| | That year, [[Comintern]] courier [[Whittaker Chambers]] told Assistant [[Secretary of State]] for Administration (in charge of security) Adolf Berle<ref>John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=pNwEyL1b6XQC Early Cold War Spies: The Espionage Trials That Shaped American Politics]'' (Cambridge University Press, 2006), ISBN 0521857384, p. 105</ref> of an underground apparatus of the [[Communist Party]] for employees of the [[Federal government]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] While [[Whittaker Chambers|Chambers]] talked, Berle took notes. Under the heading “Underground Espionage Agent,” he listed several identifications, including the following: | | That year, [[Comintern]] courier [[Whittaker Chambers]] told Assistant [[Secretary of State]] for Administration (in charge of security) Adolf Berle<ref>John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=pNwEyL1b6XQC Early Cold War Spies: The Espionage Trials That Shaped American Politics]'' (Cambridge University Press, 2006), ISBN 0521857384, p. 105</ref> of an underground apparatus of the [[Communist Party]] for employees of the [[Federal government]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] While [[Whittaker Chambers|Chambers]] talked, Berle took notes. Under the heading “Underground Espionage Agent,” he listed several identifications, including the following: |
| | His leader was [[Hede Massing|Hedda Gompertz]]<ref>[http://www.johnearlhaynes.org/page100.html Adolf Berle’s Notes on his Meeting with Whittaker Chambers], John Earl Haynes, Historical Writings</ref>}} | | His leader was [[Hede Massing|Hedda Gompertz]]<ref>[http://www.johnearlhaynes.org/page100.html Adolf Berle’s Notes on his Meeting with Whittaker Chambers], John Earl Haynes, Historical Writings</ref>}} |