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Office Memael, ndum ° UNITED gra. as GOVERNMENT TO _ Mr. Peyton Ford DATE: May 5, 19 * The Assistant to the Attorney General . yh M : Director, FBI ; H SUBJECT: LOYALTY OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES a --t 11. Reference is made to your telephore conversation last evening with a Bureau official in which you advised him that you had just learned the President is going to permit the Tydings Subcommittee to call at the ‘tihite House and review the State Department loyalty files on the 81 individuals who tiored by Senator Joseph R. lbCarthy. hace Kann man are ; La Vie peen Alan Ld Maal ed er aS Pek ane You indicated that you were sure the Attorney General had no advance information regarding this matter and in view of this development you sug- gested that the Bureau not send any more material or data to lir. Seth Richardson, Chairman, loyalty Review Board, in conrection with the Board's review of the 81 cases since you desire to determine from the “White House what position is being adopted with respect to these cases. You, of course, are aware that the Bureau already has furnished te the Board material on sore of the Sl cases. It is my understanding of you instrustions, as set forth above, that the Bureau should imediately stop sending to the Board material on any of the cases identified before the Tydings Subcommittee and presently being reviewed by the Board except in those instanges where wea are conduc ting active full field or supplemental investigations und the provisions of Executive Order 9835 regarding persons on Hr. Richardson's list vho presently are employed in the Executive Branch. In such instances, | the provisions of Executive Order 9835 itself would require that we furnish fo | the Civil Service Commission the reports of such investigations upon completion. If the Bureauts understanding of your instructions in this regard is \ not correct, I would appreciate receiving your immdiate advice. \y Miri os tah ere ete GENCIES RECORDED . « ° | |/ Je a F ie 27 g } 6 > pe appee Ps Th Su 1p 1990, TTD “prPicEs co “| = TLyG 4 wt a en wT pUCLtSSpFLED BY u 21 wy GN