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COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 2109 Mr. Wheeler. Did he ever mention to you who his superiors were? Dr. Krieger. No; other than that he took orders directly from the Kremlin. Mr. Wheeler. Well how do you feel about this whole experience now? Dr. Krieger. Well, pretty rotten. You must know. Mr. Wheeler. You had no prior knowledge that Witczak was going to flee the country at all ? Dr. Krieger. No, sir; I did not; none whatsoever. Mr. Wheeler. But you entered into this venture well knowing Avhat you were undertaking at the time ? Dr. Krieger. Well, I can't really say that I well knew what I was going to get into, but I had an idea. ' Mr. Wheeler. Did you know Mr. Witczak's wife? Dr. Krieger. I did, very well. Mr. Wheeler. What was her name ? Dr. Krieger. Bunia, B-u-n-i-a. Mr. Wheeler. Was she involved in this same thing that Mr. Wit- czak was ? Dr. Krieger. Well, now, that is a hard thing for me to honestly answer you. Obviously she knew what was going on. She knew what her husband was doing, and so forth, but whether she, herself, did anything, that I cannot honestly say. Mr. Wheeler. Did Mr. Witczak ever discuss with you what type of information he was interested in ? Dr. Krieger. No, sir; he did not. Mr. Wheeler. Other than this one instance ? Dr. Krieger. That's correct. Mr. Wheeler. Witczak was a professor at the University of South- ern California? Dr. Krieger. I guess he eventually became an instructor there. Mr. Wheeler. When you met him he was Dr. Krieger. A student. Mr. Wheeler. A student? Dr. Krieger. He had just started; that's right. Mr. Wheeler. Do you know anything concerning his background ? Dr. Krieger. Well, none other than what he told me which, I have been given to understand since, was false, but Mr. Wheeler. What did he tell you ? Dr. Krieger. He told me he was a Canadian. He was a Pole who had gone to China, from China had gone to Canada, and he had resided in Canada and lived there with his wife and came down to this country on, I guess, what at that time was a student visa of some sort or another, and he kept renewing it in order to stay in this country. His money was gotten through an inheritance, or something. Mr. Wheeler. Did he use any other name than Witczak? Dr. Krieger. No; not that I know of. Not to me; he never did. Mr. Wheeler. You first became aware that he was working for the Communist International or the Comintern after you were dis- charged from the Army? Dr. Krieger. That's correct. Mr. Wheeler. How long a period after that were you in active contact with Mr. Witczak?