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eae OC ota TE nl Moti a ET le eT Met ie to ‘Jones to Nease #0 meta ee Agent 1 in the FBI in September, 1933, but he was not ancepted b because he generally did not mettthe Bureau' 5 standards. "We can find no ) indication that any of the men listed by Desi Arnaz in his telegram were ever employee in the FBI. They apparently served with the Bureau of Prohibition or the Prohibition Unit and they probably so served during _ the time that the enforcement of prohibition came under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General. The available records, of course, are quite sketchy and incomplete, indicating only that these men were investigated for positions in the ‘Prohibition Unit. “We would certainly have additional records if any of them had actually Henin the FBI. Several did apply for Bureau employment later agg ‘Accordingly, we are in no position to provide Mr. Arnaz with any information concerning the present whereabouts or any clearances on them. In addition, because of the self-serving nature of the book by Ness and its rather sensational treatment of the activities of the Bureau of Prohibition, it would not appear advisable to have the name of the FBI used in the dramatization of the book. In this regard, we can point out to Mr. Arnaz the fact that the use of the name ~ _ "FBI" ‘Would net be entirely accurate because we did not receive this name until 1935. vs - tone’, ' RECOMMENDATION: So ‘That attached letter be sent to Mr. Arnaz pointing out that the men he mentions were not FBI employees and we cannot advise him of their present whereabouts or give him any clearances to use their names. It also points out the undestrability’ of using the name of the FBI in the dramatization.