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had left the Goverment service; that it was desired the Bureau list these indi- viduals with an indication of what transpired in this respect and that we also make identifying reference to any memoranda forwarded to the State Department prior tO, during or following the loyalty investigation in those instames where a loyalty investigation had been conducted am also in those instarmes where no loyalty in- vestigation had been made. In accordame with this request of Mr. Peyton Ford, we prepared a brief setting forth the mterial he had requested amd furnished it to him under date of May 15, 1950. This brief which wag furnished to the Department to assist the Attorney General in preparing a letter to Senator Tydings is probably the basis for Senator Tydings' comment since it is noted he alludes to a letter received by him signed by Peyton Ford. However, it is noted that Tydings is reported as stating that the results of a file-by-file examination were made available to him by the Department and that this report showed that the files were intact, had not been raped, had not been skeletonized or tampered with, The only files that we have examined are the Bureau files and we have made no file~by~file examination of the State Department's files in commection with this matter for the purpose of determining whether they contained all the material which has been furnished to the State Department by the Bureau coreerning the 61 individuals in question. _ _ ” With further reference to this particular matter, you may recall that by mmoranium of May 9, 1950, I advised fou that Mr. Feyton Ford had advised Mr. Nichols and me that he was going to assign from his office to review all of the State Department files which the President Was making available to the Tydings Sub- committee prior to the tims they were made available to the Committee for the — purpose of blocking out the names of any confidential informants or sources which should be protected in Byreau reports. Mr, Ford requested the Bureau to make an Agent evailable to work with comnnremeitt this project. Both Mr. Nichols and I advised him that we could not do 3 that the FBI should not be a party to review ing the State Department files prior to the time they were made available toa - Senate Conmittee by the President. Mr. Ford then suggested the Bureau might go — through its om files, checking tha material which has been sent to the State Depart~ ment to see if there are any names which the Bureau desired blocked out as un- desirable for the Committee to see ani wo again pointed out that this also would be impractical] and usrise, It was suggested that in the event —-- going to ~ mike this review that if, during the review of the reports, he questions regarding any particular reports, he then contact the Bureau, You noted on ny memorandum of May 9, 1950, “Right. I want no part to review of such files or the blocking out of informtion,* _ With respect to the coment attributed to Senator Tylings that he had been advised by FBI Agents that all of the material gathered by the FBI touching on the loyalty of the employees in question had been sant to the State Departzent and was a@ part of the files which the Tydings Subcommittee examined, you noted, "Is this correct?", We have never made any such comment to Senator Tydiings. ACTION Nore, This is for your information,