MEETING WITH RICHARD BRANHAM, BUREAU OF OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE, TUESDAY, 4 MAY, 1954
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May 4, 1954
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4 may 1954
< Social Security File
Meeting with Richard Branham,, bureau. of Old Age and
Survivors Insurance, Tuesday, 4 qiy, 1954
Security status of covert
Personnel or projects.
2. The first
field agents of the
of . the
discussed were form letter requests by
curity Administration for part a?v1 a rt rd _.
e1s.oymenz by two individuus s who filed i9
to receive no further correspondence .~l,~ s,r$uuu s cv~u.a expect
25X1A 25X1A
3. The last matter discussed was the Irmwatigation of the Social
25X1A Security picture o
f
a
Counsel for
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iigen
o Soci&L . ecuriLey
was bothering him with questions, the answers to which if fully given
might transgress upon security grounds. I bad earlier given the name
Of the agent. to Mr. Branham and since our last discussion he bad obtained
25X1A the agent's file on the ease. Apparently, the agent had made a number
of visits t the bulk of which were in connection with establish-
25X1A i opriate credits toward retirement of certain more senior officials
o In the agent' report there was only one mention made of
inquiries with respect to the subject matter about which the law
questioned. Mr. Branham stated that so far as he could tell any r was
investigation which the agent had made was now complete and that unless
subsequent questions
should have no reason to fear'-further em
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a
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ng requests. r. Bra
asked whether it would be apropriate for him t
f
o
lag the file with the
notation that no one was to go near II without first obtaining his 25X1A
approval. We felt that since the matter now looked to be quiets this
would only serve to arouse suspicion. We stated that we would prefer,
25X1A there bat no notion be
l
d
p
e
in the file. We said that we would
art and its counsel t
any st u
o notify us iasaediately should nt inquiry be received from the a nt
At
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po
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r
. -vaumm replied that upon
receiving a notice from us of such further inquiry he could immediately
move into the ease
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1. d I met with Mr. Branham in his office in Belti-
I income- tax returns showing their compensation as received