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interrogated by the departments
Loyalty Board.
Senator Mccarthy made the
disclosure while testifying before
the Senate, Foreign Relations
Subcommittee investigating his
charges. In that testimony, the
Senator charged that Mr.. Service
was a know associate" of Com
munists.
How Senator Mccarthy OBJ
tanned the information before the
State Department has become a
mystery still unexplained.
To Cite Effect on Diplomacy.
There were indications that DR..
Jessup's testimony Monday will go
beyond the specific charges leveled
at him and deal with the broader
aspects Of Senator McCarthy's
charges and their effects on
American diplomacy in critical
dealings with other countries.
Senator Mccarthy specifically
charged that Ambassador Jessup,
one Of this country's leading ne
gotiators in international confer
ences over period of several
years. had unusual affinity for
Communist causes" and had spon-
sored an organization cited as sub
versive.
The Senator threw in the accu-
sation while presenting. in pub
lie hearing, another case to the
investigating subcommittee, and
said he would have more to say
later about DR.. Jessup. So far
he has not added to his charges
and there is no indication at pres
ent when or If he will do so.
Ambassador Jessup already has
described the charges as without
substance" but withheld any de-
tailed reply until he appears be-
fore the committee.
Forbidden to Disclose Data.
Mr.. Richardson, a prominent
Republican lawyer, acknowledging
there was a leak in the Service
case, pointed out that the review
board, under presidential direc-
tive, is forbidden to disclose any
information from loyalty files and
records.
There was a leak. and we are
trying to find out where it was, !"
Mr.. Richardson said. mot be-
cause the leak was so important
in this case. but it might be in
Others
Mr.. Richardson refused to dis
cuss at all the Service case and
the way 1t was handled other
than to say it was "all balled up"
| From other sources, however. it
was established that the review
board took action in the Service
case after Senator Mccarthy had
made his charges in a Senate
speech and elsewhere, although
the case had been before the board
since last September.
Earlier reports were that the
case had been submitted to the
review board 13 months ago for
a customary post-audit. Senator
Mccarthy has written Mr., Rich
ardson demanding to know why
there was such a long delay.
What actually was the case. it
was learned, was this:
Mr.. Services clearance was
handed down by the State De-
partment's Loyalty Board on Jan
uary 1S, 1949.
Contrary to earlier reports, the
case did not 60 to the board
headed by Mr.. Richardson for the
usual post-audit until late Sep
tember, nearly nine months later.
The reason for this delay was
that the State Department desired
to obtain complete and written
reports from China. The clear
ance by the State Department
board had been based on tele-
graphic summaries of certain
documents.
Communications Disrupted.
1t was said that disrupted main
communications with China de-
layed the completion of the ,1le
and the sending of the case to
the review board.
On February "a, 1850, five
months after receiving the case,
the Loyalty Review Board re-
quested all records in the cast for
its postaudit. This was four days
after Senator Mccarthy, in
speech on the Senate floor, listed
81 cases he described as security
risks In the State Department and
included allegations he had made
against Mr.. Service in political
speeches at Wheeling. w. Va, and
elsewhere.
The State Department sent the
records to the review board. Four
days later the review board re-
turned the case to the department
and recommended that the de-
partment's, loyalty board make a
finding on the basis OF the COM
plete record and not just the teleg-
raphic summaries on which it had
acted previously.
On March / the State Depart
ment board confirmed its original
finding and returned the case to
the review board for the Gus
tomary audit. On March II the
review board returned the case
to the State Department with a
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