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J Edgar Hoover — Part 16

111 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Feb 4, 1972 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: J Edgar Hoover · 110 pages OCR'd
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_— L, 4 mek , ee NX f ‘RARELY SEEN BY THE PUBL SEE! IC, HE SPEAKS ONLY THROUGH THE MONTHLY _ FBULLETIN, WHICH IS DISTRIBUTED TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, AND | JIN HIS ANNUAL TESTIMONY TO CONGRESS, ; 1 DESPITE HIS FIRM DISAVOWAL OF ANY RETIREMENT PLANS, CLOSF [ OBSERVERS BELIEVE HOOVER MIGHT STEP DOWN WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. HIS SECOND-IN-COMMAND, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR CLYDE A, TOLSON, WILL B E me SVL UVIN Ld 0 ; CIATE D I 70 YEARS OLD MAY 22, HE'IS HOOVER'S CLOSEST PERSONAL FRIEND’ AND WAS EXPECTED HE WOULD STAY ON THE JOB EVEN IF HIS MANDATORY RETIREMENT IS NOT WAIVED. TOLSGN COULD CONTINUE WITHOUT PAY, WHICH WAS NOT CONSIDERED AN UNLIKELY PROSPECT, If AND WHEN HOOVER DOES RETIRE, HE HAD MADE CLEAR HE WILL NEITHER WRITE ANY MEMOIRS NOR ALLOW ANY ®OFFICIAL” VERSION OF HIS EXTRAORDINARY CAREER TO BE WRITTEN, HE WILL LEAVE UNTOLD HIS INSIDE STORY OF THE PRESIDENTS KE KAS n SERVED SINCE CALVIN COLLIDGE, WW ADV FOR AMS ‘SUN MAAY 10 \ U DP/EH12 04 AED . a
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