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- - ( FL-327 [REY bi 2? FE, ~ ‘ ( C oN FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 2 - bow ec! wonscepror__10/7/16 —— ore m Brent H. Hughes, Visual! Information Specialist, Exhibits Section, oe who was in charge of the packing and moving of the contents of former gt Director J. Edcar Hoover's office in May, 1972, advised that the material a Gesicnated by Miss Helen W. Gandy to be retained by the FBI had been “5 placed in storage in the Taylor Street warehouse in 1972 and was subsequently pes moved to storace in the Genera] Accounting Office (GAO) Building and then = to the Old Post Office Building. This quantity of material is presently located either in the Old Post Office Building or inthe J. Edgar Hoover Building under the control of the Exhibits Section. In April, 1976, G. §. McMichael prepared a memorandum we nnearmoannine that the Pehiki¢te Gartian nwoinenw the liet of avwaele that bung Tre comm Weddbb dip, Wedd dD ADIDAS wr Vbddl ZO P ATT bt ais- WV GAY Gil Lila sillils, in the corridor of the former Director's office to determine whether or not a they should be destroyed. Subsequently Director Kelley reviewed the list a of awards and noted on a memorandum that he did not feel these items need to be retained. Consequently Hughes went to the Old Post Office and identified most of the awards, which were contained in 10 boxes, and brought the 10 boxes over to the Exhibits Section in the J. Edgar Hoover Building. These items were reviewed by Bob Hewitt of the Exhibits Section for possible salvage value before considering further disposition and a . listing of each item with a description of its “condition and possible salvage value was prepared. Some discrepancies were found in the listing of awards which had been possessed by Mr. McMichael, and Hughes believed these few discrepancies occurred because changes were frequently made in the awards to be displayed in the Director's suite by Miss Gandy without any related change being made in the inventory. a he tae ee oa Pi Wo tytad yg yak at lig ea ry _ nied tes, 4 After these awards had been reviewed by Hewitt, another listing” Was prepared by Larry Massie and it was decided that none of the items “4 +} should be disposed of until after a legal opinion had been obtained regarding oat ownership. The original cartons were destroyed because of their poor ie condition and the awards were reboxed in 18 cartons, which are presently it stored in the Exhibits Section. 10 tray Dla RIOR Nerf Ra RE TRA PTCA ETNA NIER eer i! ORR og GEOR, SRA i ite 4 wat BA imeed on 10/5/76 , Washington, D. C. —_ Inspector John d Devine and »,___SA Robert P. Keehan - RPK/jmh ote dictores 10/7/76 This document conicing neither eacommendations HOt conclusions ef the FAL ® t& the property of the FS! ond 2 lonned to your egenty: @ and Hs content: ore not to be dutributed outida your agency.