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—-. nm a i a a oe a. Ce ed (. () _ t* WFO 121-13947 At this point Mra, UTIEY was questioned by Senator GREENE, : tome. ef Rhode Island, In response to Senator GREENE's question as to weather oe OVEN LATTIMORE was ever, according to her own personal knowledge, a * 1°. 1. Soviet Agent or a menber of the Comunist Party, Mrs. UTLEY rerlied pC the negative, adding, however, that in response to Senator GREENE's = we Pam second question, she personally observed very little difference between an actual Communist Party member and one who, like LATTIWORE, sonetetenthy”” followed the Commmist Party line. At this point Mra, UTLEY was questioned by Senator GREENE concerning her membership in the Communist Party several | -- years aco and stated that she had nevor taken any pledge of loyalty to --. Stalin on joining the Party, She further admitted that she vored on join- ing the Party to follow international Comunist Party doctrines and that — such determination at that time was probably not really consistent with hor loyalty to this country, Mree UFLFY stated generally that lying and -- cheating were common among members of the Communist Party and stated thet ghe finally left the Party when it became olear to > her that ae ¥eo would = haye to lie, sheat, oomit perjury, eto. sve Lae Senator GREENE then questioned Wess | Urey concerning her book * "China at War", which he maintained was published in 1952, but which she: insisted was published in 1958 or 1959, wherein, according to Senator GREENE, Mrs, UTLEY stated that the Chinese Communists had become radical in the 19th | Century sense of the word. In replying to Senator GRFENE's questioning as |. to whether parts of this book might not be interpreted as favorable to Russia and Comunisn, Mre,e UTLEY pointed out that her husband had been arrested in | 1987, without trial, in Ruseia and that her writings following that time .. r simply had to be at least not unfavorable { to Russia for fear of the oonsen. ie quences to her husband. . _ At this point Senator CREENE questioned urs. UTLEY concerning her relationship with COBURG (phonetic), the American China Policy Association (whose policy Mrs, UTLEY desoribed as being oonsistently pro-Chiang-Kal~ - - Shek), and the AMTORG, Mre, UTLEY alno advised that she had been a Consultant, for the China Supply Comission, Mrs, UTLEY stated thet she knew of the . Institute of Pacific Relations, and knew that COBURG (phonetic) was at one — time connected with the Institute of Pacific Relations, but stated that she . had never helped COBURG in his work for the Institute of Paoifie Relations . vec aeviee ome i: wee . At this point there “foLlowed a rather “lengthy session between | Mra, UTLEY and Senator GREENE, whioh attempted to demonstrate that both ..- Mre. UTLEY and LATTIMORE at times may have followed the Communist Party lina, | but that to brand LATTINORE a Communist on such basis would be as erroneous ‘ as to charge Ure, UTLEY with being a Communist on the same grounds, mesons | Senator TYDINGS, at this point, entered into the reoord a letter from Mr. DEMAREB BEST, of the Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -§8- H