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== Summary ==
Library of Congress, [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1953-04-22/ed-1/seq-13/ "Evening star, April 22, 1953, Page A-13, Image 13": "State Department Morale High - Elimination of Some of 'Rotten Apples' in Foreign Service Is Welcomed by Career Personnel Who Are 'Clean'"] 

The Evening Star, a newspaper in [[Washington D.C.]], reports that morale at the State Department has improved. The commenter writes, "These are all bad security risks these days. Homosexuals are exposed to blackmail" (April 22, 1953).