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were furnished by the channels actually employed. There can be no assur- 

 ance that this would have been the case, and, on balance, the probabilities 

 are that the results would have been otherwise. OSRD had no competence 

 in the field of personnel investigations, and as the existing investigative 

 agencies were continually short of personnel, there is no reason to believe 

 that OSRD would have been more successful in recruiting competent man- 

 power in the field. In any event, the manpower shortage which continually 

 plagued OSRD's normal operations affords no ground for optimism that 

 the situation in the field of investigations would have been different. 



Although OSRD security arrangements worked satisfactorily to the extent 

 that no leaks of information are known to have occurred, there were several 

 anomalies, particularly in relations with the investigative agencies, which 

 should be eliminated in connection with civilian participation in military 

 research in the future. 



