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Li When the Americcn people rord the carefully preparcd statoncnt put out by thc Sccrctary of Statc's office in regard to thc Duran stetoncnt, thcy warrontitlod to rely upon it as boing tr truth. Unfortunatoly, anyono who belicvsithat sts.tonent got a complctoly crroneous impression of the actual facts. lhichevcr way you wish to intorpret this situation I submit to the Ccamittoe that it is typiecl cf thp carolcssness of the top oxecutives of the State Departnent cf this country. Ths. situation I have just discussod 1t is typicrl of tho h:lf truths wc hcsr in answcr to the informction which I havc bccn devclcping in rcgard to the bad security risis in thet department. in its ontirety. It will bo noted the Stete Departmcnt recoivod a copy of it. Therc rrc certcin mattcrs discussed in this repcrt wtich I do not fccl should bc medc public until tho committce hcs had a chance to thoroughly Iock intc thcm. I havc, thcrcferc, deloted thcsc scctions frcm the copios bcing handcd to tho press and will nct rcad thcm intc thc rccori at this. time. The ontirc raport, howcver, with nothing delctod is bcing handed to cr.ch of the membcrs of tho camittoc..