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September 12, 1951 t oo . ne a a - : : ay - . wet ' me age - Tey, _ . . rae — ae —_ $, “Micconsin - a oe ee Js te : , . Jt 7 _ ~ . . This will acknowled;e your letter of September 6, 1951,” 7 | in which you refer to a letter addressed by me to Senator Terdincs dated Jone 16, 1950, in reference to matertal an a7 esligwyg Mawes wee Bf vues 255 2 ewe we ~— Se Sessa SS SE pearing ir loyalty files of certain. exployees of the State Des: pertmernt. Tr, resporse to your “angviry I wish to advise that ay letter cf June 16, 1950, wee writter to Senator Tydings fol- lowing the firnishing to me by the Federal Bureau of Irvestiga— tion of a record of the rzterial which had been furnished to the State Derartment in these cases and the checkin; by my of fice staff to make certain that all of the recorded material "a3 actually in tie State Lepartrent files. Tnereefter, under date of June 27, 1950, Senator VeCarthy wrote to the lirector of the Federal Bureau of Inves- tigation inquiring whether that Bureau had checked to make cer- tgin thet the files were complete and that rothing had been re- .. moved therefrom. The Director of the Federal Sureau of Investi- gation, under date of July 10, 1950, advised Senator ¥cCarthy that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had rade no sveh ex- arination and was, therefore, not in a position to make any. > Statement concerning the completeness or incompleteness of | the State Departrent files. He added a paragraph, however, — explaining that the Bureau had furnished we at my request a. .- | _ record of all loyalty material furniehed the State Department . referred to, and he trananitted to Senator koCarthy a copy of ny letter of June 16, 1950. e following further charges that these files were rot com plete, the Attorney General on July 12, 1950, requested the Director of the Federal Burear of Investigstion to examine these files. This exanination was made by the Federal 3ureau of Investigation, and based upon a memorandum from the virector, [2)-A2A. /* 493 ENCLOSURE |