Dayhoff Soundtrack: Whittaker Chambers - Carroll County On The Map, Democratic Advocate, December 10, 1948

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Whittaker Chambers - Carroll County On The Map, Democratic Advocate, December 10, 1948

Carroll County On The Map — From Balto. Sun Dec. 5, 1948

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Fear of a Communist raid on his home led Whittaker Chambers to hide microfilms of highly secret State Department documents in a pumpkin on his farm in Bachman's Valley, known as the Clinton Thomas property and along the state road, Chambers said.

He said he and his family were away from home so much he was afraid Communists might visit the farm during an absence and steal the microfilms. Mr. Chambers, now an editor of Time magazine and an admitted former Russian agent, said the Government documents were intended to go to the Russian Government but that they never reached Soviet hands.

He did not identify the source of the microfilm copies, but apparently they were films of State Department papers which were stolen from the files and later returned.

The microfilms came into his possession about ten years ago, he said, at about the time he first considered "quitting the Communist party."

Indicating that the microfilms had been brought to his farm only recently, Mr. Chambers said they had been kept in Brooklyn, N. Y. Where in Brooklyn they had been hidden and how long they were there he did not disclose.

Whittaker Chambers - Carroll County On The Map, Democratic Advocate, December 10, 1948

Democratic Advocate, December 10, 1948.

[19481210 Whittaker Chambers CC On Map DemoAdvo]

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