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On July 31st 1948, [[Elizabeth Bentley]] told the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] that White had been involved in espionage activities on behalf of the [[Russia]] during [[World War II]].<ref> [http://foia.fbi.gov/silversm/silversm2b.pdf Elizabeth Bentely Deposition, FBI Silvermaster file, p. 27].</ref> Bentley said White's colleagues passed information to her from him.
On July 31st 1948, [[Elizabeth Bentley]] told the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] that White had been involved in espionage activities on behalf of the [[Russia]] during [[World War II]].<ref> [http://foia.fbi.gov/silversm/silversm2b.pdf Elizabeth Bentely Deposition, FBI Silvermaster file, p. 27].</ref> Bentley said White's colleagues passed information to her from him.
[[Whittaker Chambers]] subsequently testified on August 3rd of his association with White in the [[Communist]] underground secret apparatus up to 1938. <ref>[[#fn_2_back|Note (2):]]</cite> [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 his 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 3rd 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 his 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 14th 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 14th 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.