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PETG BR ati 7 Li -_ . . : C C. — . 5 ; ADDAISE REPLY TO °rNE ATTORNEY GEMERAL® AnD REFER TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, re WASHINGTON, D.C. 9-17-9- December 6, 1% MEMORANDUM TO THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION: Attention Mr. J, B. Hoover, Your memorandum of December 6, 1921, to which there was attached copy of a memorandum dated October 27, 1921, has been re- ceived. The question here has te de with the turning ever ef cer- tain property belemging te Georg Setuls ant Sar) Srichem 40 the Alien Property Custodian, the property having been seized at Philadelphia in 1917, prior to the declaration ef war, and now being held by you. ~~ Subdivision (eo) of Section 4 of the Trading uith the Eneny Act provides: . “any payment, conveyance, transfer, assignment, er de~- livery er money sr property made to the Alien Preperty Ous- ¢edian hereunder shall be a full acquittance and discharge fer all purposes of the obligation ef the persen meking the ~~ game to the extent of the sane.” fhe above section is self-explanatory, and you are advise that the Department ef Justice, even at this time, is seeking to en- force demands made by the Alien Property Custodian fer the seizure of enemy~ewned property; that while the Peace Resolution bas been passed and pro-dated to take effect on July 2, 1921, there has been ng’ prey; sien made for the return of exexy-cened property. ral Nv Tt ett aeoma bee are tee or pee ce ee