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eo “OY oa®- -~ : . ~ vs" a - t MISCELLANEOUS MATSRIAL RECEIVED CO : VROM THE OFFICE OF SENATOR JOSEPH R. MC CARTHY Piz Bureau file 100-398328 March 6, 1953 ~. On 2lifs® the attached material was recetved from the office of Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin. It should be reviéwed Dy yoUe By memorandum dated February 7, 1953, Assistant to the Director L. B. Nichols Gdvised:'In Mr. Baumgardner's memorandum of February 3, 1953, inguiry was made as to how the Bureau may use coptes of correspondence addressed to Senator McCarthy. I wish to advise that I have specifically raised this problen with Don Surine of Senator McCarthy's Office» "“Suring states that we aré Guthorized to use this noteriai ©. Gny way we see fit and to say that the material had been referred to the Bureau by Senator McCarthy to disseminate and to conduct Gny investigation that ts suggested by the facts. JI told Surine we would do this and to auotd making inguiry in each instance, I + inguired whether we could assume that this applied to anything else he might furnish us unless he specifically put a 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 us. However, Surine cid state with reference to the dissemination of such letters to other Government agenctes, 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, if a writer asked the Senator to keep confidential the source of the information, wés likewise, should keep confidential the source of information and should it be necessary to interview the ortginal complainant, we should not divulge that Senator Mc Carthy's Office kas furnished en Fhe du fhlarma + ian ” aE io vireo ray View &VIFe Zz : You should be guided accordingly in handling the material, taking Gppropriate action where necessary. . if no action is warranted, make a notation to this effect on this form and file under instant caption, marking for indezing where necessary o h/ taa rPawutoe om enrhoan eon af wan ve le vue vw = ww we we wy “J yw u/ TH rattan Fe worrAn yY ty VEU VE FO wher Tr Male Yor, | initial correspondence into above file 80 the matertai can be located later with a minimum of effort. The correspondence, of course, should bear an Gppropriate caption suitable to the particular item, < ped Attachment ee tay orn? [/iy wes J é i. co ber 3 ry PPR 8 299 ¢