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F362 thE 4s 37-70) (& c ’ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION # -~ Gere of mance pincer i Miss Helen W. Gandy, Apartment 915, 4601 Connecticut Aveme, N.W., Washington, D. C., former executive assistant to former Director $e J. Edgar Hoover, FBI, furnished the fdowing information: a Mr. Hoover died on May 2, 1972, and she believed that beginning Po the next day and for several] days thereafter she was responsible for having a the contents of Mr. Hoover's suite packed and moved out of his office so ey that his successor could take over this office space. She received assistance 18 in this work from the stafi in the Director's Oilice and from Tom Peyton ne and Brent Hughes of the Exhibits Section who brought in their employees ay to assist in the packing. She decided which items were Mr. Hoover's A personal property that he would have wanted to keep himself and which items he would have considered to be FBI property or he would have wanted turned over to his successor as the property of the FBI. She made these decisions based upon her understanding of the wishes of Mr. Hoover. Miss Gandy said that the property that was left with the FBI included the official ee ee 7 Peer cae | tnnm where: ban meenertice: haan IntaesH areal tea ana confidential files about which she dla previously Deen wmerviewea ili GEA op wide 1975, and also included the newspaper clippings, editorials, editorial cartoons and photographs which constituted a history of the FBI. She commented that the newspaper clippings, editorials and editorial cartoons should be FBI property as they were used as reference material in the Director's Office. In addition, there were mmerous awards, plaques and certificates which Mr. Hoover had received as head of the FBI and which she believed he would have wanted retained by the FBI as a part of the historical records. She said that some awards, plaques and cartoons had been taken to Mr. Hoover's home when he was alive and that she believed such items would have been personal property as he displayed mat ln, Wiese Srey eH: Bey them in his home. af She did not recall receiving any instructions as to which property 3 should be sent to Mr. Hoover's house and which property should be retained |e by the FBI but made these decisions based on her understanding of Mr. 1s Hoover’s wishes. She was informed that included in the property in FBI be storage were four stamp albums, and she stated she had no recollection see of these stamp albums. She was also informed that Mr. Hoover's gray. Bs detersinces 10/8/76 Washington, D. C. rie : oe Inspector John G. Devine and = 6, SA Robert P. Kgefian - RPK/jmh ole dicereg 10/12/76 Le Thin documant contoins neither vacomendotions aor conclusions of the FB) & is the property of the FBI and is looned te your egencr: WY = Band in content ere nol te be distributed evtide yout ogency.