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* + rasodne rons no, 66 Le 7 . ; e ; Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT we) ; “To; Mr. A. H. Belmont FROM : W. ©, Sullivan (Ufo On i biK susyect INSTITUTE FOR SEX RESEARCH, INC. | ' FOUNDED BY ALFRED C, KINSEY : REQUEST FOR INFORMATION . BY be be teS7bl—f ° Refcrence ‘Ie 1 madé fo the mémorand ~, fo A. Hy’ Belmont dated Septem é | : um from W. C, Sullivan 4 ng ‘WOUId come to the Bureau with Dr- Wardell BfPomeroy of the | © Geptsa Tistitlite Sind probably make a request Tov} pornographic jnaterial from _, ‘FBI files for use by this Institut - This memorandum noted that. af such a request ' “, 1s made, they would be advised that the official files, documents, and records of <, the FBI are under the regulation of the Attorney General and we would pass their . = Fequest on to him, , \ he of fp Laat ak One HT ett “py Rew ven war bo Jcame to the Bureau as planned on the afternoon“or ae ~°) November 12, 1959, and was interviewed by Supervisor fin the presence &,_ of Supervisor ~,,—-.... Pr. Pomeroy was umable to Come as scheduled — _ ~'and the plan ‘to exploit the contact from the viewpoint of obtaining any material "or information‘in their possession which would be of an investigative interest “x? ould not be consummated. . | sc ‘Previous visit a gfereloped a muc . ch more aggressive approach than on her She stated that Dr. Pomeroy of the captioned Institiste was ¥. ,conducting extensive research into the field of *erotica' (literary or artistic ; \ « /items relating to sex) in connection with a study of "sex offenders," au that he ‘| believed this Bureau was in ossession of "erotica" which would a his jiresearch., According to _—s‘*ijthe Public Health Service had made a grant <1,,0f $152,000 toward this project. é felt that this grant, along with the probable i; “approval of a prospectus of this project by the Public Health Service, created a a **\ situation wherein the "sex offenders" project was similar to any project directed “2 ® by-a Federal agency. ___Jdid not say in fact that the project was being ; N+ directed by the Public Héalth Service. In addition /elai l available for this research project. | _ .__ _jWas of the opinion that the product of this research would __ be published Wee oye 369, a ern fy op, pene (Ae, LAGE) 5 4 afte Beene, ge OP Mr. Kee Bet WRN es 3 Fh gee,