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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 14

88 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Eleanor Roosevelt · 84 pages OCR'd
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January 18, 1951 MEMORANDIM FOR THE DIRECTOR: MED and I hsve checked on the QR file. i} . With reference to the Mra. Roosevelt incident, we of Course never investigated this. It was investigated by CIC prior {{to 1949. We do have a photostat of the G-2 file. iw Phu Barean Ji hes. J There were no recordings, between Mrs. Roosevelt and (Rm Chutously, they did have a microphone because there jere recorcings of conversations between GMMR on aappamipmmmnenenatiisttians which also reflected what transpired tn the hotel] room. This tnformation was gtuen to ain Renee >, We . mem and Gineiqueeapumenuinn . It its recorded tn a blue memorandum dated December 3i, 1947. The blue memorandum and a photostat of the G-2 ftle are [|notneatned by but have never been tn the Files Section. It ta not believed that anyone in the Bureau has knowledge of this except » me, and the stenographer whose initials are and whose identity we are now trying to f2etedlish. It ts therefore believed thoroughly safe ford, to te 1] bape the FBI never investigated the Roosevelt- | the FAI files. ~ Both MMMM and I do recall there have been newspaper articles linkinga@iiiBA to Mrs. Roosevelt. In 1949, Frank Waldrop of the Times Herald told me they were on the trail of certain recordings that allegediy would siow an tllicit relationship between QM and Mrs. Roosevelt. At that time I made a thorough check of all our ftles and there was nothing tn the main files. The pink memorandun has never been circulated in the Bureau and is not known to anyone outside of SMM in ay office , VERE, ond you. ‘ution wos informed of my check this morning although he vaguely recalls when J was e@hecking on this @ year ago. al x we ad . + . ° nd — incident. There ta nothing from official sources on this tn
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