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Bu risons of the Department of Tustice, ais Wink bs bad bean Pirector MY ACT convicted prostitutes, and stated he had been in contact with the _ advised that the Federal Governuent r Hoes ong faci jes, 4n that tney would no e a the Ma West Virginia, have stated that with tne addition Lo their Frage from the snvocat ion ° Some publicity has resulted in the State of Virginia as 4 result of allegations on the part of Dr. MAST, and on the afternoon of October 15th, & meeting was held at the Naval Operating Base, at which there were in attendance representatives of the Office of Naval tnt elLli- gence, representatives of the Medical Department of the Navy, repre- sentatives of the State Health Department, and the Commonwealth's Attorneys of Norfolk, Norfolk County, Nansemond County, Princess Anne County, and Portsmouth, Virginia. This conference was held as a result of the report of Dr. MAST at Richmond, which was made on the mornine of October 15th, and as a result of rumors current in Norfolk at this time regarding possible invocation of the May Act, and was for the pur pose of bringing to the attention of the Commonwealth's Attorneys the need for rigid enforcement and to explain to them the fallibility of medical examinations to determine the presence of venereal disease, The above information was furnished to the writer by Dr. KIMBROUGH, who is the State Health Officer in Charge of Venereal Disease Control for the Tidewater area, On Saturday night, October 17, 1942, three tuurist camps in Nerfolk County, within one mile of the ciiy limits of Norfolk, were raided by the-Mavy Shore Patrol and the Herfolk Foiice Tepartacnt, res sulting in the arrest of fifty women and s nunber of Navy personael. Trese arrests were made as a result of activitj on the part of Adniral SIMONS in ceclaring these places out of pounds for Navy personnel, At je: nipvlice court most of the prostitutes involved were se.tenced. "to twelve months in jail, and fine vo TT SO The Bureau will be kept advis:d as to any further develop— ments aleng this line. \ Very truly yours, NOS ae vn ween 4 Sn SUNRICH CEH: AED Special Ayent in Charce 18-0 ‘