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→Communist connections: John Herrmann
== Communist connections ==
== Communist connections ==
[[Whittaker Chambers]], a defector from Soviet intelligence and [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] award recipient, informed the [[FBI]] that [[Comintern]] operative [[John Herrmann]] reported to him Niles was involved in an inappropriate relationship with another Soviet agent as early as 1934.<ref>Herbert Romerstein and Eric Breindel, ''The Venona Secrets, Exposing Soviet Espionage and America’s Traitors,'' (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1997), p. 181. [http://books.google.com/books?id=mVpWH51F7toC&pg=PA181&dq=davis+niles%2Bromerstein%2Bhomosexual]</ref>
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| style="background: #ccf; text-align: center;" | '''This article is part of the'''<br>'''[[Venona project|Venona]]'''<br>'''series.'''
| style="background: #ccf; text-align: center;" | '''This article is part of the'''<br>'''[[Venona project|Venona]]'''<br>'''series.'''