Mr. Donovan. Yes; I implied that. And I felt that he thought this presented a very different and perhaps equally just side of the international affairs in comparison with the United States newspapers.
Mr. Ely. Was the paper printed in Russia, do you know?
Mr. Donovan. I do not know.
Mr. Ely. And, of course, you don't know the name of the paper?
Mr. Donovan. That is correct.
Mr. Ely. Did he tell you at that time why he subscribed to the paper?
Mr. Donovan. Yes; he said he was interested in learning Russian. And he took great pride in the fact that he could speak it. He couldn't prove it by me, because I don't speak Russian. But he said he could, and his contemporaries believed he could. As far as I know, he could.
Mr. Ely. But you also got the idea that he enjoyed this paper for its ideological content?
Mr. Donovan. To a degree. I think he enjoyed international affairs in all respects. He enjoyed studying them. He thought there were many great—there were many grave injustices concerning the affairs in the international situation.
I know that he constantly brought up the idea that our Government must be run by many incompetent people. And, as I stated, and you have probably read in your reports or the newspapers, that he was very well versed, at least on the superficial facts of a given foreign situation.