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Line 31: − − According to his [[FBI]] file, Lattimore was suspected of engaging in espionage for a foreign power as early as 1927, while in Shanghai.<ref>FBI Report, "Owen Lattimore, Internal Security - R, Espionage - R," September 8, 1949 ([http://foia.fbi.gov/owenlatt/owenlatt1a.pdf FBI file: Owen Lattimore]), p. 1 (PDF p. 2)</ref> − − On December 14, 1948, [[Alexander Barmine]], former Charge d'Affairs at the Soviet Embassy in Athens, Greece, advised [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] agents that then-[[GRU]] (Soviet Military Intelligence) chief General Berzin informed him prior to his 1937 defection that Owen Lattimore was a Soviet agent.<ref>FBI Report, "Owen Lattimore, Internal Security - R, Espionage - R," September 8, 1949 ([http://foia.fbi.gov/owenlatt/owenlatt1a.pdf FBI File: Owen Lattimore, Part 1A]), p. 2 (PDF p. 7)</ref> −
→Senate investigations: removed Barmine
==Senate investigations==
==Senate investigations==
Lattimore was identified by U.S. Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] as a Communist and under Party discipline. Former Communist Party member [[Louis Budenz]] corroborated McCarthy's claims and detailed how Lattimore had been of service to the Communist Party in the ''Amerasia'' case.
Lattimore was identified by U.S. Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] as a Communist and under Party discipline. Former Communist Party member [[Louis Budenz]] corroborated McCarthy's claims and detailed how Lattimore had been of service to the Communist Party in the ''Amerasia'' case.