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STANDARD FORM NO, &4 alte ° Office Mei. .:c4U2 + UNITED S$. _+-~ GOVERNMENT | oO 2 m™, FROM : Dy Me. Lada V ‘ Ve ae s : Ladd SUBJECT: DEPARTMENT Pétare (REMARKS MADE ae BY WR«\PEURIFOY REGARDING 326 | | . menue "SECURITY CASES" STILL IN PROCESS) . LOYALTY OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES 7 me Hardo. * yobr PURPOSE! ae To furnish you with information concerning a statement made by | Mr. Peurifoy of the State Department concerning 326“security cases still Bf pending in the State Department, aa set forth in the Congressional Record-Senate «, dated March 2, 1950. ° BACKGROUND: On Page 2678 of the Congressional Record-Senate dated Ferch 7, 1950, ‘ the following information is set forth concerning testimony of hr. Peurifoy, | Deputy Under Secretary of State, in answer to cortaia questions by Senator | Knowlands cal. - ~ "Pape 2678 ~ Mr. Knowland spoke concerning ‘Communists in Government. Service.* He included information from Mr. Peurifoy, | Deputy Under Secretary of Stdte, giving a breakdown of | the 326 security cases which are still in process. Mr. Knowland stated he does not feel there is any justification for any security case to be pending for more than a year. ‘It seema to me that security cases | or the state Department should be given the highest type of priority. If the FBI says they would like to | have additional information, whether it be fingerprints or other information which they are seeking, the request should be sent in regular courier pouches by air, and | | the information should be returned immediately*.* ; In a memorandum dated March $, 1950, from Mr. Glavin to you setting { forth the above quoted information, you noted, "This should be leoked into at once." . mE wt A From a review of the remarks made by Mr. Peurifoy, it is obrious he! \ is referring to the submission of Loyalty Forms and fingerprints on personnel | ‘of the State Department rather than full field Loyalty investigations, since at lthe present time we have only five full field loyalty investigations pending lon State Department employees. These cases are, of course, receiving expeditious attention which is afforded to all Ne oe t volving State Department personne : f “4 . REGuavev -ocf 4g INDEXED - 82