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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 155 tails as you have concerning your affiliation with the Communist Party. However, it occurs to me that the names of your associates in the Com- munist Party are, for some reason, a little bit obscure, and I can under- stand why that is so. I know you have been through a lot of ques- tioning, both by our very able investigators and by FBI agents, and the questions I ask you are for the purpose of prodding your memory and not for doubting your testimony. I wish you would go back and review your associations in Yugo- slavia, and name the persons you were associated with there who were in the Partisan movement at that time. Mr. Hayden. The first names that come to my mind are Colonel Manola, who at one time functioned in some executive capacity in Bari headquarters in Bari, Italy; and Col. Sergei Mackiedo, who was the man who notified me I had received this decoration from the Yugoslav Government. Mr. Velde. Were they American citizens ? Mr. Hayden. No. These are Partisans. Do you want American citizens ? Mr. Velde. I want both. Mr. Hayden. These two are Partisans. I can remember a man named Ivosevich, who was first mate. Mr. Velde. I wonder if you would spell that? Mr. Hayden. I-v-o-s-e-v-i-c-h, I think. There may be a "t" in it. And Nikolich, N-i-k-o-l-i-c-h. Mr. Velde. Did you meet Tito ? Mr. Hayden. I never met Tito. Mr. Velde. Proceed. Mr. Hayden. I don't think of any other names. Mr. Velde. What about Americans? Mr. Hayden. American OSS officers in Bari, Capt. Haus Tofte; Lt. Bob Thompson; Lt. Ward Ellen; Lieutenant Benson; Sgt. John Harnicker, Marine Corps; Major Koch; Maj. Linn Farish, who was killed in Greece. I guess there are a lot of others. Their names don't come to my mind. Mr. Velde. For the purpose of clarifying the record for people who may believe you are listing members of the Communist Party, if any of those you have listed are known to you to be or to have been mem- bers of the Communist Party, so state. Mr. Hayden. To my knowledge, none of them had any connection whatever. These were simply fellow officers or enlisted men with whom I worked. . Mr. Velde. Was there an OSS officer from Pittsburgh? Mr. Hayden. There were a number from around the Pittsburgh district. There are only three I recall, though there are lots of others. Mr. Velde. Were they members of the Communist Party ? Can you identify any of them as members of the Communist Party? Mr. Hayden. No. I have heard subsequently that one of them, George Wuchinich, was in some way connected with the Communist Party. The others were strictly anti-Communist. Mr. Velde. Will you tell the committee how you felt, or know, that George Wuchinich was associated with the Communist Party ? Mr. Hayden. I don't know when or how I heard it, but at some time since the war I have heard that mentioned. Mr. Velde. Scuttle butt?