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le a el 0 _ 214] Park Lane W, Grosvenor l016=7=8 June 30, 1939 Clyde Tolson, Esquire The Federal Bureau of Investigation washington, De Ce Lear lr, Tolson: ian indebted for your name to Mr. E. Hayte whom, you may remember, spent some time at the Burea collecting material for his story of the Geen in the OAs I am at present collecting material for an ar on Al Capone to coincide with release in November he sugoested I minoht conmuntcate with you and ask for your help. The salient facts I want are whether or not there is ~. any possibility of a release before the date originally fired, so that I can tnstruct my agent accordingly, and what the effect of his release is likely to be on America's man in the street. I don't know whether it is possible for you to send me any further information which has this country regarding the events anecdotal material concerning hts not already been used tn which led up to his arrest or earlier background, If it ts, I would be ertremely greteful.e Again, it would be useful to me if you could lend me a few press clippings and photographs which would be unlikely to be inaluded tn English newspaper libraries. These I would undertake to have photographed or copied and return to you within a few days. To lend the story authority it would be more valuable to have it signed by somebody who has been connected with Capone at some time, preferably somebody now ltving in England. The only person I can call to mune is a man who used to be Al Capone's jockey called Arthu ae, sometimes going by the name of%Lee, whom I believe to be working as @ steward on a Royal Mail liner between London and Rio - RECORDED & INDEXED Perhans you would be kind enouoh t let me know of anybody else I could appro Ra » ae _ BUREAU OF INVESTS Ki JUL 14 Was. \ U. 5, EPARTMENT OF d-=