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* WAR DEPARTMENT ag 5 WAR DEPARTMENT GENERAL STAFF : a i MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIVISION @-2 ~woe = a July 23, 1942, ¥ & : Je Edgar Hoover, Esqes oe gan ioe Director, FBI, U.S. Yepartment of Justice, a a 2 Washington, D.C. bt cee, "; My dear Mr. Hoover: ‘- Last evening when I spoke to you and Mr. Tolson. ‘tn . Harvey's I would have come over to shake hands and offer congratuldtions dy te you both for the great things recently made public, But also fog the -- Congre essional Medal of Honor which you will receive, but I did'nt wmst™’ er you. I dont know many people with the Medal of Honor today, but it ds certainly something which should have gone to you and your key men long ago and this is exactly what I have often told the White House as well as leading Congressional figures for some years, It is especially gratifying in these dark days to realise that we have here in our country an organisation not in any way under the control or whim of a political party or persons with an axe to grind, It is the one highly scientific body of top-flight protectors of the country who can not be shifted from a position in which they are doing most good to one where their talents are suddenly rendered useless, as is too often the case in other branches of the Government, | Further it is also appreciated by thinking citisens whose taxes rk help defray running expenses of the land, that your organisation does . more for us per dollar expended than any other, and in fact saves and ae protects the dollars we have, But most of all it saves lives and many AY j : more than most people realise, far greater number in proportion to the } Og agen” Ub eg fem od Sof he Ks ee CR Pero teas AA RAIN force than our uniformed "Armed Forces" put together, I shall never forget how in the peace-years when I had any information I considered mis valuable to the Government (for its protection etc) and when the well a known Armed Forces refused to accept or use the data, it was your FSI ce f that accepted it gladly and without fanfare, and used it when it was any good to thea at all, THAT, is the example of comfort a citisen- i soldier gets from knowing your outfit is there,and everywhere ready and able to quickly use the tools it can get its hands an to oppose our enemies and prospective—future—enenies, I only hope your hands . become more and more un-tied so that your talents oan be free to aco- ee i omplish even more, Likewise I hope my branch of the se % | come more and more skilled in its work so to help you ; { So, again - congratulations} May there soon be attached to that decoration, Kindest regards to you th as Eiveys, ! 7 ee eee no or fort . Ruutet 7.424 . eEndures Sincerely yours, Isereh ft ..... dancried R tu Sumtered ...... heckad.. . “NA ‘ . pueriel! wt. Peles Self- for privacy. - - Ven R.H. Sternbergh Qoun i. ihe