FBI Director J Edgar Hoover testifies over Harry Dexter White espionage case at hearing

PAN over J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, being sworn in / CU Hoover / WS people listening / SOT Hoover: "surveillance communications went to the White House from the FBI bearing on espionage activities wherein Harry Dexter White's name was specifically mentioned" / CU people taking notes / CU SOT Hoover: "at no time was FBI party to the agreement to promote Harry Dexter White and at no time did the FBI gave the approval to such a agreement. Such an agreement on the part of the FBI would be inconceivable. If this principle were applied to White, it would of necessity have applied to others who had similarly been involved in this particular investigation and who were dismissed from government service when their subversive activities were discovered" / WS audience / CU SOT Hoover: "it is clear that the FBI called to the attention of the appropriate authorities the facts as alleged by reliable sources, which were substantial, in pointing to a security risk as it occurred. It is equally clear that the FBI did not depart from its traditional position of making no evaluation and was not a party to any agreement to keep White in public service. That concludes my statement" / WS officials seated with cameramen in background at hearing / VS Hoover leaving committee room / WS hearing room