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3 tt ESP es ina il : ni ee TUES Se ga Ty OS mw <peeeterms sapet g Me cwpmag pe ‘The Buregu was informed that Commander C. BE. Rosendahl, who aan is in charge of the Naval Base at Lakehurst, had indicated that he did ~ not know the cause of the hydrogen explosion which had ocourred aboard the Hindenburg, but that he was of the opinion that it should be classed merely as an accident, and that there was no evidence of sabotage or any illegal act in comection with the destruction ef the Airship, It was noted that during the brief interval of time spent at the Naval Air Base on the night of May 6, 1937, Captain anton Witte- mann, who wes third in charge of the Airship Hindexburg and who was one of the survivors, made mention of the faet to Cormander Roserdeahi,; in the presence of Inspector E. Js Connelley and Acting Special Agent in Charge W. Ss Devereaux that a warning had been received by the Einden+ burg, and it was indionated thet only wittemann, Captain Max Pruss, and Captain Ernst Lehmann bad been in possession of the information son- cerning the warning. Thie fact was conveyed to Mr. Foxworth, as well as the fact that Cormander Posencehl and captain Wittemann engazed in private conversation concerning the warning and also the fact that Wittenann was cautioned, in the presence of the Agents, to say nothing further concerning the inciderte ‘Upon receipt of this informetion, Mr. Foxworth instructed ». that apparently there was no neea of further activity on the part of, the Newark Field Division at Lakehurst, New Jersey, and that all fur- ther action was to be discontinued, . Shortly after noon on May 7, 1937, Aoting Special Agent in Charge W. Se Devereaux received a telephonic communication from As- sistant Director Clyde Tolson, of the Bureau. At this time, Mr, Tole son informed that Special agent James Fallon, of the Philadelphia Field Division, had veer at Lakehurst following the accident on the night of Mey 6, 1037, and that at the time he left Lakehurst early on the morning of May.7, 1937, he had beer informed that Commander Rosendahl was desirous of heving a Bureau representative present at the inquest or at the hesring concerning the cause of the arash of the Hindenburg. Mre Tolson informed that he was of the opinion that Acting Special Agent in Charge Devereaux, in company with either Inspector Es Je Connelley or Special agent in Charge Re E. Vetterli, should proceed to Lakehurst and inform the Naval euthorities that they were acting only in the carecity of observers, and that the ee ae