1949. He stated that the preparation of the article "dracged along" unnecessarily. He identified the draft as the first | ¥ i a ~ draft which he had left with Colliers. are a es Pen ~ raw, Ur. MORGAN then asked ‘BUDENZ if he had had 1 a conversation with LEONARD PARIS (phonetic) of Colliers relative to this article. He stated that he had. He was asked if it was a stenographic transcribed conversations He stated oe that he was not certain, Yi, HORGAN then read fron a document which appeared to contain questions and answers that occurred during the conversation between BUDENZ and PARIS con cerning the article which Colliers was to publish, — In brief, the questions which Wr, MORGAN read and asked BUDENZ to exnlain concerned the manner of expression relative to certain statements which appeared in the draft which BYDENZ had submitted to Colliers lagazine. "poner, in explaining the reasons for his believing that LATTINORE 9 was . connected with the Party, stated that onion skin do nis whi re prepared at the instruction of thea Politburo bore the initi i" onee These initials BUDSZ stated, were said by ltr. FIZLD to indicate that they were to be identified s LATTDCRE's. BUDSIZ was asked how he knew this and he replied that JACK . STACHEL had many times told him that the initial "L" meant LATTIMORE, ‘ BUD=HZ then referred to a meeting which was called by BRODER, at which policy was discussed. He mentioned that this meeting was in 1943. He stated that in addition to BRODER, the following attended: STAC-EL, FIELD, BROWER. He stated that PH2 ATYE might also have been present at that meeting but that if he were present, he was only passably active. At this meeting, BUDENZ stated © that LATTE O2E's name was mentioned when FIELD discussed that there was a change of attitude as far as the Party was concerned towards CHIANG KAI-SHEK. BUDEZ | stated that BRCVDER did not seem surprised by FIELD's announcement. He stated = - that it was indicated at that tine that an article should be written eo reflectire the new position and he said that on article did appear in the magazine, "Pacific Affaire", He stated that the substance of this article reflected that Na*ionalist China was feudal China; tat Red China was Democratic China, oz =. ~ ae a ae Coie Po A baat < ‘og ad teed ae me