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Memorandum to E. I. McLarney from Elting Arnold
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Memorandum to E. I. McLarney from Elting Arnold
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COPY
AUG 15 1951
Mr. E. I. Mclarney, Deputy Commissioner
Income Tax Unit
Elting Arnold
Assistant General Counsel
TROMAN
ANNY
"NATIONAL
ARCHIVES AND
RECORDS
LIBRARY
U.S.
SERVICE"
GOVERNMENT
Reference is made to my memorandum to you of June 15, 1951, as
supplemented by Mr. Rains' memorandum of July 6, 1951, to which were
attached lists of names of individuals and entities concerning which
it was felt desirable to have further information in connection with
the current investigation of the China lobby. It is understood that in
addition to the lists transmitted by this office the Department of
Justice supplied your Bureau with a further list, some of the names on
which duplicated names previously transmitted to you by us.
There is transmitted as an attachment to this memorandum a further
list incorpor ating the names previously transmitted by us and by the
Department of Justice and adding a number of new names. In perusing
the list attached hereto you will note that the numbers 1 or 2, and in
some cases both the numbers 1 and 2, are set forth alongside certain
names. The number 1 indicates that the name has previously been
transmitted to you by this office. The number 2 means that the name
has previously been transmitted to you by the Department of Justice.
Where both numbers appear it means that both this office and the
Department of Justice have previously transmitted the name to you.
The problem of the China lobby has been the subject of recent dis-
cussions at an interdepartmental meeting in which several matters
relevant to the role of the Treasury Department in connection with the
investigation were discussed. It was believed at the meeting that it
would be most helpful if the Treasury Department could supply from its
files any information which might be available with regard to the persons
and entities listed in the attachment. The attachment is, therefore,
being reviewed by the Foreign Assets Control with this end in view.
It is also believed that it would be most desirable if the Bureau of
Internal Revenue would review the recent tax returns and such other
material as may be available with regard to the listed names. In
particular, it is desired to learn what foreign sources of income were
enjoyed by any of the persons or entities named on the attached list
and to receive any information showing that any of the persons or
entities listed on the attachment had derived income from or con-
tributed to any of the other listed persons or entities.
Attachment
(signed) Elting Arnold