Office of the Historian

511.0021/3–3153

The Acting Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Internal Security Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate (Jenner)1

Washington, April 23, 1953.

My Dear Senator Jenner: Reference is made to your letter of March 31, 1953,2 also signed by Senator Pat McCarran. In this letter, acknowledged by telephone, you inquire about the inclusion of publications of the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee in the libraries of the United States Information Service.

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As the publications of the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee deal primarily with matters affecting the internal security of the United States, they have not hitherto been considered of direct service to United States objectives overseas. You may be interested in knowing, however, that 500 copies of the Subcommittee’s report “Documentary Proof that the Communist Party, U.S.A., Teaches and Advocates the Overthrow and Destruction of the United States Government by Force and Violence” were sent to USIS libraries on August 7, 1952. Of this total, 48 copies were sent to Germany and 10 to France.

Should the Subcommittee wish to make its publications available more generally, the Department would be happy to receive for use in its overseas libraries copies of such publications as the members believe would be of interest to foreign readers and of service to United States objectives overseas. Three hundred copies are considered necessary for a complete distribution.

The Department appreciates your interest in this matter and your kind offer.

Sincerely yours,

For the Acting Secretary of State:
Thruston B. Morton

Assistant Secretary
  1. Drafted by Thomas W. Simpson, Acting Chief of the Center Operations Division, International Information Center Service, U.S. International Information Administration. The source text indicates this letter was “edited” by Virginia L. Davenport of the Office of Congressional and Public Information, U.S. International Information Administration and was cleared by Albert Sims, the Acting Deputy Administrator for Field Programs, U.S. International Information Administration.↩
  2. Ante, p. 1690.↩