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employees of several executive agencies. It would be appreciated if you would furnish this Bureau a list of the agencies to be included within the provisions of Frecutive Order 10450 at your earliest convenience. In addition, would you advise whether the General Accounting Office and the Government Printing Office and their employees will be considered as subject to the provisions of the captioned order. If such is the case we would appreciate your advice as to whether your estimate of the volume of work to be handled for these agencies was included in the budgetary estimates furnished this Bureau.As you are aware, employees of the Library of Congress have been processed under Executive Order 9835 through agreement with officials of the Library and the results of name checks and investigations handled for the Library were compensated for on a reimbursable basis. Would you advise whether the agreement had with the Library of Congress for processing its employees under the old Loyalty Order has been renewed for Executive Order 10450. If such is the case is the Library of Congress agreeable to continue the procedure of reimbursement for each matter handled?With regard to the question as to what agencies have investigative responsibilities in connection with the additional investigation that may be necessary in the readjudication of full field investigations conducted under Executive Order 9335 as called for in Sed Section 4 of the cuptioned order, this Bureau feels it should conduct such investigations only when the purpose is to develop information of a nature described in "ection 8(d) of this order. The Department of Justice advised that it concurs in this opinion and stated that it feels the Civil Service Commission should isque direct instructions to all departments and agencies as to the proper procedures to be followed in connection with requests for further investigation. It is felt that if such instructions are issued it will preclude the receipt of a large number of requests by the FBI for investigation solely to bring the previous investigation up to date or to develop some allecations of a nonsubversive nature. For your further information, the Department of Justice has advised that it agrees this Bureau should continue the procedure established under the Loyalty Order of channeling its investigative reports through the Civil Service Commission for dissemination to the appropriate departments or agencies.
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Your attention is invited to the letter from Mr. Peter Campbell Brown, then the Acting Assistant to the Attorney General, to the Honorable Seth W. Richardson, then the Chairman of the Loyalty Review Board, dated Day 5, 1949, Therein Hr. Brown requested Hr. Richardson to clarify Review Board instructions to the various departments and agencies to the effect that "Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation will testify before Hearing Boards where they are in a position to furnish competent evidence. They will not, however, participate otherwise in the proceedings or will they be made available merely to interpret information appearing in their investigative reports." This policy will continue to be the policy of this Bureau under Executive Order 10450 and it has been concurred in by the Department of Justice, The Department has further suggested that the Commission so advise the various departments and agencies that this policy will be continued.These points are being called to your attention in order that you may furnish this Bureau the information requested above, as well.as give consideration to the necessity for furnishing instructions as outlined above to the varicus agencies for their information and guidance in the operations of Executive Order 10450.
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COPYEjanFile: I:LK:hhJuly 16, 1953Honorable J. Edgar Hoover, Director.Federal bureau of Investigation.Washington 25, D. C.Dear Mr. Hoover:Attached is a list of agencies in the Federal government which are to be included in the operations of Executive Order 10450. This information was requested by your letter of July 2, 1953, addressed to Mr. James E. Hatcher, Chief, Investigations Division.The subject of investigations for the General Accounting Office, Government Printing Office, and Library of Congress is being covered in a separate letter.The Commission will issue instructions to all departments and agencies as to the proper procedures to be followed in connection with requests for further investigation under Section 4 of Executive Order 10450. Instructions will also be issued regarding testimony by special agents or the Federal bureau of Investigation before security hearing boards..Very truly yours,/s/ Joseph E. WinslowJoseph E. WinslowActing Executive DirectorAttachmentCOPYNW 88326 DocId:32989603 Page 39
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COPYDEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES INCLUDED IN THEOPERATIONS OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 10450.*EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT:*White House OfficeBureau of the budgetCouncil of Economic AdvisersExecutive Mansion and GroundsNational Security CouncilNational Security Resources BoardOffice of Defense HobilizationOffice of the Liroctor for Mutual SecurityPresident's Advisory Committee on GovernmentOrganizationEXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS:StateTreasuryDepartment of DefenseOffice of the Decretary of DefenseDepartment of the ArmyDepartment of the NavyDepartment of the Air ForceJusticePost OfficeInteriorAgricultureCommerceLaborHealth, Education and WelfareINDEPENDENT AGENCIES:American Dattle Conuments Commission.Atomic Liorgy CommissionBoard of Governors, Federal Reserve SystemCanal Zone GovernmentContral Intelligence AgencyCivil Aeronautics BoardCivil Service CommissionFederal Personnel CouncilCommittee on Government Comtract Compliance.Committee on Retirement Policy for FederalFersonnelNW 88326 Docld:32989603 Page 40
