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we ua Pe ee rae lel abe aD i eh ae . sat were Lona me ee ee ne _ STANDARD FORM NO. 64 \ e* ; Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT to =: MR. TOLSON ; DATE: June 29, 1950 FROM: EL. 8. NICHOLS : “4y ly £ ZL List 1) - Lif pp re bl, 6 “Et Ly. L. A. rif 8 thes While I was out to lunch, the Attorney General AN Se f returned the call immediately upon returning, ur. Nease__ Wiss Holmes Miss Oandy_—— He stated that ee... told him we had a letter to Senator HcCarthy and he wondered if that was something i 2 he had to personally pass upon. J told him cbviously Mr. Hoover would want to do him the courtesy of letting him see such a letter in view of the public interest and the public statements of McCarthy. SUBJECT: t Li © guSSRERENSSTSE ae called, i send the letter?" Then, in a joking manner, he said: "That is He then stated: “Do I have to say it is all right to [ss22,2 what I am trying to avoid,” I told him if he interposed no objection to the letter, tt would be satisfactory to us as our letter was a direct answer | to McCarthy, tt was innocuous, non-commital, and only went as far as absolutely necessary. . + He then asked if it was our understanding that Ford wrote a letter to Tydings stating the FBI had eramined State Department files, toid him all we knew about this was what we read tn the) paper. ~_ or He then referred again to the letter and asked if this was the thing we were in a controversy with Ford on. JI told him the [ controversy with Ford had to do with John Stewart Service. -_ He said obviously the Bureau had to answer McCarthy and had to give a factual answer to McCarthy and wondered if he should call Ford and ask Ford for a copy of the letter Ford sent to Tydings. I told him this, of course, was a matter for him, He stated that he personally didn't want to get in any controversy. J told him we weren't trying to involve him in any controversy and wouldn't do that, that we merely brought the letter [Jonject to him as a matter of courtesy and so he could tnterpose an objection if he desired. Vil -23278-/F He stated he would call ala ioe 8 ok oh wrote and he would clear the letter thie afternoon. 7 a di LBN?FUL . (- : attactd | 3 | 5 wore 1, et eft oy ew Fem aan i Ear _ % x x gn paren = nae _ oe, oe Qrrsere, STRATE aie cane a aia . ore re Ler Sateen ST eo 7 Pata ia? al " J