McCloy papers, series 15 : Jenner-McCarthy, 1952-1955.

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McCloy papers, series 15 : Jenner-McCarthy, 1952-1955.

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Correspondence, memoranda, notes, clippings, and printed material related to various Communist-hunting activities of the early 1950s. Sub-series A, Jenner Committee, documents McCloy's involvement in a report issued by a Congressional committee, headed by Sen. William E. Jenner in 1953, alleging "Army tolerance of Communists" during World War II; McCloy, as Assistant Secretary of War, had testified about the issue in 1945. Sub-series B, McCarthy, includes correspondence and clippings related to Sen. Joseph McCarthy's accusation in 1954 regarding the destruction of Army intelligence files on Communists during World War II. Sub-series C, John Carter Vincent case, consists mostly of correspondence related to McCloy's work on a panel appointed by the Secretary of State to investigate the loyalty of foreign service officer John Carter Vincent.

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