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i hetero eo No. { Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Tolwon Le fo Data: Sept. 28, 1954 ANE | tats | Belhhont!, _ ay Harbo |. | . i From = Ge He stanley(1/)S futon” = sunyect: MIRIAM MILLIKEN de HAAS vince MISCELLANEOUS = INFORMATION CONCERNING ; os Hollowan te" poof * t vy ? : TO : Mr, Rosen Ee 7) J Gandy __. The Director has inquired as to what «ét10n was taken by the d. grend jury concerning Miriam de Haas, a former employee of the Loyalty Review Board (LRB), Civil Service Commission (CSC), who has admitted | furnishing confidential information from files of LRB to individuals outside the Executive Branch of the Government. Miriam de Haas testified | on March 18, 1952, and April 8, 1952, before a Federal Grand Jury in District of Columbia, which was Llhquiring into the ‘unauthorized disclosuré of confidential information.” Confidential transcript covering this grand jury investigation which was made available by Dept. of Justice {reflects grand jury adjourned Aortl 8, 1952, without any action baving | . { been takeh.” dé Haas resigned from LRB 11/3/52. No investigation . | conducted by FBI although facilities of FBI Laboratory made availabis. | Investigation wes conducted by CSC. BACKGROUND: Miriam de Haas, former smployee of LAB, CSC, was investigated by CSC because she was suspected to be the source of Senator McCarthy's information for his press release in January, 1952, containing excerpt from confidential winutes of a LRB mesting on February 13-14, 1951, which disclosed criticism of the manner in which the State Department had conducted its Loyalty Review Program. The Bureau conducted no investigation concerning the de Haas incident although facilities of our Lab made available and fingerprints of de Haas identified by Leb on the revised transcript covering this meeting of LRB. Oriminal © Division of Department has been furnished complete information received ; | by Bureau in connection with de Haas. Department, on 1/22/52, requested , Bureau conduct investigation of this matter and informed by memo of io 1/25/52 that this Bureau had been informed CSC had conducted extensive investigation in this matter which included Interview of de Haas. It was pointed out that Bureau had conducted no Investigation but had made available facilities of our Leb. Letter to Department concluded “you may desire to obtain from CSC the results of its investigation in this matter and. . . reconsider your request for an investigation. . . ." Department, | by memo dated 2/5/52, again requested an investigation. Matter discyssed MRECOP ORD COP TED A Hf 4 ‘with Gus Vanech of Department who stated he thought it would be better lor cs¢ to conduct this investigation. a i ak, ‘aty . us . Attachment” ~ BE 101-35 VO 7 ; A ole | ce-Mr. Belmont Bufile 121-35707 sy t yO oer soa tai 4166 ~ ; sah wa Ver RHE OG ete NI n ‘ECTOR ; tee’ ES- TQ pep ee 0 r 4 inet : q- _€ 7 :