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aw XN Menorandum for Mr. Boardman 6) In borderline cases security of State ts considered above the safeguarding of individual rights. Employees residing with husbands or wives who are Communists should be removed from secret work, 7) ‘In order to insure the security of State it ts necessary in some cases to refuse employment after full investigation where coubte of reliability remain, even though no legal evidence acceptable to a court of law was obtained, Also, tn order not to ee sources of information tt t&8 sometines necessary to make decisions without revealing full detatls of supporting evtdence. Employees may appeal to a board of three advisors set up in 1948 to hear appeals of employees threatened with removal or transfer from secret duties on security grounds, 8) No recommendations were made for legtslation to permit arrest and detention without warrant or to detain suspects or to prevent them from leaving the country, although these items were considered, : The Paper pointed out that the report of the conference ts concerned with the public services but tt was recognized that in certain areas of public service~-notably the Foreign Service, the Defense Field and Atomic Energy Organization--the need for stringent securtty precautions is greater than elsewhere.