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by the situation in the State Departuent, the Bureau sent over to the ven State Department on that date a detailed chart listing what they con- sidered as Soviet ‘agents, communista, Sen ne eae: As far es I know this is the only tine that the F.B.J. has attempted to | evaluate the material gathered by it; otherwise, it has been as you know rerely a fact finding bocy, submitting the proof to the attorney General or to whoever else required it. The subnission of the list of Soviet agents, sourunists, ete., to the State Department by the F.B.1, cet with such little favorable activity on the part of the State Pepartnent thet as far as I ‘mow the _ Burgau has never subritted a like c! hort since that date, T have rhetestated pape 29 and part of pase 50 of the report, vhich shed some light on this chart. It shows for exarile on Vay 15, 1947, there wore in the State LTerartrent a tetal ef 124 egents, couunists, sympathizers, and suspeets, in the opinion of the F.B.I, Durin ee 5 L ? fee the tro months th peiicd betueen the time that chart was sutnitted the F, Bb. I. and the tine this report was 1ade,; ony 1 of these In- dividuals were gotten rid of, leaving in the State Department 106 whom the F, B, I. had naned, You will note that at the time this report was made there were on the payroll of the State Departrent, according to the F. B. I.ts evaluation of the information in its own files, 11 agents, 10 communists, 1] sy::pathizers, and 74 suspects, making e tctal of 106, Uormally it could be assumed that the least that the State Department would have done when they were notified by the F, B. I. on May 15, 1947, that the State Department had on its payroll 20 communist agehts, that the least it would have done would be to suapend ait. of those nen, pending a complete and. ae FF thorough investigation, certainly there was po reason: Es 106 ne Ake BEA, eye aE naned by the F. B. I should be Sane on dpe tate © Dopartnent!s payroli — , an TT ca ; 2 two months later. oS we with that lack of interest on the part f the State Department it is understandable why the F. B. I. va dfegusted with the Depart- ment, Incidentally, this report also show =e ‘the F. B. I, did not fornish all of its information in regerd to. suspected individuals to the Department, *epparently aot trust 4 the State Departaent to that extent, which ‘Le obrtatnly uerstanfabe when. they jon the Departzont failed to Pa Ng SR Hee TR ae el gale ON ga Sy of fim ae