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‘lithe chatges dn bie editerlar ae cu Ai Pana iain gael MAiipe a ilecipliagar @sion, ..- of geiting the facta ‘The job ocerning “31 peteons and protecting i. sermment foreign penetration belongs ¢4- sentially to the FBI. Inherent in Gye ee RR GE CHEE oe “yanee[pave but been . nmong ‘those 4" Amerasia and atill considered wram, |hundreds of others that have rk an mp authority on Far : inlo the cauldron from which)” . \ erges the source material that Hmited number of writers special- the P izing on China, it was natural that te An (ir Twe srotn (2) Two from ryiv cee ey vect to . “, the policy makers of our State e publicly Department employed in making me ould Gayn | t cette a sa the charges that have been made ¥ ‘ fg the suggestion that the Pat ‘thy are their judgments. a greater interest in his material has not done its job well. We do am . 50 . We find no evidence to support # uauel—|the charge that Owen Lattimore fan the average writer. tn a not find this to be true; on the £3 ist MIS.)i< the “top Russian spy” or, f0Tl oo vice was seeing other corres. |COntTETY: all evidence pointa to a exami- thet matter, any other aort of _ ee dante duvine thie gama nariod the fact that the FBI is fully cap- “ne fact R my of Louis ye ne Was Im perloc-isble of discharging its resporisi- ne, Serviog.Was Indisorgst”” |naity now and in the future, as it nin the past. We are Tully sat- jafied that the FBI and the Secur- ity. Staff of the State Department ate-eminently qualified to ferret out ifdividuals who may be dis- orn « Btate ritalin an at responsible offici: . of that department possess the ate be appointed to ma’ apy f rey or- dies wags that the Commu- was extremely indlscreet in his over 14 no e dealings with Gayn and Faffe, a din two {Wsts used tthmore to project &lroo¢ which he himself readily ad- ro- propaganda line anent Chine. Wei), perhaps the Btate De hich ehe have every confidence that were|) ois gq Tetrnth in proc Depa rhe con- Mr. Lattimore an espionage agent at fault in failing to brief its the the efficient FBI would Jong since employes coming into. Wi on have taken action against him.. nd Khort 00 I now at there , Writer and Scholar. : ‘|character, integrity, sbility, and Grunauer ow ttimove is a writer and they should treat the press dur loyalty to take appro priate correc- civil suit extended =m sympa-j; ~~" en Lattin: ing their stay. But we cannot PP Trec-' congress by reagan of : & scholar whs has hean gharged 8 fe tab annalndea that hie Ine tive action in any instance where made by them mn th: €0G 0 ve Uvinvawus wees Sees == ihe Tacis as developed by investi- either | iaran was|With @ record of procommunlsM| discretion in the Amerasia mat- : partment |60ng back many years. There/:er is sufficient to brand an other- gation indicate the necessity there-| sional committees. Our ' . Complaint Found False. this privilege extended October |'5 Te legal evideme ane us| wise loyal employe of 17 years sned, in|Whatever to suppor S CHATE| service as disloyal, pro-Commu- ~ employ- (end the weight of: sil other in-|nist, a security risk.” pints have found Mecarthy com |Bot become a license fo: t ceased formation indicates that it is not| (1) Harlow’ Shapley—Our in- disioyaity in the State of ram was|tTue. For the greater portion of/quiry establishes that Dr. Shapley) menartment, which precipitated tisens. Tt is belkeved el that «(bis life, Mr. Lattimore has made/ ts not an employe of the Depart- ted in our|studies concerning Mongolia, %| ment of State-in any real and ally wanted olinne false and ewe It is clear {cans. These studies: have beet! proper purview of ourinquizy, 00|meeting the problem of security -omeerniny influenced and gonditjoned, ‘to &loonsideration need The given thejare doing their jobs eMctently end one bt the |leaser or greater Gegree, Dy Sino” | charges made ageingt Dr. Shapley. | conscientiously. Having made this artant of-|Bussian influences. In making his| (J) John Carter Vincent--Whilefnging on the basis of the evi e Depatt- (Studies, Mr. Lattimore has found! ngt among the nine individuals} dence before us, the suggestion Sator Mc. |it necessary perforce to come into|charged before us, Senator Mc-lthet we continue further to “in- I not be iu (contact with and study these in-| Carthy has had a great desi of vestigate” in the abstract becomes ‘re of hun-|fluences. We find absolutely DOlgey refiecting upon the: loyalty) apsurd. , ars under|evidence to indicate that his writ-/of Mr. John Carter Vincent, the! Inquiries of the character im- exercise the whehl _, On the|Ings and other expressions have|American minister to Switzerland.) pressed upon us are justified only conducting pubile her A’ the re-|been anything but the honest)He referred to Mr. Vincent, whO|where evidence exists that our bribed pte ser: ‘igation as|opinions and convictions of Owen/was No, 2 among the so-called| duly constituted agencies of Gov- tions of the of ity board’s|Lattimore. Similar opinions and)g1 cases, as {1) ® big Communist|ernment have fatied to discharge individual ‘anil: 4d Haldore [convictions vis-a-vis the Far East | tremendously ‘important to Rus-|their duty. We find, despite irre- held only in & or # maniare entertained by many Ameri-|sia, as (2).a part of an esplonage| sponsible representations to the ling Deceash prociivities |cans about whom to conceivable |ring in the State Department, and/contrary, thai absolutely no such or in & nunize the suggestion of Communist proclivi-|¢3) aa one who should “not only |evidence existed as a predicate. fo bas Py ties could be entertained. We dolbe discharged but should be im-/ouyr inquiry and that after an inete _“The facts|not find that Mr, Lattimore’s) mediately prosecuted,” tensive investigation, there 1s:s4 wpe + ly to estab-|writings follow the Communist or! In passing, it should be state@ing such evidence. . “si 73: pe sup hea “an . aon We feel that one: a: otis Communist crest of anyone. ‘he Institute | ‘not in any § without prej and necessary a and at the same time it does not beoome + r ee ee