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+ . letter to Director, FBI ~4w April 27, 1950 a f ALLEGATIONS OF SENATOR MoCARTHY ae LGB In furtherance of this line of questioning, BRODER also refused | ys - to state whether or.not. OWEN LATTIMORE was in attendance at the “meeting ys pe previously referred to. With regard to JAFFE, however, he “finally did of oe Banit under questioning that he had met J Communist Pa Party meeting yg Fn in New York city. ee oe eee eT With regard to Nperers, BROWER characterized him as a minor | ,functionary in the Party and stated he had not seen him in the Party circies | for the past few years, He denied that he had ever requested PETERS to ' j obtain espionage information for him and also denied he had received infor- mation from PETERS to engage in espionage activities. He denied he had ever received instructions from anyone to engage in the gathering of con- fidential information contrary to the best interests of the United States. Senator HICKENLOOPER then referred to the previous testimony of BROWDAR concerning his visit to China in 1927 and 1928, In answer to questioning, BROWDER stated that at the time he ras Secretary of the Kansas City Trade Union and that while in China during that period he worked very closely with the Chinese Communists. He also stated in response to questioning that during the perlod from 1921 to present, he had made about eighteen or twenty trips out of the United States. When asked if he had ever declared his official connection with the Communist Party when re-entering this country from these various trips abroad, BROWDER stated he had not and he was not aware of any such requirement. el eT a ce ener cet When questioned concerning ELIZABETH TERRIDNENTIEY, BROWDER stated that he knew her but did not know her as a Communist, only as a secretary and employee. He claimed not to have any knowledge that she | attended any policy meetings of the Communist Party and that to the best of his knowledge, she had never received any espionage assignments or furnished to him any information of a security nature. He further admitted - | that he knew JACOB‘QGOLOS, now deceased, and denied that he had been present _ at any mooting where Soviet representatives: conferred with GOL0S or readll . gout Me en ! ae Regarding his trip to Russia in 1946 after bis ‘expulsion from the Communist Party, USA, BROWDER stated in answer to a question by Senator HICKENLOOPER that he "had had a conference with\ycLOTOV during his stay in Moscow. Ha denied that he had been in contact, however, with any leaders of the Communist Party in Moscow as such, claiming that he had only seen MOLOTOV and another individual whose name sounded LUKE LESOWSET » He claimed AVR RE reigns erent MO rae RPI RET RE Eg Re ST aa a ee FRET mes ee wee