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...have known Davies a long time but I have never heard of this proposal (to help the C.I.A. in the Far East)," Fairbank said. "I have never been connected with C.I.A. or heard of Munson before. These allegations of being 'procommunist' richochet around and get expanded in the process, so I have sent another denial to the papers on the chance that five column headlines of baseless accusations can be counteracted by two inches of truth on the editorial page...
...text of Fairbank's statement...
...John K. Fairbank '29, professor of History, yesterday repeated publicly that he has "never been a communist, nor a communist sympathizer," in answer to implied charges brought up before the Senate Internal Security sub-committee Saturday...
Munson told the Senate Internal Security subcommittee that Fairbank and Benjamin I. Schwartz '38, assistant professor of History, were among a group of six persons proposed by diplomat John P. Davies to guide the C.I.A. in its Far Eastern activities in November...
Munson said that Schwartz and Mrs. Fairbank were the only members of the group without Communist connections...