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Caer oneal * he gh, we: ate isk . s ~ \ X y Office Mena 172 « UNITED STA OVERNMENT TO : UR, Ly lL. vont DATE: August 31, 1951° 2 i fe r ? jt : ra , SUBJECT: COR) NIST INFILTRATION INTO pee _ . ime <a weet TT ee eet THE STATE DEPATTMENT EX: Bowes, | epeeets wd 153 : nls belmont, PURPOSE: To advise that the names of 570 persons in the Nao nom State Department on whom we have conducted full field investiga- _—— tions, have been checked against State Department files tn accor with the Director's request to be advised of the number still employed in the State Department or elsewhere in the Go vernneny advise that the names of those persons not still employed by|[t Department must now be checked with the Civil Service Comnisg§ determine if they are employed elsewhere by the Governmen BACKGROUND: By memorandum dated March 16, 1951, capTtig "Comzuntst Infiitretion into the Armed Forces, Industrial Pla J the State Department,” the Director was advised that as of Mar 1951, there had been a total of 570 loyalty cases conducted on applicants and employees of the State Department in which there hod been some evidence of Communist Party affiliation, sympathy or associa- tion with individuals alleged to be Communist sympathizers at some time. The Director noted "Just how many are still employed in State or some other Government agency. H." Gro uwS FS Peobie 13, fo determine the present employment status of the 570 persons mentioned above, the files were reviewed and a list prepared containing the necessary identifying datae The list was made available to the State Department by our liaison representative. It has now been returned with appropriate notations indicating that many of these people are still employed by the State Department and that others are not so employed and their places of present employment are unknown. A copy of the list of names checked by the State Department is attached. In each instance where the person was employed by the State Department, an "X" has been drawn through his name. In other words, it is now necessary to check CSC records to determine whether those persons whose names have not been X'd on the attached list are presently employed in the FOUETNMENT, —_ ; y a a . ww RECOHMENDATION?: It is recommended that our’ liaison representative furnish the attached list of names to the CSC with the request that each name not X'd be checked against CSC files to determine whether that person A™ployed by the Federal Government. st 30¢ Bln ABA E- NECORDED “2 . SEP (25. 51551 OEC: Sit 4d