Communist infiltration of Hollywood motion-picture industry : hearing before the Committee on Un-American activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, first session (1951)

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2114 COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Dr. Krieger. He was a comparatively young man, I believe. He was about 22,1 would say, offhand, or so he said. Mr. Wheeler. In conversation did he give you any indication of his background, where he was from ? Dr. Krieger. No. Mr. Wheeler. The school he had attended ? Dr. Krieger. No. Mr. Wheeler. Nothing at all ? Dr. Krieger. No. Mr. Wheeler. He was actually brought into this group by Cefkin ? Dr. Krieger. By Cef kin; that's right. He didn't know exactly what it was to be. In other words, he knew Mr. Wheeler. Cef kin would know ? Dr. Krieger. Cefkin knew, and Cefkin knew him and knew that— he told me that, politically, he was all right. Mr. Wheeler. Was he a native of Los Angeles ? Dr. Krieger. As far as I knew. Mr. Jackson. He spoke excellent English, I assume? Dr. Krieger. Spoke very good English; that's right. Mr. Wheeler. Does the name Diamond Kim mean anything to you ? Dr. Krieger. Diamond Kim ? Mr. Wheeler. K-i-m. Dr. Krieger. No ; other than Kim is a very common Korean name. Mr. Wheeler. I have one here that I am going to have to spell the middle name of. The first name is Sang, S-a-n-g, the middle name R-y-u-p, the last name Park. Dr. Krieger. No. Mr. Wheeler. That means nothing to you ? Dr. Krieger. It doesn't click. Mr. Wheeler. The name Hyun doesn't mean anything to you, whether the first name was Peter or David? Dr. Krieger. No. Mr. Wheeler. Sung Hyun ? Dr. Krieger. No. Mr. Jackson. Would you recollect the name, do you believe, if you heard it? Dr. Krieger. I might if—now, if I am not mistaken, I believe the FBI brought it up to me at the time of our little chat, and I think I recalled it at the time. Mr. Jackson. You were able to identify it at that time ? Dr. Krieger. That's right. Mr. Wheeler. What is your height? Dr. Krieger. What is my what ? Mr. Wheeler. Height. Dr. Krieger. My height? Mr. Wheeler. Yes. Dr. Krieger. About 5 feet 7. Mr. Wheeler. The Bureau knows who the Korean is, then, in other words ? Dr. Krieger. I believe so. Mr. Wheeler. That is all. Mr. Jackson. You cannot recall at the moment, then, the names of any other members of the cell group of which you were personally a member ?