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document in the microfilm could have been used against Francis Sayre as well as against Alger Hiss. And it is clear from what Mr. Cowley told us that at one time Chambers planned to falsely accuse Mr. Sayre.
Chambers said all the documents on the microfilm were photographed at one time and that they all came from one person. But Exhibit 10 did not go to Sayre's or Hiss's office, so how could Hiss be the thief who stole these documents?
The stolen documents were typed on the Wood-stock. The last document is dated April 1, 1938. Who typed it? How did Chambers get them typed on the Woodstock? Anybody who can get top-secret documents out of the State Department would not have much trouble locating this big typewriter. Maybe Chambers had someone visit the Catletts and say they had come to repair the Woodstock. He wouldn't have had much difficulty locating Catletts house. The door was always open. There were always people coming and going.
As to the question of Hiss's motive to be a spy: The government has failed entirely to suggest a motive unless it be this vague suggestion that he was a Communist. Mr. Rabinavicius testified that Mrs. Massing said that Hiss and Field were in the same department. But Hiss didn't go there until after Field left,
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