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i oS January 17, 1952 MEM RANDUM FOR MR. TOLSOKR Xx MR. LADD 12:32 MR. NICHOLS I called Major Geueral A. R. Bolling of G-Z and told him 1 had a very confidential matter which I would like him to be of help on. 1 states \ the Attorney Geveral had rece! from Senator Hayden yesterday a ietter written by a mas “eT is a Lieutenant assigned ta the Transfer Security Unit in New York City, which letter was written to Senator . Benton charging that while he was in Washington during this last year, Stnater McCarthy had picked him up at the Wardman Park Hotel, had taker him to his home and gotten him drunk, and had committed an act of sodomy on him. I stated the Attorney Geoeral asked me to look into it at once, which I did. I stated I had two Inspectors in New York last cight and they found and interviewed at which time be denied he ever wrote this letter and his own sigrature does not conform to the signature on the lettar. I stated in going into the matter at New York we found there had been a map by the name of bo had written a letter to cm menditg “fficer io New York ¢ arging SP with being a homosex bad admitted ia an affidavit to us last night in New ¥q rk 1% he is a bomosexual and bas veen for some time put that be had never Ris thecarthy, doesa't know McCarthy, and that this letter which was written with his name signed to itis entirely untri ii. so far as he knows bul he suspects that who has already made Serious charges against him to his Commanding —ffiicer, may bave writter. the jetter. I stated if he, General Bolling, could arrange it, we would like to have Inspectors LeLoach and Gearty se I suggested that have his full cooperation to get to the hotiom of this because obviously it is a plact on Senator McCarthy. General Bolling said he would do this at once. I told General Bolling there was one angle | thought I shouid I stated ther: mosexual he migh: activities along that line circumscribed. General Bolli. «Stated would be released from the service at once but he would wait a fc. days ‘until we finished our investigation. I told the me I would send bin. a a: 14 B2aar—A nn EX. py RECORDED - 8 Ae aye = ~BlFic 5 1952 INDEXED. ag SANE coin want to hav