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COPYINDEPENDENT AGENCIES: (Continued)Defense Materials Procurement AgencyDefense Iransport AdministrationEconomic Stabilization AgencyExport-Import BankFederal Civil Defense AdministrationFederal Coal Mine cafety Lourd of ReviewFederal Cormnications CommissionFederal Deposit Insurance CorporationFederal Mediation and Conciliation ServiceFederal Pover CommissionFederal Trade CommissionGeneral Accounting OfficeGeneral Services ūministrationGovernment Printing OfficeHousing and Home Finance AgencyIndian Claims CommissionInternational Loundary and Water CommissionInterstate Commerce CommissionMutual Security AgencyNational Advisory Committee for AeronauticsNational Capital Housing AuthorityNational Capital Planning CommissionHational Labor Relations PoardNational Mediation BoardNational Science FoundationNational Security iraining CommissionPanama Canal CompanyRailroad Retirement BoardReconstruction Finance CorporationRenegotiation BoardSecurities and Exchange CommissionSelective Service SystemSmall Defense Plants AdministrationSmithsonian InstitutionNational Gallery of ArtSoldiers HomeSubversive Activities Control BoardTariff CommissionTax Court of the United StatesTennessee Valley AuthorityVeterans AdministrationWar Claims Commission
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UNO STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONWASHINGTON 25, D. CADDRESS ONLY"CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION"IN YOUR REPLY REFER TOFILEAND DATE OF THIS LETTERJuly 21, 1955Honorable J. Edgar Hoover.Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation.Washington, D.C.Dear Mr. Hoover:You will recall that several agencies of the Legislative Branch of the Government participated in the loyalty program prescribed in Executive Order 9835. These same agencies have made requests of the Commission that they be permitted to participate in a similar manner under the program prescribed in Executive Order 10450. By letter dated June 29, 1953, the Deputy Attorney General advised the Comission that if these agencies are of the view that they can adopt procedures which would make it possible for them to participate in the program by virtue of authority conferred under the acts under which they operate, it would be entirely appropriate for them to participate in the program on a voluntary basis. It was suggested in this letter that the Commission work out with your Bureau the question relating to reimbursement by the agencies involved.Because of the above opinion I have attached for your consideration proposed undated drafts of letters to the Librarian of Congress, The Public Printer, and the Director of Personnel of the General Accounting Office advising that sübject to their meeting the above conditions they may participate in this program. The budget estimates of the Commission for some time have inclučed work items which would result from making national agency checks and inquiries and limited personal investigations, when necessary, for the Government Printing Office and the General Accounting Office. It is our understanding that this is true with respect tο the budget estimates of your Bureau insofar as they pertain to searching fingerprint records and Standard Forms 67 for employees of these agencies and making full field investigations when necessary under Section 8(d) of Executive Order 10450. For this reason, no feature of reimbursement has been mentioned in our proposed letters to these agencies.The Commission is willing to conduct for the Library of Congress cn La reimbursable. basis. activities which it would perform for an agency ia the Executive Branch under Executive O Order 10450. I have taken the liber of including in the draft to the Librarian of Congress. the basis for reimbursing your Bureau for its part in this program. This was done for.NW 88326 Docld:32989603 Page 42
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discussion purposes. It is not the. Commission's intent to imply commit-ments on the part of the FBI.After your review I would appreciate your returning the enclosuresto me together with any comments or suggestions you may wish to make.Sincerely yours,![Signature of Joseph E. Winslow]Joseph E. WinslowActing Executive DirectorEnclosure 28952NW 88326 Docld:32989603 Page 43
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# UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE.COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, D.C. 20415December 2, 1965.Honorable Nicholas deB. KatzenbachAttorney GeneralWashington, D.C. 20530Dear Mr. Attorney General:The President has directed the Civil Service Commission, after consulting with the major users of personnel investigations, to formulate and issue minimum standards of acceptable investigativa coverage for Federal civilian employment.I should appreciate your comments and suggestions relative to the following proposed minimum standards for acceptable full field coverage:## Scope of Full Field InvestigationsFull field investigations on Federal employees and applicants are personally conducted investigations which cover the life of the individual with special emphasis on the person's background and activities during the most recent fifteen years, or since his eighteenth birthday, whichever is the shorter period. In addition, a thorough personal investigation is made of any materially derogatory matters developed, requiring investigation before the fifteen-year period.The basic elements of investigation are:*   a national agency check, as described on page 736-3 of the Federal Personnel Manual.*   personal interviews with present and former employers, supervisors, fellow workers, references, neighbors, school authorities and other associates.*   checks of police, credit, field office and other pertinent records as appropriate, such as Immigration and Naturalization, Passport Division of the State Department-1935, vital statistics, military service, and the like.
