Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SULLIVAN
To: BELMONT
Document date: 3/8/57
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

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AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 100-286243-NR

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

SULLIVAN

TO: BELMONT

TITLE:

DATE: 03/08/1957

PAGES:

12

SUBJECTS :

ALLEGATIONS OF GENERAL ARTHUR S. TRADEAU

HAROLD ISAACS

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ..

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW :

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

Memorandum to Mr. Belmont

Re: Allegations of General Arthur S.. Trudeau Re Infiltration of

Fabian Socialists into High Policy-making Areas of the

United States Government

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and Elizabeth T. Bentley, former self-admitted Soviet espionage

agents, as participants in espionage activities in Washington, D. C.,

and New York, New York, in the mid 1930's and early 1940's.

Several have been critical of the Bureau. Several alleged to be

socialists; others "leftist" and "procommunist. " Several reported

as members, in the past, of organizations cited by the Attorney

General under Executive Order 10450. Allegations generally

name many individuals as questionable for strategic or sensitive

Government employment.

4. Several were named by Louis Budenz, former Communist Party,

USA, official, as being communists or under communist discipline.

Some of the sources of information used in the enclosure were

closely associated with the individuals named and requested that their identities

be concealed. Others expressed a willingness or unwillingness to testify in

loyalty or court proceedings against individuals named. In order to indicate

the desires of the source an (a) was placed after the names of sources who

requested that their identities be concealed. A (b) was placed after the

sources's name when be was willing to testify. A (c) was used to indicate

source not willing to testify.

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not be disseminated outside the Bureau.

The following eight individuals, who appear to be identical with names

furnished by General Trudeau, have been investigated by the Bureau with no

identifiable derogatory information developed Results of investigations have

been disseminated.

1. Edgar Jarratt Applewhite, Jr.

Central Intelligence Group-Applicant, 1947

2. Richard Dale Drain

: Central Intelligence Agency-Applicant, 1951

Atomic Energy Act-Applicant, 1952

3.

Gerard Droller

Central Intelligence Agency-Applicant, 1949

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