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te ke a le a : 5 - te ale Coe Mn ord Lent aed. aio ~ a a . ao a et ere mS af ' 7 ne 7 Office Memorandum » UNITED STAs» GOVERNMENT To +: TH DIRECTOR DATE: July 20, 1950 FROM : OD. M. LADD re) SUBJECT: REVIEY OF STATS Uh RTMENT PILES IN: QONNECTION WITH ALLEGATIONS BY SENATOR JOSEPH R. MC CARTHY With reference to the case of on whom the Bureau orally supplied information to the State Department, you inquired, instance one of the ‘delicate! ones? What I fear is that we are allowing exceptions which Should be few and far between to become an all too common a practice. H." The information in avestion, which was orally given to the State Depart ment, dealt with the homosexual activities of nd was, at that time (January 17, 1946}, considered highly delicate and something which the Bureau did not then confirm in writing. The policy at that time was that this information was passed on orally and merely a notation placed in the file that the information was given. The practice now, however, is that we do give the information, and, when on 4 nl basis, it is confirmed in writing.