Memorandum from Donald Dawson to President Harry S. Truman with Related Material
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MR. DAWSON
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THE WHITE HOUSE
MAY 31 1952
WASHINGTON
August 12, 1948
NATIONAL
LIMITED
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
RECORDS
SERVICE
Congressman the House Committee on Appro-
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priations has asked the various departments and agencies to
furnish a report with reference to certain loyalty and security
information of a general nature. Discussions between the staff
of the Committee and the Loyalty Review Board have developed
certain information which clarifies the request to some extent,
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and I have listed the questions asked, together with explanatory
information:
1. Your Agency's definition of a "security risk".
The request confuses the question of "loyalty" and
"security". All agencies do not have "security"
problems as such. Only the so-called sensitive
agencies, of which there are seven, have authority
by law to dismiss employees for security reasons.
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However, all agencies are to define their security
risks and their loyalty risks. The latter, of
course, is determined by the Executive Order on
loyalty.
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2. A statement indicating the status of the loyalty
program in your agency at the present time.
This question is to be answered on the basis of the
July report sent to the Loyalty Review Board. It
should be noted that the Loyalty Review Board re-
cently made public over-all statistical information
concerning the program. Only information available
in the District of Columbia offices is to be used.
3. A list of the members of your loyalty board and the
number of cases it has heard to date.
Membership of loyalty boards has heretofore been
furnished the public and the Congress. The number
of cases heard are included in the answer to Question 2.
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