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7 would appear to ba no reason for Advising’ the. State Department | of - “the fat. that. copysral ; oe * » connection with his recent allogations ooncearning the State 5epartment. New York .-.- poirted out that the doctment; although not tharked ‘Sonfidential, appeared to. gon ibe tain informat lon vwhigh crobably was “not of “the type to be dissaminated outside ny .. the State Department and the Bureau: might desirg to, donfidentially advise the vO +, State be pe rtment that there are copies outside of that pap par tment, et one OS ‘re cae a _ fo Tara is no way, of oourse, by which 3 we can 1 positively. identity ‘this document. However, it is my belief. that it ‘ds a por tion of the ‘report made by ot former SA Robert . Lee in aohrestion with the. hearings before the Subcommittes : ee ef the Houso Cormittes on Appropriations on: the Stata Department appropriation bill for 1949. This belief is particularly. borne out by. the referance to oases, Noe. 23, 29, 30, 31 and 32, which aré ‘Gase humbers” ‘used. in Lee's report. wurtharnore, the document in question refers to investigations to be conducted, presumably by State Separtmant investigators,’ concerning amployses who have signed Comnmurist Party. putitions and obyicusly this investigative jurisdiction now lies with the Buraau under Executive Crider 98d5, This factor further leats to the belief that this is a a portion of the Lesa report which was, of course, prepared at just. about the time - oe the Loyalty Progran was gatting undar way. We, of course, have a cony of ‘the Lee report in sé.far aslit.pdrtainsito individuals but we do not heve this “gomplote’) *-+" report and it is be alieved that the document submitted by the New York Office prcbably is a portion of the summary of his ebservaticns and findings concerning the gensral condition of the State Department files at the time he made a survey of them for the Subcomnittes of the Committes on Appropriations, House of Rapresentatives. How this ma tarial came into the _ posession of of Coursey is F unknown. +. RECOMMENDATION ©). Derren ; ae sop Since the document is. bel ieved “to be a por fion af the Leo. “yeports © ‘there dopies are in the possession of individuals outside the Department of State.” “From : the recent allegations of Senator. Yocarthy,: it. is quite obvious that other copies <— of this naterial are in the ‘poe session of individuals. outside the Exeoutive Branch : of the Government. It is, accordingly, | reooninen ded that no further aotion ‘be { : taken with respect to this Par tioular, matters) ie