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ea t ’ 1 January 18, 1951 MEMORANDEM FOR THE DIRECTOR: : os ur. Ladd and I hove checked on the Joe Lash file. . With reference to the Mrs. Roosevelt incident, we of Hleourse never investigated this. It was tnvestigated by CIC prior to 1943. We do have a photostat of the G-2 file. iv fA4 Barcan gi res, There were no Fa eran g ey De tween Urs. b oosevelt and Lash. v Obviously, they did have a microp one because there were recordings Trudte #, Fratt which also of conversations between Lash and Urs. reflected what transpired in the hotel room. Tkis information was given to George Burton by Colonel Kibler and Colonel Jack Sissell. It is recorzed in a blue memorandum dated December 31, 1942, The blue memorandum and a photostat of the G-2 file are [[painterned by Miss Gandy but have never been in the Files Section. it is not believed that anyone in the Bureau has knowledge of this except Burton, Hr. Ladd, E. a. Tamm, me, and the stenographer whose inttitals are FIL and whose identity we are now trying to establish, it is therefore believed thoroughly safe for wr. Trecy fqfto tell Senator H#atkins the FBI never investigated the Rocsevelt- i}WLash incident. There is nothing from official sources on this in { . the F3I files. Both Wr. Ladd and I do recall there have been newspcver articles linking Lash to ¥rs. Roosevelt. ' i ; In 1949, Frank Waldrop of the Times Herald told me they / were on the trail of certain recordings that allegedly would show an tllicit relationship between Lach and Ire, Roosevelt. At that H time I made a thorough check of all our files and there was nothing | tn the main files. The pink memorandum has never been circulate? in the Bureau and is not known to anyone outside of Miss Lurg in my office, Mr. Tolson, Miss Gandy, and you. Mr. Ladd was tr.formed of my check this morning Glthoujkh he uayuely reczlls when I was checking on this a year aos. - Morton Canty, who is Dre:: Foareen's Secretary, left tas Puresu in Gctober, lee., Acwever, she would have no Anciledse of Tits 22 She hod been in t-e waskington Field Of fire from 1427 to Pee when she resigqnes ; - ‘ 7 ° It elgnerg mare ae a sya te ‘ . Pinyin A ‘ “{M _ ering ec oe bl bs ‘ : .