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Mr. ARENS. You know they have not been issued?

Mr. WIGGINS. They haven't been issued, to my knowledge.
Mr. ARENS. You would know it?

Mr. WIGGINS. I would know it if they had.

Mr. ARENS. Are you familiar with the Gubitchev case?

Mr. WIGGINS. Yes; I am somewhat familiar with it.

Mr. ARENS. What was Gubitchev's status?

Mr. WIGGINS. I don't have enough familiarity with it to testify. Mr. ARENS. He was in diplomatic status, was he not?

Mr. WIGGINS. My recollection was that he was at one time in diplomatic status, but he wasn't at the time he departed from the country. Mr. ARENS. Have you read the Canadian atom-bomb spy report? Mr. WIGGINS. Yes; I have read parts of it.

Mr. ARENS. Are you familiar with the fact that the key link in the Canadian espionage ring was right in the consulate of New York City?

Mr. WIGGINS. I don't know as I have enough familiarity to answer that question.

Mr. ARENS. Do you have in your possession or has there been turned over to you as Chief of this Investigations Section of the Immigration Service the list which the Canadian Government submitted to this Government of agents in the United States of the Communist Party who cooperated in the Canadian spy ring?

Mr. WIGGINS. I am not sure whether we have that or not.

Mr. ARENS. You know that the Canadian Government did deliver to this Government a list of persons in the United States who are in that Canadian ring, do you not?

Mr. WIGGINS. Yes, sir.

Mr. ARENS. When was that turned over?

Mr. WIGGINS. I don't know the exact date.

Mr. ARENS. That list has never been made public, has it?

Mr. WIGGINS. I don't believe so. I wouldn't state positively we

have it. I would have to check.

Mr. ARENS. Have you ever seen the list?

Mr. WIGGINS. No, sir.

Mr. ARENS. But you know it has been turned over?

Mr. WIGGINS. I understood it has, but I am not positive.

Mr. ARENS. In any event, you have not made any investigation of those persons involved in this list, have you, or caused an investigation to be made?

Mr. WIGGINS. I couldn't answer that without knowing the names of the persons on the list. I would have to check that with the office. Mr. ARENS. You have not had a list before you of people in the United States who were involved in the network which operated in Canada to procure the atom-bomb secrets; is that right?

Mr. WIGGINS. I don't want to testify positively on that until I check.

Mr. ARENS. Now these people were working through the Russian Embassy right here in Washington, were they not, in this atom bomb spy ring?

Mr. WIGGINS. That was my understanding; yes.

Mr. ARENS. What investigation has been made to ascertain whether or not those persons in the Russian Embassy, who were working on this atom-bomb spy ring, are subject to deportation from the United States under the Internal Security Act as aliens whose activities are prejudicial to the public interest or endanger the welfare or safety of the United States?

Mr. WIGGINS. I don't know as I can answer that without checking our records as to whether we have had access to such a list or information or whether we made a specific check yet.

Mr. ARENS. You have no independent recollection of any investigation of that character, as I take it?

Mr. WIGGINS. No.

Mr. ARENS. What is your backlog of investigations right now, of all characters, of all kinds?

Mr. WIGGINS. As of the end of March we had 42,510.

Mr. ARENS. That is all types of cases?

Mr. WIGGINS. That is all types of cases pending.

Mr. ARENS. That would include even naturalization cases, would it not?

Mr. WIGGINS. That would include all types of investigations.

Mr. ARENS. Does the Service engage in any free lance investigating as distinguished from investigations of record entry cases? Mr. WIGGINS. I would say at the present time very little. Mr. ARENS. Virtually none, is it not?

Mr. WIGGINS. It is virtually none. What you mean by free-lance investigation is going out and looking for aliens illegally in the United States, and so forth. We haven't had the personnel. Our personnel has been entirely occupied with the cases that come in to us.

I would like to make just one little statement here to clear up the record.

Mr. ARENS. Certainly, go right ahead.

Mr. WIGGINS. Whether my testimony would indicate that I positively know that there are persons in diplomatic or midiplomatic or 3 (7) status who are subject to deportation and we have made no effort to ascertain what evidence can be procured that such people are deportable, I do want to state that we are putting two investigators on the task of analyzing and going through committee reports and congressional reports to ascertain what information we can get from them that would justify initiating such investigations. Up to this time we just have not had the force to thoroughly undertake that task. We are immediately putting two investigators full time on that task. Mr. ARENS. Let me make a suggestion to you just for what it is worth and see what you think about it. Would it not be a good idea if you take the list of all aliens in the United States from behind the iron curtain in diplomatic or semidiplomatic status, both in the consulates and in the embassies and in the international organizations and trade missions such as Amtorg, World Tourist, and the like, and request the Central Intelligence Agency to give you information on their background, and request the FBI to give you information respecting their present activities in the United States? Has anybody ever done that?

