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==Senate Internal Security Subcommittee investigation==

==Senate Internal Security Subcommittee investigation==

In 1950, [[Louis Budenz]], former managing editor of the ''Daily Worker'', testified before the [[Tydings Committee]] to personal knowledge that Field was a Soviet espionage agent.<ref>"[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,812297,00.html Of Cells & Onionskins]," ''Time'', May 1, 1950</ref> Questioned about this, Field refused to answer on grounds of potential self-incrimination.<ref>"[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,812381,00.html In the Dark]," ''Time'' May 8, 1950</ref> The following year, former Soviet spy [[Whittaker Chambers]] testified before the [[United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security|McCarran Committee]] that [[NKVD]] "handler" [[J. Peters]] told him in 1937 that Field was a member of the Communist underground.<ref>Romerstein and Breindel, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=mVpWH51F7toC&pg=PP1&dq=the+venona+secrets&sig=YjqLS-EKVnkl7tqP2RGUa0fKiUk#PPA434,M1 Op. cit.]'', p. 433</ref> Herbert Romerstein, former head of the office to Counter Soviet Disinformation at the [[United States Information Agency]], and the late Eric Breindel placed Field in the [[GRU]] ''apparat'', alleging that he "was an agent of Soviet miliary intelligence."<ref>''[http://books.google.com/books?id=mVpWH51F7toC&pg=PP1&dq=the+venona+secrets&sig=YjqLS-EKVnkl7tqP2RGUa0fKiUk#PPA57,M1  Ibid.]'', p. 57</ref> Bird and Chervonnaya disagree: "Documents show that he was in contact with various Soviet representatives in the United States beginning in early 1935. Some of these interactions may be described as 'active measures' on behalf of the Soviet Union. Still, what we know does not prove that Field was a full-blown Soviet agent.<ref>Bird and Chervonnaya, ''[http://www.theamericanscholar.org/su07/ales-bird.html Op. cit.]''</ref>

In 1950, [[Louis Budenz]], former managing editor of the ''Daily Worker'', testified before the [[Tydings Committee]] to personal knowledge that Field was a Soviet espionage agent.<ref>"[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,812297,00.html Of Cells & Onionskins]," ''Time'', May 1, 1950</ref> Questioned about this, Field refused to answer on grounds of potential self-incrimination.<ref>"[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,812381,00.html In the Dark]," ''Time'' May 8, 1950</ref> The following year, former Soviet spy [[Whittaker Chambers]] testified before the [[United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security|McCarran Committee]] that [[NKVD]] "handler" [[J. Peters]] told him in 1937 that Field was a member of the Communist underground.<ref>Romerstein and Breindel, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=mVpWH51F7toC&pg=PP1&dq=the+venona+secrets&sig=YjqLS-EKVnkl7tqP2RGUa0fKiUk#PPA434,M1 Op. cit.]'', p. 433</ref> Herbert Romerstein, former head of the office to Counter Soviet Disinformation at the [[United States Information Agency]], and the late Eric Breindel placed Field in the [[GRU]] ''apparat'', alleging that he "was an agent of Soviet miliary intelligence."<ref>''[http://books.google.com/books?id=mVpWH51F7toC&pg=PP1&dq=the+venona+secrets&sig=YjqLS-EKVnkl7tqP2RGUa0fKiUk#PPA57,M1  Ibid.]'', p. 57</ref> Bird and Chervonnaya disagree: "Documents show that he was in contact with various Soviet representatives in the United States beginning in early 1935. Some of these interactions may be described as 'active measures' on behalf of the Soviet Union. Still, what we know does not prove that Field was a full-blown Soviet agent.<ref>Bird and Chervonnaya, ''[http://www.theamericanscholar.org/the-mystery-of-ales/ Op. cit.]''</ref>

==Conviction==

==Conviction==