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A. BRUCE BIELASE! 1561 EQUITABLE BUILDING \ WEW YORE Rice te ee June 20, 1921. Mr. J. He Mackey, Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, | Washington, DC. Desr Mr. Mackey: I received your letter of June 18, 1921, and am sorry that I can not help you very much. | 4 ; I do not recall the particular individuels | +o whom any part of the £1,000 loeneti_ to us by the | State Depertment, was advanced. It is my recolilec- J . tion thet the money was used to pay the accounts of op oe re om oo ponfidential informants and agents whose accounts ~~ : were then put upon blue slips when received, and the fund reimbursed in tlis manner. J think advances of { amounts were made from the fund to the informants in . \ gome cases; in other cases no advances were maie tut - the accounte were paid fror this fund immeciately on - receipt ané then transferred to blue slips. The State Departnent paid for a number of the agents and {nformants on the borier, ané from time to time re- ‘ imbursement was had from thst Department. | > meen ee eee 4 The $1,000 was made as an advance and shoulda ‘ border work and not returned. Jt, ho ever 1 intact during my time and it Wes alvays intem qd "Tt would be Feturnéd. ms eee meee a nee aT AN _ et C You are correct with re sper Mes, ye honey sfAvance aby euvancea oy you as Disbursing Clerk. | ses was al- ways purely an advance and was to be returned in full. Jt was also intact when I left the Department. JI —---. —---. $hink it very lixely that the funis are still intect, was given that it might be used, if bo ener. een nee ne ns FED te PRR SER: Se OTR RST BU re Se mae conga ge an Tengen neyo care mp emerge ten ee Toe