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en Office: Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT - ae tee eee "pron a a a wees coc ogee et neens pune cmon some ee ne eee ne seine ee rm Serr ee Ladd a 7 ¥ yl H. Clegg erie zh SUBJECT : _ BISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN - . Reece — INVITATION TO SPEAK AT , Geary — GRADUATION EXERCISES - Tinccnwe S1ST SESSION, FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY Tele, Bo _ JUNE 12, 1958 | poo By letter dated 5/5/53, Bureau ertended in@itation 6: Tre to Bishop Sheen to speak at graduation ererctses, Slst Session, I Nattonal Academy, on 6/12/53. This communication forwarded to New York Office to be delivered personally by ASAC Whelan who is personally acquainted with Bishop Sheen. Bureau ‘telephonically advised by New York on 5/7/53 that Bishop Sheen had accepted, sd By letter dated 5/19/53, received in the Bureau 5/21/53, Bishop Sheen accepted the inuitatton to speak, stating he, ss be in Fashington on 6/12/53 for this purpose. Director ray | NRO, inquired as to why itt took so long to acknowledge the Bishop 3 letter. . The acceptance letter from Bishop Sheen was received “in the Bureau on 5/21/53, was stamped in Mr. Tolson's Office 5/22/53, 12:21 p.m. It was stamped in Mr. Nichols Office t 1:01 p.m. on 5/22/53 and was received in the Training and nspection Division 4:10 p.m., 5/22/53.- m Ee =) re < = U It has been the prtor practice that when acceptances fLaN of this nature have been received, unless the invitee asks for a a LI Qfadditional information or further details, no acknowledgement . . SS be 4 of the acceptance letter has been sent. ‘Following this practige, SY > the Bishop's letter was inittaled and tt continued on the V4 Sim routing chatne ~~ . ENN - On the morning of 5/27/53 Ur. Toelson tnguired of = Mr. Mason: whether the Bishop 's letter of acceptance had been : So answered, indicating that a reply should be sent. -The letter i =, was immediately located and a reply dictated, transcribed, and 3 55] ]seat through on 5/27/53 under date of 5/28/53 .- , : 2s I have tssued instructions that in the future rep are to be sent to acceptance letters regardless of whether ‘ / correspondent asks for additional tn rmation or details. i Of Conan, hp RECORDED -4-6 329 Zh After. SUNS 3 a ns gh 7 *