FBI Memo One Inc Publication, FBI (Record, May 1953)
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On May 19, 1953, Confidential Informant [redacted] of known reliability who is a sex deviate contacted SA [redacted]. The Informant made available a copy of a Publication entitled "ONE".
Review of the Publication reflects it is published in Los Angele, California. The mailing address is P.O. Box 5716, Los Angeles.
Further review of the Publication indicates it is written for Sex Deviates.
The Bureau's attention is directed to Pages 9 and 10 of the publication. The article is entitled "Are You Now or have you ever been a Homosexual". The paragraph in question reads in part as follows "An example will help to illustrate this. In one of our West Coast Cities, a year or so ago, one of the airlines companies employed the FBI to do a thorough investigation of the private lives of its employees. A large percentage of the office staff were suspected of being homosexual. Called in to face an investigator and management one at a time, each employee was asked point blank "Is it true you're a homosexual?" When several refused to answer without being given definite proof of accusation, the FBI investigator simply referred to the loyalty signed by the employee on his application form and said, "Will you re-affirm this oath?" When the victim re-affirmed it, then he was smugly informed that he had waived his rights under the constitution to refuse to answer concerning his alleged homosexuality.---".
[redacted] suggested that evaluation of the entire article, a part of which is quoted above, indicates that the writer of the article at least is pre-communist.
The publication is enclosed for the Bureau's information. A copy of this letter is designated for the Los Angeles Office for [its] information since the publication is apparently published within that Division.
No investigation is being conducted by this office.
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Date: May 21, 1953
To: Director, FBI
From: SAC, San Diego )100-0)
Subject: The publication "One" Security Matter - C
