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any one in the State Department
had intervened in an effort to de-
lay the prosecution Of the case.
He said no one had done so.
Asked if anyone in the White
House had sought to delay the
prosecution. the official, now sta
toned in London, said he would
not comment on that before tes-
tifying before the committee.
During 1946 House hearings on
the case, an FBI agent testified
that the agency was instructed to
hold the case in allegiance. The
prosecution was resumed, it was
brought out then, after Gen.
Holmes laid the matter before
President. Truman and the Presi-
dent himself directed that the
case be pushed.
Told Evidence Was Adequate.
In his statement to the Senate
investigator, Mr.. Grew recalled
that Gen. Holmes came to him in
the spring of 1945 and said the
FBI had evidence of the theft of
Government documents, including
many from the State Department
and asked authority to cause the
arrest of those involved, includ-
ing some employees of the depart
ment.
He said he authorized the ar
rest" after Gen. Holmes told him
the FBI had adequate evidenee I'd
support the charges and that he
believed a prosecution almost
certainly would result in con-
viction. g. - 81 81
Mr.. Grew explained that he was
Acting Secretary at the time, as
the late Edward Stettinius.. then
Secretary of State,~ then was in
San Francisco.
The former diplomat said he
did not recall discussing the mat
ter with the President though he
may have done so "as matter of
routine information" After the
arrest, he added, he had no other
knowledge of the case, since it was
entirely out of his hands.
The statement showed that Mr.
Grew was asked about reports he
had been forced to resign as Un-
dersecretary by a pro-Communist
group in the department.
Il can say categorically I was
not forced to resign as Under
secretary of State" Mr.. Grew said
For some time I had desired to
retire. The war was over, I was
past the retirement age. and ]
was facing the prospect of a major
operation
Mccarthy Charge Denied.
The release of Mr.. Crews testi-
mony came after the State De-
partment had issued a categorical
denial of new charges made
against it by Senator Mccarthy in
a speech on the floor of the Sen
ate yesterday.
The Wisconsin Republican told
the Senate that State Depart
ment Investigators report re.
ferred to an FBI chart which he
said listed 124 Soviet agents, Com.
munists, sympathizers and sus-
poets in the department.
He produced Photographic ex-
cerptS of the report which, he said
showed that two months after the
FBI had submitted the chart the
State Department had dropped
only 18 of the 1874.
"At least three of those listed
as Communist agents by the FB1
:. are still holding high positions
in the State Department." the
Senator said in his speech.
Not Prepared by FBI.
The State Departments denial
said that Senator Mccarthy based
his charges ION the completely
erroneous belief that the FBI pre-
pared a chart which pur-
portedly evaluated departmental
personnel in terms of agents,
Communists ETC." It added:
Il. No such chart ever was re-
ceived by the Department of State
from the FBI.
90. The Department of Justice
has informed us that no such chart
was ever prepared by the FBI.
'3. The chart in question was
merely preliminary working doc
ument prepared by one of the
State Departments security off,
GERS as a basis for further ex-
animation.
"a. No persons purportedly iden-
titled on the chart as Communist
agents, Communists or the like are
now employed by the Department
of State except those whose loyalty
has since been thoroughly checked
evaluated and reviewed under tht
Presidents loyalty program"
The department promised a fur.
ther statement on the matter.
In commenting on what the de.
partment said, Senator Mccarthy
remarked:
I'm standing on my informa.
ton"
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