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; | “Aoki r Me mo MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF SENATOR JOSEPH R. Mq CARTHY Buregu file 100-398326.. i - oan Lhe /3 ' the attached naterial fr = Is onc mm y ~{Director L. B- Nichols advised:'"In Mr. Baumgardner's memorandum § of February 3, 1953, inguiry was made as to how the Bureau may 4 “Sa 3 S rom the office of Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin. It should be + rh eviewed b OU e ih “ts, . . = 6 and Ue ve oo Po m ss By memorandum dated February 7, 1953, Assistant to the wile; use copies of correspondence addressed to Senator McCarthy. I ish to advise that I have specifically raised this problem with aden Surine of Senator McCarthy's Offices ope, ot ‘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 y investigation that is suggested by the facts. I told Surine we would do this and to avuotd making inguiry in each instance, I inguired whether we could assume that this applied to anything gtise he might furnish us unless he Specifically put a restriction fon it. He stated that we could so assume and if there was anything athey did not want known came from them, they would so advise us. OHowever, Surine cid state with reference to the dissemination of “euch letters to other Government agencies, that we not show the wenator's Office as the source but carry the source as “of unknown reliability." Surine further stated that we should use good judgment in Gil the letters. For erample, if @ writer asked the enator 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 complainant, we should not divulge that Senator Me Carthy’s Office has furnished _ Fx, us the information," . § N 7 hy yi > dauv<ld, 6 a Bee oe a ZNE, & a Ea emo {oo VO, nal: A You should be guided accordingly in handling the materiel, @ taking approprtate action where necessary. If no action is warranted, make a notation to this effect on this form and file under instant caption, marking for indering where necessary » fe. R If action is warranted, route a carbon copy of your “A initial ceprespondence into above file so the material can be - 5 located ldter with a minimum of effort. The correspondence, of /.. ; course, should bear an appropriate caption suitable to the particulam item. ap, _Autachmen —_ joa | ) 0 veshi -2 APR 30 1953 - ay, ta +. 1 . a “pened - $ 5 4 7 51 JUL 311953 EX-126 ee . a2 ; . a 6 Mae wert, * ow ; oan : y . . r * , ~ ~ teaitf oes “9 a") -* nn g wot ae . em a4 FL an oe