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. ‘STANDARD FORM NO, 66 -_ Office Memorondum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO :° Mr. Ae He wl ge : DATE: May 23, 1950 = FROM : Ce He “gtanle i Ly é! Mea a these, AE ean f cons A SUBJECT: CHARGES AGAINST TE ‘SATE L DEPARTHENT. BY SENATOR McCARTHY Reference is made to the memorandum from yr. Keay to you dated May 16, 1950 concornin ee servation of the State Department files sa wl hi re to be made available to the feese i whi dines Gomnittes. Iti noted p> nantioned the files on and ote 3 (oat ~~ Y GE 2 dicated he noted pencilled notations identifying “ nformante { in a Bureau report written > ia Washington, D. C. in April 1944, i Ye further advised the file containe VO original copies of the report, one \ stat and that the photostat did not have any notations on it, ea In this connection Buriles disclose a Loyalty investigation vee. } instituted concerning ay ~ 5-28-48, however the investigation was” hd tinued and CSC sc advised by letter dated 6-11-48 when it was sor resigned from the State Dopartuent on 4-16-43. No LGE reports were dissem . a | In regard to tho Lateb act investigation concerning it is noted the report of SA dated 4-22-2044 at yiashincton, D. Ge, was sent to the Interdepartmen ommittee on Employee Investigations on 5-11-44, [In addition ths file shows a copy of the report was also sent to the State Department on 8-25-47 for information purposes. It is noted the original copy of the report by SA does not contain any pencilled notations identifying the informants and the file does not reflect the Department of State was ever aa; of, the identity of the informants. oc: oe Ie referred to a copy of a letter from the Bureau to Mr. Seth Wf. Richardson, dated April 21, 1950, in which one vraph set forth the identity ray of a confidential intornant _ia rally | With respect to this observation the letter to Mr. Richardson pointed | out that during a Hatch Act meg GS oak ion concernin prominent citizen a and personal acquaintance of advised another government agenty that the employee "became so wrapped ‘up in od up in Conmunient” thatthe informant had to sever | their acquaintanceship. The informant also provided information of a disloyal ' nature regarding employee's husband. The Hatch got investigation further revealed the informant was reinterviewed by th government egency at which tine she modified | her previous statements and advised sh¢ ‘Revel The informant was ascertained to be * aaa “Ye AE Uda RECORDED - 37 Reaaray Somes ‘gi INDEXED - 37 Z EX. cap en areas PTT ET ANT NES TIT Keay TT See eeenierad map er betes oe ee een ae