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~ ‘balieved that static discharges caused the explosion; some believed an incendiary bullet fired from the round; or a bomb with time fuse Placed in the meil or freight, eau the Gisaster, and that Jewish | Communists or Nazi plotters were responsible for thie fatal crash. However, not one of these letters suggesting possible sabotage con~ tained any reasonable basis upon which an investigation appears +o be advisable and practicel, This opinion, too, has been ahared by Mr. Trimble and Mr. Mulligan, at the time agent discussed with them the contents of the material turned oyer to him for examination. On June 15, 1937, Mr. South Trimble, Jr. furnished Agent with a confidential letter dated Tune 8, 1937, addressed to the Department of Commerce, by Captain Allan &. Farquhar, Acting Director of Naval Intelligence, Ue S. Navy, Fron sf ia stated, in substance, that information has been obtained from afonfidentisl informant to the effect that two days prior to the 1 of the Hindenburg, thie in- formant was in Atlantic City, where, while sitting on a flight of steps leading from the boardwalk to the beach, near the Steel Pier, he overheard snatches of conversation between two men, who were unaware of his presence; that these two men were well dressed, spoke English, but when they became aware of the informant'sa proximity, they reverted to the use of a foreign language, which sounded like either German or Yiddish; that one of these man spoke of having recently come from abroad on a cargo Yessel that "landed at New York at 43"; that talk. ing about the Hindenburg, one of the men said, "This will be her last trip"; “Everything,including the long range tracers, is in readiness"; “Soon now Hitler will not drive anymore Jews out of Germany"; that after noting informant's presence, the two men departed, but that shortly thereafter one returned, accosted the informant, asked whether he had bverheard their conversation, and when the informant replied in the negative, he was told to "let it go", Mre Trimble informed agent that the writer of the above men- tioned letter hes been requested by him to have this confidential ine _ formant call at Mr. Trimble's office for interview, and that he would notify an agent of this office so that he may be present when thia man is being interrogated. ae ' Mre Trimble informed Agent further that he had in his pos- session certain information concerning an individual who has made somes fantastic accusations against some high Government officials, in- volving narcotic and white slave traffic act violations, and that this individual claims to be a decoder of secret codes used by the so- called "Red Network". Mr. Trimble stated that he transmitted this in~ formation to the Bureau on June li, 1937, and that he will let the Bu- an a ep nant mene