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‘oausiinebcl feneral Klein advised Sinatra that, in view of such evidence, the Army could not grant clearance to any indtuvidual about whom the slightest doubt eristed. Sinatre then went on to state that he hated Conmunisn, had never been a member of a Communist organization, had no contact with Communists or Communtét organizations, and the irresponsible accusctions wade against him Acd been soa absurd thet he had not refuted them. He went on to relate tnat he was eager to provide entertainment for the troops anywhere in the | Far East, Europe or the Continental United states. He further stated that he would carry this matter to the Attorney General in order to clear Ais name, and he would engage counsel to represent him, General Mudgett then informed Sinatra that, from an entirely impersonal point of view, circumstances being as they were, the Army could not risk at thie time giving a clearance to Stnatra,. Colonel Marnane advised QED thot he was at the conference and prepared the minutes of same. He stated that the officers mentioned above were present also, General Kastner representing G-2 for General Arthur G. Trudeau. He advised that General Kastner, other than the statements attributed to General Klein and General Mudgett, carried the entire conversation for the Army. Genera] Kastner restricted his comments concerning Sinatra’s Communist connections in their entirety to newspaper clippings, and at no time did he ever mention files of the FAI or any other organization. As a matter of fact, Coleone] Marnane stated that the G-2 file prepared for thie conference merely consisted of newspaper clippings, and it was agreed that if Sinatra pressed G-2 for the source of thetr information, feneral Kastner was going to present the file to Sinatra 80 that he could read it. Colonel Marnane advised that the name Jaffe is unknown to him but advised that Sinatra was aecompanied_to General Klein's office by an individual, whose name he could not wecall, who was introduced to him as an agent of some sort. THis individual remained in the outer office during the conference. Rureau filea reflect that in answer to a name check request from the U. S. Air Force (OSI) a summary of information concerning Sinatra was furnished to that Agency on January #2, 1952, and a Photostat of the summary was furnished G-2 on February 19, 1952. This summary advised that no investigation had been conducted concerning Sinatra, However, information from public sources