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DISCLOSURE OF LOYALTY FILES TO THE TYDINGS SUBCOMMITTEE
Senator Tydings has asked John Peurifoy that he be advised by
Monday, March 20th, of the terms and conditions under which the
loyalty and security files in connection with Senator McCarthy's
charges of Communists in the State Department will be made avail-
able to the Committee. He stated that on two different occasions
the President had informed him that pertinent files would be
furnished to the Committee at the White House. The Senator indicated
also that the files would be made available to the Committee's
investigative staff. It is, therefore, important, in the event
that a commitment has in fact been made for voluntary disclosure,
to consider the nature of the agreement that was entered into by
the President and Senator Tydings and just what method of procedure
should be followed in making the files available.
I. If a commitment has not been made by the President, it is
believed that consideration should be given as to whether, under
any circumstances, the files should be made available to the
Committee. The arguments for not making any disclosure are as
follows:
(1) Derogatory information necessarily appearing in investi-
gative reports will be subject to disclosure or to leaks by the
Committee members with the result that persons who have already
been cleared will be needlessly injured.
(2) Much of the derogatory information in the files is based
on rumor, gossip and hearsay.
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