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= ru sunt as vEsTigATION 2. S. Department of Justice P. 0. Box 1276 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma JBL:CGC " July 29, 1955 Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Department of Justice, Pennsylvania Ave. at 9th St., N. W., Dear Mr. Ho VA In accordance with telephonic instructions from Mr. Tolsdn,------------------- Mr. Merk THA ttle, formerly an Agent in the Bureau, called at the Oe enone C office today, at my request, in connection with the tement or rumor reported to emanate from Mr. Little to the effect at you contemplate resigning es Director in order to establish an a ewe YD tate eee be ls Aa ke ss AzAeBe Aaa be Ue nternati onal TMeLechive bares and RFEULU Be SuLCLceucU vy Mle E. Ae Tamm as Director. Mr. Little ateted that he first received this report in ast Texas, the sources of which he declined to reveal, but stated that he received the same informetion from two independent sources, which sources considered the repprt to be well founded and "to be a matter of generel knowledge in Jeshington." Mr. Little stated that - he report, as he heard it, to the effect that you were to be — succeeded by Mr. Tamm or wr olson. Mr. Little stated t he attached no credence whatever to the story, considering it merely idle gossip, and in the event he hes unwittingly repeated this report, it was unintentionel and he sincerely regrets that the source of such a report should be attributed to hin. He wes advised that the report is untrue and that there 1s no basis mhetever for the circulation of a story of thie character. Mr. Little stated that "his lips would be sealed" so far as any further repetition of this story is concerned. During the interview, Mr. Little epoke only in the highest terms of you, and it wes noted that he referred to you “——-~———freguently ab "the boss” with apperently no premeditation. Mr. Little is presently Acting Special Agent in Charge for the ce of the Division of Investigetions of the Depertment of the Interior, and stated that he wished to dispel any ideas that the rumor referred to emanated in any manner as propaganda in connection with any antagonistic feelings formerly reported to exist between the Bureau and