Mr. Ofstein. Just a sort of a shrug of the shoulders.
Mr. Jenner. I noticed there was a discussion between you or he with you, at least, about keeping to yourself the fact that he had been in Russia?
Mr. Ofstein. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Was there such an incident?
Mr. Ofstein. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner. Will you tell us about it—how it arose, what the circumstances were, and what he said and what you said?
Mr. Ofstein. I believe it was the same time that he informed me that he had been in the Soviet Union—he mentioned that he didn't want it to get around, at this time—this was the time I got the impression that possibly he had been an agent—what was a fleeting impression—and I remarked later that apparently he had told someone else down there because someone mentioned it to me about his having a Russian wife.
Mr. Jenner. Was this before he told you he had one?
Mr. Ofstein. No, sir; this was after—in fact, I believe it was after he had been released from employment, but at the time that he did ask me to keep the fact that he had been in Russia to myself, I presumed that I was the only one that knew anything about his Russian activities, that he had even been in the Soviet Union or had a Russian wife.
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