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UP, A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SOVIET ESPIONAGE IN THE UNITED STATES. A PANEL OF HISTORIANS AND PROFESSORS EXAMINES THE EFFECTS THAT SOVIET...
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| 00:00:58 |
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GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MAX HOLLAND. FOR STUDENTS OF THIS SUBJECT, THE PANELISTS NEED LITTLE INTRODUCTION, SO I'LL MAKE VERY BRIEF ONES. IN THE ORDER...
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| 00:04:21 |
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SCHRECKER. >> OKAY. I'LL TRY TO SPEAK VERY SLOWLY. THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE ROSENBERG CASE, WHICH I AM GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, REMINDS ME A GREAT...
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| 00:22:08 |
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TO GRADUATE SCHOOL IN THE MID-1960s, THE MAJORITY OF ACT DEMOCRATS TOOK THE VIEW THAT THE ROSENBERGS WERE GUILTY OF ESPIONAGE. WITHIN A DECADE, HOWEVER,...
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| 00:36:29 |
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MORNING. I BRING YOU GREETINGS FROM THE FAR NORTH, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. LAND OF ANNE OF GREEN GABLES AND BUD THE SPUD. BUT I'M VERY GLAD TO BE BACK...
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| 00:49:27 |
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OBSERVATIONS BEFORE I BEGIN. I'M GOING TO TALK ESSENTIALLY AS HAVE ALL THE OTHER PANELISTS WHO HAVE SAID A GOOD DEAL OF WHAT I WOULD HAVE SAID SO I...
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| 01:09:00 |
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MORNING. THE HISTORY OF THE CASE IS ITSELF A CASE STUDY IN HOW IDEOLOGICAL COMMITMENT CAN TRUMP THE SENSIBILITY. IT'S ALSO A CHRONICLE OF THE STRENGTH...
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| 01:23:53 |
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OKAY. WE HAVE ABOUT 20 MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS. LET ME JUST THROW IN ONE LITTLE ANECDOTE, WHICH IS THAT THE ANIMATING EVENT IN THE 13-YEAR-OLD'S LIFE NAMED...
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| 01:24:25 |
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AND IDENTIFY -- [ MY NAME IS MARVIN GETTLEMAN. I BELIEVE I AM THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW IN THIS ROOM WHO CAME AS AN UNDER GRADUATE FROM CCNY. AND IF...
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| 01:27:16 |
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OKAY. COULD YOU REACH YOUR POINT THAT YOU WANT TO
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| 01:27:20 |
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MAKE? >> OKAY. I'M SORRY. WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR READING THESE PASSAGES. WE ONLY HAVE 15 MORE MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS. >>
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| 01:27:29 |
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OKAY. ONE MORE. THE NORMAL ROLE WAS REVERSED. I WANTED A RELATIONSHIP WITH BARBARA AND SHE MADE IT CLEAR WHAT SHE WANTED WAS GOOD TIME, GOOD SEX, SOMEBODY...
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| 01:27:53 |
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OKAY. NEXT QUESTION OR COMMENT? >> I CAN REPORT THAT
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| 01:27:55 |
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WRITING ABOUT THE ROSENBERG CASE IS NOT A MAGNET FOR --. [ LAUGHTER ] >>
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| 01:28:05 |
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MAYBE NOT NOW BUT 30 YEARS AGO WHO KNOWS? >> BUT CAN I
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| 01:28:09 |
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ASK ANOTHER QUESTION? >> YES. >> I JUST WANTED
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| 01:28:13 |
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TO SAY I THOUGHT YOUR COMMENTS WERE GREAT AND APPRECIATE IT. I WANT TO MAKE TWO POINTS ABOUT IT, THOUGH. WHEN YOU SAID THAT JULIUS'S ATOMIC ESPIONAGE...
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| 01:29:27 |
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YES. THIS GENTLEMAN? RICH CARPEL? THERE'S BEEN SOME ILLUSION TO THE FEAR OF ANTISEMITISM BUT NOT MUCH AND THE FACT IS THAT THE JUDGE IN THE TRIAL...
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| 01:30:22 |
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THINK THE PROSECUTION WAS VERY CONSCIOUS OF THIS ISSUE. DID EMPHASIZE THAT THE PROSECUTION TEAM AND WERE JEWISH TO ELIMINATE THE SORT OF TAINT OF ANTISEMITISM,...
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| 01:31:48 |
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YEAH. YOU KNOW, AS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE POINTED OUT, THE PROSECUTORS WERE JEWISH. THE DEFENDANTS OBVIOUSLY WERE JEWISH. THE JUDGE WAS JEWISH. THERE WAS...
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| 01:33:19 |
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GENTILE JUDGE HAVE GIVEN THE DEATH PENALTY AS EASILY? >> MIGHT NOT HAVE. >> ALAN? >> I THOUGHT THIS WAS
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| 01:33:26 |
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AN EXCELLENT PANEL. VERY INTERESTING. BUT I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON OUR PREOCCUPATION WITH THIS CASE. I THINK THERE'S GOOD REASON FOR IT BECAUSE...
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| 01:36:54 |
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PLEASE? LET THIS GENTLEMAN ANSWER, ASK THE QUESTION. >> MY NAME IS ROBERT
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| 01:37:00 |
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GABERK AND AS A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER I APPRECIATE HARVEY'S SURVEY AND I AM WONDERING WHAT REFLECTIONS HE AND OTHERS MIGHT HAVE ABOUT WHAT'S DONE...
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| 01:37:32 |
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VERY GOOD QUESTION. I THINK SOMEBODY SHOULD TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT IT. MY GUESS IS MAYBE I'M JUST CYNICAL HAVING TAUGHT FOR 41 YEARS AT A COLLEGE, HOW...
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| 01:38:11 |
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FRANCIS IN HARVARD -- I FORGET. >> FITZGERALD. >>
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| 01:38:15 |
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FITZGERALD. THANK YOU. SHE DID IT EARLIER AND IT WAS VERY SERIOUS AND IMPORTANT AND IT HAS TO BE DONE AGAIN AND AGAIN. >> FIRST ON THE LATTER
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| 01:38:35 |
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POINT I'M GLAD TO SAY I DID TEACH AN ANY AGE COURSE IN PRINCETON UNIVERSITY NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR HUMANITIES SUMMER COURSE ON COMMUNISM, ANTICOMMUNISM,...
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| 01:41:18 |
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DISCLAIM, I AM NOT IN CHARGE OF SETTING UP PANELS IN NO WAY. IT IS NO PART OF MY JOB. BUT I HAD AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE LAST WEEKEND. I VISITED THE...
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| 01:43:55 |
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ON WHAT THE LADY IS SAYING? MY NAME IS -- I'M CANTER ROBERT COEN AT A REFORM JEWISH SYNAGOGUE IN KINGSTON. AND ALSO AN OLD HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE...
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| 01:46:06 |
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OKAY. EACH PANEL ISTIST HAS A CHANCE TO MAKE A CONCLUDING COMMENT. >> ON RELIGIONS, AS YOU
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| 01:46:15 |
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SAID, THE LATE GUS HALL, HEAD OF THE AMERICAN COMMUNIST PARTY, WHEN THE ROSENBERG FILE CAME OUT THE COMMUNIST PARTY ACTUALLY RELEASED AN OFFICIAL...
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| 01:46:44 |
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WILL -- ONE QUICK COMMENT I MIGHT MAKE ON SUBSTANCE. IT WASN'T ONLY THE HOLOCAUST I THINK THAT ENDED ANTISEMITISM AS A PUBLIC ISSUE IN THE UNITED STATES....
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