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: piRECTOR July 18, 1946 . fo CLYDE TOLSoN y ~ “W ealled S4¢ Hood with further reference te kts dis- cussten with Mr, Tamm yesterday relative to the Falter Binchell ttem referring to the fact that a racketeer was feretng co Los Angeles newspaper nan out of hte interests ta @ hotel. J pointed out to hia that we could neither censor or censure Finchell for any of Ata itema as colunniste are net tn the habit of checking with us for sccoracy of any taforaattion they plan to use. I cited to Atu the fact that Drew Pehraon has Sspe & Great amount of natertal concerning the Chicago and Las VFegae situation and that he, of course, is famtliar with the fact that the ~taformant wnt to Pearson before he came to the Bureau ond, conse- quently, Pearson has practically all of the actertal in the matber aad acy, of course, be the same source of information. JI told him, <9 further, that since the information in questton cane to the Bureau wg emep a technical survetilance tt doubtless could have reached Finchel ~ fem any one of a number of sources. ; . Mr. Zood stated he did not want to be ateunderstood in the Situation; that he thought the reactions of the Agents and the in- “ 7; fermaoats should be relayed to the Bureau. He stated that what wo dtsturbed both the informants and the Agents was the fact that ‘ Ftachell in giving out the information prefaced the statement by Femarking that the "FHI tn Los Angeles knows a11 shout", following With the story. He stated that the informants were sonewhat reluctan - pe talk further itn thie i ae in icles which ae nar \. -getre to pr a He stated the in- ; BYs have to be reassured each time they are tolked with that vo ‘Ge the Bureau i8 concerned what they say will not be given te Mh Dress sources, and hts only purpose tn communicating with the purest was to point out the reactions as they haue come to hin, RECORDED COPY FILED INT) _ € @lm pointed out to Mr. Hood that Vinchell does not check hts ‘Ne Wit us and that he has taken the position that tf hedid many” ~ Would be denied and he would be unable te use then. Food ; @ knew this to be a fact because he Aus seen any number of , SE Bhed which were incorrect and knows thet tf t had beer ; ENP@ with the Bureau they could have been stopzpgs. It was agata * ut te Mr, Food that stace the particulia# t nila e8/2 /: SMeeht of a technical survetillance any one Wf rt. thvolveg 1 ee = t bgen the source af the infermation whiten was ue ide . de ' - a 7 .