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 ''the Internal Security Act of 1950. Black is still cooperative with our Philadelphia Office and has furnished considerable information of value.''

Abraham Brothman 

''The activities of Abraham Brothman were first to the attention of the FBI in 195, at which time Elizabeth T. Bentley made her disclosures. Brothman was also identified in July, 1950, on the basis of information from  a Soviet agent designated under the cover name of "Constructor." Gold, in signed statements, named Brothman as one of the individuals from whom he had obtained industrial information transmission to the Soviets during a period a the early 1940's. Gold advised that he had made false statements concerning his relationship with Brothman to both the FBI and a Federal Grand Jury in the Southern District of New York in 1947. Miriam Moskowitz, a former secretary of Brothman, and later his in his business, was alleged by Gold to have been present  some of the discussions between Gold and Brothman relative to their intended false testimony before the Federal Grand Jury.''

''Although the Criminal Division of the Department of did feel that Brothman could be charged with espionage, an was returned against Brothman and Moskowitz on July 29, 1950, charging them with conspiracy to obstruct and impede the administration of justice. They were arrested by the FBI on July 29, on this indictment. The trial of Brothman and Moskowitz on November 10, 1950, in the District Court in the Southern  of New York. On November 23, 1950, the Jury returned a guilty as to each defendant. Federal Judge Irving Kaufman, on November 28, 1950, sentenced Brothman to serve a sentence of years and to pay a fine of $15,000. Judge Kaufman sentenced Moskowitz to serve two years and to pay a fine of $10,000.''



''Harry Gold, on June 1, 1950, furnished information regarding a contact made in June, 1945, in Albuquerque, New with a solider an his wife, later identified through  as David and Ruth Greenglass. Gold paid Greenglass $500 on occasion and in turn received information relative to  technical experiments being conducted at the atomic energy pro''