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ms MILVELLANBOUS MATERIAL RECEIV. FYROM THE OFFICE OF SENATOR JOSEPH R. MC CARTHY -J7ui ~ Bureau file 100~398328 24 . March 6, 1953 On / Meo LEB the attached matertai was recetved from the office of Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin. It should be reviewed by you. By memorandum dated February 7, 1953, Assistant to the Director L. B. Nichols advised:'"In Mr. Baumgardner's memorandum of February 3, 1953, inguiry was made as to how the Bureau may use copies of correspondence addressed to Senator McCarthy. TI wish to advise that I have specifically raised this problem with Don Surine of Senator McCarthy's Office. turine states that we are authorized to use this materia aj re Oe ee ee ed ww Wie $s Oe ee ee 2d any way we see fit and to say that the material had been referred = to the Bureau by Senator McCarthy to disseminate and to conduct any investigation that is suggested by the facts. I told Surine we would do this and to avoid making inquiry tn each instance, I inguired whether we could assume that this appited to anything else he might furnish us unless he specifically put @ restriction on it. He stated that we could so assume and if there was anything they did not want known came from them, they would so advise use Aw ay Comin we Ate ato dktan wntth rnaharnananan ¢7h tho Aton aminntinn al aowever 5S diet FOG GiG Guewrvo We vie fey Giese gc vv VEO , WFO SO UME Ths UE Tt vw auch letters to other Government agencies, that we not show the Senator's Office as the source but carry the source as “of unknown reliability." Surine further stated that we should use good , Judgment in all the letters. For example, tf a writer asked the Senator to keep confidential the source of the informations we, likewise, should keep confidential the source of information and Should it be necessary to interview the original complainant, we should not divulge that Senator Mc Carthy's Office has furnished Jon us the information." You should be guided accordingly in handling the material, taking Gppropriate action where necessary. y / If no action is warranted, make @ notation to this effect on this form and file under tnrstant caption, marking for indexing where necessary o if action is warranted, route a carbon copy of your / initial correspondence into above file 80 the matertal can bel located later with a minimum of effort. The teapie to the course, should bear an Gpproprtave captyon | suitable to the particuler Ag? ff oy ve 4 eye, oe ee ee oe Oe wo wee Attach: we ml 77 APR Re ee ad ST ae one Pe ne . ” : a toe “ fs = ee. can F : ' hae - we tet et en “ Pe 2 pe owl Tx, “ay SL i 4 Crs i alee «, - | Fee ioe Ne ~ we fa — _ et es &. a . {