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PREPARES TO TELL STORY TO JURY—Judith Coplon as she waited in District Court to take the stand in her trial on espionage charges. She was briefed by her attorney, Archibald Palmer, with whom she is shown. (From yesterday’s last edition. : —AP Photo. Loyalty Oath Irked Officials, Miss Cop/on Says (Continued From First Page.* j Communist Party activities in the United States. ‘ Her boss, William E. Foley, chief «f the internal security section of the Justice Department, came to her office, she related, with a doc- j ument bound in a black cover: with the words “top secret” stand ing out in white letters. “Had you ever seen anything I labeled top secret In your whole Government career?” Mr. Palmer asked. First View of Top Secret. “Never,” she responded, “that was the first time I §aid. ‘top se cret is something new, isn't it?, That must be about the atom bomb. I was Jokifig because the, highest classification I had ever, seen before was strictly confiden tial.’” Miss Coplon said Mr. Foley told her "you ought to read this later, in the day because it’s hot stuff.”] “I thought he was joking," she' continued, "because it sounded like stories you hear about the Army-— you know about the way the Army, they say, classifies newspapers as top secret. “Anyway, around our office we felt that a lot of the confidential material from the FBI was a laughing matter. For instance, we would read testimony given before the House Un-American Com mittee in the newspapers and the next day we would get aconfldan tial FBI J?report contaminr the seme material, onlyett tfas luted as coming from confidential* in- ] fo mants. And just by reading the newspapers you could tell who the confidential informants were.” Report Put on Desk. After telling her that she should1 read the “top secret” report. Miss Coplon continued, Mr. Foley took it away from her. Later he came back and put it on her desk again. "I glanced through It.” she said, "and said. ‘Do you want me to give you a report on this? This seems to be old stuff.’ It had ma terial about the Silvermaster case which had been in all the news- j papers and I noticed something about the first Soviet Ambassador to the United States who was de posed back in the early ’20s, I belcve. "Mr. Foley said he didn't want a report, he just thought I might be interested In glancing at the report. The incident was very odd. 1 couldn’t understand it— first he said read it, then he took it away, then he came back and sa'i glance through It. and then he took it away. 1 considered it an amusing incident. And that's the whole story about that secret! report.” A two-paragraph typewritten memorandum containing a refer ence to the "top secret” report was found In Miss Coplon's purse. It said she had not been able to obtain a copy of the top secret re port on Soviet intelligence Rnd Communist Party activities, but she had glanced through it and war satisfied it contained nothing of interest. Believes It Was Decoy. Mr. Palmer asked her if the; memorandum • taken from herj purse was “written in the serio comic vein in which you were; writing your book which well talk; •bout later?” "Yes. that's right,” Miss Coplon responded with a smile. "That's what it was all about.” Mr. Palmer asked Miss Coplon If she now felt that the "top secret” Communist Party report was a “decoy” document Intended to entrap her. FBI witnesses have testified that two “decoy" reports , containing information about atomic energy were deliberately routed to Miss Coplon*s desk after; reports of a "leak” in the Justice Department’s Internal security section were received last Decem ber. “Yes, looking back, I believe that was a decoy, too,” she said. Miss Coplon said she was un-j •ware that she was suspected of disloyalty and never had any idea that as many as 25 FBI agents were trailing her at the same; time before she was arrested. Didn’t Suspect Phone Tapping. Mr. Palmer asked her If she ever suspected that her telephone was tapped. “About three days before I was arrested.” she said. ”1 heard a Strang crackling sound on the wire and told a friend about it. Be said that didn’t mean the r es were tapped because they do that so quietly.” The defendant, accused of steal ing Justice Department secret reports with the intention of turn ing them over to Russian spies, was wearing a trim black suit and a white blouse today. Her cheeks were unrouged but her lips were tinted scarlet. She appeared entirely at ease and gestured from time to time with her hands to emphasize a point. Tells Jury of Romance. Miss Coplon had first taken the stand yesterday with the court