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Personal interviews are scheduled with employers, supervisors, and work associates to verify and obtain pertinent details for all employments in the investigativo period. Particular caro is taken also to verify the fact of unemployment or self-cmployment claimed by the subject of investigation.The last period of education at a college level is always verified by a check of the school records. Stacndary cducation is investigated whon tho subject is young and has had no subsequent schooling. Porcoral interviews are conducted with witnesses such as professors and former students who werè associated with the subject during recent schooling.Neighborhood investigation is regularly conducted to cover residenco during the most recent three years. Testimony of neighbors before that period ray be sought to verify periods of unemployment or self-employment, or to resolve questionable matters which have been raised from other sourcos.The number of witnesses interviewed cannot be reduced to a formula but in each caso depends upon the diversity of the subject's experience and places of residence, as well as upon the depth of knowledge showm by witnesses concerning the subject's character, habits, and background. The objective of the investigation is to obtain a comprehensive and well-rounded picture of the individual's background and activities.Matters CovorceField InvestigationsBasically, full field investigations are designed to develop sufficient information to enable agency accutricials to determine the fitness of persons entering critical- v positions. Fitness includes both security and suitability el...........Character, habits, morals, on are investigated generally..Loyalty is particularly stressed and if a question is raised concerning. the subject's loyalty the case is referred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in accordance with Section 8 (d) of Executivo Order. 10450. Particular attention is directed to cuch miters as immorality, habitual use of intoxicants to excess, lack of integrity, dismissals from employ- mont, arrests, financial responsibility, and health.
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The affirmativo qualities and qualifications of the subject are fully roported.Over and above the minimum standards, the full field investigation may be tailored to obtain infomation in depth concerning special attributes and qualifications required for propor performance in the particular kind of position involved.To facilitate early completion of this study, I should like to receive your comments by December 31, 1965. Mr. Kimbell Johnson, Director, Bureau of Personnel Investigations, is available to discuss any aspect of the proposed standards with members of your staff. He may be reached on Code 183, Extension 7205.Sincerely yours,![Signature of John W. Macy, Jr.]John W. Macy, Jr.Chairman
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# Mr. J. Walter YeagleyAssistant Attorney GeneralDirector, FBI.## SCOPE OF FULL FIELD INVESTIGATIONSDecember 15, 1965Reference is made to your letter of December 9, 1965, forwarding a copy of Chairman Macy's letter of December 2, 1965, concerning minimum standards for acceptable full field coverage.As you are aware, this Bureau conducts our own personnel investigations. The scope of these and other full field investigations conducted by this Bureau under various programs, such as the Federal Employee Security Program and the United Nations Loyalty Program, exceeds the minimum standards set forth in Chairman Macy's letter. The letter of December 2, 1965, does not change the investigative responsibilities of this Bureau.In view of the above, this Bureau has no comments to make concerning the proposed minimum standards of acceptable investigative coverage for Federal civilian employment. This Bureau took a similar position in connection with this matter in a letter to Mr. Kimball Johnson dated April 23, 1950.
