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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION
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DEC 15 1950
WASH 26 FROM LOS ANGELES
DIRECTOR DEFERRED
JOHN WHITESIDE PARSONS [Jack Parsons], WA., ESPIONAGE — IS. REMYLET DEC. EIGHT [illegible] HUGHES AIRCRAFT ADVISED TODAY WHEN PARSONS EMPLOYMENT TERMINATED SEPT TWENTYSIX, PARSONS REQUESTED RETURN OF SEVEN CALIF. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY REPORTS DATED FORTYONE THROUGH FORTYFOUR HE HAD KEPT IN HIS FILE DRAWER AT HUGHES. REPORTS NOT RETURNED PARSONS. REPORTS ALL MARKED QUOTE CONFIDENTIAL UNQUOTE AND RELATE TO AIR CORPS JET PROPULSION RESEARCH. PARSONS LISTED AS CO AUTHOR OF TWO REPORTS. [Redacted] HEAD OF REPORT GROUP, C.I.T., JET LAB, TODAY ADVISED FOLLOWING PRESENT CLASSIFICATION OF REPORTS — TOW CONFIDENTIAL, TWO RESTRICTED, TWO CLASSIFIED AND ONE NOT KNOWN. [Redacted] ADVISED REVIEW OF SEVEN REPORTS MAY DOWNGRADE PRESENT CLASSIFICATION. [Redacted] INDICATED THAT DURING PERIOD PARSONS EMPLOYED JET LAB SECURITY REGULATIONS LAX AND IT WAS COMMON PRACTICE TO REMOVE REPORTS FOR OWN PURPOSES. HAD NO CHARGE OUT SYSTEM OF ANY CONSEQUENCES. REQUEST BEING MADE OF [Redacted] TO REVIEW REPORTS BUT HE HAS REVEALED A FINAL DECISION ON PRESENT CLASSIFICATION MAY TAKE AT LEAST ONE MONTH. YOUR ATTENTION CALLED TO FACT REQUEST MADE BY REFERENCED LETTER TO PRESENT THIS MATTER TO DEPARTMENT FOR PROSECUTIVE OPINION.
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