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ape Office Memorandum + onrrep stn__s GOVERNMENT To : ME.D. Me LADQ + _ DATE: July 19, 1951 a ° ° ’ Totson Pa FROM: Ae Pa Pye bata oO Oe SED geen__ SUBJECT: REVIEW OF STALE DEPARTMENT FILES PORATION CONTAD Mf ara____ IN COMMECTION WITH ALLSGATIONS “ALL TNPOR. peg t FLED went BY SENATOR JOSEPH P. EO CARTHY preede be cron Rosen, ; gurERclSe _ “ Mobr. In connection with a specific reqiest by the Attorney Tele. Room_ soneral as to the substance of the oral data furnished by the Bureau Monee to the State Department in two of the eighty-one cases mentioned by senator MeCarthy, the Bureau wrote the Attorney General on duly 17 1$50, and set out the facts concerning this matter, The Director commented on a routing slip as follows: "Just how extensive is the practice of orally advisins other Government azencies of such information yithout written confirmation? It seems to me it onens us to possinility of real embarrassment, Hal in connection with the question raised by the Director, the seneral policy is to furnish written information. Oral information is furnished in only a small percentage of the matters discussed by our Liaison Representatives and this is subsequently confirued in writing. It might be pointed out, however, that in some instances in connection with celicate situations the Bureau's Liaison Representatives aré instructed to furnish information orally to other Government acencies and in these situations no confirmation is usually given in writinc. In these instances the Bureau file will contain a record covering the matter either by a written notation or a memorandum. ; : Paras AUG 30 1850 34