room crowded and a line standing in the courthouse corridor hoping for admittance. Her testimony yesterday was concerned mostly with her meet ings with Valentine Gubitchev, the Soviet engineer to whom she is charged with giving secret Justice Department information. Miss Copion has maintained con stantly her relationship with Mr. Gubitchev was only romantic. "When you met Mr. Gubitchev,” Mr. Palmer asked, "did you find him to be a charming person ** ' Demurely, Miss Coplon lowered her eyes and said "I did.” Mr. Palmar asked Miss Coplon to telj the jury "what was im pressing your female heart and mind." "I thought he was attractive," the defendant answered in a soft “In any other man? asked Mr. Palmer. “That is true,’’ the 28-year-old suspended Justice Department po litical, analyst answered. —or woman, for that matter. He was a sensitive, intelligent person. He was a gentleman, respectful. I found his personality attractive and I thought he was charm ing." Miss Coplon emphatically de nied that she had ever given Gubitchev, who is at liberty un der $100,000 bond on espionage charges any secret documents which the prosecution alleges she pilfered from Justice Department flies. Gave Him Cookies and Tie. Last Christmas, Miss Coplon said, she gave the Soviet engineer who was employed by the United Nations in New York, a necktie and a bag of cookies. He gave her a bouquet of flowers. Those were the only things they ever exchanged, she said. After Mr. Palmer read the in dictment charging she stole FBI secrets with intent to aid a foreign power and injure the United States, Miss Coplon said firmly, “that is not true.” Denies Subversive Activities. She denied she had ever en gaged in any subversive activities and added: , “I waa never and I am not now la Communist.” The gnei-stricken, oiack-ciaa mother of Miss Coplon leaned forward eagerly while her daugh ter testified. When Miss Coplon stepped from the stand, she hur ried to her mother's side and knelt on one knee to snuggle into a maternal embrace. First Meeting With Gubitchev. Miss Coplon gave the following description of her first meeting with Mr. Gubitchev, in answer to questions by Mr. Palmer: Q. At the time when Mr. Gu bitchev met you and you met Mr. Gubitchev. will you kindly tell us under what circumstances you happened to meet him and what circumstances he met you, and let the Jury hear it? A. Well, I went to the Museum of Modern Art the day, which was the Saturday of this Labor Day week end, and I was looking around at the pictures. As you know, it is devoted to modern art and surrealistic pictures. Q. After you met this gentle man. Mr. Gubitchev, on this day. will*you kindly tell me did you dis cuss with him art? A. Yes. Q. Now, before you met Mr. Gubitchev. when you were on this tour. Cook’s, and what you men tioned, did you have anything at all to do with any Communists or any subversive organizations while you were on this Cook’s Tour? A. No. Q. In so far as you are concern ed, do you speak Italian? A. NO. Q. Do you speak Trench? A. Very badly. Tour Lasted Two Months. Q. This particular Cook’s Tour pasted altogether, with the trip and all. about how long? A. About two months. Q. How much of that time did you spend in Europe? A. Well. I got to Europe about May 28 and the boat left Trance on July 14. Q. Were you followed—not per sonally—by Mr. Toley, the head of your department—he also took a trip to Europe about the same time? A. Yes, I believe our ships passed at sea. Q. Ships that passed in the night. You never met Mr. Toley in Europe and he never met you? A. No. not in Europe. Q. It was Just a coincidence. When you went to Europe, did you visit art museums while you were there? A. Yes. Q. What art museums did you vigit? Visited Louvre in Paris. A. Well, in Paris the Louvre, as well as other not so quite-well known museums. Q. Did you visit any art mu seums in Rome? A. Oh. yes, the Vatican Oal leries; and ence I the churches. Q. When you went to Europe, you knew nobody In Europe; you had no knowledge oX any person you were going to meet. Isn’t that so? A. Not exactly. I did know some girls who had been working in Washington who were working in Paris at the American Em bassy. Then I had a few names of people to look up, people gave to me to look up. Q. During the time you were in Europe, did you ever In any wise associate with Communists. Com munist activities, or any persons engaged in subversive activities? A. Not to my knowledge. Q. Did you discuss your job. your position, with anybody in Europe? Much Ado About Psychoanalyst. A. No. It was funny. On my passport they gave as my pro fession "analyst.” So. some