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1 of ¢ Hey » ee RT TAS Tene —_ 4 : Office Memoratlum - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 23 x To a MR.-B, A. TAU oo DATE: Auguet 35) 1947 ; 7 = wee - : . Tae Baa - 5 fay SUBJECT: Si é 5 a at rf The Director advised on August 14, 1947, that J pig oF { the Los Angeles papers were carrying headlines indicating os 7? that Soviet espionage agents had begn instructed to 1 =e f. Geternmine the facts relative to theylying discs. The mes ney rc Ox article carried a Washington date line and indicated q k that Red espionage agents had been ordered to solve the — a question of the flying discs, the Russians being of the - 2% 22-52. " & optnion that this might be some new form of defense prefected a . OU by the Anerican Military. The article further recalled that cee a during the recent war pieces of tin foil had been dropped ae : jn the air for the purpose of off setting the value of radar 2 being used by the enemy forces anc that these Gluminum discs | Oe might be a new development along this line. The Director inguired as to whether the Bureau had any such information. vio Tat I informed hin that I had never keard of any . information indicating that Soviet espionage agente had been eRe instructed to obtain such informatione ._. 2. ..- wm Bente A check with the officials at G-2, ONI and at the’ nga dir Corps Intelligence was made and it was found that they 9 t had no information relative to such a story. ¢ the Directo uctions, J ? f advised ur. Nich the event any inguirie were made concerning such a story, that the story should be 3.085 2. flatly denied in eo far as the FBI was concerned. .. - a ce 42 32 AUG 19 1947 ag oo