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. . : ae j ~ oe, » * : . — . ~ ade Federal Bureau of investigation l United States Department of Justice ~~ = , 936 Raymond-Commerve Building, Newark, New Jersey. ~~ Ey . & May 25, 1937. i. x . wa ' Director, & Federal Bureau of Investigation, 3 Washington, De C. 1% e) j ii, RE: AIRSHIP HINDENBURG; i _ GOVERNMENT RESERVATION MATTER. | — i 5 Pear Sirs z Shortly after the Hindenburg disaster, Roger Williamson, PD Clerk of the Investigating Committee of the Senate Committee on Air Commerce, headed by Senator Copeland, advised that there were | certain footprints leading on to the reservation at Lakehurst, New Jersey, and Roger Williamson had come to the conclusion that these footprints were made by some unknown party who entered the reservation, and according toa theory advanced by Roger Williamson, possibly fired an incendiary bullet into the Hindaiburg and thus caused its disaster. Incidentally, there is nothing so far to substantiate his contention or theory. 3 3 i Ae) As @ result of this report, on Sunday, May 9, 1937, b1u st unit d 2D Special Agents in Charge W. S, Devereaux and R. E. Vetterli, at 3 reg Lakehurst, New Jersey, on the Government Reservation, photographed i ww = a footprints that were found and pointed out by Roger Willismson. a NS oa One small _Photograph, together with appropriate descriptive data 3 FH ed affixed therets mennewlas mmhaeed alnhsahatiantlla tarathar * MG “ J s and pr VEY MMM BPO VE gE vee 4 . £9 with two enlarged photographs of éach picture taken, are submitted . ae < -M- re on TSS PIED J a be? 70a ae FD ae ~ QF Portions of actual footprints found near “ty mo gate, within the reservation at Lekehurst, ~~ New Jersey, approximately three feet from . 3 the fence, | RBCORDED & INDEXED 2 fr it VS TIGATIGN 1 £xcLW Aotual footprint inside rpservation at Lakehurst, New Jersey, near febgob 1 aBR7 ee Ge 7 AT or referred to in previous photographs. Is . rh actual photograph of one of the -footpfints | - Le marked in white and shown in photograph - “ig - —se MAMI neeen nue Sf : | 3 4 OCF Lu tow WM » . vy eae