centered on Harry Gold as our best suspect, and on May 22, ⟨1950⟩ he admitted extensive espionage activity in the United States. Also on May 22, 1950, Fuchs tentatively identified motion pictures of Gold which were shown to him as his espionage co(illegible text). Fuchs, on the following day, definitely identified the photographs of Gold. Gold was arrested on May 23, 1950, and ⟨indicted⟩ on June 9, 1950, by a Federal Grand Jury in the Eastern ⟨District⟩ of New York. He pled guilty to this indictment and on ⟨December⟩ 9, 1950, Judge James P. McGranery in Philadelphia sentenced ⟨him⟩ to thirty years imprisonment, less the time served since his plea of guilty on July 20, 1950.
Alfred Dean Slack
One of the persons named by Harry Gold was Alfred Slack. On the basis of information from Gold, Slack was ⟨interviewed⟩ on June 15, 1940, at which time he admitted his ⟨espionage⟩ activities and admitted he had furnished to Gold a sample of ⟨the⟩ formula for the explosive "EDI' while Slack was employed by ⟨the⟩ Holston Ordnance Works, Kingsport, Tennessee, in 1944. Slack ⟨was⟩ indicted in the Eastern District of Tennessee on June 15, ⟨1950⟩, pled guilty, and on September 22, 1950, he was sentenced to fifteen years by Judge Robert L. Taylor at Greeneville, ⟨Tennessee⟩.
Thomas L. Black
Another individual identified by Gold as active in espionage for the Soviets was Thomas L. Black. Gold ⟨admitted he⟩ was initiated into the Soviet espionage activity by Black, a chemist, in 1935. In an interview on June 20, 1950, Black admitted becoming involved with the Soviets in 1934 in ⟨espionage⟩ activities under Gaik. B. Ovakimian, a Soviet espionage agent ⟨who⟩ had operated in the United States and who was arrested by ⟨Bureau⟩ Agents in New York City on May, 5, 1941 and later charged ⟨with⟩ violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. (⟨Ovakimian⟩ departed from the United States on July 23, 1941, as a ⟨result of⟩ negotiations between the United States Government and the ⟨Soviet⟩ Union.) Black has admitted working fro Ovakimian and a ⟨number of⟩ other Soviet espionage superiors. The full facts concerning Black have been furnished to the Criminal Division of the ⟨Department⟩ of Justice. The Department stated that Black's ⟨activities⟩ in espionage are not such as to charge him with transmitting ⟨information⟩ relating to the national defense. The Department ⟨is⟩ considering the prosecution o Black for failure to register
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