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'''Lauchlin Currie'''

'''Lauchlin Currie'''

[[White House]] adviser and [[KGB]] agent [[Lauchlin Currie]] likewise was unalterably opposed to an American agreement with Japan because it could result in a breakdown of efforts to maintain a [[united front]].<ref>Memorandum by Lauchlin Currie to President Roosevelt, September 13, 1941.</ref> The British attitude was generally affirmative with regards to Konoe’s offer. Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador in Tokyo, was "firmly of the opinion…it would be a foolish policy if this superb opportunity is permitted to slip by assuming an unduly suspicious attitude." <ref>The Japanese Foreign Office to Ambassador Nomura. October 3, l94l, Pearl Harbor Attack, Part l2, p. 5l.</ref>  Craigie stated to the British Foreign Office "Time suitable for real peace with Japan. Hope this time American cynicism will not be allowed to interfere with realistic statesmanship." <ref>[[Owen Lattimore]], American Political Advisor to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, to Mr. Lauchlin Currie, Administrative Assistant to President Roosevelt, November 2, 194l, Foreign Relations, 1941, V, p. 747.</ref>

[[White House]] adviser and [[KGB]] agent [[Lauchlin Currie]] likewise was unalterably opposed to an American agreement with Japan because it could result in a breakdown of efforts to maintain a [[united front]].<ref>Memorandum by Lauchlin Currie to President Roosevelt, September 13, 1941.</ref> The British attitude was generally affirmative with regards to Konoe's offer. Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador in Tokyo, was "firmly of the opinion…it would be a foolish policy if this superb opportunity is permitted to slip by assuming an unduly suspicious attitude." <ref>The Japanese Foreign Office to Ambassador Nomura. October 3, l94l, Pearl Harbor Attack, Part l2, p. 5l.</ref>  Craigie stated to the British Foreign Office "Time suitable for real peace with Japan. Hope this time American cynicism will not be allowed to interfere with realistic statesmanship." <ref>[[Owen Lattimore]], American Political Advisor to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, to Mr. Lauchlin Currie, Administrative Assistant to President Roosevelt, November 2, 194l, Foreign Relations, 1941, V, p. 747.</ref>

'''The Sorge ring'''

'''The Sorge ring'''

On July 31, 1948, [[Elizabeth Bentley]] told the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] that White had been involved in espionage activities on behalf of the [[Soviet Union]] during [[World War II]].<ref>[http://foia.fbi.gov/silversm/silversm2b.pdf Elizabeth Bentley Deposition, FBI Silvermaster file, p. 27].</ref> Bentley said she received information passed information to her from him.  

On July 31, 1948, [[Elizabeth Bentley]] told the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] that White had been involved in espionage activities on behalf of the [[Soviet Union]] during [[World War II]].<ref>[http://foia.fbi.gov/silversm/silversm2b.pdf Elizabeth Bentley Deposition, FBI Silvermaster file, p. 27].</ref> Bentley said she received information passed information to her from him.  

[[Whittaker Chambers]] subsequently testified on August 3 of his association with White in the [[Communist]] underground secret apparatus up to 1938.<ref>[http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hiss/8-3testimony.html Testimony of Whittaker Chambers before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (August 3, 1948)].</ref> FBI laboratories established a highly confidential handwritten memorandum provided to Chambers in 1938 was White's handwriting. Bentley said White’s colleagues had passed information to her from him and accused White of providing stolen U.S. currency plates to the Soviet Union. The plates were used to print unlimited amounts of occupation currency in the eastern zone of postwar Germany precipitating the [[Berlin Blockade|Berlin Crisis]].  

[[Whittaker Chambers]] subsequently testified on August 3 of his association with White in the [[Communist]] underground secret apparatus up to 1938.<ref>[http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hiss/8-3testimony.html Testimony of Whittaker Chambers before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (August 3, 1948)].</ref> FBI laboratories established a highly confidential handwritten memorandum provided to Chambers in 1938 was White's handwriting. Bentley said White's colleagues had passed information to her from him and accused White of providing stolen U.S. currency plates to the Soviet Union. The plates were used to print unlimited amounts of occupation currency in the eastern zone of postwar Germany precipitating the [[Berlin Blockade|Berlin Crisis]].  

On August 14, 1948, Harry Dexter White appeared before the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] to defend his reputation. White, though recovering from a series of heart attacks, stoutly proclaimed his lifelong commitment to the principles of democracy and the ideals of Roosevelt's New Deal. He died of a heart attack three days later.

On August 14, 1948, Harry Dexter White appeared before the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] to defend his reputation. White, though recovering from a series of heart attacks, stoutly proclaimed his lifelong commitment to the principles of democracy and the ideals of Roosevelt's New Deal. He died of a heart attack three days later.