HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

WASHINGTON, D.C.

 

 

 

16 November 1950

 

27-229

 

MEMORANDUM FOR: MR. E. S. SANDERS, Liaison Agent

 

RE: JOHN WHITESIDE PARSONS [Jack Parsons]

ESPIONAGE

 

 

1. Upon receipt of advice from FBI that PARSONS had at one time been denied clearance to Air Force Top Secret information, a check was made to determine the circumstances.

     

2. The records of the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel Security Board indicate that subject's case was considered on 18 August 1948, and the Board directed that subject be denied access to Top Secret information.

     

3. On 7 March 1949, the Industrial Employment Review Board reversed the decision of the Personnel Security Board thereby authorizing subject's access to military information through Top Secret.

 

 

DONALD A. DETWILLER

Major, USAF

Room 5E 199

Extension 71776

 

 

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