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Melvin Purvis — Part 1

103 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Jul 22, 1934 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Melvin Purvis · 102 pages OCR'd
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fer ad a ~~ A Bureau memo dated 1/13/47 stated that Dean Bolling of Washington University had invited the SAC at St. Louts to introduce Melvin Purvis who was to speak in St. Louis, Mo. on "Tuesday evening" on the subject "Can we lessen crime in the United States?" ott The CAS oem eee te lk ee ee ee ee ee Te | af at¢han annem fdéwann ste Tie Me WAL URIS UULIEDOU F&F UECL ONE VCECGUUEGE VY VENET CUMS OMG ue o +4 the oe eee 94-1-13268-28 ioe Py Ay + ; STE while represe “Wee as a secret Service Agent, atined over $5,000 from + a b f Fayette, Arkansas between ’verch, 1944 and July, @ “geen Ie mas claimed that the Director and Melutn Purvis viatted em over- “night a " discuss the labor situation. Information taken from letter dated 2/37/47. 47-36045-24 (12) On 6/26/49, a person who identified himself as a friend of Melvin Purvis telephonically advised that a woman had arrived no Washington on 6/25/49 and had gone to 1740 Pennsylvania Ave. anonymous complatnant advised he 65-S8365-787 c (20) RO This reference ig a newspaper clipping from the "Panana a American" of 3/6/50 captioned, "The Mail Bor", which was forwarded to the Bureau by Dantel £. McGrath, US District Attorney at Ancon, Canal ) Zone. The article headi"Cry the FBI" is a letter to the newspaper, 2 signed by Melvin Purvis, Jr. tn which he lays the blame for Rusata having the atomic bomb tn the lap of the Bureau and then goes on to atate no one dares criticize the Director.
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