| − | [[Whittaker Chambers]], a defector from Soviet intelligence and [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] award recipient, informed the [[FBI]] that [[Comintern]] operative [[John Herrmann]] reported to him Niles was involved in an inappropriate relationship with another Soviet agent as early as 1934.<ref>Herbert Romerstein and Eric Breindel, ''The Venona Secrets, Exposing Soviet Espionage and America’s Traitors,'' (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1997), p. 181. [http://books.google.com/books?id=mVpWH51F7toC&pg=PA181&dq=davis+niles%2Bromerstein%2Bhomosexual]</ref> | + | [[Whittaker Chambers]], a defector from Soviet intelligence and [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] award recipient, informed the [[FBI]] that [[Comintern]] operative [[John Herrmann]] reported to him Niles was involved in an inappropriate relationship with another Soviet agent as early as 1934.<ref>Herbert Romerstein and Eric Breindel, ''The Venona Secrets, Exposing Soviet Espionage and America’s Traitors,'' (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1997), p. 181. [https://books.google.com/books?id=mVpWH51F7toC&pg=PA181&dq=davis+niles%2Bromerstein%2Bhomosexual]</ref> |
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