thought I was some sort of psycho analyst. They think in America— Q. (Interposing' Yesterday Mr. Whearty was talking about psy chiatrists. A. A lot of people thought I was a psychoanalyst. So. not to confuse any one, I did not discuss my job as a political analyst. Q. When you met Mr. Gubitchev. in the fashion described, did he, among other things, discuss with you and cause a conversation— the Louvre and other places? A. Yes. That set off part of our conversation. Although he had not been in Florence, and he had not been in Italy, he had been to France, he told me. Q. Did he tell you at that time what his position was? A. Yes. q. wnat aia ne say? A. He told me he vu • con struction engineer at the United Nations. Told Him Where She Worked. Q. You knew of the United Na tions as being nonpolitleal? A. Yes. He told me he was a member of the United Nations Secretariat, which is interna tional Q. And, in ao far as you are concerned, did you ten him where you worked? A, Yes. I told him I worked in Washington with tha Department of Justice. Q. At any time from that time that you met Mr. Oubitchev, until the last time you aaw him—the tast time waa on the night of hh arrest; is that right? A. X aaw him the next morning when they brought him in with me. Q. You mean before the judge? A. That is right. Q. From that moment on until this date, have /ou seen him sines? A. Never. Q, Have you heard from him in any way? A. Never. Net Interested in Be Jeb. Q, Has any one, on behalf of Oubitchev, through any medium. approached you from the time U the arrest to the present moment* A. New. Q. Now. in connection with Mr. Oubitchev, after you bad this question asked of yon by me. I ask you now. as I was asking you a moment ago. before I interrupted did you or Mr. Oubitchev at any time, between the tune you met him up until the time you last saw him. ever on any occasion to your knowledge, talk to him about your job. or did he talk to you about his job? A. He could not tell me much about his Job I was not inter ested. I do not know anythin* about construction engineering 80 far as my job goes, when Mr. MacKnight (Jesse MacKnight. for merly chief analyst at the Justice Department > first hired me, he cautioned me. as well as the oth ers. not to discuss the fact that we worked in the foreign agents' registration section with people He said In general It was a good idea not to. 80 I used to tell peo ple I was involved In some ad ministrative law. In fact a lot of people never knew I was in the foreign agents' section until they read It in the newspapers after] my arrest. Disc owed Personal Problems. Q So far as you are concerned, st no occasion did he ever ask you questions regarding your em ployment. the nature of your em ployment, and you. as you said before, were not interested and knew nothing at all about It? A. That is correct. Although I did discuss one time, later on. not this day in question, when I met him. a personal problem which had arisen in my work, in connec tion with another person, but it was nothing to do with my work. Q. It was a personal problem regarding you and an individual? A. That is correct. Q. It was outside the question of your work? A. Yes; it had nothing to do with my work. Q. Will you kindly tell me. broadly speaking, between the time you first met him. around Labor Day of 1949. up to the first of January. 1949. about how many times did you see Mr. Qublt chev? A. About six. Finally Learned ef Marriage. Q. Now, during this period of time, during these six occasions which you met him. which we will discuss as we go along, did Mr. Gubitchev ever .tell you or had you reason to believe he was j a married man? A. Never. Q. When, for the first time, did you discover the fact ho^was mar ried? A. The night of Janua Q. Now, in connection night of January 14, has been offered by Mr. (FBI Agent T. Scott Miller> sit ting here, and the other agents, regarding your actions, a* you met him at 193d street, went up Na gle avenue and Sherman avenue! and the balance. Will you kindly tell us. as I go back in memory lanes to what happened, when, for the first time, were you told on j that night by Mr. Oubltchev that! he was a married man. and under* what circumstance! 