>From: Bradford DeLong <jbdelong at uclink.berkeley.edu>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Subject: Re: Harry Dexter White
>Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 16:56:44 -0700
>
>>>From: Bradford DeLong <jbdelong at uclink.berkeley.edu>
>>>
>>>>I take it you now believe White was a Soviet agent. Why did you
>>>>change your mind?
>>>>
>>>>Carl
>>>
>>>Venona. Partial decryption of 4 August 1944 ...
>>
>>OTOH, one might consider the counterarguments advanced in the IMF
>>Working Paper, "The Case Against Harry Dexter White: Still Not
>>Proven," at http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2000/wp00149.pdf
>>
>>Carl
>
>Boughton. Yeah. His summary of the August 4, 1944 report by KOLTSOV
>on his conversation with JURIST is:
>
>"Koltsov reported that White had discussed a wide range of economic
>and political topics: Lend-Lease... the German economy after the
>war... trade policy... a loan to the Soviet Union... trip to
>Europe... Finland and Poland, and the likelihood of Roosevelt being
>reelected. The cable suggests that Koltsov asked for but did not get
>a document on Lend-Lease. They agreed to meet again in a few weeks,
>but in view of the risks involved, White proposed that they meet for
>drives in his car. Koltsov presented all of this to his superiors as
>an example of White's 'work with us', but it seems likely that White
>saw it in more benign terms, as a means of keeping an ally informed
>of pertinent developments..."
>
>This is the report that contains:
>
>"As regards the technique of further work with us JURIST said that
>his wife was [B% ready] for any self-sacrifice[;] he himself did not
>think about his personal security, but a compromise[PROVAL] would
>lead to a political scandal and [B% the discredit] of all supporters
>of the new course[o], therefore he would have to be very cautious. He
>asked whether he should [5 groups unrecovered] his work with us. I
>[O% replied] that he should refrain. JURIST has no suitable apartment
>for a permanent meeting place[;] all his friends are family people.
>Meetings could be held at their houses in such a way that one meeting
>devolved on each every 4-5 months. He proposes infrequent
>conversations lasting up to half an hour while driving in his
>automobile."
>
>Boughton's (and Sandilands's) interpretation is possible, but barely
>possible. One doesn't worry that keeping an ally informed of
>pertinent developments will endanger one's personal security, require
>substantial self-sacrifice on the part of one's family, or discredit
>all supporters of the New Deal.
>
>But I wish I could believe that Boughton is right...
>
>
>Brad DeLong
>
>
>
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