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7 ay Office Memotind Wb UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ; Ah (7 TO wR. BL AL TAR h~” , DATE: 2/18/4'7 — FROM - :Va, ROSEN Gall 2:25 pm i> Gievig————— . xr. Nichols . . ~ . Mr. Rosen SUBJECT: " YNKNODN SBBIECT — ELIZABETH SHORT, VICTIM zr. Gurnee MURDER; MISCELLANEOUS 0 irs Pennington ——— INFORMATION CONCERNING Bie Xu iss Gandy " SAC R. B. Hood, Los angeles, called and stated he had been advised by Mr. Jim Richardson, City Editor of the "Examiner", the_ newspaper in Los Angeles which has been giving so much publicity to this case, that the Mayor of Los Angeles intended to call Mr. Hood this afternoon and request Bureau assistance in this investigation. Mr. Hood stated he was sure the Mayor knew the Bureau could conduct no actual investigation in this case but would ask for whatever assistance which could be rendered, his main purpose probably being thet he could state publicly that he had. asked the FBI for assistance. ‘My. Hood stated, if he was called by the "Examiner", which is a friendly paper, he would explain the Bureau's lack of jurisdiction in a matter of this kind and point out to the Mayor that the Laboratory facilities and fingerprint files of the Bureau were available in the event they were desired, but that no actual investigation could be conducted. It was pointed out that even though Hood states the Bureau's position, the story would probably leave the impression that the Bureau was actually conducting some investigation, because any comment concerning the Laboratory facilities would probably be near the end of the story. In the event he is called by the newspapers, Hood felt that he should probably issue a statement setting out the Bureau's exact position in this matter. I told him I agreed. av ty wd ACTION TO BE TAKEN: No action is to be taken by Hood until he BARD: fe ce receives a call from the Mayor or a call from the newspapers. “ If he Obu: receives a call from the Mayor he is going to explain the Bureau's position. If he receives a call from the Newspapers he is going to explain the Bureau's position. ee + Mr. Nichols AR:LG:hW BO MAR 5 19472” |