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On June 6 1945, 6 persons, including three U.S. government officials, were arrested on conspiracy and espionage charges related to possession of roughly 1000 stolen classified Government documents in the offices of ''[[Amerasia]]'' magazine.  ''Amerasia'' had published classified materials verbatim from the United States wartime intelligence service, the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS). FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover believed he had an "airtight case," and Justice Department officials were ready to prosecute.  [[Thomas Corcoran]] (Tommy the Cork), a former [[Franklin Roosevelt]] personal adviser who lived in the [[White House]] at the President's side and afterward became a prominent Washington lawyer and fixer, worked with the Truman administration to cover up the case.  Soviet agent [[Duncan Lee]], counsel to OSS head General William Donovan, was the highest ranking [[KGB]] operative among nearly two dozen known Soviet agents who penetrated the OSS, worked in Corcoran's Washington law firm. <ref>FBI Silvermaster file [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster092.pdf Vol. 92, pgs. 20 - 21] pdf, January 26, 1947. Biographical details and extended wrap-up on Duncan C. Lee, formerly of OSS, [[Elizabeth Bentley]]'s allegations concerning him, his contacts with [[Donald Wheeler]] and [[Mary Price]], and his employment by the law firm of President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] adviser [[Thomas Corcoran]]. </ref>

On June 6 1945, 6 persons, including three U.S. government officials, were arrested on conspiracy and espionage charges related to possession of roughly 1000 stolen classified Government documents in the offices of ''[[Amerasia]]'' magazine.  ''Amerasia'' had published classified materials verbatim from the United States wartime intelligence service, the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS). FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover believed he had an "airtight case," and Justice Department officials were ready to prosecute.  [[Thomas Corcoran]] (Tommy the Cork), a former [[Franklin Roosevelt]] personal adviser who lived in the [[White House]] at the President's side and afterward became a prominent Washington lawyer and fixer, worked with the Truman administration to cover up the case.  Soviet agent [[Duncan Lee]], counsel to OSS head General William Donovan, was the highest ranking [[KGB]] operative among nearly two dozen known Soviet agents who penetrated the OSS, worked in Corcoran's Washington law firm. <ref>FBI Silvermaster file [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster092.pdf Vol. 92, pgs. 20 - 21] pdf, January 26, 1947. Biographical details and extended wrap-up on Duncan C. Lee, formerly of OSS, [[Elizabeth Bentley]]'s allegations concerning him, his contacts with [[Donald Wheeler]] and [[Mary Price]], and his employment by the law firm of President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] adviser [[Thomas Corcoran]]. </ref>

A transmission from [[Soviet Military Intelligence]] (GRU) agents in New York<ref>Venona 927-928 GRU New York to Moscow, June 16, 1943,

A transmission from [[Soviet Military Intelligence]] (GRU) agents in New York on June 16, 1943 to Moscow read,

[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/16_June_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif pg. 1][http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/16_June_1943_R4_m1_p2.gif pg. 2]; see also June 17, 1943 and June 24, 1943.</ref> on June 16, 1943 to Moscow read,

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[[Joseph Bernstein]] has established friendly relations with [[T.A. Bisson]] . . who has recently left [[BEW]]; he is now working in the [[Institute of Pacific Relations]] (IPR) and in the editorial offices of Bernsteins’ periodical [[Amerasia]]. . . Bisson passed to Bernstein . . . copies of four documents: <br>

[[Joseph Bernstein]] has established friendly relations with [[T.A. Bisson]] . . who has recently left [[BEW]]; he is now working in the [[Institute of Pacific Relations]] (IPR) and in the editorial offices of Bernsteins’ periodical [[Amerasia]]. . . Bisson passed to Bernstein . . . copies of four documents: <br>

(b) a report by the Chinese embassy in Washington to its government in China. . . . <br>

(b) a report by the Chinese embassy in Washington to its government in China. . . . <br>

(c) a brief BEW report of April 1943 on a general evaluation of the forces of the sides on the Soviet-German front. . . . <br>

(c) a brief BEW report of April 1943 on a general evaluation of the forces of the sides on the Soviet-German front. . . . <br>

(d) a report by the American consul in Vladivostok. . ."

(d) a report by the American consul in Vladivostok. . ." <ref>Venona 927-928 GRU New York to Moscow, June 16, 1943,

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Joseph Bernstein to whom Bisson gave this material is the same Moscow agent who was a contact of [[Philip Jaffe]] in the 1940s. Thus Bisson not only promoted the cause of the [[CCP]], as Sen. McCarthy alleged, but also passed confidential data to the GRU. McCarthy made accussations against Bisson, and had certain evidence to prove it. But McCarthy was unaware of the extent of Bisson's complicity. The truth was unknown for 50 years.

Joseph Bernstein to whom Bisson gave this material is the same Moscow agent who was a contact of [[Philip Jaffe]] in the 1940s. Thus Bisson not only promoted the cause of the [[CCP]], as Sen. McCarthy alleged, but also passed confidential data to the GRU. McCarthy made accussations against Bisson, and had certain evidence to prove it. But McCarthy was unaware of the extent of Bisson's complicity. The truth was unknown for 50 years. <ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=453 McCarthyism: Waging the Cold War in America], Newly Uncovered Secret Data Confirm Wisconsin Senator's Major Charges, ''Human Events'', M. Stanton Evans, 05/08/2003.</ref>

==The [[Silvermaster case]]==

==The [[Silvermaster case]]==