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f FOCAMED AI rFeYVonAL BU Form No. 1 THis cAsE ORIGINATED AT BU ititiall BATE WHEN PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE REPORT MADE BY |8/10/53° | 7/16/53 REPORT MADE AT WASHINGTON, D.C. CHARACTER OF CASE SPECIAL INQUIRY SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: Mr. PATRICK F. COONEY, Attorney, Claims Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., advised seven libels of forfeiture had been filed against U.S. Petroleum Carriers, Incorporated, by the U.S. Government to attempt to compel that company to return seven tankers to U.S. Government ownership. Infor- mation regarding appointee and U.S. Petroleum Carriers, Incor- porated, as contained in Interim report of the committee on Government operations by its Senate Permanent Sub-Committee on Investigations (Hoey Committee) on sale of Government owned surplus tanker vessels set out. -RUC- A dated July_17, -PERENCE: July 1953 DETaILS: AT waSdINGTuiv, D.C. ALL INFORMATION CORT AACE __ 7 HEREIN IS UP. CCASSIFIED HISCELLANEWUS DATE ahu/e> BY geomacise // Mr. PATRICK F, COONEY, Attorney, Claims Division Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., advised SA JR., that seven libels of forfeiture had been filed against the © United States Petroleum Carriers, Incorporated, by the United States Government to attempt to compel that company to return seven tankers to Government ownership. He further related that in substance these libels employed the same ligations and phrase- ology with the exception of the names of the tankers, dates and ag : ea : : descriptions, He also said that additional libels were in Ay ai’, APPROVED A FORWARDEZ # BO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES COPIES OF THIS REPORT (zJovreas l-Wasnineton Field © 5 AUG 26 195377-44395) PROPERTY OF FBI~-THIS CONFIDENTIAL REPORT AND ITS CONTENTS ARE LOANED TO YOU BY THE FBI AND ARE NOT TO Bf DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE oF AGENCY TO WHICH LOANED. LU, 6. GOVERAMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-—S9255-2