-Caveat Lector- an excerpt from: >From Major Jordan's Diaries George Racey Jordan�1952 All rights reserved Western Islands 395 Concord Avenue Belmont. Massachusetts 02178 PRINTING HISTORY Harcourt, Brace edition published 1952 Free Enterprise edition published 1958 American Opinion edition published 1961 The Americanist Library edition published 1965 LCCN 52-6448 ----- "ABOUT THE AUTHOR" "His statements prove true," said John O'Donnell in the New York News. The man to whom he was referring is Major George Racey Jordan, whose statements concerning American Lend-Lease to Russia during World War II were met with strident denials from columnists, commentators, and' government employees. Fortunately, Major Jordan did not have to rely on his memory: Shortly after his appointment as Lend-Lease expediter, a post he held at Newark Airport and then at Great Falls, Montana, he began keeping his famous diaries. He credits his foresight in doing so to a World War I sergeant at Kelly Field, Texas, who in 1917 told the then nineteen-year-old corporal: "Jordan, if you want to get along, keep your eyes and your ears open, keep your big mouth shut, and keep a copy of everything!" George Racey Jordan served in the 147th Aero Squadron of Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker's First Pursuit Group in World War I. Between 1918 and the Second World War, he completed his education and became in time a successful sales and advertising executive. He left his business career to serve his country again during World War II. Working under a special presidential directive at Great Falls, Major Jordan watched with increasing uneasiness the growing mountain of Lend-Lease items being channeled to Russia and the infiltration, on the return trip, of Soviet agents into the United States. Most disquieting of all, however, were the thousands of "black suitcases" that traveled with diplomatic immunity and State Department top priority from the U.S. to the U.S.S.R. through the LendLease pipeline. In spite of strenuous objections by armed Russian couriers, Major Jordan inspected some of these suitcases. His notes on their contents, and on "regular" Lend-Lease shipments, became the basis for his radio interviews with Fulton Lewis, Jr., and for his testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1949 and 1950. Major Jordan's statements have indeed proved true. The Soviets were able to explode their atom bomb earlier than our experts dreamed possible because our officials provided them with uranium, thorium, cobalt, 'cadmium, and atom bomb data from our own top-secret Manhattan Project. Major Jordan is the author of Gold Swindle, The Story of Our Dwindling Gold. He presently lives in Southern California. pps. 163-164 ----- "We are determined that nothing shall stop us from sharing with you all that we have . . ." -HARRY HOPKINS, AT THE RUSSIAN AID RALLY, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, JUNE 1942. PREFACE My reason for writing this book is very simple: I would like to keep the record straight I want to put in permanent form the full story of my experiences as a Lend-Lease expediter and liaison officer with the Russians during the war, when I served for two crucial years, from May 1942 to June 1944, both at Newark Airport and at the big air base at Great Falls, Montana. I went into the Army as a businessman in my forties and a veteran of World War I. From the first, as my story shows, I worked wholeheartedly on behalf of the Russians because, like everyone else, I considered it my duty to do so. That they were satisfied with my efforts is indicated by the fact that it was Colonel Kotikov, head of the Russian mission at Great Falls, who requested my promotion to Major. But the tremendous volume of Lend Lease material going through under "diplomatic immunity," the infiltration of Soviet agents through the Pipeline, the shipments of non-military supplies and even military secrets, were more than I could stomach. I finally protested through Proper channels, first in Great Falls, and then in Washington; nothing happened. This was in 1944, while I was still in the Army. When the atom bomb was first dropped in August, 1945 1 learned the full meaning Of a word�uranium�I had already encountered in my contact with colonel Kotikov. When the President announced in 1949 that the Russians had the bomb, I went to see Senator Bridges and my story was thoroughly investigated by the F.B.I. as well as by Fulton Lewis, Jr., who interviewed me on his broadcasts. There followed one Congressional hearing in December, 1949 and another in March, 1950. I have been shocked at the efforts of the character assassins and press experts to keep the implications of this story from being brought into proper focus. A vicious attack was launched against Fulton Lewis, Jr., and the sniping at me has continued for nearly three years, in the vain hope that this story would never be evaluated and understood by the public. (Incidentally, I wish to state that Mr. Lewis has not seen the manuscript of this book, nor had any connection with it.) As late as June, 1952 the Long Island Daily Press falsely declared: "A Congressional committee, however, found no basis for (Major Jordan's) charges." On the contrary, three members of the Committee stated just the opposite. First there is the following summary by Senator Richard M. Nixon, Republican nominee for Vice President. His questions are addressed to Donald T. Appell, former F.B.I. agent and the special investigator for the Committee on Un-American Activities: Mr. Nixon: Your investigation shows first, then, that Major Jordan did, at least on two occasions, make a report concerning the passage of materials through Great Falls? Mr. Appell. Yes. Mr. Nixon: As I recall, Mr. Chambers had to tell his story five times before any cognizance was taken, of his charges. So apparently if Major Jordan had told .his more than twice he might have gotten the Government to do something about it. But be that as it may, as I see it at present the issues are five. First of all, the charge was made that if the shipments were going through, Major Jordan should have made a report. In this regard, he did make a report of the charges at least on two occasions. Is that correct? Mr. Appell. Yes. Mr. Nixon: As far as you have been able to find, at least two reports were made? Mr. Appell: Yes; that is correct Mr. Nixon: Another point that was made was whether or not he tore radar equipment out of C-47 planes. As I