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oS AUBOUS MAPTSRIAL PSOPIVWD O { Bir on file 10°-399323 x a March 6, 1953 . L t st On eP/VI/E3 ithe attached materiol ves received : Aa from the office of Senstor Metarthy of wisconsin, It saould be if By menorandum dated February 7, 1953, Assistant to the Dire tor L. &. Nichols advised: "In “Mr. Baumcardner's memorandum of “Cbruary 3, 1953, inauiry was made es to how the Bureau may 1-0. copies of corresovondence addressed to Senator NeCarthy. I isl to advise that J have specifically raised tiiis oroblem with Leon Sorine of Senator McCarthy s Office. "Surine states that we are authorized to use t.is material 4 cow ocay we see fit md to cay that the material hed oven referred } ts tue Bureau by Senator IieCorthy to disseminate ami to coaduct ‘nvestipation tnat is sugested by the facts. 1 told Surine ay; ro cenid do this and to avoid making inquiry in each instance, I i gotred whether we could assime that this epplicd to anything a: eles ne might furnish us unless be snecifically ont ao restriction x on it. He stated thal we could so assume end if tucre was anything ~ iiji.ever, Surine did state with reference to the dissemination of \ ; 9’) Letters to vthe: Government agencies, that we not siow the &. Soehorts Office as the sovrrce but carry tne so:irce as “of tmknown >. reliability." Surine forther steted tieat we snould use g.0d ~ +. ment in all the ketters, Por example, i? e uritc esked the * fciucior to leep confitential the saurce of ths information, we, . . lvcovise, should keen confidential the source of information and sS'ic-al7 it be necessary to interview the oripfinel coirplainant, we Lovld not divulvte that Senator Me Carthy's Of “ice has furnished 4 mo 4.s information." rt You s..o7ld be puided accordingly in tirnitin: the material, telrcut aoprooriate action wuere necessary. If no ection is verranted, make a notation to tiuis effect o buis forn mid file under instant caption, marking: for indsxing where necessary. a Ad ie If action is warranted, route e carbon copy of your initiel correspondence into above file so the intcrial cen be ‘oc ated later with aminimu. of effort. ‘The correcvoondence, of ‘eouree, should beer an a -rop>iate cantion 2 itcble to the ORIGINAL FLEDMMR /0 s~ nerbticular ‘ter, Ad § Attachment , INITIALS ¢ {/CO-#7/7>- vn S : , NH ONIGI, a ba z ‘LNot RECORDED ra ; M6 APR 15 1953 i t So i a —_ _ wpe Ne t +O . ‘7 7 - Te oo ca oe ca ae Ys -s : be ere oe be a .