Mr. Stenhouse. No. I went to the Institute of Pacific Relations as one of many, many sources for a new occupation. And in the office of the Institute of Pacific Relations I was told that there was this opening. So I applied to the United Nations. I have at home a file about that thick [indicating] of letters to many business firms that I wrote to and had interviews with.
Mr. Velde. Do you have any written memorandums or anything else in writing that would show your contact with the Institute of Pacific Relations at that time?
Mr. Stenhouse. I have nothing to hide about my Institute of Pacific Relations contacts. I was a subscriber to the Institute of Pacific Relations. I thought they were doing a good job of objective reporting on the Far East. I was interested in it because of my background.
While I was in Washington, D. C., I went to several Institute of Pacific Relations meetings and discussion groups. It was only natural that that should be one place where I would go to find out if there was any firm or any organization that was associated with the Far East who would be interested in my background.
Mr. Velde. Of course, I don’t want to cast any reflections on the individual members of the Institute of Pacific Relations or any others you have contacted, but I do feel it would be valuable to the committee if you would make available the various letters you used when applying for jobs in order that we might search our records. Would you be willing to make those available?
Mr. Stenhouse. Do you want me to tell you the names of the people in the Institute of Pacific Relations?
Mr. Velde. No. I am not particularly anxious for that. Again, I want to say if you do mention names of persons in the Institute of Pacific Relations, it should be no reflection upon them whatsoever because you, as a former Communist, contacted them.
I am interested in finding out who you contacted or who in the Institute of Pacific Relations recommended you for a job with the United Nations.
Mr. Stenhouse. I haven’t been asked that question.
Mr. Velde. I ask you that question.