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ee a me ee ee Allegation of Senator McCarthy Case No. 28: "This 4ndividual has been with the State Department as a Poreign Service career officer since 1936. He is still holding a high Salaried job with the Government, and to the best of my knowledge he is now stationed at Frankfurt, Germany. <A report of dune 23, 1947, indicates that he is a member of the Communist Party, that he attended the Youth International in Russia in 1935. ‘While working in the State Department, the file indicates, he showed an intense interest in getting information on amything pertaining to Russia, including any figures and records, whether or not the information Ty annnestian wt hie particular ay dob. "He had been di scharged previously had an rs th nay any connection with his from the AFL Federation of Government Employees, on the charge of communistic activity. Both he and his wife have been mexbers of a number of Commnist- front organizations, and he has been very closely associated with known com- munist-front workers. The file discloses the interesting information that he is a member of the central group, whose task it is to spearhead an attack on J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI. These fellows do not like J. Edgar Hoover at all. The man is a member of the central group which is the spearhead of such an attack. This is all in hie file. He is still working for the Government.* Possible Identification This individual apparently a The Bureau files reflect that we have conducted several investigations of this individual as follows; 1. Special Inquiry - 2. Internal Security - Hatch Act which was opened October 21, 1941 and closed in January, 1942. 3. Special Inquiry ~ State Department (Greece-Turkey Aid Bill} which was instituted August 19, 1947 and completed September 10, 1947. &. A Loyalty of Government Employees Investigation was instituted April 19, 1948 which was completed in May 1948; and reports transaitted to the Civil Service Commission Kay 27, 1948. A form letter dated August 19, 1949, received from the Civil Service Commission in connection with the LGE investi- gation of ontained the notation "employee cleared on security.® h7 lA Cn ae fa