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MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL RECEIVED VROM THE OFFICE OF SENATOR JOSEPH Rw MC CARTHY saa I ahaa - Bureau file 100-398328 March 6, 1953 An f A, a fi-> the ‘ttm aha mateorinl wpe reeatiue ie fa LOO FP a biG UlUEUOCHOEW HUE! ru WD FOeCGry ou from the office of Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin. It should be reviewed by you. By memorandum dated February.7, 1953, Assistant to the Director Le B. Nichols advised:"In Mr. Baumgardner's memorandum of February 3y 1953, inguiry was made as to how the Bureau may tote copies of correspondence addressed to Senator McCarthy. I Vee to advise that I have specifically raised this problem with an no AP Ganntnn HMaftanthi le Of Pinas A ve te Surt? Cc Vy wera buUr UL vity o Vs Fu te 4 "Surine states that we are authorized to use this material ; any way we see fit and to say that the material had been referred to the Bureau by Senator McCarthy to disseminate and to conduct GQny tnvestigation that is suggested by the facts. JI told Surine we would do this and to avoid making inquiry in each instance, I - inguired whether we could assume that this applied to anything” else he might furnish us unless he specifically put a restriction on it He stated that we rould 2m aAeeume and iPr there wos Anvthina wre wwe Ee ll Wiew wv ee Se vw wes a kere Pie Us wrew F wien wre © ey they did not want known came from them, they would so advise us, However, Surtine cid state with reference to the dissemination of such letters to other Government agencies, that we not show the Senator's Office as the source but carry the source as "of unknown reliability." Surine further stated that we should use good judgment in all the letters. For example, if a writer asked the Senator to keep confidential the source of the information, wes likewise, should keep confidential the source of information and Should it be necessary to interview the original compiainant, we wre eo Fe er should not divulge that Senator Mc Carthy's Office has furnished us the informatton."™ § You should be guided accordingly in handling the material, taking Gppropriate action where necessary. 5 NOL j If no action is warranted, make a notation to this effect of for. this form and file under instant caption, marking for indezing !,‘where necessary. meno V OT Wi? rr cl a owes 7° INDCACL- He, | [4 pe 2 2 ee ae 7 Ld If action is warranted gAnRDER Wr Don comip of r ./*" inttial correspondence into above tie so the naverial can be oe lecated later with a minimum of effort. The correspondence, of CONTSEs should bear an Gpproprtate ee suitable to the p -itcular item. At tachmedt Beir at vrai A a AI we van “_— a . “ - t i an . i ee? -~