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4 * care .. PD-302 (Rev. 10-11-63) C ; & FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ~ Date August 10, 1964 _ Soil Conservation Service, U. S, Department of Agriculture, County Building, Philadelphia, Mississippi, stated he gave Mr, OLEN BURRAGE™ Ben bha pres . anformal advice and some ser rvice in the construction of? a private dam for a lake situated atout six st of Philadelphia on some of BURRAGE'te property. eferred to some pencil notes and advised he first visited the area of the dam on May 25, °1964, at which tin struction or “land clearing had begun. On this occaetcn i= the request of Mr. BURAAGE set up an instrament and ran a water line on the “st side of the proposed lake for 15: Peet of water, Ti Who later constructet £ carried the | area of trees and uniderbru t understood Mr, BURHACE wanted an agreement with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, whereby the U. S. Government would share the cost of the dam in exchange for certain e011 conservation practices, me was next at the site on July 15, 1964, when he was asked by prices to visit the area to give advice.— On this occasion found that the dam was almost com pleted and was perepe a pencred yards further north down the creek than where it had been planned while he was previously in the area, On +h S$24%, ke found that the dam was about 12 feet high and walked along the top of the dam and saw the drain pipe in the old cresk bed which was too short and was almost even with the dam surface, At this time a Mr, PETTIS was operating a bulldozer pusks ing dirt up the sides of the dam. On July 17, 1964, SEM ncaitn drove by the dan, looked again at the drain pipe, and then drove to the BURRAGE Garage, where he advised RAGE to extend the pipe several feet inside the lake, ven 26 at the dam on July 17, 1964, a ay was there operating a bulldozer and the surface of AC. the dam appeared very rough. b On July 22, 1964, QB ax ove by the BURRAGE Garage _ where QE stopped him and asked him to go out and set up On _ B/6/6".__ at SAc and by 676 ___pate dictated 8/10/64 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It ie the property of the FBI and is loaned to oa your agency; it and ite contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. fs a i