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during the voyage, if he had gained access to the after part of the ship unaccompanied and unnoticed; further, that an incendiary bul- ist could have been fired by a silenced gun from the proximity of the ship, the flame caused by the bullet penosrating: the gas cell . and resulting in explosion. . ! - . f LC. This memorandum ‘eoneludes by étating that the German Ccon-= . mission proposes to be on the lookout during ths salvaging of the _ wreck for any apparatus which might indicate an act of sabotage. In this connection, Mr. Trimble informed Agent that the salvaging of the wreckage is still in progress under the supervision of the Navy Department at the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, but that so far no indication of any bomb or fuse or bullet has been discovered. The first section of the materia] turned over to Agent for examination contains carbon copies of correspondence, with notations thereon indicating that on May 26, 1937 Mr. Trimble transmitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation five letters received by the Board in the course of the investigation of the Hindenburg disaster. <A re- view by Agent of these five letters, {4 letters and 1 postal tele- gram), indicates, however, that none of the informetion furnished therein has any apparent value,meriting investigation by the Bureaus Bureau file No. 6248190 shows that photostatic copies of these papers have been transmitted to the Newark Field Division, under date of June 5, 1937, with a request that Captain Ce B, Rosendahl, in charge of the Naval dir Station at Lakehurst, New Jersey, be interviewed as to what inguiries, if any, he desired made in connection therewith. The second section of the material furnished Agent by Mr. Trimble, marked “Hindenburg Letters", consists of letters of sugges~ tions as to the possible cause of the disaster and of statements from some members of the ground crew concerning their observations upon the landing of the Hindenburg. There are two lettera in this section suggesting possible sabotage; one is dated May 27, 1957, from K. We eck, 1850 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanie, addressed to Commander Hugo Eckener, stating in substance that he is quite sure he sawa flash from an airplane that flew over some minutes before the Hindenburg landing; that he cannot be certain about that flash, but i$ so looked to him, and that a bullet shot from that plane into the tall end of the ship might have caused the explosion. Another letter, alleging a similar observation, has been found in Section 4, marked "Letters Left by Colonel Ereithaupt of the rm m™, a 5 an a Prom Tosech German Migsion”®. This letter is dated May 12, 1937 and is from #CSépn ~Permoutz, 138 = West 62nd Street, New York City, eddressed to the Ger-