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what | RY | pene x. fOr. a} -4 a You wtll recall that tn 1949 the Roman Catholic Chureh forbade any of its members to read Communist literature. If such reading was necessary in a person's work, the individual was to get the permission of his parish priest. Cardinal Spellnan elucidated this policy, and it was given considerable publicity. In a_ne captioned “Cardinal _S; n- Comnuntan” to ated July 29, 1949, et bh forth the foll ng policy as related to In- ce ¢ - 1. Fo Seat of Governnent representative appearing before any In-Service group or class will deliberately, and on his own initiative, raise the problen posed by Cardinal Spellaas. 2 Lf @ question of interpreting Cardinal Speliman's statement is raised in an In-Service group or class, the Bureau's policy shall be stated to bez (2) 4 Bureau representative working on Comaunist matters ts not to obtain approval from his priest. (bd) If such Communist work by any Bureau employee disturbs his conscience, thta should be made known to the Bureau and such employee will be removed from that type of work. © 0 ee The above policy was tn accordance with the Director's instructions.