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    "ocrText": "OF\nASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE\nWASHINGTON 25, D.C.\nJune 3, 1954\nSTATES\nOF\nLEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS\nThe\nDear Senator McCarthy:\nI am writing you in reference to the action of the Special\nSubcommittee yesterday in unanimously recommending to you as the\nChairman of the Permanent Investigating Subcommittee that the names\nof some 130 alleged Communists in Defense plants be furnished the\nSecretary of Defense.\nIn order that the record be clear, I was advised last evening\n(June 2) that your office had telephoned mine about 6:30 P. m. that you\nrequested that instead of sending the names to the Department of\nDefense forthwith that either myself or someone designated by me as\na representative of the Department of Defense meet with you during\nthe luncheon recess around 12:30 P.m. on June 3 to \"discuss in some\ndetail\" the circumstances involved in the case and case histories\nrather than just delivering a list of the names involved. It is my\nunderstanding that your office further indicated that I should try to reach\nyou that evening or the first thing on the following morning. I was not\nin my office at that time but I was contacted and returned the call as soon\nas possible. I was advised by your secretary that you had by that\ntime left your office and that you were not then available. She\nstated, however, that you believed the names should not be turned over\nto the Defense Department without some explanation on your part and\nthat you suggested meeting with me for such purpose during the noon\nrecess on June 3, 1954. I replied that the Department of Defense was\nindeed interested in receiving the names that evening and I suggested\nthe names be sent the Department of Defense forthwith in accordance\nwith the Investigating Committee¹s resolution and that a conference with\nrespect to such names be held as soon as practicable thereafter at a\nmutually convenient time. She replied that she could not comply with\nmy request for delivery of the names but that she would make every effort\nto comply with my request that you get in touch with me the next morning.\nShe suggested you probably could call me shortly before 9:00 a.m.\nbecause she expected you to be in your office at that time."
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