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mer: 9 re HILL vied ab D2 Dy 2 nila re wee ee ee tm oe C Sederal Bureau of Investigation * United States Bepartment of Justice “Kx Dawes oon 936 Raymond-Commerce Building aay, Newark, New Jersey “em May 11, 1937. SG eATAT AAO Tne Tat DMIDaAStrlPiry Ev £f/ st Lt ND ~SORitanacLcoldiede - hat 5 acts Direstor, Federal Bureau of Investigation, p Washington, D. ¢. Am oO Re: ATRSHIP HINDENBURG. Dear Sir; Cg re [ In connection with the activity of the Newark office as to the disaster ocourring in sonneotion with the airship Hindenburg on May 6, 1957, thee is attached hereto, for the information of the Bureau, outline of the activity to date. We. Se Devereaux of May 11, 1937, and the memorandum of myself, submitted as of May 11, 1937, and joint memorandum of Special Agente in Charge R. E. "yetterli and W. 5. Devereaux which, in substance, covers the activity of the Newark office to date. , This is covered in the memorandum of Special agent in Charge L Reference is made to the suggested or contemplated inquiry by Colonel}Hartney and Roger fWilliamson as stated by the latter to the tffeot that they wire considering a search of the terrain inside the reservation fer anything which would indicate the cause of the disaster to the Hindenburg. As stated in my conversation with Mr. Foxworth the travel of the airship on the afternoon of May 6, 1937 in the vicinity of the Waval air Station would make an inquiry of such limited mature of little walus. It is to be recailed that the ship was flying in the vicinity of the Naval air Station for possibly two hours or more before it landed, and any direct action taken towards the ship from the ground could just as well have ocourred anywhere within an ares of possibly fifty equare miles, more or less. In fact, 4% i6 my personel opinion that possibly any action, if it ocourred, would have been by some person outside of the reservation rather than by somebody entering the reservation grounds for this pur- pose. It is to be noted particularly that numerous spectators surrounded the field in expectation of the landing of the Hinden- burg on this date. any direct action, of course, would have been subject to possible observation by the numerous spectators if it had occurred within the immediate vicinity of where the ship was landing. epee weaker renner amen eo TE RECORDED & INDEXE TE - 44 GO- : _f NON ‘ 7 7 ? 9 (pycinbr f | “Trepeetor. 2 eg Bole. 19 Wh So Sf , _ vo 2 , Lo | ee ¥ pote