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pe @ @ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania june 24, 1954 MEMO Wa CS Sag 5 RE: ALGER HISS INTERNAL SECURITY - ¢ At 9:55 a.m. 6/24/54, Inspector HENNRICH called from the Bureau to advise that the Bureau is desirous of knowing definitely and immediately whether at any time within the past several months ALGER HISS, an inmate of the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pa., has been interviewed by FBI personnel, Mr. HENNRICH stated that according to Bureau files, no such authorization has been given us to talk with HISS, but that he wanted the resident agents at Lewisburg contacted and a definite determination arrived at in this connection, after which I was to advise him telephonically. He also asked that our resident agents be queried as to whether, of their own knowledge, they are aware of recent interviews of HISS by representatives of other agencies, that is, newspaper men, Congressional committee representatives, etc,, but that we are to make no inquiries in this regard. I reached the senior resident, SA WAYNE G, HUNT, telephonically, at 10:15 a.m., who advised that he has been assigned at Lewisburg since February 1953, and has never interviewed HISS; does not know what, if any, newspaper men or representatives of outside agencies may have interviewed him; and does not feel that SA GAMBLIN has interviewed hin, except possibly in connection with the matter entitled, "LEAMAN RUSSELL SMITH, was.; STANLEY LEE ROBERTSON, was., ET AL; EDGAR ALLEN MOORE - VICTIM, CRIME ON A GOVERNMENT RESERVATION - ASSAULT," which matter involved a vicious cutting of one inmate by several others, ; I determined from report of SA GEORGE P, GAMBLIN, Philadelphia, 2/9/54, in captioned matter, that Page 3 of the details contains the statement: "on December 2, 1953, the following inmates from the J-1 quarters were interviewed and stated that they heard a commotion in the J-1 Dormitory around 7:00 p.m., but stated that they did not see the assailants and provided no information of value regarding the identity of the assailants:" There follows a list of the names ae 7 J. RJA /ims . fog be byve ~ FR®