' s ▁role , ▁but ▁served ▁to ▁cor ro bor ate ▁the ▁role ▁Ch amb ers ▁played . ▁ ▁He ▁said ▁he ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁commun ists , ▁but ▁never ▁became ▁a ▁party ▁member . ▁ ▁He ▁admitted ▁taking ▁class ified ▁documents ▁while ▁working ▁in ▁the ▁State ▁Department ▁for ▁Soviet ▁intelligence . ▁ ▁W ad le igh ▁test ified ▁on ▁the ▁witness ▁stand ▁that ▁he ▁strongly ▁believed ▁his ▁own ▁transmission ▁of ▁papers ▁to ▁Ch amb ers ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁" could ▁not ▁be ▁used ▁against ▁us , ▁but ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁against ▁Germany ▁and ▁Japan ." ▁ ▁As ▁federal ▁pro sec utor ▁Thomas ▁Mur phy ▁sum med ▁up , ▁W ad le igh ▁only ▁wanted ▁to ▁stop ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁fasc ism ; ▁" we ▁all ▁came ▁to ▁hate ▁it , ▁but ▁he ▁saw ▁it ▁earlier ." ▁Ch amb ers ▁detailed ▁his ▁esp ion age ▁relationship ▁to ▁W ad le igh ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁events ▁in ▁the ▁H iss ▁Case ▁in ▁his ▁aut obi ography ▁Wit ness ▁( 1 9 5 2 ). ▁ ▁Test im ony ▁dates ▁include ▁December ▁ 9 , ▁ 1 9 4 8 . ▁ ▁H erman ▁Green berg ▁of ▁Green berg , ▁For er ▁& ▁Rein ▁was ▁W ad le igh ' s ▁legal ▁coun sel ▁until ▁shortly ▁before ▁he ▁appeared ▁before ▁H U AC ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 4 8 . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁List ▁of ▁American ▁sp ies ▁ ▁John ▁Ab t ▁ ▁Wh itt aker ▁Ch