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MISCELLAWEGUS MATERIAL RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF SENATOR JOSEPH R. MC CARTHY Bureau file 100-398328 . On thre AB C. the attached material was recetved from the office of Senator’ McCarthy of Wisconsin. It should be reviewed by you. Bye nn een By memorandum dated February 7, 1953, Assistant to the Director L. B. Nichols advised:'In Mr. Baumgardner's memorandum of February 3, 1953, inquiry was made as to how the Bureau may use coptes of correspondence addressed to Senator McCarthy. TI wish to advise that I have specifically ratsed this problem with Don Surine of Senator McCarthy's Office. DF H "Surine states that we are authorized to use this material 3 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 any investigation that is suggested by the facts. JI told Surine we would do this and to auotd making inguiry in each instance, I - inguired whether we could assume that this applied to anything else he might furnish us unless he specifically put @ restriction on it. He stated that we could so assume and if there was anything they did not want known came from them, they would so aduisée Us. However, Surine did atate with reference to the dissemtnation 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 tnall the letters. For example, if a writer asked the Senator to keep confidential the source of the information, we, likewise, should keep confidential the source of information and should it be necessary to interview the original complatnant, we should not divulge that Senator Mc Carthy'’s Office has furnished ; us the information." : \ re *\, If no aetion is warranted, make a notation to this effect wien this form and ftle under instant ani Say morkin Mor Ane ering — where necessary » RECORDED - '\ ai ae a ‘ fon i AR ddplP If action is warranted, route a ob}b yop your eR initial correspondence into above file so the materiai can be ab, located later with a minimum of effort. The correspondence, of amt a course, showld bear an appropriate caption suitable to the a particular #tem. Attachment © } You should be guided accordingly in handling the naterjal, taking Q@ppropriate action where necessary. Lote re ae en es Verte tr