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a Director, FBI a Juns 8, 1950 SAC, New, York LOYALTY OF GOVERNNER? EMPLOYEES Recently, SAS beseocmerreeh pursuant to Bureau ins ruc ons, were in contac who is associate York, New York, examined for information which might be pertinent to the Loyalty investi- gations on PHI JESSUP, JOEN STEWART S pete KALDORE RANSON ‘ ~- During thie examination, the agents came across the enclosed .§ phctostatic docunent which is entitled "Photostats of Fxcerpts From Chief © Investigator's Report of State Depsrtiuent Loyalty Files." There were two coples of this docment, the one enclosed with this letter and another | ‘ copy which appesred to be either an original or a vory clear mimeographed copy. It is noted that this document appears to be incomplete since it \ contains sectious rbhich are numbered 8, 9, 10 and 17, From the nature : . of this document it will be observed that although it-is not marked | 7 confidential, it does appear to contain information of a type which : probably was not intended to be disseminated outside of the State Department, There was nothing with this material that would indicate i ite significance or the reason for its 6 being among the records o Y When the agents happened upon this document, they asked a who has been extremely cooperative in making his files . available to this office, where he obtained it, Although he gave @ rather avasive answer to this question, he very readily, at the request — ' ef the agents, offered to give them this photostatis copy of the - document, Furthermore, he @id not seem concerned with the fact that J. this document was in his files nor aid he neke | any effort to conceal - its presence there. Treat Although it is possible that the Burean may already } know of the — stence of this document, it is being furnished to the Bureau in the vent that the Bureau desires to confidentially advise the State Departuent i & the fect that there are copies outside of the State Departnent, gga cn od It is also desired to call attention to coments made in Item Ao. of the document where reference is made to investigations to be conducted, presumably by State Departzent investigators, concerning State Departnent euployees who have signed Communist Party petitions, it being noted that WA GA— [/a/- 4227 7%: go AUS 18°50 <0 bale ‘afi le A Ry em ae ee ter iE ee ORTATWAT, FT TH ¢