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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT NEWARK, NEW JERSEY FILE NO. 70396 i Washington, De OC. | 6022837 6-19-37 = |" LOUIS LOEBL LL:Gs . TITLE o ; oT _ | CHARACTER oF case DESTRUCTION OF AIRSHIP ®HINDENBURG" ~ y GOVERNMENT RESERVATION MATTER SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: Additional letters reviewed at the Depart~ ment of Commerce; but no information of value, found co erning possible sabotage, Wo “fonfidential informant of y igence inter- iy ‘ the valueless ormation previously fur- A HED eM oo a alee REVERENCE ; Report of Special Agent Louis Loebl’ dated at Washington, D. C.,June 17, 1937, DETAILS: AT WASHINGTON, D. C. ee ered On June 18, 1937, MR. SOUTH TRIMBLE, JR., Solicitor, Chairman of the Hindenburg Investigating Board of the Department of Commerce, informed Agent by telephone thet he received fron Commander - ERosendahl of the Neval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, an additional batch of letters relating to the Hindenburg disaster matter and that he desired to have the letters reviewed for any possible evidence of sabotage suggested therein. Pursuant to this request, Agent examined at the office of Mr. Trimble the additional file of forty letters sent to Comumender Rosendahl from various parts of the country offering suggestions as to the cause of the loss of the Hindenburg. The theories advenced by the writers of the majority of the letters coincide practically with those expressed in the SPECIAL AGENT Ww CHARGE a. COPIES OF THIS REPORT ‘3 ~ Bureau "2 = Newark 1 = New York (Infp,) 2 = Washington Field COPIES DESTROYED ‘ U. 8. SOVERRBENT PRINTING OFFICE ca ere ene ee oo ce epee pe ea pe ea _