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i | ~ - me - er ‘\. (. -8- lr) Discles.re of the reccrta eculd act do othervise tren aerlously prejutice lew enforce.ent. C-unsel for @ fefencaat or prosneetive defencent, gould hreve so gtecter hel. then tc kpew how auch cr bow little tafcotne- tion the Governcent nes, and ehst witnesses or sources of infornation {t ean rely ujon. Thie is exactly whet . these reports are intended to contains a a oy Disclosure of the revorte at thie cartioular time 2500 0 weuld alee pre jud udies the national defense end be of Flas, Be aid and eosfort tc the very pubversive elezents against - Bhigh you wish to ;rotect te comntaye Tor this reeson we have nade extracrdi:ary efforts to see thet the re- eulte of counterespionrge activities end intelligence —.. activities of this Departsent inv-lving thoce elenente are kept within the fevest -caslble hands. A oztelogus of versons unter invertigation cr aszicion, and whet we knew abcut thes, sould be of inest( ebla serviee te foreign egrneties; and inforsetion whi¢h “gould be so used ganot be too elozely gasrded. : i Yorscver, di cclosure of the reports vould be of © _ serious srejusice to the future ucefulnese cf the Fed, wo eral Boresu cf Invertiratlone Ap you prebebly know, auch of this fi.fornaticn Le given in ecnfilence end een only be cbtsined upon -ledge n:t te dirslose its ecurees. af dieclosure of the acvreme would enherrass inforgants-~sonctives in thelr eaplcyasnt, sovetines in their sccial relations, and in extre.«e otses might even enfanger their lives, Fe regerd the kes, ing of faith with confitentiel informants as en inéissensable ” oordition of future efficiency. Dicolosure of inforastion eontained in the re- ports night also be the grossest kind of injustices te 4snocent individuale, Investigative reporte inelide - leads and suspicions, and soceti.es even the state- vents of walicious or mleinforsed pec; le. Ew though later and acre comlete recorts exosercte the incivizuela, the use of particular or selveted re;orts might ecnsti- | tute the grossest Injusties, and we all know tuat a eorreoticn never catause Cp with an eccusatlons “with resract to files ahich thie Conaittee bes recuested, their dhactonure would, it seera tc we, veriouely in air the effectiveness of the Enaloyes