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Te aay 5D ety aon no an, Re; Sullivan M to John Ban } °°. . Sbebober 1941, 3tnrean disseminated information coutained in our files to the - -—__- |- - | SBnurean files indicate that Lash was involved in other subversive activities .. 4m] 1939. Bufiles also disclose a memorandum fram Francis Biddle, then Attorr General, dated 1/10/42, enclosing a ietter directed to him dated 1/9/42 by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Director, Office of Civilian Defense. She “Fequested the Attarney General to obtain information far her through the FBI as to what Colonel Donovan's Naval Inspectors and the Dies Cammitiee really have _« 3Bymemorandum tated 1/14/42 Borean fornishes the Attorney General the ~ -$aformation contained in the Dies Committee file anti arivised the Attorney Generai ‘ A folder which was maintained in Mr: Hoover's Cifice captioned "Joseph P. * discioses information obtained by this Bureau in 19435 from Comterintelligence Corps af G-2 (CIC) and concerning the intimate relationship between Joseph P. Lash and Sirs, eanor Roosevelt. The intimacy of their relationship as ‘told by _ 2 supparted by CIC report and by letters addressed to Lash while he was in the Army, from Mrs. Roosevelt, copies of which were furnished to the nureau by CIC and are also part of this folder, President Rousevelt was briefed by the military concerning this relationship between Lash and Mrs, Roosevelt, This folder shows no disseminatim outside the Bureau and was extremely guarde: and restricted to a few officials close to the Director, Samner Welles was Assistant Secretary of State 1933 - 1937, and Under- Secretary of State from May, 1937, to July or August, 1943. By letter dated 11/20/45, SAC, Denver, furnished Bureau a letter written in Spanish dated 11/15/45 and postmarked Dominican Republic. This letter was received by 7 The letter makes reference to the relations that existed between the Committee for Pan American Democracy and Sumner Welles and suggests that the true cause why President Roosevelt expellec Wellies from the Department of State was because he maintained abnormai seruii relations with Negro servants who work in the Department of State. _ : -—2- “CONTINUED ~- OVER i : Be so ie a Pad ele SS ‘ ei . dees orrireneine Seth. een ates Me Vereen NE MEAD HE. bbs se ot FOce OE seed amsiinel t