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P SECRET-u) NAV WF0 65-5044 The 2/2l/48 issue of the Washington Times Herald newspaper on Page Two, in an article which concerned CuRRIE, in June, 1945. ) UL In January, 1942, COE was appointed as Executive Secretary with the Board of Economic Warfare (later known as. the Foreign Economic Administration).0n 2/16/45 c0E was' appointed as Director of the Monetary Research Division, Treasury Department, from the position of Assistant Director, 'Qffice On 6/20/34 wHiTE was appointed as an Economic Director of Monetary Research. In the early 1940's wHITE In January 1945, wHiTE was appointed "Assistant Secretary" of Treasury. w al interpretation of the 8/3l/44 information from ould probably result in "Page" being b3 identified as whiTe, the latter being "yirtually" the head b7E of the Treasury Department. However, wHiTE, according to the Source, was known under the following cover.names: 4/29/44: 8/4,5/44: 9/2/44: "Richard" 9/7/44: "Lawyer" 10/1/44: "Richard" 1/20/44: "Richard" Since the cover name "page" was first used 6/24/44 and 1ast used 10/14/44, and these dates are encompassed by the dates of uses of the above cover names for whiTe, it appears unlikely that "page" could be an additional cover name for whiTE. The Source information dated 1/18/45 includes references to both "Ruble" and "Richard". Inasmuch as the cover names "Ruble" and "page" are considered cover names for GLAssER, the fact that "Ruble" and "Richard" are mentioned in the same message would absolutely preclude the possihlity. No new informatian bearing on this matter has come to the attention of the WFo with the exception of the Source information on 2/25/45 to the effect that there was some - 7 - T&P SECRET10) Kisseloff-81986