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’ ao " # - aca, - q DEPARTMENT OF STATE = ta Fou THE Pais ayes 6 — gg67 i he et ale eae Ke ane me , ayes z. c t CHAL yo s/@ CAUTION gf “tt "FUTURE RELEASE Wy : MOTE DATE vty, Tal -e7 gty. Hacks --4 cient TENS IOP TO Be PTE EIVSLY FUebi Shed, 2uoTsd FRO Ee “WAY, ~ ni — The Lepartecnt cf State todatr mide prplic the rpliowins!. : analysis of tue speech a@cliveved by Senator Jocepn R. MeCaye N a ee a Chicerzo. May €, 1959, on “Conmuniem ty Covarnuent"s cejator MeCarthy rererreg {gm 1.0 Stoeios ReCarchy reid at Chicerot to Lue Ltsaremeat co CLatets Yiies boin® examined by the Tydin, sp Garcommittee es Mektnny-ritbed bones of the Illes \™ - Tyoejetor Fites"; “Tnere purged iftles"; “phony files"; MUNG FB ; and '42 ftlew insvsed of 2949 ard 5D", , . Tue Facts. Taa f.les tranvcitted to the Tydings Sub- _ commutes are bhe rulli and cunricts State heparinent files “ evrrent a8 of the Gate tranemiticoc. They contain ell] informa~ . trou redevent to the aetervinetion of employee loyalty or a security. Under tne Fidered Meploge.g Loyalty Frogve%s eis Federal Buresu ef Tnvectigatica ie che treney chirges with * recpongibility for cencuy r inves f{gatlong into the royalty of Ctrte Department personel, ho repres ntesive of the Depa: tment of Justice has been recent at the meetings of the Vylinss Subcommittee. The files wore viewsd by a reprcecentat-ve of tne Department of Tustice before they were turacd cver to the Subcommittee. The . f}ies mive availabie to tne Sukcemnittee contain the material x eollecte? by the Federal Eurecu of Tnvestigation anc trans- m.tteg to the Stete Department. 12. Sension Mogenthy said Jn Chicago: "Now from page 37 of the fisuse Report 1 Quote tine following: ':,,almost anyone and everyone in £he State Department had access to the files The Facts. The report to which Senator Mefarthy referred v 4m a repors of the House Appropriations Committee investigators, “ dated January 27, 1948, which accompanied the list of 106 cases which were the basis of Senator McCarthy's speech of one “ Pepruary 20, 1950. Senator McCarthy migquoted this report. — The report said: "ow. ost everyone d anyone in the g Division has accesa to the files eS La AsaPE| rad , ae eins 5 0 ef The Division that the House investigators were talking about was the Division ef Security. That 1a the division charged with the phySical and perronnel security program ar the Department and the Foreign Sexvice, and it 15 therefore. | essential that its steff have access tO the fileg when needed. a an veh ef war yore . 7k . - .