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Mr, Meloy related that they had previous "leaks" of confidential 4rformation from the Loyalty Review Board, He reforre xhibit which Senator NeCarthy hed reteased concerning a former State Depertment employney a copy of a lette € cherdson to Mra, Eleanor Roosevelt sometime in 1950 which Wre Bingham stated he saw at Senator HeCarthy's office; and the premature publication of e@ decision in a loyalty case before the letter hal even — been dictated ty the Loyalty Neview Board, 'r. Heloy did not attach too much significance to this last situation because a mumber of people were aware of the decision of the Loyslty Review Board in that particular cage which Mr. Meloy thought inv: lved Ag the Departnent dg awnre, this Eurean st the request o e Department conducted an Investifatd erning the cxhibit which Senator McCarthy had concern aati 0: the reports in that tnvec~ tigation were furnished to the Department, “Hr, Heloy advised that thé transcript in question consists of 192 pages, He said that criginally an original and three copies of thig transeript were prepered, After certain revisions an additional original and five acpies were prer: red making a total of ten copies cf this pertieular trarsecript. fr. Meloy related thrt ive had the quoted natertal appcering in ferater vecarthy's release cheeks against the rrapser ty and altheugh the guetecd material was not ir the order in whieh 4t appeared in the transcript, the quoted raterjal constituted exact quetationa from the trarseript. Mr. Bingham stated that he realised that this wight be a matter for the Loyalty Review Board to act cn administratively; however he waa hopeful that the FRI would help us cut." Mr. Dinghom sreelfircelly desired that this Bureau precess for latent Tyger prints the two transeripts which wera maintained fin the office of Ky 4, Pradcrtw, Chief of the Regulations and Advisory Section of the Loyalty Review Prard, to which Miriam deffanac had access and thereafter ecmpare any inten! fingerprints on there documents with those of Miriam dellaag. Mr. Tinghem related that: if thte Buresu vould assist in this exsminntion and ‘vrnish any results to hin, 1+ wonld then be a matter for him to decile 4s to what further actien should be takne in this situatton, tht Js, whether he eculd hemile the situation rininistratively wi bain his own office or Wie tier 4t would he neesscary for further fdivestirecticon to he conducted. The Bureesu bag the two copies of the transcript coverings the mimites of the Loyalty Peview Hoard moot'ug held February 13-1", 1951, which were raintained in the office of *. A. Frederie and is precessing these transcripts for latent fingerprints, after which Iirs Ww ingham will be advised of the reanits of thie examination, =~ o ILO ica hE Ne . "Reta nag See they a fe Mad a po: ae Goin WT in a U7F ew. Silage RE FRE ET rs Oe a a or a ae _ FAs) - BH