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copYr sy. 5 JEH :HW Telephone Call wr. Ledd at Chicago 1/24/35 -2= a2 2d bt offi ~_— then oe ee good idea to teat the employees of the Chicago Offices by “pianting them with a fake story. Mr; Ladd advised that he had done just that thing the other day, before the escape of Karpis and Campbell from Atlantic City, New Jersey; that he hed one of the Agents circulate a atory concerning Karpis, and this atory received wide ¢irouletion in the office; but that when the real story about Kerpis came out, his fake story was, of course, stppped. Mr. Ladd stated that he would give it another test along this same line. I told Mr. Ladd tc keep me informed as to the resulta, and T sug- gested that the story be started that we had “someone” in custody. I stated thet if we caught the Chicago ‘merican wire tappers tapping our Wires, it was my intention to prosecute them. Very truly yours, John Edgar Hoover, Director. lL sopy