Henry Cabot Lodge’s efforts to counter Communist allegations were based on deception.

Evidence

Irwin told me that he came to understand later that Lodge’s effort to invalidate the Communist allegations was based on untruths and “machinations.” — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1131

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1131