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i ns a “ . - : ae el ae eee tle A a et ew pdo-11 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION DATE_December 31, 1943 VEMORANDUM FOR MR. LADD CORPS, G-2 = az! 1 ; 4 a a cL - come to my attention and which is set out below. it to be so wrecked. means Harry Eo ~ gating and tha g y ome to Chicago apparently for the purnos Kibler stated that he did not know exactly how Hop Chicago. Staff. Re: DISHMESBiR'GNT OP coufreRmNTELLIGENCE It has been avparent to the writer for several months that certain powerful interests within or near the War Department have undertaken an active program aimed at the dismemberment of the Counterintellizence Corps “of G-2. It is now the writer's belief that this opinion is justified because of certain information which has SE eee oli Bow Sb 2c 4, we see Mr. Tolson aa Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd _~ Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. fiesey ‘Carson - Mr. Hendon_ Mr. Mumford ___ Mr. Harbo Mr. Starke Mr. Quinn Tamm__ Tele. Room Mr. Nease Miss Beahm Miss Gandy — bs Recently at a G-2 social function the writer had a long dis- : cussion with Colonel Kibler who is Officer in Charge of the Counter- intellizence Corps. This discussion was of a very frank nature since the writer has become very friendly personally with Colonel Kibler. Colonel stated quite frankly that the reason Counterintelligence Corps had been wrecked was that Harry Hovkins and the Secret Service had ordered Colonel Kibler stated that through some unknown The this but believed it was through some indiscretion of Colonel Furbershaw who is the Director of Intelligence, Sixth Service Command, stationed in Colonel John Bissell has recently been in Washington on leave and the writer spent an evening with him at his home, During the course of the evening Colonel Bissell exhibited a deep bitterness about the way he had been treated in the Army and after a veriod of time advised the writer of the reason why he had been so treated. He stated that he had learned that he had been recommended for a promotion to Brigadier General on several occasions and on each occasion this recomnendation had been stonved in the office of Lieutenant General McNarney, Deputy Chief of “33 Recently while Bissell was in Washington he made some calls aka at the War Devartment and learned that he had been blackballed by the oS white House, He also learned that because of his record it was ouite ALLINFOT#ATGN CONTAINED 4 Went 1S GAGLAS . veaibe ‘3 ‘(INFORMATIVE MEMORANDUM - ROT TO EZ DATE g-20-£0BY. at) aa all