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t : 2 4 - ~ Office Memorandum. UNITED STATEs GOVERNMENT TO 8 Mr. nana pre? . penn May BSR EY fee = pore From ¢ L. B. Nichols . 4 4 perbe SUBJECT: on Tele. Room — Mr. Joseph P. Kennedy, former Ambassador to England, ‘ 7 S| endeavored to reach the Director on the morning of May llth. I returned the -. 2 call through the New York Office, Murrayhill 9-2220, and explained that the --'., Director was in a travel status. Kennedy stated that he had a matter of utmost importance to him, but that he did know I had the Director's confidence and he would advise me of what he wanted to talk fo the Director about. Quam .. <qnnaass staff had He then related that contacted a regarding ; further & ithat eee. 2 3 not been permitted to go to school af Camp Holabird, ¢ Maryland, because of/sdverse FBI report which linked him to 4 group of “pinkos," \ Ne Kennedy stated that he eent word to a that if he so much as printeda — word about this that he would sue him for libel in a manner such as ‘had never been sued before. He further stated that he had sent (yg and then contacted the Army; that the Army was incensed at the é Ty, information which QM had. Apparently some of the information which 0) < had on@MM Army activities was accurate and Kennedy stated the \, ave the infarmatian got out. Kennedy stated 1G a to fee ne enewaoeehat ine ensed nvor haw ICES SU OVEST sale belt aceite pease vr oaee Wed BP Wlssee THLE 2S e was sick of the Washington situation; that the McCarthy-Stevens ‘Hearings 3" were a disgrace and that he simply was not going to tolerate @@QMMMBbeing victimized. enlisted in the Arm > in any way, shape or form. He stated that cre, foe | fy Ltold Mr, Kennedy we would check into this matter immediately. [|\j yFinding no identifiable information in the Bureau, I checked with ASAC Hargett of = ithe Boston Office who likewise reported no identifiable record. I, accordingly, c jealled Mr. Kennedy back and told him that I could find no record and that we ie icertainly had not investigated that this might be another case of throwing ry the name of the FBI around or of somebody confusing the FBI with some other f investigative agency. Kennedy stated that he was certain that the FP] could not t oI ME Benen moon. PX 37908 fo LBN:ptm ‘ nina - A} atl