◆ SpookStack

Declassified Document Archive & Reader
Log In Register
Reader Ad Slot
Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

Joseph Lash — Part 6

46 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Mar 6, 1943 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Joseph Lash · 45 pages OCR'd
← Back to feed
ar aT AD A a A I a id an ae a Li RYT PE GT ted FAD ~ - ‘ » * a J rd Merch 17,°1943 . oe art, wg ~ Colonel John 7, Bissell _ So far only Intelligence personnel at Chanute Field, this =~ _ _ _.. office, and yourself ara advised of this case. I feel that the Asst. .° ‘ro... Chief of starr, Ge-2, Second District, AAFTTC, St. Louis, Missouri” wll.» ~" should be advised and I will instruct the Intellirence Officer, Chanute | Field so to advise such officer unless you advise ne to the contrary On or before Honday, March 22. The Asst. Chief of Staff, G-2, Second .-. - .. Distriot, is Lt. Colonel Fred W. Siebert, formeriy Intellirence Officer. _ oo, pat Scott Field, Illinois; who it is believed would cocperate tothe 0) .. ‘fullest-extent with this office in any handling -of the ease, ~ 9 "As related to you during our phone conversation, it was ° the first plan to arrest Subject in Champaign during the weekend of - «March 1314 on-a morals charge because sexual interéturse was entered |. .«-- _, into between Subject and Mrs. Pratt. However, the final decision WAS J against this. “It ig expected that Mrs. Pratt will return for another. - | - wisit with Subject the weekend of April 3, at which time it is believed _ Poe another opportunity will be presented to arrest Subject “on a morals -** a a ehargee If the meeting of April 3 between Subject and Mrs. Pratt -occurs ever and in such @ manner that there would be no publicity and that _ this office would at all times be in control of the situation, ‘Arrest __ On Such @ morals charge would provide something concrete upon which -to | soe “base disciplinary action or a transfer of Subject by authorities in we Washington. Also, it might be thought advisable to give the arrest . ufficient publicity that E. Re would not care to intervene in the -*, -matter, a : a re Sincerely yours, . Be toy PPA TRG MHA gee DH . Pe Fe BOYER “- #1 = Report of March 6, Review of Service Record 2 - * * verch 9, Results of Mail Cover ., » March 14, Reaults of Mail Cover °° > ™ " >" March 16, Surveillance of Subject: | "sO" March 16, Results of Mail"tover ma ing ‘over the above letter, I find that it is mostly filled _ with comment on the illicit liaison between Subject and Trude W. Pratt. \ iMotually this is only a detail of the case but I have dealt with it ~~ “because it presents the most immediate chance to gréppie with the Sudject.
OCR quality for this page
Community corrections
First editor: none yet Last editor: none yet
No user corrections yet.
Comments
Document-wide discussion. Follow the Community Standards.
No comments on this document yet.
Bottom Reader Ad Slot
Bottom Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

Continue Exploring

Use the strongest next step for this document: continue reading, jump to the topic hub, or move into the matching agency collection.
Continue Reading at Page 26
Jump straight to page 26 of 46.
Reader
Joseph Lash — Part 8
Stay inside Joseph Lash with another closely related document.
Topic
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the FBI agency landing page for stronger archive context.
FBI
Joseph Lash Topic Hub
See the topic overview, related documents, and linked subtopics.
Hub

Agency Collection

This document also belongs in the FBI Documents & FOIA Archive landing page, which is the stronger starting point for agency-level browsing and for searches focused on FBI records.
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the agency landing page for introduction text, topic links, and more FBI documents.
FBI

Explore This Archive Cluster

This document belongs to the General archive hub and the more specific Joseph Lash topic page. Use these hub pages when you want the broader collection context, linked subtopics, and more documents around the same archive thread.
letter bureau
Related subtopics
John Murtha
57 documents · 1471 known pages
Subtopic
Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy
42 documents · 2653 known pages
Subtopic
D B Cooper
41 documents · 13789 known pages
Subtopic
Kansas City Massacre
38 documents · 5300 known pages
Subtopic
Black Panther Party
36 documents · 3066 known pages
Subtopic
Malcolm X
36 documents · 3932 known pages
Subtopic