Senator FERGUSON. I will recognize your second reason, the fifth amendment. I will not require you to answer. Mr. MORRIS. Mr. Chairman, before I get too far away from it, I would like also to introduce into the record a letter dated January 16 Senator FERGUSON. I wanted to ask another question. While you were an intelligence officer of the United States, and entitled to classified information, I will ask you whether or not you were a member of the Communist Party? Mr. DEANE. I must decline to answer for the reasons cited above. Senator FERGUSON. I will not require you to repeat those reasons. They were just given. Mr. MORRIS. Mr. Mandel, would you identify this letter of January 16? Mr. MANDEL. This is an original letter on the letterhead of the Coordinator of Information, Washington, D. C., Radio News Division, dated January 16, 1942 to Mr. Edward C. Carter, signed Hugh Deane. Mr. MORRIS. Mr. Mandel, would you read that letter, please, into the record. Mr. MANDEL. The letter reads as follows: DEAR MR. CARTER, Thanks for your prompt reply. I plan to come to New York next Friday, January 23, and hope to have a chat with you. Here's the dope generally about our broadcasts. We have a staff of four, in Washington, a couple of more people in New York, and an office in San Francisco. In San Francisco our scripts are translated. We broadcast from KGEI in San Francisco. To Japan, the stuff goes in Japanese and English. To China, in Mandarin and Cantonese, not Shanghai as yet. Also English of course. Mr. BOUDIN. Are you suggesting that was not in every appropriation hearing? Mr. MORRIS. We are asking the witness if he was authorized to dispense that information. What is your answer, Mr. Deane? Mr. DEANE. To the best of my recollection, my dealings with the IPR were at the direction of my superiors. I was a rather minor official, and I didn't take it upon myself to inaugurate any such program. I wasn't authorized to send myself up to New York. The fact was that we had the task of broadcasting to Asia, and we wanted to get the cooperation of people who were experts in the field. Mr. MORRIS. Mr. Chairman, will that be admitted into the record? Senator FERGUSON. Yes, it will be received. (The document referred to was marked "Exhibit No. 446" and was read in full:) Mr. MANDEL (continuing): We are broadcasting only in short wave. But in a couple of weeks, we hope to start pumping the stuff in long wave. We get fairly complete reports from the FCC's monitoring service, and, of course, find them very useful. We are When in New York, I hope to get some good material from you. planning a series of broadcasts under the theme Unfinished Business-i. e., about Japan's unconcluded war in China. I want to get, therefore, some material on Wang Ching-wei, etc. Our office in Washington is at Twenty-fifth and E Streets NW. My telephone number is Executive 3300, extension 480. Will you please inform your colleagues of my impending visit? Sincerely yours, Mr. MORRIS. Thank you. Senator FERGUSON. Mr. Deane, did you not consider that the fact that we get fairly complete reports from the FCC monitoring service was a classified type of information at that time? Mr. DEANE. I have no recollection about the FCC monitoring service. Mr. MORRIS. Mr. Deane, is that your signature? That is an original letter. Senator FERGUSON. Do you not think information like that would be classified during a war, that they were monitoring certain broadcasts and you were getting the information? Mr. DEANE. The only relevant information I can give you, Mr. Chairman, is this: As I understand it, the Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service is now undertaking this job of monitoring foreign newscasts, and that the FBIS releases or makes available to private organizations and private persons, daily, the results of its monitoring a foreign broadcast. Senator FERGUSON. But when we were at war, did you not consider that that kind of information was classified information? Mr. DEANE. I have no recollection of my consideration of the question at all or of even