ROSENBERG FUND FOR CHILDREN
1145 Main Street
Suite 408
Springfield, Ma. 01103
(413) 739 - 9020
FAX: (413) 746-5767
RELEASED "VENONA" DOCUMENTS DEMONSTRATE GOVERNMENT DUPLICITY.
Nothing in the 49 VENONA documents released by the National
Security AGency and the CIA (The Agencies) on July 11 cause us to
alter our positions that: 1. our parents Ethel and Julius
Rosenberg were not guilty as charged; 2. their conviction was based
upon perjured testimony and fabricated evidence; 3. that government
agents and agencies orchestrated our parents' frame-up which
resulted in their execution.
We have sought the release of these documents sicne 1975. The
Agencies explanation that they were not used at our parents' trial
for national security reasons does not explain why they have
refused to release them to us for the last 20 years. It is much
more plausible that the documents were only released now becauset
htye prove nothing and do not helpt justify our parents' execution.
Thew documents' nature and contents explain why They Agencies
kept them secret for over 40 years. The Agences have released no
physcal evidence to support their claims. The public is asked to
accept just upon their say so that the documents really are
translations ofr encrypted Soviet diplomatic communications that
the translations faithfull reflect those communications, and that
the individuals referred to in code n the documents are the people
The AGencies say they are. None of this should be taken for
granted. The Agencies are some of the major architects of our
parents' legally sanctioned murder and so have a tremendous stake
in justifying their execution.
The booklet The Agences released to "explain" the documents
("Introductory History of VENONA and Guide to the Trnaslations),
demonstrates that they have even lied about the contents of these
documents in this carefully staged effort to misinform the public.
For example the following statements appear on page 10 of the
Guide:
"These messages disclose some of the clandestine activities of
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ..." and "KGB officer Leonid
Kvasnikov ... like the Rosenbergs ... had many other high-tech
espionage targets..." (emphasis added)
Our mother is barefly metnioned in the 49 documents The
Agencies claim are KGB transmissions, and nowhere in them is it
stated that she engaged in clandestine activities. TAhe major
reference to her states: "Knows about her husband's work and the
role of METR and NIL. In view of delicate health does not work.
Is characterized positively and as a devote dperson."
Our father's name never appears in any of the documents.
The Agencies would have us believe that they identified many
spies long before our parents' arrests and did nothing about it but
give the FBI a few tips while the vast majority of them either
disappeared or were never prosecuted. They can not explian why
neither the CIA nor the FBI acted as if it had this information
prior to our parents' arrests. Therefore, we suspect thyat The
Agencies "cooked" whatever information they had after the arrests
and trial to bolster the government's scenario. While we can't
prove this, The Agencies certainly had the motive, means and
opportunity to do so. This helps explain why the "Guide" is so
vague about the timing of the "decoding" of thses "transmissions."
The Federal Judiciary, the FBI, the Departmnet of Justiec, the
CIA and other government agencies ahve engaged in a course of
misconduct concerning our parents' case for over 40 years. Unlike
the Agencies, we, as private citizens have not had the media access
necessary to present our side.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact: Robert Meeropol: 413 - 739 - 9020.
There is a
documentary film on the Rosenberg case.
Document URL:
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/meeropol-on-rosenbergs.html
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