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...have known Davies a long time but I have never heard of this proposal (to help the C.I.A. in the Far East)," Fairbank said. "I have never been connected with C.I.A. or heard of Munson before. These allegations of being 'procommunist' richochet around and get expanded in the process, so I have sent another denial to the papers on the chance that five column headlines of baseless accusations can be counteracted by two inches of truth on the editorial page...
...Lyle H. Munson, ex-Central Intelligence Agency operative, told the subcommittee that six persons, four of whom have been described as communists by "uninformed persons," were asked to help the C.I.A. in its Far Eastern activities...
...Munson stated that four of the six were Communists, or had Communists affiliations and added that at the time of the conversation Davies asserted that he did not believe any of the group were Communists...
...Munson said that Schwartz and Mrs. Fairbank were the only members of the group without Communist connections...
Schwartz said his only connection with the C.I.A. came before the Davies-Munson talks, when in the spring of 1949 he was asked by an Agency representative to write a paper giving his views on the kind of propaganda that should be sent to Communist China. Although he submitted the paper, Schwartz would not discuss its contents, because it might still be confidential...