David and Ruth Greenglass have also admitted that shortly after the arrest as Gold on May 29, 1950, Rosenberg told them they must flee from the United State via Mexico, and gave them in all $5,000 in cash. $4,000 of this sum was turned over by Ruth Greenglass to her brother-in-law, Louis Abel, who later, at the direction of Ruth, turned it over to O. John Rogge, counsel for the Greenglasses.
Additional information has been secured from the Greenglasses and from Elitcher relative to the espionage activities of Rosenberg which would make it appear that he is possibly the most important espionage agent which we have arreated to date in connection with this matter. Some of the details of the espionage apparatus in which he was operating will be set forth hereinafter under various other individuals who were in the network.
The facts concerning Rosenberg's espionage ⟨activities⟩ were furnished to the Criminal Division of the Department ⟨and an⟩ authorized complaint was filed ta the Southern District of ⟨New⟩ York on July 17, 1950, charging Rosenberg with violation of ⟨the⟩ Espionage Conspiracy Statute. Rosenberg was arrested on ⟨July⟩ 17, 1950, and has been held in jail on default of $100,000 ⟨bail⟩ on his plea of not guilty. An authorized complaint was ⟨filed in⟩ the Southern District of New York on August 11, 1950, ⟨charging⟩ Ethel Rosenberg with a violation of the Espionage Conspiracy Statute. She was arrested by Bureau Agents on that date and remanded to jail in default of $100,000 bail. Neither Julius ⟨nor⟩ Ethel Rosenberg have been in any way cooperative during their interviews. They were both indicted in a superseding ⟨indictment⟩ filed on January 31, 1951. It is expected that their trial, along with the trial of Morton Sobell, will commence in the Southern District of New York on March 6, 1951.
Morton Sobell
As indicated hereinbefore, Max Elitcher has ⟨admitted⟩ that he was approached by Julius Rosenberg on a number of occasions in 1944 and subsequent thereto for the purpose of having him furnish information for transmittal to the ⟨Soviets.⟩ Rosenberg also informed Elitcher that Morton Sobell was ⟨cooperating⟩ with them. Elitcher has admitted that on one occasion he
-6-
25
