Footnote

c Marine Corps Memorandum No. 131-49 referred to the Memorandum No. 55-49 and said: “1. Reference (a), entitled ‘Communism in the United States,’ contained the statement that the religious sect known as ‘Jehovah’s Witnesses’ had been frequently associated with communism.

“2. The publication of this statement has reacted unfavorably against the Marine Corps, in that it was published without proper information and has been shown to be completely unfounded in fact.

“3. Commanding officers will take immediate steps to bring the foregoing to the attention of all personnel to whom the original statement contained in reference (a) may have been communicated.”—Dated 23 December 1949.