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= ee ee em ee li a ce he i 0 em a ee — FEB 24 to59 Allegation by Senator McCarthy "Case No, 1. The man involved in case No. 1 is employed in the office of an Assistant Secretary of State. The intelligence unit shadowed him and found him contacting members of an espionage group. A memorandum of December 13, 196, indicates that he succeeded in having a well-lnom general intervene with an Assistant Secretary in behalf of one man who is an active Communist with a long record of Commmnist Party connections. There is another individual who is very closely tied up with a Soviet espionags agency, There is nothing in the file to indicate that the general referred to mew those two individuals were Communists, "That is a part of the usual modus operandi, If there is one Communist in the Department, he will get some other individual to recommend another Commmist 50 that the breed can be increased. "This individual was successful in obtaining important positions for other Commnists. They were finally ordered removed from the Department not later than November 15 of the following year. Subsequent to that time, hovevar, both of them still had access to secret material, "A memorandum of November 2, 1916, pointed out that this individual and the previously mentioned Commmists whom he succseded in having placed were con- nected with an alleged Russian espionage agency. Nevertheless, this individual ~ still occupies an important position in the State Department. I should like to point out at this time, however, that the security group, which was then operating in the State Department, was apparently doing a good job. It presented the entire picture to the Secretary of State, This individual who, the investigating agency of the State Department says, is a Communist, got a general innocently to bring two other Commniste into the State Department, and he is today in the State Department and has access to the secret material. As I say, his name is certainly available to any Senate committee that wants it,” Possible IdentiN cation This individual is apparent Sie Bureau records reflect that a loyalty investigation was c ing who as of October, 1949, Department of State, Wash