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The Attorney GeneralMarch 20, 1973.Acting Director, FBIEXECUTIVE ORDERS 9835, 10450, AND 11605Executive Order 9335, Part III, paragraph 3, provided that the Attorney General "after appropriate investigation and determination" would furnish to the Loyalty Review Board the name of each foreign or domestic organization which the Attorney General had designated "as totalitarian, fascist, communist or subversive, or as having adopted a policy of advocating or approving the commission of acts of force or violence to deny others their rights under the Constitution of the United States, or as seeking to alter the form of government of the United States by unconstitutional means."Executive Order 10450, Section 12, revoked Executive Order 9835, as amended; however, it provided that the Department of Justice "shall continue to furnish the information described in paragraph 3 of Part III" of Executive Order 9835, "but directly to the head of each department or agency."Executive Order 11605, paragraph 2, amended Section 12 of Executive Order 10450 by, among other provisions, providing that "the head of each department and agency shall be furnished by the Attorney General with the name of each organization which shall be or has been heretofore designated under this order" and that "nothing... herein shall... affect previous designations made pursuant to Executive Order 10460, as amended." (Subparagraph (b)) Executive Order 11605 further provided that "the Subversive Activities Control Board shall, upon petition of the Attorney General, conduct appropriate hearings to determine whether any organization is totalitarian, fascist, communist, subversive, or whether it has adopted a policy of unlawfully advocating the commission of acts of force or violence to deny others their rights under the Constitution or laws of the United States or of any State, on which seeks to overthrow the government of the United States or any State or subdivision thereof by unlawful means," (Subparagraph (c))JFM:glw(10)SEE NOTE PAGE 2NW 88326 DocId:32989603 Page 48
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The Attorney Gene alTo date, Congress has refused to appropriate funds for the operation of the Subversive Activities Control Board (SACB).During a current study of FEI jurisdiction by this Bureau, the questions have arisen: has the authority to designate organizations been taken from the Attorney General and given to the SACB by Executive Order 11605, or is this authority concurrent; and at this time, what are the responsibilities and authority of the FEI under Executive Order 10450, as amended, and Executive Order 11605?Would you please provide me with a statement of the Department's current position on these questions.1- The Deputy Attorney General1- Assistant Attorney GeneralInternal Security Division
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENTMemorandumTO: L. Patrick CrayActing DirectorFederal Bureau of InvestigationFROM: Henry E. PetersenAssistant Attorney GeneralCriminal DivisionDEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEDATE: April 3, 1973SUBJECT: Executive Orders 9835, 10450, and 11605This is in reference to your memorandum dated March 20, 1973 in which you requested to be advised regarding the Department's position relating to the above executive orders.In the event the Subversive Activities Control Board ceases to function after July 1, 1973, the designation program as authorized by E. O. 10450, as amended, will continue to remain in effect. The Board's demise will, however, eliminate it as the body which at this time has the exclusive authority to conduct, upon petition of the Attorney General, the evidentiary hearings and make the determinations as to whether an organization should be designated within the criteria and standards specified by E. O. 10450, as amended by E. O. 11605.The question of revising E. O. 10450 to overcome any deficiency which arises as a result of the demise of the Board is currently under study in the Department. There is also legislation pending to afford Congressional approval to E. O. 11605. Until such time as these matters are resolved, it is requested that the Bureau continue to conduct the investigations which it has carried out under E. O. 10450 which is, of course, still in effect.NW 88326 Docld:32989603 Page 50
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May 8, 1974Deputy Assistant Attorney GeneralCriminal DivisionDirector, FBI# EXECUTIVE ORDER 10450Executive Order (EO) 10450 is currently being amended by the Department and representatives of this Bureau have participated in a task force headed by Mr. Oran Waterman, Director, Department Security Staff, which is recommending certain changes be made in EQ 10450.During the course of discussions within the task force, it was pointed out to Mr. Waterman the Bureau's authority to conduct investigations in the domestic subversion field has come under considerable scrutiny. The. Bureau is now conducting investigations of domestic cubversion on the basis of existing Federal statutes. This investigative policy may not adequately meet the needs of an effective security of Covernment employees program under EO 10450..The Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, previously solicited our views on abolition of the Attorney (encral's List.. In our response captioned "Abolition of the Attorney General's Dist," dated April 11, 1974, cur comments included advice that under our current statutory basis for domestic subversion investigations may not adequately meet the needs of LO 10450 and the observation the FBI has never received speciile instructions from the Attorney General to conduct intelligence-type investigations to identify and determine the activities of organizations described in Section 8 (a) (5) of EC 10150. We also requested to be advised as to the instructions of the Attorney Ceneral relating to the FBI conducting intelligence-type investigations uncer EOI0450, as well as the scope and parameters within which such Investigations should be conducted.NW 88326 Docld:32989603 Page 51
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Deputy Assistant Attorney GeneralCriminal DivisionOur current practice of conducting subversive-type Investigations based on Federal statutes may tend to restrict our intelligence gathering concerning organizations, associations, movements, groups and combinations of persons as defined in Section 8 (a) (5) of EO 10450. In responding to our above-referred-to memorandum of April 11, 1974, it is recommended the Attorney General consider issuance of some form of Departmental instruction or order establishing firm guidelines for intelligence-type investigations which would define our authority in this regard. It is believed this would put the FBI on a firm foundation to conduct intelligence-type investigations involving groups defined in Section 8 (a) (5) to adequately support EO 10450. We have previously recommended that the Department seek a comprehensive Executive Order, and furnished suggested language, which would provide a firm basis for FBI intelligence-type investigations in the security field. This recommendation is still under study by the Department.We would be glad to meet with representatives of the Department to discuss this matter in more detail.1 - DirectorDepartment Security StaffNW 88326 DocId:32989603 Page 52