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62 / THE ALGER HISS TRIAL
Thursday, December 1-Monday, December 5, 1949
Witness: Walter H. Anderson
Direct Examination by the Prosecution
Anderson was the chief of the Records Branch at the State Department. In a soft, patient voice, he explained that two kinds of carbon copies were made of each incoming cable. A single "action copy," made on yellow paper, became a permanent record for the files. "Information copies," on white paper, were sent to selected officials. Each document was color- and letter-coded to show how confidential it was. A record was kept of where everything went. Documents were usually picked up and burned after a week, but the records didn't specify how many were picked up and burned. The records showed that Exhibit 10 went only to the Far Eastern Division.
Huge photographic enlargements of the documents were placed on a seven-foot easel. The type was forty-nine times larger than the original size. The prosecutor read some documents aloud. Reporters wondered if the jurors found this repetition as boring and frustrating as they did.
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