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→McCarthy to Truman 11 Feb 1950: somemore stuff
I’m not sure what “contortions” you’re talking about other than the “contortions’ of noting dates (like the fact that memo you cite refers to the 1940s – not 1950), quoting accurately, examining cites and using the commonly understood meanings of commonly understood words like “investigate.”
I’m not sure what “contortions” you’re talking about other than the “contortions’ of noting dates (like the fact that memo you cite refers to the 1940s – not 1950), quoting accurately, examining cites and using the commonly understood meanings of commonly understood words like “investigate.”
--[[User:PF Fox|PF Fox]] 12:48, 23 March 2007 (EDT)
--[[User:PF Fox|PF Fox]] 12:48, 23 March 2007 (EDT)
:''it’s referring to THE 1940S ''
:Not true. Those were active espionage investigation at that point; some of the 205 (or 206) had left government service, some were never employed in government service, and some remained in government service. And most importanly--that number of 205 '''''only refers to persons identified''''--there remains to this day something on the order of 178 '''''unidnetified'''' code names, unidentifed after a 38 year investigation.
:Further, the partial decrypts were only a fraction of the total messages sent between 1942 and 1945.
:Let me have a cite on the Brynes letter; what is obvious is in Feb 1950 Hoover was talking about information he was getting from the FBI liaison to Venona, but it summarized on paper until Oct 1950--probably due to the fact the confusion soem of these numbers were making in the press.
:And the most obvious aspect of all this is, McCarthy was being used by Hoover & the FBI without knowing it. McCarthy probably never realized the FBI was feeding him information on people who the FBI knew it wasnt worth pursueing, but they perhaps could be embarassed or coerced to turn on family members or associates they knew to be involved in the [[CPUSA#Secret apparatus]].
:The Puerifoy cite, < http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jepeurifoy.htm > I would assume was put up by his family, and probably may have been written by Peurifoy himself before his death. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 18:06, 23 March 2007 (EDT)