understand, this particular phase of his story was questioned in the article in Life magazine, in which they said that the report that Mr. Jordan ripped out radar equipment from C-47s was preposterous, and they quoted his superior officer, Meredith, in that respect; and it was further said that as a matter of fact no C-47s were equipped with radar at the time mentioned by Major Jordan. The investigation of the committee, in addition to your own, has shown, (1) that C-47s equipped with radar and going to Russia did go through Great Falls; and (2) that Mr. Jordan specifically asked permission of Colonel Gitzinger in Dayton to tear the radar equipment out of a specific plane on one occasion. Mr. Appell: That is correct, and he received that permission from Colonel Gitzinger. Mr. Nixon: Then on the point of whether Major Jordan did or did not tear radar out of a plane, your investigation substantiates Major Jordan? Mr. Appell. That is correct. Mr. Nixon: Another point that Major Jordan made was that certain documents were going through Great Falls under diplomatic immunity; that he broke into the cases, examined the documents, and that some of the material in there which he examined consisted of plans, secret material, and so on, which it would be assumed normally would not be regarded to be under diplomatic immunity. I think it is quite clear from your testimony that that phase of Major Jordan's testimony stands up; is that correct? Mr. Appell: Well, we do know, we are in contact with a witness, a former employee of the Russian Purchasing Commission, who helped pack one pouch of so-called diplomatic mail that went through, and we know it contained material highly secretive on industrial and war developments.... Mr. Nixon: Is it the intention of the staff, then, to present this witness [Victor A. Kravchenko] who may be able to substantiate, at least in part, Major Jordan's testimony that secret material was going through? Mr. Appell: That is correct. [Mr. Kravchenko's testimony is quoted on pages 257-67.] Mr. Nixon: On the point of the so-called shipments of uranium . . . the shipments went through. Is that correct? Mr. Appell: Two specific shipments of uranium oxide and uranium nitrate, and shipments of heavy water have been completely documented to include even the number of the plane that flew the uranium and heavy water out of Great Falls. Mr. Nixon: And the final point is the matter of Mr. Hopkins having attempted to expedite the shipments. Major Jordan's testimony on that was that his notes, written at the time, showed the initials "H.H." on one of the consignments which he broke into. Your investigation has shown no correspondence of Mr. Hopkins in which he used the initials "H.H." Is that correct? Mr. Appell: That which we reviewed. Mr. Nixon: I understand that. My point is that as far as the investigation you have been able to make is concerned, you as yet have been unable to substantiate Major Jordan's story on that point; is that correct? Mr. Appell: Yes. Mr. Nixon: But you have substantiated it on the four other points I mentioned? Mr. Appell: Generally, yes. Mr. Nixon: That is all. Representative Harold H. Velde, also a member of the Committee, put this question to the investigator: "Was Major Jordan's story, as far as your investigation was concerned, ever discredited by any of the witnesses whom you contacted?", Mr. Appell: "No." Finally, Representative Bernard W. Kearney of Now York State made this statement: Listening to the testimony here, it seems to me the only one who did do his duty was Major Jordan. On two separate occasions Major Jordan not only brought all this to the attention of his superior officers, but as a result conferences were held by the various (Government) agencies named [*]�then it was dropped. With regard to the Hopkins note and the Hopkins telephone call (which are fully discussed in Chapter 6), I realize that there is only my word for them. But suppose that a letter of Hopkins signed "H.H." existed, would that prove my charge that I saw a particular note on White House stationery in a black suitcase on a plane headed for Russia? Of course not. Why, then, have some persons insisted that producing such a signature is necessary, when such evidence would prove nothing? Perhaps because they were impelled to raise a smoke screen. My point was that my notation of the signature (reProduced in center section of this edition) was "H.H.", just as President Roosevelt sent Hopkins memos addressed "H.H." (See Roosevelt and Hopkins by Robert Sherwood, page 409). Since I have neither the letter itself nor a transcript of the phone call, I have only my word to offer. I ask the reader only one thing: please reserve your judgment until you finish this book. I am not a professional soldier, though I have served in two wars. I am a businessman who volunteered in the interests of my country. There is no reason, fortunately, for me to pull punches because of any pressures which can be applied to me. I have called the plays as I saw them. I most sincerely acknowledge the assistance of those who have helped me with this volume: Colonel William L. Rich, Paul R. Berryman, John Frank Stevens, and Colonel Theo-dore S. Watson and his friends for their advice and insistence that I take leave of my business and spend the two years of effort necessary; and the writer whom a good friend of mine prevailed upon to undertake the herculean job of sorting, rewriting, checking and preparing the data actually used- Richard L. Stokes; General Robert E. Wood and Eldon Martin of Chicago, for securing documents for reproduction; Mr. Robert A. Hug, N.Y. Public Library, microfilm division, for patient aid in research; and finally, my publishers for their patience and perseverance in seeing this book through the press. GEORGE RACEY JORDAN East Hampton, Long Island August 1, 1952 [* From Mr. Appell's testimony: "The agencies represented were the F.B.I.; Office of Censorship; Military Intelligence; Air Transport Command; Immigration and Naturalization Service; Bureau of Customs; Foreign Economic Administration; and the State Department. "Q. And what was the final outcome of that? "A. What transpired at the meeting the committee has never been able to determine, because minutes of the meeting and memoranda which might have been prepared on the meeting cannot be located by the State Department"] pps.1-5 --[cont]-- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. 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