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' Aniteh States Bepartment of Justice | | - Lo UNITED STATES ATTORNEY NortHern DIstRicr OF CALIFORNIA I hope you anu «-, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94102 , » 1926 -Plak. & Eval Ree. Mrant. sy WeSpee. Iny, Pp Strsining vs ROUTE TO.D.0. FOR Sia yt i a ee ee Mr. Clarence M. Kelley “Director . — 7 “... Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D. C. me vs") Ban Francisco Office. 0 Phe Spameperer, an ‘Dear Chief Kelley: ree ST - -“ -1 When it became apparent that the Hearst prosécution would yo" | go to trial, I requested.the services of a full-time agent to assist us with the ‘inevitable investigations of facts surfacing during the trial and for purposes of liaison with rt the Bureau. Charley was kind enough to accede to my reque a . and provide rl whom we found to be an out{/VW... \ -Standing agent Ne ae Lo oo . « SS ae -.: frequently called upon to work very long hours e Fie, uring the “some ten weeks which the trial consumed and often : .. performédshis “duties under great pressures, caused either by a ns the prosecution team in its desire to do things effectively.:-.. > .° or by the, defense‘team in several attempts to deprecate the. | effo he..Government in general or the Bureau in particu- : “lar. t all’ times conducted himself in a professional | and h effective manner, exhibiting great initiative in addition to performing the duties assigned to him. His wise ‘counsel, particularly from the standpoint of a criminal. ; _ investigator, was of inestimable value in achieving success - in this highly controversial and widely-reported case. . . $7108) nee.ss 7 cf see. NS * : a 307 mh aemphn Srwme ves a7 ha kee seaeiigiimt