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I submit. be judged by his activities during the -period from March 3. 1953. to date. During these 4 years he served as Administrator of the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs in the Department of State. In this newly created position. he had charge of the passport office. the visa office. the security office. the office of special consular services. the office of munitions control. and the office of refugees and migrants. During the first years of his service. he also had charge of the hiring. promotion. demotion. and firing of employees of the Foreign Service and the Department of State within the limits of applicable law and under the supervision of higher authorities. He has testified before the Foreign Relations Committee: Roughly I would say the first year I was in office. my attention was almost wholly devoted to security problems. to reorganization of the security office. the establishment of these procedures. the drafting and printing of regulations. Then to the monumental task of investigating all the personnel of the Department. which is required under the ordersParenthetically. it was not required under the order to investigate all personnel-"the evaluation of those investigations and the clearances" From that time on. I would say that I spent very little time on security. almost wholly devoting myself to two thingsthe Refugee Relief Act and the elevating of the position of the consular service. Mr. McLeod takes some prideperhaps justifiablyin his work in connection with the consular service. which he refers to as "activity of a constructive and permanent nature to which I have devoted myself for the last 21/2 years." There is no testimony in the record other than Mr.