State Department Ousted 2 as Reds, Evening Star (Article, March 1956)

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State Department Ousted 2 as Reds

By the Associated Press

The State Department ousted two [employees] during calendar 1955 on Communist charges, the House Appropriations Committee has been told. Fifty-seven others left after being accused of homosexuality.

Dennis A. Flinn, director of the department's office of security, made this report in testimony last January. The hearing record, covering the department's appropriations request, was made public by the committee today.

Asked "how many Communists have been found in the department and foreign service in the past year?" by Representative Rooney, Democrat of New York, Mr. Flinn replied:

"One individual has been [separated] for cause, under public law 733, for aggravated Communist activities and association. One individual resigned in lieu of charges for the same reasons."

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