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FEDERAL bUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Forn No.1 SECURITY INFORMATION BUREAH RT MADE AT AUG ^T4553 PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE REPORT MADE BY 7/8-10,14-17,21-- b7C NEW YORK 3.28-30/53 TITLE CHARACTER OF CASE SPECLAL INQUIRY. STATE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC LAW LEO LOWENTHAL 403, 8Oth CONGRESS, VOICE OF AMERICA Synopsis of facts: LOWEnTHAL presently employed as Director, Evaluation Staff, Inter- national Broadcasting Service. Record clear. Neighbors state. LoWenThAL is a guiet, sincere individual. and they have no reason to question his loyalty. Professor KARL WIrlFogeL advined. he has had no further contact with. LOWENTHAL. However, he did recall that LCWENTHAL told him in 1925 that he,. LOwEnTHAL, had been a member of the Comrunist Student Group at Heidelberg. University. *Election records disclose LOwENTHAL where registered, registered to vote for-one of two major political parties. Confidential Informants in the New York ayea who have a knowledge of CF activity, have no lnowledge of LOweNTHAL.. No record BssI. RUO REFERENCE: Report of SA New York, 10/31/50. DETAILS: b7C FAPLOYMENT United States Department of State 1790 Broadway New York, New York Appoantments and Resords Section, New York Administrative Office, advised SA that LEO LCWENTHAL is presently employed by the Voice of America in the capacity of Director, Evaluation Staff, International Broadcasting Service. She stated his record is clear. APPROVED AND SPECIAL AGEN ORWARDEL DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES sz Q9hz COPIES OF THIS REPORT INDEXED-TO Bureau AUG 111953 New York (123-1621) 38 5 0CT.7.. 1953 PROPERTY OF FBI--THIS-OON BYTHE FBI ANDARE-NOTTO BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE OF AGENCY TO WHICH LOANED