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at Los Alamos, New Mexico. Information from   also reflected that Greenglass had been recruited into Soviet espionage activity in the Fall of 1944. On June 15, 1950, David Grenglass 165 was interviewed in New York City and admitted his espionage activity as outlined by Gold. Greenglass was arrested on June 16, 1950, in New York City based on a complaint filed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, charging him with violations of the Espionage Conspiracy Statute. Greenglass was indicted in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 6, 1950. He has also been indicted in the Southern District of New York, and the last superseding indictment was dated January 31, 1951. He has pled guilty to the indictment and he is to be sentenced following the completion of the Rosenberg-Sobell trial, which is scheduled to begin on March 6, 1951.

Through arrangements made by Mr. O. John Rogge, Greenglass' attorney, both David Greenglass and his wife have given a considerable amount of information implicating their brother-in-law, Julius Rosenberg, and other individuals in Soviet espionage. Greenglass will be one of the main witnesses in the trial of Rosenborg and Sobell.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

The interviews of David and Ruth Greenglass resulting in their admissions of espionage activity carried on at the in(illegible text) and under the direction of Julius Rosenberg, who is the husband of David's sister, Ethel. We also received information from   which indicated that Rosenberg, who was designated the cover names of "Antenna" and "Liberal," had operated an extensive espionage network of the persons indicated (illegible text) contact of Rosenberg was Max Elitcher, who had been employed by the Bureau of Ordnance, United States Navy Department, from (illegible text) until 194. Elitcher has admitted that Rosenberg and Morton Sobell both attempted to recruit Elitcher into the Soviet espionage network. Gold has furnished a signed statement where he identified Rosenberg as being an individual who appeared (illegible text) rendezvous in Elmhurst, Long Island, New York, on the first Sunday in February, 1950. This meeting had been arranged by Gold's Russian superior. The meting, however, in fact did not result in any conversation between Gold and Rosenberg as Rosenberg did not actually approach Gold.

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