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'''John Theodore Herrmann''' was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1900. He lived in Paris in the 1920s, part of the famous expatriate American writers' circle there, when he met his first wife Josephine Herbst. Josephine is enjoyed more success as a writer than her husband. The couple lived a few years in rural Pennsylvania, and were friends with [[Katherine Anne Porter]], who had lived in Mexico for a time in the 1920s. They divorced in the early 1930s, and he went to work for the [[New Deal]] administration of [[Franklin Roosevelt]] in 1934. He became part of the [[Ware group]], a Washington D.C. based secret apparatus of the [[CPUSA]] and [[Comintern]] which supplied classified information to Soviet intelligence. Hermann worked within the [[Agricultural Adjustment Administration]].
'''John Theodore Herrmann''' was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1900. He lived in Paris in the 1920s, part of the famous expatriate American writers' circle there, when he met his first wife Josephine Herbst. Josephine is enjoyed more success as a writer than her husband. The couple lived a few years in rural Pennsylvania, and were friends with [[Katherine Anne Porter]], who had lived in Mexico for a time in the 1920s. They divorced in the early 1930s, and he went to work for the [[New Deal]] administration of [[Franklin Roosevelt]] in 1934. He became part of the [[Ware group]], a Washington D.C. based secret apparatus of the [[CPUSA]] and [[Comintern]] and functioned as a courier to carry classified information to Soviet intelligence. Hermann worked within the [[Agricultural Adjustment Administration]].
From early 1934 until the summer of 1935 Herrmann was a paid courier for the CPUSA whose job was to deliver to New York material emanating from the secret cells of sympathetic government employees being cultivated by Hal Ware. Herrmann introduced [[Whittaker Chambers]] to [[Alger Hiss]].
From early 1934 until the summer of 1935 Herrmann was a paid courier for the CPUSA whose job was to deliver to New York material emanating from the secret cells of sympathetic government employees being cultivated by Hal Ware. Herrmann introduced [[Whittaker Chambers]] to [[Alger Hiss]].