Hoover further advised that if the investigation of Brunauer had been continued it would have involved a violation of the Delimitiation Agreement in that Brunauer was a civilian. The investigation and its conclusions were conducted prior to a new Executive order on Loyalty of Government Employees and the FBI understood the Department of the Navy was also conducting its own investigation of Brunauer. <ref>FBI Silvermaster file [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster134.pdf Vol. 134 November—December 1947, pgs. 66-67].</ref> | Hoover further advised that if the investigation of Brunauer had been continued it would have involved a violation of the Delimitiation Agreement in that Brunauer was a civilian. The investigation and its conclusions were conducted prior to a new Executive order on Loyalty of Government Employees and the FBI understood the Department of the Navy was also conducting its own investigation of Brunauer. <ref>FBI Silvermaster file [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster134.pdf Vol. 134 November—December 1947, pgs. 66-67].</ref> |