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ena Det ee ee eT te ee Regardin# Loyalty Forms received from the State Derartment, as you know, ve are still receivint Lovelty Terms at this date, the majority of which are on Poreten Service personnel coming from various parts of the world. On Jamnary ll, 13290, there were veceivel in the Records Secticn of the Dureau 143 Loyalty *erns. | ralty, Forms recelivel in the Bureai are being processed on a current hasis. “OWEVER y tn sow cases it is necessary to return the Forms to the State Sonarbent where the forms contain sone error or errors of substance ; for exaaple, store the emmlorme failel to *ill in the item regarding organizations with vihich Plitistel. In Celoocr, 1949, we received a number of Loyalty Perms from the Jerartoont end it wes necessary to return 1 of these Ferms in order that ‘c.cists dtsntifyine data couli be insertel by the State Dapartment. In ition, in sone instances, the fingerprints subaitted with the Leyaity “orm are t such & neivre that they cannot be vrecessel by the Tiertification Division, ard it aS necessary in such cases to return such prints for résiubmission. State Jerar mont Loyalty Forns are net returne? vnless it is absolutely necessary anid we have vetunse! no Perus to them for correction since october, 1949. It is, of course, the resnonsibility of the State Department to insure that Loyalty Forms are avon orly execute! an? subvittel to the Rureau for precessing. In this connection tho Peleral Personne] tvanial contains re gulations promisated by the Civil Service Comission to the effect that, with respect to Incunbent employees, it is the resnonsitdlity of the employing lenartrent or agencp to "(1) Establish and :nain~ tain within the departzent or asency a control system for insuring the submission of information en sil incuaternt emloyees on the rolls as of Septenber 30, 1947. (2) Cotain and submit the reguirei forms properly prepared for each incumbent auplevee to the Feleral Rurea: of Investigation. Certify the completeness of the coverage to the “ivil Service Commission in accordance with the procedure mrescribed." Sinilser regiltions are also set forth in the Federal Personnel Manual with respect to the resnonsibilities of the employing department or agency in so far as Loyalty Forms relating te appointees are concernede At the present time Ioyalty Forms ani fingerprints received in the Tareai are hanjled on a current basis aml, as stated abcve, unless it is absolute]; necessary to return Forms or fingerrrints ‘to the State Devartment for correcticn, the same are processed in an expelitious manrer. ACTIONS o None. This is for your information.