Word: provost
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since many of these "cell" members were also in the Wallace party, Provost Furniss pointed out, an underground agent would know of their association with Mr. Cohen...
...Provost implies that the original information on Mr. Cohen came from this undercover FBI agent...
Thus, the Provost's informant must have had access to this information. And to get information from secret FBI files, the informant must either be in the FBI himself or at least working for the FBI in some capacity...
...Provost Furniss actually knows his informant's name and position...
Shortly after the informant had delivered his oral report, the Prudential Committee informed Professor Brand Blanshard, chairman of the philosophy department, that Mr. Cohen was not to be appointed. This contradicts Provost Furniss' statement that the case was never decided against Mr. Cohen, but merely "held in abeyance." The committee further stated that when a man's rejection was based on communist affiliation, the department involved would have no voice in the matter...