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r— _ Office . Memorandum + ° UNITED Staite GOVERNMENT sf . a Symon " Mr. nosei (cor /ode | oo. | Yo PURPOSE se 131-230 82 APR 6.2 yl TO os Mr. basa | : DATE: March 2h, 2953 | - . it SUBJECT: CoanceR memory P WORTH AMERICAN SHIPPING AND TRADING COMPANY, ET AL. ADMIRALTY MATTER 9 inform you of information received from the Civ : that former Special Agent William Leege has been appoints Assistant to the Attorney Generali to handie tanker as da A E DETAILS OL "0 bE oN ‘on March 2h, 1953, Attorney T. F. McGovern, Crv Division, statea that former Special Agent William Lee€e, who has recently been with the Permanent Senate Subcommittees on Investigation of Government Operations (McCarthy Committee), was appointed a Special Assistant to the Attorney General effective _today. McGovern said Leeee would be assigned to the Admiraity and Shipping Section of the Civil Division and would be in charge of the admiralty matters involving the tanker cases. . a e 7 McGovern further stated he had been informed \net tne or Office Naval Intelligence was sending to the Bureau via Liaison a memoran-. indicating that the tanker Atlantic Air,ex Elizabeth Blackwell, — as today en route to Taku Bar on the Chinese coast. McGovern stated the vessel is owned _by the Atlantic Navigation Company» which is in turn controlled by Stavros Livanos, one of the principal figures in the North American Shipping and Trading Company. Mr. McGovern requested that the information to be received by Liaison be furnished to the Civil Division inasmuch as the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division would probably want to take the matter up with the Attorney eneral since it shows that vessels controlled by Livanos are still faseding with Communist China. McGovern did not have any details as to the registry of the vessel or the type of cargo she was carrying. een peat ET ATE AME Vessel did net call ot, avy minutes FSU UL NVA LLU eVwris fort — arrived Yots tama Sis “ts WFO) B-aeSZ ; It is recommended that this memorandum be forwarded to She Liaison Section in order that the information reportedly en route. from the Office of Naval Intelligence can be furnished to ‘the Civi Suits Desk for dissemination to the” Civil Division. ee yok aA. ; od 6M Lg 7f_159 ae CB | eae ae Ta, CJM:ige