PERJURY: THE HISS-CHAMBERS CASE

ARTICLE APPEARED THE NEW REPUBLIC Sector 2 P- ON PAGE 2 ),2 Approved For Reldade2835A0113 : CIA-RDP88-01350R000: . : - Books Considered BooksLonSiaeies; ~~~ Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case po Woxtheen, ToS by Allen Weinstein Cn oe) (Knopf; $15) « oy Hiss thereupon sued Chambers for result s this huge report—not 50 16s not another Drefur Casha | Hos heruren ssl SE | The eo ie Sore io supporto may toute | Wel As oh Sn TUE] od ver. dott Tha i Soh’ ve Chambers) for periury. There were two | yyy readers will read t for pleasure or Battle of Blenheim, in Southey's ver: | CAG Ce York. The first teal | UY, cvery word; but this book i sana es die | nied n'a hung jury (8 to & for | [CU f the Hiss Case it has been rer ond emer | oud tn Te re How cn a bout omicing Hot he ssend urd pedi eves ind nfo Hn 28 | “Why tha 1 cannol ll” sid hr. five years in prison. He actually served | eicy” . ut Yes fonts his” three years and eight month, Professor Weinstein, who never met — I Ri dc con isp t made » tremendous amour 28 C05 t his State Department pension, anc ety sympathetic character, but nd dd omen arate 101 Cod ay yd Shortt | vn ere ie: Ong Sumber of indidunis 0 wrecked the | SG TC STC Shiite | rm elf 8 small ues of the tuo amsgonits and hurt | 300 ICL RL SOOT en | 0 400 Ps exper His many mors t gave Tricky Dick Nisan | Sty 00 SM Ed | am and hi sits restored first leg up in his clamber to the Whe | RG ing to vindicate himself and | (0, Site of normal melancholy . | spit BA dep of on cary, it ern | "Cimber Tu a lb 8 Ter aod | DE, eimai rode is ver: | pee ow human race | ote 2 bestasling aucbiogriohy | ye to Chambers: e. be dies 1 small step forward fo the tn 55 | in, ch pe pay some of bi | Lc confusion that he had been or voversi result wastolesve heworlds | JA ES Tg his | ee ng homosecusl—a ( Ermine Seno Te beni psp ol others “maudlin prose.” Later he wrote I nation that Hisss lawyers | ery model of everything ATIOPE YOU | ving Notoa! Resiw, until a series of those dys Ramos EN Toa hs se aie | 0 BEE] LIL SE | evi ey ambitious, 2 darling of the Establih | il Ly una, in 1961, fished him, | 55 G0 TT a ewan n | Now the ce bo tuned in Fs Gi Tow findings Profesor ii re rod tooo Him He wan ln | BLL errand | Sn repons area pons tos meting fe USCA NS | ts iio crs kes a te Se Derr Sr her Cham | and most American liberals believe that | ict security staff thought Hiss had Ee maser Cha | een Bs a er Cm | med Fis ie | Ln ncn soe fom fan or | ne he ve |e Commun or, | Gomes ho worked 5 TL | ha i se Dn. | Sees Bridget where he made mare nares tn | ee he | Seer. epweent sa rey | fendi on | has been re-admitted to the Massachu- | ag Professor Weinstein reminds us, | murky with meladeamatic boon] sa | facts can be disregarded with impunity my wih donnie SE bn arn re | [dred i mp | ful shock for the newspapers When | con Jory Smith College, setto | public estimate of this case they often Chambers publicly accused Hiss of being | [1 (hoy uct midden of papers that | have been disregarded. “Almost from | Srmlenpiiccordiun siti wolonthovmrmiimorpren tt | Ro bo dps, “Ans fon Sndabetted Chambers inpassingconfid: the evidence, pried loose from the | ential government documents to Mos reluctant FBI much hitherto “classified” | Lad | material, and interviewed every key | _ wold se hi | fudpipbng spon ( Tr So ne on | co —— Approved For Release 2005/01/13 : CIA-RDP88-01350R000200230015-3  lei Approved For fe ASIII CIR Atha bissoroooz0z30016.3 2 iy simple moray le + To sods Scams lor may, an wile of fh | Tier ane Ups wd Rehard ( et | Covi bo gly of tepon Som of Soames dos nts, a Tot prin tive iid he The secur admitedin court tha be hale ad hd etm sp theses | ha simined ting 10 hs doy. 158 area undeand pope who 0 hey se armed some Fae eve dont avin of whieh a Sed ays moat 1 do what Goya om Bo expe tab | respected and venerated.” pee noe eves parily Chambres emt tok snd at heen close friends of the Hisses (denied by rem) and het ond Fi bod red eaeis i esting tat eres for he | Sew bur mtn by moti of Somat ben cago is oped on Hig permet ihe oy fond Hs iyo ery. The rer char of sponats, mpi in vein coud non be. sue Spy eth an bust te te | Himtatons md ques 10 hit hs done mor a leiice ( ube suppor fo Alger Hin” mvs Fefeser msn than the dagrce nd Sountal Reardon Hos fond el temtormed from» Syme of ecto to on of red Teraenee = Noa Ameria: aw conse Vas meni | boon mowing the eines dnd: Hein ht nconminee af fe Semonstouing Hid note.” Fefesns Wentin as corey ewido ik hh th re dene ch he FO ben forced to release can only underline the { into Ans Ftd dowels et epi dogs Whos completely ony Toe Chambres snfuhed Coin cur. “My hand 8 dec ens a reat man” 1 believe with | Tone Tt tht Camber ws 3 Hono hoor and hn “ie re Commies AnD Same smb es ter. in <i er orn rove 1 Wo 1s Roe mies seem 0 me sme ream . T. S. Matthews sngapgermmretioe) TET No Rp. vr dor of Tine ioe ochis bo Be AN rps ow | Approved For Release 2005/01/13 ; CIA-RDPBS-01350R000200230015-3