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Office M ot lum * UNITE: - ° JVERNMENT TO : Mr. D. M. Ladd DATE: January FROM : H, B. riotenag — Lo \ ver SUBJECT: OG FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, INCORPORATED pt INTERNAL SECURITY = ¢ On a 12, 1948, a statemant appeared in Rar mapettsbin's Se ae er 2 are oe - i colum in "Theforker", to the effect that the FRI was violating the SL secrecy of mail. “Hubin stated that one day a Washington, D. C., Government employee opened an envelope addressed to himself and found within it a letter addressed to one of the FBI "stoolies" fram a Washington Post Office employee. Rubin indicated that the Fost Office employee, through a slip-up, had written on the envelope the name of the Government worker being spied upon instead of the name of the FBI Agent. You requested that the Washington Field Office make appropriate inquiry concerning this matter. A letter dated Janua 19 has now been received from the ACTION: No further action is contemplated concerning this matter. a ) . wa yee a“ * : ‘ eid. \ %- Ve"? 4b a 97~-YO/-38