◆ SpookStack

ae . - € roan we. 10 : en ~ a; . ad . @ ‘ i . yh es) vA Vv : , i eo. ¢- ‘ . 7 ¥ . : SD } : , ; Parscus : _ 4” ‘UNITED STATES G M4 ) ST ~ 7 s } BeImont | Memoranur...t pote eee H , Rosen To :.Mr. DeLoachy os : pate: August 4, 1960 oe > ; . _ W.C. Sulliven —_ . : - : . : co At Br pet sn a a ; Tele. Room oe prom os M. BBY oS . | oe fo" susyecr: wT OUCHABLES” TV, Peeceani _ . Attached is a clipping from the TV-Radio Section of the August 8, 1960, issue of “Plewsweek" which appears on the newsstands today. This clipping indicates that Desilu Productions is continuing its past activities of portraying Robert Stack in the role of a former FBI man in its forthcoming series of 30 television shows. While the article does not indicate that Stack will be actually identified as a former FBI man in the television series, it does identify Eliot Ness as a former FBI man. . aN - The article indicates that the forthcoming season will see ; “TV Ness (the real one disbanded his *Untouchables' in 1932) grapple with such - recent antagonists as the Nazis and the social circle of the late. Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel." It is apparent from this article that Desilu Productions has every . intention of continuing its past activities of misrepresenting FBI investigations - through inaccurate portrayals, spiced-up stories and outright fabrications. WY, :- _ The article makes much of the fact that with Walter nchell narrating the show, the viewing public is convinced of the authenticity of the program. This fact certainly results in an undesirable situation, particularly since this noted columnist sees fit to lend his cooperation to the distortion and inaccurate dramatization of the good work performed by loyal and dedicated FBImen. —s_.—a’.«... me, 7 _ . oo RECOMMENDATION: | re . _ EB ig recommended that consideration be given to contacting | hi appropriate "Newsweek" officials for the purpose of setting the record straig regarding the description of Eliot Ness as a former FBI man. ° ee Enclosure _