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O bic In 7 of the &1 cases other type anplicant or security investigations have been comlucted In the past or are presently penling. /ith respect to these 7 cases, however, 5 of the individuals involved are no lenger employed in the Government and Serernmont sorvice since Jo far_as our files show, The re= tyre mot been in t+ mainine two. involve Case No. 79 - and Case No. Departrent. « 7 beth of whom aro still eumioyeT at the State y the subject of an Atomic Tnergy Act inves tigation which we estimat bo commleted "arch 29, 1950. As you previously hava been advisel, rerorts in this | case Will be furnished to the Civil Service Comission and the State Terartment as well as the Atomic nergy Coumission. With regard to AP 2! Derartment records indicate he transfcrret to the State Departuent from tM Oilice of Var Informatien | In 1942 we conducted a Special Inquiry type investicsation regarding ror the office of Cooctinator of TInforstion, prelecesser agercy to the CcT. Tt is noted our revorts in this Special Inquiry case do consletely cover the allezga- ticns presently mato by Senator “otarthy. flthowh there is nothing aliitional in . our eek: jit does not azrear that this case hes been properly aljudicated under the Loyalty Orler anl, consequently, we huve Initiated a fail ficil investigation. 30 9 on inovhich no diuvestizgetion bas been econtueted ss Q @ Yhere are 12 of the = by the “Turgaa bat of these 10 of te. intiviivals involvei are no lonser employed by. the State Denartuert ani there is no iniicavicn in Sirsqu files that they are en plovel elsewhere in the Governvent. A chect: has been made with the Civil Service i Comission ani there is nothing in their reesrts toa faittoate Ghee e 10 inlivilmals - - 2 involve Case voth of whom nt at the present tint. anil Tase "To. 59 - ef are presently eabloye? by the State Nepartuinnt. Bosh sufficient information to warrant initiation of investigation of With respect cree is notel that the case involving him could not be identified by either the Bureau or the State Devartment until Senator Melarthy actually furnished the 81/ names to the Tydings Committee due to the fact that in his orisinal testimeny before the Senate on February <0, 1950, Senator McCarthy omitted Case Now 59-2 No Loyalty | Porm ‘or P<: been located in our files. “owever, our files do contain some. information of questionable sienificance which may pertain to a: which does warrant the initiation of a pre liminary inquiry type leralty investigation to establish ijentity and te further eveluate the teaeaeiens Accordins cly, a pre- licinary inquiry ‘3 Rus.cl investigation has-been initiated 7 OV Orie In so far as the conlition of our files is ccncerned, in the event they | ere subpoenaed by the Tydings Committee, it should be noted that the follewing : general charactcristics pertain in the leyalty files; 1} The original copy of reports as received from the fiel! have been, ; in almost every instance, edited ani changed by the Fureay to delete contro- : versial material. It might be noted that, in this connection, many of these | cases were hanijled in the early stares of the Lovalty Programe 2) Original copies of the reports contain administrative and informant [| pages showing the identity of our confidential informants and the identity ‘ of cooperative private citizens who have cooperate] with the Bureau ona f confidential basis. 3) References are mate in the files to other Bureau file numbers and investigations. 4) Bach file contains an administrative marking of "disloyal" or "unfounded" for statistical purpceses within the Bureau. If these notations came to the attenticn of outsiiers, it might create the erronecus impression that the Sureau -2-