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STANDARD FORM NO. 64; . a To > Mr. Tolson ae _ DATE: February 16, } : FROM i -I, B, Nichols Aaaag tsoe _/SUBIECT: : | ps eee. : i At tuo minutes to four, CF «11-3 lr, MeGuire rie in my office and advised that Assistant Under-Secretary Jack Harbo__ Peurtfoy had written a lettér to Senator McCarthy | and conten- Mom plated releasing his letter to the Senator at 4 o'clock. The mie letter to ieCarthy pointed out McCarthy owed it to his country candy to erpose any Coununists; that,as McCarthy knew, employees tn the — State Depart.ent had Deen checked and were being checked by the — PBI under the President's Loyaity Programs; that he, Peurifoy, assumes the Senotor has communicated the names of the 57 Communists tn the State Department to the FBI; that he, Peurifoy, would appre- ciate it if MeCarthy would publish the names because the State De~ partment would fire any Communists immediately. Y i t I called QERB beck and told him that of course ity would take some tine to check whether there was any incoming mat Bit! Ehat aside fron this I had mentioned the matier to the Director and the Director thought it most undesirable to requestjthe Senator té turn the nates over to the PEr; that the State Department had alread; said they would fire anyone in the State Department who was a Communist; that, therefore, the Senator should give the names to. the State Department directs. y co I further told (i + seemed improper tobting the. Bureau into this matter, Knowing full well that we could not dissus”: the results of our tnvestigations under the Loyalty Program and thar, , Jurthernore, if they had Communtsts and we had turned up the Party: cards there was nothing we could do about it as it wes a State Department matter. He stated that he hod already tn substance . ..- stated this but that Feurifoy still asked him to check toa scertain whether we had received a list from McCarthy, as he might have some guesttons. JI told we could not say; that thts would take i” | some time to check, and that, anyway, tt was doubtful the Senatot would send them to us tn the first instance, stated peurs oy ¢ should not have brought the Bureau into his c untcation but that - there was nothing that could be done about that as the communication pa ok ta fafa wth had been sent to Carthy on the lth. u jal- o 5 2° 78- Zt LBW ihme oh ach nama rank. - a gt