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~ fas - ize wie Rite wbdds 6 Oe cn q a © aN ew RAR lates Ore wile. Kemer etnee A g 4 Jan 26 1978 oe! a tees. Pani an te fae “- tee el sashes well “ean : 0 oe sie ct bee ache Oso the . atenel: Caemremmall rr . a : ” on 5 7 , ’ ate . _ ae {ZrO : | MEN ee race - . | a | Sr oo amici | Be Oe - ool Neamt re CONTAINED... = FROM 4: N. BASSETT viektedn IS Ls. -LASSHED Stes _ an ail a “Se ALLEGED INFLUENCE ? CERTAIN FEI | Dicenanr Boe", . INVESTIGATIONS —. AND SUMNER WELLES) TT, ° ify: memoramium. ‘dated 1/31/75 "captioned as above set forth results” “ 1 of inquiry by Inspection Division concerning the allegations in the "Sullivan .. Memoranda" captioned "Re: President Johnson, Politics in the FRL™ In the Sullivan Memoranda, page 2, last paragraph, -it siates in. part that the Roosevelt ar. + Johnson administrations used the FBI fer political purposes. © Ht was alieged a "President and Mrs. Roosevelt. .... would indicate to FBI they were not imeresiec - in FRI pushing. ceTtain investigations too far tf the subjects ‘were ‘ones the ., Rowevelts did not want derogatory iafprmation developed on for they liked a _ them or wanted them to avail themselves of their services: two examples ef this are Don Lash and Sumner Welles when the latter was Under-Secretary af 7 ee Sate an information had been received that he was a homosexual. . . _ '_ A review of. Bureau files discicsed that no investigation hadever been _ conducted concerning Welles; however, there was information in Bureau files “ '.dndicating he was a homosexual. - A letterhead memorandum was fornished to the .. ‘., Department setting forth the results of the review of Bureau files and stating that the FBI had conducted no investigation concerning Welles. A subsequent review of material previously maintained in Director Hoove: office revealed that an investigation was conducted at. the request of the President _ of the U. 8. in 1941 on allegations that Welles had made improper proposals invol . Ling perversion to employees of the Southern Railway Company while on a trip. Extensive investigation was conducted and the results were furnished to the Presic This information concerning Welles was maintained in the "Official - Confidential' . files in the Director's office and was not indexed to general Burean indices. “ G __ ACTION: | 7 oe (OO - = 307 7 Uf — A letterhead memorandum is attached for Wissemingt stion, fs tot the De Departme! setting forth information concerning the investigation’ of We: ets Enclosure 4.7 7 26/95 ~:1+ Messrs. Adams, Moore, Mintz _ STB213 reat . _ 6) \ i/ —! /- ; 4g. we