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Pepartuent of Justice, Bureau of Suvestigatio. Oklehoma City, Okla., re eT ee ey wey ty ee ee c- ome bog ee be - : wee can a we ‘ ‘ Decemter.isx . . nine teenth ae ‘ rgBurdau of Invesbigation, oe jmaut. of Justice, «©. -* 2 alTENOION - |: figton, D.C. ~ f* 2°") MR. HOOVER - 2 Reeres a ae Ce s WE. (BILL) SMITH, et als. . RS -w<" liurdered Osage Indians. oa ee . 2 - wh @ ONFPIDENZIFL, a = /. moe - fepiying to.your letter dated Dec. 13, 1:23, wwe:aS, 62-5035,. maT stracting thie office to forward to attorney General Short - “dg the State of Oklahoma u copy of each report mde ty the * ‘agents-in this invéstigation. | , re: I teg to state that reporte were furnished to Mr. Short up un-_ de “$31 the time thet agent Weakley left here, and Nr. Weiss dis- * 4." ‘gontinued working for the Stete Attorney General. Since that: ~ . ime, the reports have not teen forwarded to cate. . ; we eré pre several reasons why it was deene 2 (nav isatle to send. . o"'Re reports periodically to ur. Short; First, ur. Short sta-%0>) : ped that he was very busy and thet he would prefer that the. “4nvestigation proceed as we Saw fit until some one or more of. ‘the investigations was completed, and that when the United © States attorney for the Western District of Oklanoma was Sa- .!- tisfied that we had a case ready for prosecution, that he would. at that time assign an Assistant Attorney General to prose-— os cute the cuse. Bs o Second, as stated utove, Ms. Short has been very busy, and as ~ cae “yOu will kmowm from press dispatches and otherwise, the Gov~ ¢ @rnor of the atate hus undergone impeachme:t rroceedinge, and «aa been ousted from office, and I might stute also that the ‘aAtforney General is also under- investigi:tion unc charges may ; . "ye “brought aguinst him at any time by tho Legislative Board.y > se sé. . arene amare Ar me Hy ~ ‘ oe Ee aie nal ieee AEC ce L INTELL CENGE qe 3 Aceh DEC 22 N23 aM DIVISION ©. Overtime’ ut Mande 0 eee fe ae tne neat : a d \ MOOVER T, FEY 4 ' Ss aes inl ape ~ Wm owe, : ce SU 52 TAS & og * .