the fact that we were getting FCC broadcasts. Mr. MORRIS. That is your signature, Mr. Deane? Mr. DEANE. Yes; that is my signature. Senator FERGUSON. Was IPR giving you help on these broadcasts? Mr. DEANE. Yes. We were trying to get more help from the IPR. Senator FERGUSON. Do you know who in the IPR was giving you help, so as to help you broadcast to the Pacific and China and Japan! Mr. DEANE. When I approached the institute I talked to quite a number of people in it, and I gathered from these letters that I approached Mr. Carter and Miss Farley, and some others. I don't recall the details now. Senator FERGUSON. Did your superiors know that you were getting information from the IPR? Mr. DEANE. Yes. Mr. MORRIS. And for the IPR? The Senator's question was from the IPR, and I add for the IPR. You see, you were supplying IPR with information here. Mr. BOUDIN. What information was being furnished? Mr. MORRIS. The letter itself is information, the second paragraph: Here's the dope generally about our broadcasts. We have a staff of four in Washington, a couple more people in New York, and an office in San Francisco. In San Francisco our scripts are translated. We broadcast from KGEI in San Francisco. To Japan, the stuff going in Japanese and English. To China, in Mandarin and Cantonese; not Shanghai as yet. Also English, of course. We are broadcasting only in short wave. But in a couple of weeks we hope to start pumping the stuff in long wave. Mr. MORRIS. Mr. Deane, have you been a consultant with the Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy? Mr. DEANE. I will decline to answer for the reasons which I have stated earlier in the testimony. Mr. MORRIS. And that is? Senator FERGUSON. The fifth amendment, if that is what you mean; is that correct? Mr. MORRIS. The fifth, not the first? Mr. DEANE. I will simply refer to my previous answer. Senator FERGUSON. You may ask the next question. Mr. MORRIS. Mr. Chairman, I would like to have introduced into the record the Far East Spotlight, March 1949, or at least the index of that volume. It shows that Mr. Deane was in fact a contributor to the Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy. May the whole page in its entirety go into the record? (The document referred to was marked "Exhibit No. 447," and is as follows:) Editor Elsie Cholmeley Editorial Committee Bernard Seeman Elizabeth Selsbee Ilona Ralf Sues EXHIBIT NO. 447 FAR EAST SPOTLIGHT A monthly report on U. S. Policy and internal events in China, Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy 111 West 42nd Street New York 18, N. Y. Subscriptions, $2 a year in the U. S. and Canada. $3 a year abroad: single copies 20 cents. OFFICERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FAR EASTERN POLICY: Maud Russell, Executive Director Philip O. Keeney, Treasurer The Editor will consider manuscripts submitted, but assumes Mr. MORRIS. Have you ever been a correspondent for the Allied Labor News? Mr. DEANE. Yes, I have. Mr. MORRIS. And for what other syndicates? Mr. DEANE. Tele-Press. Mr. MORRIS. When did you become a correspondent for Allied La bor News and Tele-Press? Mr. DEANE. The summer of 1946. Mr. MORRIS. And where did you carry out your assignments? Mr. MORRIS. Were you a fully accredited correspondent at SCAP headquarters? Mr. DEANE. Yes, I was. Mr. MORRIS. Did you have any difficulty at SCAP headquarters? Mr. DEANE. Yes; I had some difficulty at SCAP headquarters, like most of my colleagues. Senator FERGUSON. When you were at SCAP headquarters, I will ask you whether or not you were a member of the Communist Party! Mr. DEANE. I must decline to answer for the same reasons which I have given before, Mr. Chairman. Mr. MORRIS. Mr. Deane, did you ever have a by-line article in the Daily Worker? Mr. DEANE. Yes, I believe I did. My articles to Allied Labor News were distributed to some 150 or more clients, of whom the Daily Worker was 1. Mr. MORRIS. Was the Allied Labor News in the habit of dispensing articles to the Daily Worker? Mr. DEANE. Since the Daily Worker subscribed to Allied Labor