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Elizabeth Bentley Takes Oath Before Testifying

99-69
Accession Number
99-69
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350298747
Keywords
Governmental investigations
Legislators
Espionage
Spies
People Pictured
Bentley, Elizabeth Terrill, 1908-1963
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Harris & Ewing

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Miss Elizabeth T. Bentley, described as a "one-time communist espionage agent," is sworn in before taking the stand before a Senate investigating committee where she told how she had gathered military information from U.S. Government sources, including the Army Air Forces, for a Russian travel agency. From: Beth Gore.
Date(s)
July 30, 1948