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Meno to Mr, Ledd from ifr. Belmont Res LILLIAN SELLMAY ORPOSE : SEDELT. qo furnish a summary of inforaction in Bureou filea en [iilian Hellman pursusnt to a request from the MoCorran Committees BACKGROUND? Reference {3 made to Mry Laughlin'’s memorandum doted September 26, 1952, advising thot Mre Doan Cannora of the McCarran Committee Acd requested nome cheeks on a number of individuals, anong others, Lijitan Hellman, playwright ond preducer. There ta attached a blind memorandum, thought suiteble Jor disseminction to the McCarran Committee, which tnoorporates informetion received from reliable Burecu informants and from Bublic sources. 3 SCOPE OF SEALE: fhe search on Lillian Feliman wos Jinited te the moin Stile and references dated @ince March, 195], The records of the Identi flection Division were searched with no eriminel record being Joceted, et dah RUREAU INPESTIGATION: A Security Matter-C investigation, New York origin, Was instituted in October, 1943, concerning Lillien Felimon end pigeced in @ closed atatus tn April, 2951, which investi- getion was predicated on HNellman's reported activities in Communist front oergentzations. Hellman wos carried as a key figure in the New Tork Office from 1943 until March, 1947, at which time Aer activities were not deemed of such a noture ag to warrant ef retention as ¢ Key figure, Heliman’s nome is + vi a Presently maintgined on the Security Index, (100+28760) INFORMATION NOT INCLUDED IN BLIND MEVORAND Ns fhe following information te not being iaecluded in the &lind memorandum becouse of the questionable reliability of the infarmont 35 rt? el