◆ SpookStack

ae We wr DEPARTMENT oF “STATE * yen Ci ee RR ahs ae ee 2950. ae . “oe wet No. oil Ok 98668". The nepavtment of state has. already ‘characterized aa absolutely false the statement-by Senator MeCarthy.-that, a photostat which he produéed on the Senate floér June 6 donstituted proof that three men individuaily listed-by the FBI as Communist agents . in 1946 are still working for the’ Department. 5 - J EEL. It has poi rited” “ut that the Senator! 8 . charge ; waa based ‘upon “the completely erroneous ‘belief that. a.,1946 chart referred: to in the: pnietostated document, ‘a chart purportedly evaluating” Meee eee tnt: pevscnncl in terms of Communis. “agents”, "Commun ts", "sympa thiz- ers’, and.."suspects", - was prepared by the PBI.” ° , Furthermore, the spartment: has stated that the chart’ in ques- tion was not prepared by or received from the FRI, but was merely a working. document prepared in the Department's Security office as a tasis of fins ther personnel investigations in 1946. . 7 The Depertment has also stated that na, persons purpbrtedly. identified on that chart as Comminist "agents", "Communists? andi... the like arc now employed by the Department except, those whose: * loyalty has since been thoroughly checked, evaluated; and ‘reviewed under the President's Loyalty Program. ; ‘ oo Fs ee eR re Since the issudnte of this statement to the press by the Department, on Junc_6, 1950; a thorough review of the chart and: ° report in question,-~ together with a eareful inquiry into the cireum- . stances of thelr preparation and the status or personnel involved, hes been made by the Depertment. The fe sllowins ‘analysis of Senator MeCarthy' s speech. As. based: upon the facts” developed by that study: ‘ : Senator MeCarthy told the Senate on June é:/! "The: Suge (eet) ’: senk to fhe State Department on that date (Ma eee ee f - — (ai laa | getannee statement’ Jisting what they considered as agents}, Na, 2, “Comriunists; No. 3, Communist sympa No. yu, svapects. " ecarthy has “eited. a “reference to the chart, was prepared ‘Peer | jpent to the State Department by, the FBI, and this has been verified to the Department of State both by the . Department ‘of x "Justice and by the FBI. .On the contrary, ‘the chart .and.the re weve prepared within ‘the Department of State itself. The chart was Jprerared: on May. ABs SKE and. “the report. an: August, 34. 4946. Soe The Department of ‘state itself, after, consultation’ with, ‘the ° write of ‘the report, with the former Security Officer under whose | direction and-in whose of fice he chart. was prepared, with certain. , of his then subordinates: familiar with the chart,. and with the ~| Federal Bureau of Investigation, and after reviewing working papers , which are ‘ettll in our file, has conclusively determined that the shart was not prepared or TYurnished by the FBI, but was prepared as an investigator's working document in the Department of State in 1946 and by emploVecs of the Department of State. Interview with ithe writer’ of the report, who is ‘still in the Department, and the Security. Officep with who lie hid a contersation about the chart — established that the writer of the report drew from his conversa-. stion ers Security Officer the unintentionsgl erroneous con- 'oluet h art was prepared in: the. FBI LS i> 6 os : i Wen, . 2. Senator . 7 ore a “agian Rey gamit -a th: fe Meda OPO vo.