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“May 3, 1955 Senater Glin 4. Johnston, Senate Cffice Ruildin:, Washington, @. Cy ; vear Senator: I would like to commend you and your . committee staff for thie responsible and thorough’. _ sanner with which the investigation of the Federal — Enployces Security Prograa has been pursued: liowever, there is one aspect to your con- tenplated investigation deserving of mention at this time. ; ae . Se, Since your investigations will rest largely . on analyses of individual cases, there will probably be brought into sharp focus factual . issues concerning a particular file resolvable by a review of confidential data in the investi-. .. eative files naintained by the appropriate a;:encies of the ixecutive. Lven theuch we would agree on the inviolability of investigative data in indi- vidual files, public exciteznent stimulated by *. | knowledge of -the allered auvuses of a particular: case aivht cause pressure to have such data dis- closed. : . a a It is inherent in our whole concept of duc” process that investigative data concerning an. — individual should only be disclosed in a manner. _ provided by law, either to a Grand Jury, a quasi judicial agency, or to an authorized person-in