35. The first t: he tckt me. as i*try to her—I do not temtiMfeer whel It was Joist before we left the restaurant or whether it was Just as we got out on the street. The reason I be lieve is because I had been asking him to come to my house to visit with me %nd my family. I had asked him that on several* occa sions, and each time he gave me an excuse, he was busy or had some work to do in connection with the United Nations, or some thing like that. Had Spoken of love. Q. Before that time had he, in word or any other manner, in formed you of the fact that he was in love with you? A. He had. Q. By that thne—and I do not want to bare the secrets of your soul to this Jury, but we are here in this courtroom—had you re turned his affection? A. I thought I was in love with him, yes. i Q. As you left this restaurant you told us, explain to this jury just what occurred—and, in that connection, the scenes that have been depictedT by the separate FBI men who watched you and fol lowed you—tell us what occurred in connection with his conversa tion with you on January 14 about being a married man. A. Well, as I say. it was either just before we were leaving the restaurant or when we had left the restaurant, when he said to me there was something he had to tell me. He could not keep it from me any more. I guess that was because of my asking him all the time to come and visit my family. Felt Imposed On. Re told me then that he was a married man. and at the same breath he started trying to tell me how miserable he was with his wife. etc. I was so astounded and so furious, and I felt imposed upon, and everything, his having] kept this information from me; all the time, that X guess X let loose and X started to ay; and X had a newspaper and X was brandishing it, I guess, and he tried to calm me. tried to put his arm around me. and X pushed him off with the newspaper. By this time he was getting ex cited. too. He was aaytng that X was completely unreasonable. He said I waa provincial, like Ameri can women, that X was not trying to listen to him. to explain; his life was miserable, etc. Well, we walked through the streets. We got in the subway. By that time he waa a little bit more controlled. After the Russian engineer amt her at the Art Museum. Miss Cop ion testified she gave him her telephone number in Washington and he called her during the latter part ot September and they made a date to meet again to New York. Q. (By Mr. Palmer) Where did you go with him to the best of your knowledge? A. We went to Central Park. Q. What did you do to Central Park? A. Want rowtom _ , Q He did the rowm*’ Net freed at Bewtng. A Most of H. I am not good »? that. Q You are not very good at H* A No Q And afterwards—you seem to be a hearty eater—dtd you go to some place to eat with hats' A. Tea. we did We west to Lon* champs Q When was tin next ume you met Mr Oubitcbrr? A. It was in October Maybe tt was the second week or the beginning of October. Q What source of income other than your salary did you have’ Received Meney From Father. A. My father used to give me some money. > Q. Outside of your father giving you money, you had no bonds, no stock*, or real estate? A. I had some war bonds Q The war bonds so fsr ss you are concerned are somethin* you bought in connection with your salary? Mr. Kelly: Just s moment Let the witness testify. Mr. Palmer Is "war bonds go* log to affect you? I withdraw the question. By Mr Palmer: Q In the first place, how many war bonds did you have altogether, all of your savings by working In the Govern ment’ A. I have never added them up Q. About how much’ Cashed Bends fer Trip. A I cashed a suable pert of them when I went to Europe maybe about $3.000,1 do not know Q That is the limit you were ever able to accumulate, and the k»&* part you vest gcung *e turope? A Y«a Q Bo* long a tin* elapsed from Urn ume of your first em p*o'»em unul you derided to go on a vacation? A June, XMk—my father gave me a few bends, but most of them I acquired myself Q Why did you make up your mind to go to Europe aut«*4 of on* of our place* here m tha country* A. Well X bad not had a vaca tion m years- I thought I would like a long vacation and also a change. X wanted to get out of Washington I did not want 10 spend it around Washington Sc ! decided X would like to go to Europe. Mr. Foley hansel! had been diaruaaing going to Europe He had an advegw* reservation on the French Line which he had got* ten. X believe, the early part of lMg. I just decided it would be a good idea, because X had not used any money on a vacation tn year*. Was Never Married. Q. Up to the present date Judy —and I do not want to go Into your secret*—but have you been married In all your life? A. No Q. When you went to Europe Judy you bad gone Into Govern ment service at what age of your life* A. Just 22 Q How old were you when you came back* A From Europe? Q. Yea. A. 27. Q Anyway, during all of those remn rv* had pe* —t Mm mas whom jw had fallen a k»a# wuh. or tha maa wha had fata* a S**a wit* you. 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