The phrase "a memorandum read" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a memorandum that has been read or reviewed by someone, often in a formal or business context.
Example: "After a thorough discussion, the committee agreed to the points outlined in a memorandum read during the meeting."
Alternatives: "a memorandum reviewed" or "a memorandum examined".
"Ostensibly filed to protect his name from those who 'aggrandize themselves or their projects at his expense,' Penn's Complaint is merely a blunt force instrument wielded in an attempt to control the narrative of his life," the memorandum read, according to Deadline.
"Editorial must be an active, expert partner with publishing in shaping the business strategy for out publications," the memorandum read.
"Do not subject persons or their property to inspection, search and/ or detention solely because they appear to be Arab, Middle Eastern, Asian, and/or Muslim; or solely becasse they speak Arabic, Farsi, or another foreign language," one memorandum read.
"Any practice of racial profiling shall be eliminated and prevented from occurring in the department," the memorandum reads, Mr. Davis said.
"At the beginning of the book he describes various persons of the town including one Stonewall Jackson Smith, the Chief of Police, whom he characterizes as being of above average intelligence for the town and who 'even took the F.B.I. training at Washington D.C.,' " the memorandum reads.
He asked the chairman if he could read a memorandum.
He would have made short work of his current American publisher, HarperCollins, and his estate (he died in 1963), if he'd been around to read a memorandum leaked to the press earlier this summer in which they revealed their desire to distance the Narnia chronicles from "Christian imagery/theology," presumably for fear of scaring off non-Christian parents.
Mr. Freeh's memorandum was read at today's hearing by Senator Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican who has led an inquiry into the Justice Department's handling of campaign finance matters.
"They should be reasonably attractive, white -- representative of the average middle-class voter," reads a memorandum included in Mr. McGinniss's book.
But having led the push for Serere district, which included reading a memorandum from the people of Serere demanding a district status to President Museveni in 2008, he was a natural choice for chairman.
