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pat 1807 e@eTIcee to . . - ** . O84 Stn. an. 0. 3F ; Ts! T 3 ; 4 UNITED STATES GO\ | ANMENT te i Memorandum . ae \ . - . ° . - Feit To "*. Mr, DeLoach . pate: 11/27/68 gee ; FROM : T. E, Bishop - i) 5 / Tote, Raw — ‘ suyject: ARISTOTLE ONASSIS : MN REQUEST FOR INFORMATION BY WORLDWIDE FEATURES, INC. Ax :b)¢°t:- O Mq55+~ called my Olfice 11/25/ 68 and said that they had learned that Mr. Hoover had reportedly written the Maritime Commission in 1944 or 1945 regarding Aristotld’5A Onassis. He said the Director allegedly had said something to the effect that ~ Onassis bore watching. Mr. Trento was advised by Leinbaugh in my office that we could not help him, that FBI files were confidential and available for official use only. Trento immediately became highly upset. He demanded to talk to Mr.—— j Hoover personally in order to obtain verification from Mr, Hoover as to whether or not auch a letter had been written. Trento was again told, very firmly, that our aes ao SS 4 Se Ee ied See EE lan gs dale conte ote SET ee, plays dee aoe Le files were confidential, that the FBI could be of no help whatsoever and that Mr. n) Hoover cquld not be of assistance, ” = Tréato, who is obviously quite youthful and inexperienced as a newspape#man, became increasingly abusive and it was finally necessary to terminate the call, Later on, Trento called your (Mr. DeLoach's) office and requested that he be called and given the above referred to informations; This {call was not returned. _ 4 , 33 We have been advised by the Liaison Section that Worldwide Features called the Maritime Commission and tried to get the above information on 11/26/68 The Maritime Commission advised Worldwide Features that they ] ' Thad no suchJetter in their possession, and that even if they did, it couldnot be made avajlable té the news service inasmuch as the letter would be the property of fhe FBI, The caller, who didnot identify himself, said that he had found a lettér dated 7-16-42 from Mr. Hoods: o Admiral Land regarding Onassis seperti ST ON ay start Meds aimee ee A deals Se LS eee pases aettemcteernsanpeme ntirapaiiats intel rn tar en eT Le Abaladle «ah dabble 1 Tagg eh duet Pinas a “pty de MOP opm es Le Bhp in ah: eee pew SHIRA dele Reet ty ONE ee ae -batArchivegp & b me: ff 7 Wn = a a. Based 0) he’ date atk? on CG MESSI oan 7 Bufiles a letter to Admiral Land from the Director regarding Onassis which .-°. , a4 merely relates that an informant advised the FBI that the activities of Onassi 4 "should be carefully scrutinized.” A rae this letter is attached, © Pow y pec Wt gin tac. pa i Reina ENGL2~-rér information. We will, conn mens no inforfaation *. 4 \ Twhalsoever to W lew eatures. | £ Be [ caluna\soersh tat ATAU Si ret Y Mr. DeLoach j 1 - Mr, Sullivan 1 - Mr.M. A. Jones :S HPL:jo (5) =