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Photo of Lauchlin Currie Appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee

99-297
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99-297
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Lauchlin Currie, former aide to late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee, denounced as lies the charges that he fed U. S. secrets to a wartime Soviet espionage network. He said the charges of his accuser, Miss Elizabeth Bentley, were based upon "hearsay three times removed." From: Beth Gore.

Date(s)
August 13, 1948