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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 12

58 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: May 9, 1950 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy · 57 pages OCR'd
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i! May 17, 1950. 4 wr MEMORANDUM FOR MR. TOLSON™™ 0 MR. LADD an carat On May 12 Senztor Henry Ceboiftodges Jr. called to sec me stating: he desired to discuss with me informally and confidentially the matters | which had developed in connection with the review of the State Department. files in the 81 cases being considered by the Tydings Committee. ; | He stated that he and other members of the Committee were now | reviewing these files at the White House and after several days of such — review he did not know whether he was stupid or ignorant but he was terribly; _ confused about the contents of the files in that the files contained no recom= |. mendations and in cases where Loyalty hearings hed not been held by the — State Department there was no indication as to why they had not been held. He stated furthermore thet in rome instences there was no indication that various leads had been followed out which appeared in the filcs and he was . wondering whether I could give him my reaction upon the seme. | eee wae, I iold the Senator that of course I had not seen the files and was not ae therefore in a position to speak authoritatively about them. I stated that cm. |. insofar as the FBI reporte were concerned obviously we reached no con= 5 7 clusion because that was not our function, but that we did endeavor to follow = out every lead which we developed and elso endeavored to indicate the reHability = of the source from which we obtained the information, The Senator stated h | appreciated completely the position of the Bureau in the matter but he had ; ] been t confused about the files as awhole. | pe bt ede bt SO - a a | very tay yourt, oo “ges Ct wo By “John oe Hoover. eng ee rs ne oe a) ; Director is a wep wets BENT FROM D. ©. BY |. ...=
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