Mr. WIGGINS. We have not taken any such specific groups and requested the FBI or CIA to give us information on such persons as groups unless any information has come to us that such persons may be subject to deportation. We do have arrangements, as I have stated before, that any such information coming to the attentiton of the intelligence agencies such as the Central Intelligence Agency or the FBI, is transmitted to us promptly.

I would say this further, that any subversive investigation before we undertake any investigation, we do clear with the FBI to make sure that we will not interfere with any pending investigation that they may have.

Mr. ARENS. It would only take about 5 minutes to dictate a letter to the State Department requesting them to give you the information on the 3 (1)s or 3 (7)s who have been admitted into the United States in the course of the last year or so, would it not?

Mr. WIGGINS. We could get that, yes, very easily.

Mr. ARENS. Do you have contact with the Biographical Section of the State Department which has the background?

Mr. WIGGINS. Yes, sir. We have a close liaison with the State Department, Biographical Section, Security Section, Visa Section. We have one man who spends practically all of his time in liaison work with all intelligence agencies.

SUBVERSIVE AND ILLEGAL ALIENS IN THE

UNITED STATES

TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1951

UNITED STATES SENATE,
SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE INTERNAL SECURITY

ACT AND OTHER INTERNAL SECURITY LAWS
OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY,

Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met at 10:30 a. m., pursuant to call, in room 424, Senate Office Building, Hon. Homer Ferguson presiding.

Present: Senator Ferguson.

Also present: Richard Arens, director of the subcommittee; Frank W. Schroeder, professional staff member; Edward R. Duffy, investigator.

Senator FERGUSON. The subcommittee will come to order.

Mr. ARENS. Senator, may I respectfully suggest that all of the gentlemen present at the present time be sworn and that we proceed with the interrogation and that each witness identify himself, and then we can let the individual who has the information answer the question.

Senator FERGUSON. I think that would be the best way to proceed. Will you all stand and raise your right hands, please? Do you solemnly swear that in the matter now pending before this committee you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

Mr. ARENS. For the purpose of the record would each of you kindly identify yourselves and indicate your titles?

Mr. L'HEUREUX. I do. My name is H. J. L'Heureux, and I am Chief, Visa Division.

Mr. REINHARDT. I do. My name is Fred Reinhardt, Director, Eastern European Affairs.

Mr. VEDELER. I do. My name is Harold C. Vedeler, Officer in Charge of Polish, Balkan, and Czechoslovakian Affairs.

Mr. AISHIE. I do. My name is William K. Ailshie, special assistant to the Director, Office of Security and Consular Affairs.

Mr. KERRY. I do. My name is Richard J. Kerry, administrative attorney, Division of International Administration of the Bureau of United Nations Affairs.

Mr. NICHOLSON. I do. Donald Nicholson, Chief, Division of Security, Department of State.

Mr. ALEXANDER. I do. Robert C. Alexander, Assistant Chief, Visa Division.

TESTIMONY OF H. J. L'HEUREUX, CHIEF, VISA DIVISION; FRED REINHARDT, DIRECTOR, EASTERN EUROPEAN AFFAIRS; HAROLD C. VEDELER, OFFICER IN CHARGE OF POLISH, BALKAN, AND CZECHOSLOVAKIAN AFFAIRS; WILLIAM K. AILSHIE, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF SECURITY AND CONSULAR AFFAIRS; RICHARD J. KERRY, ADMINISTRATIVE ATTORNEY, DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE BUREAU OF UNITED NATIONS AFFAIRS; DONALD NICHOLSON, CHIEF, DIVISION OF SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF STATE; AND ROBERT C. ALEXANDER, ASSISTANT CHIEF, VISA DIVISION

Senator FERGUSON. You may proceed, Mr. Arens.

Mr. ARENS. If the chairman please, there are a series of questions and items concerning which it is proposed that the gentlemen present be interrogated, and I suggest that after a question is asked each or any of you who may have information on the question first identify yourself for the record so that the record will reflect who is speaking, and then proceed with your testimony.

The first question I should like to propound is this: How many visas have been issued in the course of the last year to aliens in the 3 (1) or 3 (7) category, the 3 (1) category being by way of explanation, aliens who apply as affiliates of foreign governments and the 3 (7) category being aliens who apply as affiliates of international organizations?

Senator FERGUSON. What do you call an affiliate?

Mr. ARENS. I would suggest that they explain that, Mr. Chairman. Mr. L'HEUREUX. It would be an accredited official to our Government here or to the United Nations and other international organizations.

Mr. ARENS. Mr. L'Heureux is Chief of the Visa Division.

Mr. L'HEUREUX. During fiscal year ended June 30, 1950, 663 visas were issued to citizens nationals of the Soviet Union and other satellite countries.

Senator FERGUSON. Do you have a breakdown on that?

Mr. L'HEUREUX. I have a breakdown.

Senator FERGUSON. Will you file it for the record?

Mr. L'HEUREUX. I will file the report. I have the two preceding years.

1 The report which is found herein is the latest version, containing information on both 3(1)'s and 3 (7)'s.

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