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ee eR ene ad MAF oe Th ec BE. 8 ian | letters, the same being attached hereto. On this occasion, I discreetly copied these letters and returned the originals to hin. He stated that he was of the opinion greater efforts should be made to conduct a thorough search of the field and further that he had talked with Senator Copeland, the Senator being of a similar opinion, and further, that the S@nator was quite put out because this had not as yet been done. Hartney informed that he told the S nator that the F.B.I. was “working like the devil" on the case. I immediately informed the Colonel that our position in the matter was still that of observer, and thet if there was any request for activity on our part, it should be mde through the Board of Inquiry representing the Department of Commerce, inasmuch as they had full responsibility at the present time, and that upon the receipt of such request, it would be given proper consideration. Hartney informed that he understood perfestly, but that he thought he had to tell the Senator something. At this time, he also said that he was of the opinion that an explosive bullet that would leave no tracer had been used in causing the accident, and that it was probably through the utilization of a curved out lead bullet in which phosphorus had been placed, and that as the bullet struck the girder in the superstructure, the pnosphorus would splatter on this metal and then with the air mixing with the hy- drogen, it would be touched off by the phosphorus, and the explosion would ensue. He also made mention of a spotlight bullet, which is explosive in nature, that had bean tested by him on airplane fabric at McCook Field in Ohic, and that these tests taught him that an explosive bullet could ignite a thing in the air immediately upon coming in contact therewith, He also stated that the Board of Inquiry did not appear to be terribly interested in the sabotage theory, and that they intended to discount the same. Wo comment was made by me on this occasion. On May 1$, 1937, at 11:15 asm, I again conversed with Colonel Hartney at Lakehurst, and was again accompanied by Special apent Malone, and at this time, I again reiterated our position in the metter, namely, that we were merely observers, but that we were perfectly willing Te