The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-24
THE WORLD
TODAY
By JAMES MARROW

State Dulles has cause to wonder
whether everyone in the State De-
partment, besides being loyal to
the country, is loyal to him.
Sen. Mccarthy claims to have
enough information about the de-
partment's inner workings in at
least one case-that Of Charles e.
Bohlen-to call Dulles untruthful.
Because the 4S-year-old Bohlen,
with "a years foreign experience,
is one of the departments best
specialists on Russia, President
Eisenhower and Dulles decided to
send him to Moscow as American
ambassador.
Since Bohlen couldn't have the
job unless the Senate approved,
the Senate Foreign Relations Com.
mittee would have to check on him
first. This meant Bohlen and Dull.
les would have to answer questions
on Bohlen's background and fit.
ness.
But for some unexplained reason,
which originated before Dulles
time as secretary, Bohien had new.
er been investigated by the FB1.
Several weeks ago Dulles asked the
FIJI to examine Bohlen's life.
He got the report last week and
discussed it with r. w. Scott Nc.
Leod, who is in charge of security
matters for the State Department.
Dulles hired Mcleod only a few
weeks ago.
Before that Mcleod had been
administrative assistant to Sen.
Bridges, New Hampshire Republic
can, who, with Mccarthy and Sen.
McCarran, Nevada Democrat, have
been the main opponents to Sem
ate approval of Bohien.
The FBI reports all the infor-
nation, good and bad, which il
picks up on a person under in.
veStigation. But the FBI draws no
conclusions. It leaves that to a high
official, like Dulles, in the depart.
ment where the investigated man
works.
So Dulles went before the for.
eign relations committee. He didn't
show the report to the members.
He summarized it for them, say
ing the report contained some dero.
gatory information about Bohlen.
But none of it, he told the com.
mittee, was of the kind that could
throw doubt on Bohlen as a loyalty
or security risk. After questioning
Dulles for three hours, and talking
with Bohlen, the committee unani,
mously approved Bohlen.
Dulles said that when Mcleod
looked over the FBI report and
found the derogatory information
he had told Dulles: This is not q
! case which I can automatically
pass because whereer there is der.
ogatory information Of this sort
l think it is my duty to bring il
to your attention"
Dulles told a news conference
later that there was no difference
Of opinion between him and Nc.
Leod on Bohlen and, in answer to
a question. he said Mcleod did not
suggest that Bohlen not be ap-
proved.
This is where Mccarthy steps
into the picture. Until this point
Mccarthy, McCarran and Bridges
had argued against Bohlen mainly
because he had worked so closely
with former Secretary Of State
Dean Acheson and had taken part
in the Yalta and Potsdam confer.
ences as interpreter.
Mccarthy. Carran and
Bridges are not members Of the
foreign relations committee. before
which Dulles testified. After the
unanimous vote for Bohlen. McCar.
ran said Dulles had misrepresented
the situation to the committee. that
Mcleod. instead Of not differing
with Dulles, had actually told him
he could not clear" Bohlen.
Mccarthy said the same thing.
adding that what Dulles had told
the committee about himself and
Mcleod was untrue. And, he said,
he knew what was In Bohlen's file.
Since the FBI, investigation was
not made until after the Essen.
hover administration took office,
Mccarthy must have meant he
knew what was in Bohlen's regular
/ personnel file. although he didn'i
say how he knew.
He went beyond this. though, by
saying there were is pages Of de,
rogatory information about Bohier
in the FBT report. This might have
been told him in some form By
a senator who was on the foreign
relations committee and heard Dull
les testify.
/ But Mccarthy also said that Bob,
| len was bad security risk. re
didn't explain (Al how he and
I McCarran knew Dulles and Nc
Leod differed and OBJ how be
could be so positive that the FBI
files, which be wasn't supposed ID
see and didn't actually say he
ssw. proved Bohle1 . bad secur-
lily risk