News, it received everything that Allied Labor News distributed. Mr. MORRIS. And by arrangement with the Daily Worker, was it enabled to take an article of yours, written under the auspices of the Allied Labor News, and put it into the Daily Worker with your by-line? Mr. DEANE. Yes, it was. Mr. MORRIS. Did you find that an objectionable fact? Mr. DEANE. I had no objection. Mr. MORRIS. Were you a member of the staff of the China Monthly Review? Mr. DEANE. I am listed as a contributing editor to the China Monthly Review. Mr. MORRIS. As of today? Mr. DEANE. As of today. Mr. MORRIS. Where is that now published? Mr. DEANE. That magazine is published in Shanghai, China. Mr. MORRIS. In Communist China? Mr. DEANE. Yes. Mr. MORRIS. Under Communist auspices? Mr. DEANE. Yes. Senator FERGUSON. Would you consider that a Communist magazine? Mr. DEANE. I will decline to characterize it for the reasons I have stated above. Senator FERGUSON. That is, the fifth amendment and the first amendment. I will recognize it for the fifth amendment. Mr. MORRIS. Have you been a correspondent for the China Weekly Review? Mr. DEANE. The China Weekly Review is the predecessor of the China Monthly Review, and I have written for the China Weekly Review for approximately 10 or 12 years. Senator FERGUSON. Are you an expert on the Far East? Mr. DEANE. I write on the Far East on the basis of considerable background and with considerable care to the facts. Senator FERGUSON. Have you ever written under an alias? Senator FERGUSON. Always your own name? Mr. DEANE. Yes. Mr. MORRIS. Have you been a contributor to the Far Eastern Survey? That is the publication of the IPR. Mr. DEANE. Yes. As I explained earlier, I wrote one piece for the Far East Survey, from which I requested that my name be deleted. My name was printed as a footnote, saying that I had contributed material to the article. This was the article about the Chinese Industrial Cooperatives. Mr. MORRIS. Have you ever contributed to Pacific Affairs? Mr. DEANE. No, I haven't. Mr. MORRIS. Mr. Chairman, I have no more questions at this moment. Senator FERGUSON. That is all. Mr. MORRIS. Mr. Keeney. TESTIMONY OF PHILIP O. KEENEY, NEW YORK CITY, ACCOMPANIED BY SARAM AMERLING, ESQ., NEW YORK CITY Senator FERGUSON. Mr. Keeney, you have been sworn. State your full name and address. Mr. KEENEY. Philip O. Keeney, 41 King Street, New York City. Senator FERGUSON. And your last occupation? Mr. KEENEY. My last occupation was with the War Department in Japan. Senator FERGUSON. When did you quit that occupation? Mr. KEENEY. May 1947. Senator FERGUSON. You are the husband of the lady who testified here previously, Mary Jane? Mr. KEENEY. Yes, I am. Senator FERGUSON. That is, Mary Jane Keeney? Mr. KEENEY. That is right. Mr. MORRIS. Mr. Keeney, were you the principal speaker at a luncheon held under the auspices of the Institute of Pacific Relations on the fourth floor at Seventeenth and K Streets NW, in Washington, D. C.? Mr. KEENEY. I decline to to answer that question on the reasons given in the fifth amendment, of self-incrimination. Mr. MORRIS. You understand the question is were you the speaker at a luncheon held under the auspices of the IPR? Mr. KEENEY. Yes; I understand the question. Mr. MORRIS. Mr. Chairman, I would like Mr. Mandel to identify this document and read that one paragraph, and have it read into the record. Mr. MANDEL. This is a photostat of a document from the files of the Institute of Pacific Relations, on the letterhead of American Institute of Pacific Relations. There is no date. It reads as follows: EXHIBIT No. 448 You are cordially invited to attend the IPR luncheon Wednesday, December 11, 12:30 p. m., fourth floor dining room, YWCA, Seventeenth and K. Streets NW. Speakers will be Martin Bennett, industrial engineer, who was special assistant to Mr. Pauley, member of the first reparations mission to Japan and chief of staff of the second mission to Manchuria. Mr. Bennett will talk on the Pauley reparations report on Japan, which was recently presented to the President. 88348-52-pt. 8-21 |