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/ STEED Pune wo. Ot Office Metin -. M2 + UNITEDS ~ IVERNMENT Z 5 wR. E. A. , @ATE: 9/3/46 nf{c ALL INFORMATION co >: A. WS | ‘HEREIN LS gd ; paar f c 4 afr hy fi i BY 9-7 SURJECT: BENJAMIN "BUGS" ro OE oo MISCELIANSDUS — INFORMATION CONCEMNING il . i. wr. . gr. ¥r. ir. we ie, Caracol wr. ~~. | i i. ~. rr. r ts. ¥. fl With reference to SA Ostholthoff's telephone call referred to in the attached memorandum, the following infor- mation is furnished conceming the action taken by the Bureau. On August. 19, 1946, Ostholthoff at 5:4 p.m., said he ani another Ag had gone to the CPA headquarters at San Francisco, had talked to the Regional Director and indicated to him in what io _ they were interested. The Regional Director pointed out that the b matter was one not with f his office but referred Ostholthoff to of the Compliance Section of the CPA, As reflec et 11, the ultimate result of Ostholthoff's contact with was to the effect that the information which he sought was not available. Upon the basis of the substance of the above information, Ostholthoff was directed to make a formal request for the material desired so that we could go on record with the CPA in California as to our specific desires in this miter, On August 20, 1946, pursuant to my instructions, Ostholthoff called me back and at 3:30 p.m., n time, me that he bad made a specific request of and that had refused to make the files available stholthoff, vised boc Osthoithoff in view of the refusal that the Bureau would probably * go directly to CPA and make the request here in Washington for the information and if we did not go directly to CPA we might have to handle it through the offices of the Attorney General. I tald Ostholthoff he would be advised as to what action the Bureau would take in this regard. I cautioned Ostholthoff in connection with his open inquiries inte the matter and to be circumspect in his dealings in order not to disclose the Bureauts interest in the over- ali picture. This information was fumished to Mr. Tamm's office on august 2, 1946, and Ostholthoff was to prepare and forward to | the Bureau AMSP for my attention all of the details in this matter, i Bean, 69-2127 Play | iy Tea RES pe ae emamepeeemee ea AAAI 2 Lae ot