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” gran; ano por’. 4 - Office Memorandum “CONFIDENTIAL e UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT _ + ssoa! fh bog DaT ' ” Boardman an TO +) OR. AL HR. BELMONPE IA Bi October 22, finde? ape 1954 { Benen 3) aa / v) s/79 Harbo. a ‘ : Rosen _ -mmom © up, Re R. ROACH Wo mike ff Rosen —— : : C g e, Pinterrowd SUBJECT: FRANK SINATRA CG UNCT x Tel. Room — ? Reference igs4, 2: dated October 18, 2OSN PTY SURGE 4H aes fa : Srp het tues ay five for Frank Sinatra. to Stnatra, CHISSY LON hype eed v CIN] 3 ,clearance to Sinatra, Communist; that this The Director noted "Nail this down promptly. oy Bo- 199 MISCELLANEOQUS~INFORUATION CONCERNING Ofer” 18 'S on... [Bl Boo... eee is made to a letter from the SAC, New York, in the above-captioned matter in which the Bureau was advised by Jerome Doyle, former Bureau Agent, concerning information he had recetved from Henry Jaffe, attorney Allegedly, Sinatra and/or Jaffe went to Washington to talk to the Army to determine why clearance was dented who had been booked to go to Korea for Christmas as part of a USO entertainment group, and allegedly the Army advised that it had information from the FRI which prompted the Army to deny This information referred to ailegediy was that Lee Mortimer in a newspaper column stated that Sinatra was a information allegedly came from Bureau files. He" 7-2, furnished Colo ry, Chief af Security, b7¢ Liatson Agent a copy of a@ memorandum prepared by Colonel Marnane, Execu fficer to the Adjutant General, concerning the conference which Sinatra had with the Army tn the Office of the Adjutant General on September 16, 1954, and for which Colonel Marnane prepared the minutes, In essence, this memorandum advises that, pursuant to a request by Frank Sinatra to be advised why he had been dented clearance, an appointment had been made for him to appear in the office of Major General John A. Klein, the Adjutant General, on September 16, 1954. Present besides the Adjutant General were Major General John C. Mudgett, Chief of dnformation; and ormer Brigadier General Alfred Kastner, formerly @eputy Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2. ifa Mri Sinatra's request for clearance had been denied. At the outset of the conference, General Klein eked, General Kastner to outline for Mr. Sinatra the basis upon which General Kastner : jexplained that over a period of years many items had appeared in the publto' press, including the "Daily Worker," and kindred publications, |whtchreflected adversely on Mr. Sinatra and which, to @ considerable ‘degree, identified Sinatra with the Communist Farty line and, as a ne result, respect to Communism, Communists, and fellow travelers. co JPS/SHRempm, mam a is serious evidence as to Mr. Sinatra's sympathies wt 29 ” Guia oa — peere™ yok os . AY LS f a= . ° ee Petite 5 ree er ES ine ee a Sl lide nea adil ted ten ee