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On 12 September 1946 Pearson wrote an article based on a [[classified]] U.S. military study of British military operations against the [[Greek Civil War|Greek Communist insurgency]]. The article contained highly classified information on the British [[order of battle]] in Greece. This U.S. State Department was alarmed.  The classified document had been in the office of the Director of the Office of Special Political Affairs [[Alger Hiss]].  An investigation revealed that the original document was missing, and that the information reached Pearson through his aide David Karr.  It was suspected that he was working for the KGB, and that his vast wealth was paid by the Soviet government.  

On 12 September 1946 Pearson wrote an article based on a [[classified]] U.S. military study of British military operations against the [[Greek Civil War|Greek Communist insurgency]]. The article contained highly classified information on the British [[order of battle]] in Greece. This U.S. State Department was alarmed.  The classified document had been in the office of the Director of the Office of Special Political Affairs [[Alger Hiss]].  An investigation revealed that the original document was missing, and that the information reached Pearson through his aide David Karr.  It was suspected that he was working for the KGB, and that his vast wealth was paid by the Soviet government.  

The FBI had [[Phillip Jaffe]] under audio surveillance during the ''[[Amerasia]]'' investigation and overheard Jaffe discussing with [[Andrew Roth]] various possible contacts for information from government sources.  Roth told Jaffe that Karr could obtain “a lot of stuff on the Far Eastern things that the other guys don’t get because of his Treasury connections.  He goes up once a week with Harry”.  Jaffe inquired as to whether this were [[Harry Dexter White]], and Roth stated it was.   

The FBI had [[Philip Jaffe]] under audio surveillance during the ''[[Amerasia]]'' investigation and overheard Jaffe discussing with [[Andrew Roth]] various possible contacts for information from government sources.  Roth told Jaffe that Karr could obtain “a lot of stuff on the Far Eastern things that the other guys don’t get because of his Treasury connections.  He goes up once a week with Harry”.  Jaffe inquired as to whether this were [[Harry Dexter White]], and Roth stated it was.   

In 1950 Sen. [[Joseph McCarthy]] referred to Karr as Drew Pearson’s “[[Agent handling|KGB controller]]”.   

In 1950 Sen. [[Joseph McCarthy]] referred to Karr as Drew Pearson’s “[[Agent handling|KGB controller]]”.