The following are excerpts from Sen. Joseph McCarthy's FBI file,
in the future if I have access to a scanner I may scan in whole pages. For now
there is only stuff I typed in.
Office Memorandum United States Government
TO: A. H. Belmont DATE: July 18,1950
FROM: F. J. Baumgardner SUBJECT:SENATOR McCAARTHY
MISCELLANEOUS
PURPOSE
The purpose of this memorandum is to report some information
conveved to Special Agent W.C. Sullivan by [ BLACKED OUT
]
DETAILS
[ BLACKED OUT] advised that during the past few weeks she has been
associating with the wives of the cabinet officers. One of the main
subjects of conversation among these wives pertains to the charges made
by Senator McCarthy against the State Department. [BLACKED OUT] says that
without exception all the wives of the cabinet officers are loud and
bitter in their condemnation of Senator McCarthy and ardent in their
support fof Secretary of State Acheson. She said that [BLACKED OUT]
is particularly vehement in her condemnation of Senator McCarthy and
quotes her husband in support of her attitude. It is [BLACKED OUT]
opinion that all the wives reflect the thinking of their husbands.
ACTION
This memorandum is for your information.
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