MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

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• Publication Date: October 9, 1954
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Supplementary to my letter to J. Edgar Hoover of
7 October 1954, in reply to his letter of 4 October 1954, I
today advised Mr. Sam Papich, for the information of the
Bureau, of a telephone call that I had had from Mac Bundy
on the preceding day.
I reported that Mr. Bundy had telephoned to state
that the Department of State had requested the return of all
documents held by the Disarmament Panel. Mr. Bundy added
that the documents originating with the State Department had
been returned immediately and the question had been raised
as to the disposition of the working papers of the members of
the group. Bundy asked my advice as to whether they should
be returned. I told him that as far as I was concerned, I would
be very glad to have them all returned to the State Department.
Bundy indicated that that seemed to be the general concensus of
opinion on the subject.
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7 October 1954
Bureau of Investigation
hington 25, D. C.
I have your confidential letter of October 4, 1954, containing
a report of a reliable confidential informant respecting conversations
between "Max Bundy" and Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and the letter's
secretary with respect to certain papers proposed to be consigned
to Mr. Bundy by Dr. Oppenheimer. My name was apparently mention-
ed in connection with the matter and you asked whether I can throw any
light on the report in question.
In April of 1952 I was designated by the then Secretary of State
as a member of a Panel of Consultants on Disarmament, the other
members of the Panel being, Dr. Vannevar Bush, Mr. John Dickey.
President of Dartmouth College, Mr. Joseph Johnson, President of
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Dr. J. Robert
Oppenheimer. This Panel submitted its report to the Secretary of
State early in January of 1953. Mr. McGeorge Bundy served as
secretary of the Panel of Consultants.
In. the course of the Panels, work the members received, chief-
ly from the Department of State, certain classified material with respect
to disarmament matters and I have retained a considerable file of papers
relating to the work of the Panel. I believe that for a time Dr. Oppen-
heimer also retained some papers since when the Panel was functioning
I believe that he had the facilities for doing so. I do not know whether or
not he has continued to retain any papers relating to the Panel's work.
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om the Wormation given in your letter. it is possible
that the con ersations in question may have related to papers
bearing on the work of the Disarmament Panel. This conclusion
on the fact that my name was mentioned in a
conversation which apparently took place between Bundy and
Oppenheimer. I have not seen either of the gentlemen for many
months and hence do not have any direct confirmatory information.
Sincerely yours.
Allen W. Dulles
Director
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
October 4, 1954
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
VIA LIAISON
Mr. Allen W. Dulles
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Administration Building
Boom 12.3
2430 E Street, Northwest
Washington, D. C.
A reliable confidential informant advised, on
September 29, 1954, that Max Bundy, Dean of the Faculty of
Arts and Sciences, Harvard College, indicated to Dr. J. Robert
Oppenheimer's secretary that he would be coming to Princeton,
New Jersey, (date not stated) "to take back internal papers
that he might either destroy...... if there are copies available."
According to the informant, Oppenheimer indicated that
Bundy's feeling on the matter is the right thing rather than
"getting them to Allen Dulles." The informant further stated
that Oppenheimer's secretary agreed with Oppenheimer's interpre-
tation of Bundy's proposed action and that Bundy indicated very
definitely that he "wanted it." It was further indicated that
Bundy had "facilities up to top secret."
According to the informant, Oppenheimer and his
secretary agreed that the best procedure would be for Bundy to
come to Princeton, New Jersey, and take the papers.
The significance and the importance of the above
remarks cannot be determined by the Federal Bureau of Investi-
gation. It is requested that you inform us if the above remarks
have any particular significance or meaning and if any explana-
tion of the remarks can be furnished.
Sincerely yours,
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