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STANDARD FORM NO. 64, . oo ry Office Mem undum ‘UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT" (1 7o~ a FROM : Mr, A. He pernnt/\-(2'¢ a a ra oS a SUBJECT: Cnn GAMUNISTS_IN THE STATE DEPARTS “a ohevin___- CATLESATIONS BY SENATOR JOSEPH R, McCARTHY chan R - WISCONSIN) re (Vee PURPOSE ae now mn To furnish you with summary memoranda on Charles Alexander Thomg6n mn, and EHaldore Eugene Hanson pursuant to your request, Also, attached for your a assistance is summary memorandum on William Treadwell Stone. } | BACKGROUND | You will recall that Senator McCarthy referred to Haldore E, Hanson in , his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Monday, March 13, 1950, as having "pro-Communist proclivities.* In connection with Charles Alexand: Thomson, you requested a summary on him since it appeared that Senator McCarthy eee vee Wat e | would mention Thonson in his forthconing testimony. - | r It will be noted that in the May 14, 1947, issue of the "Congressional Record," Congressman Fred E, Busbey made allegations concerning the Cultural and } Information Division and the Office of International Information ad Cultural i Affairs of the State Department. Included in his allegations were William Treadwell Stone, Director of the Office of International Information ei Cultural. Affairs, | Haldore E,. Hanson, Assistant Secretary of the Office of Information and Culture, q.. and Charles A, Thomsen, who Busbey referred to as another member of the leading . Fae ca 4 LAR WALL Lh iaieteetiiesiatel | triumvirate in Mr. Willian Bentont 3 Office, Congressman Busbey identified Stbhe" as being a former member of the Editorial Board of Amerasia magazine, whose i managing editor, Philip Jacob Jaffe, was indicted and convicted and fined for the possession of confidential goverrment documents. In speaking of the Cultural ani Tnformation Division of the State Department, Congressman Busbey stated, “The i activities of the Cultural and Information Division of the State Department must © not be confused with a sound program. As carried on today, they are a monstrosity costing the nation millions of dollars and serving no constructive purpose for the United States. Conducted by a group of pro-Comnunists, fellow travelers, and : muddle heads, they f111 the ether and tons of paper with a combination of material favorable to the Soviet Union and the Communists, or just plain twaddle,* It will be noted that the Bureau conducted full field investigations | on Hanson, Thomson, and Stone based on Congressuan Busbey'# allegations as reported in the rod during the in Re cord LA, 1947,- a8 orth above, The = reports pr ing the ime atfet re Be ES the Civil Service mae 14 bie, on Basson dune on July 30, 1908. Te bIC: rs