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6 Memorandum to Mre Tolson On the morning of August 30, 1947, Rhodes delivered the negatives to the Phoeniz Office at RICH pine. they were accepted with the understanding they were being given to Mr. Fugaté,a representative of the Army Air Force “intelligence, United States Army, Gnd that” there was little, if any, chance of his getting the negatives back. Ur Rhodes turned the negatives over to the FBI wr the full understanding ined were “Being. given to the Air Force and he would not ge Y (62-83894-80, page 4) as oe aideeiell On April 17, 1950, Mr. Rhodes advised the Phoeniz Office that True Magazine would like to secure the photographs which he had made available to Air Force Intelligence. At that time Rhodes was referred to OSI, Fourth Air Force Base, San Franeisco, Cali- fornia, since they had been made available to this agency by the Phoeniz Offtce on August 30, 1947. By letter dated June 8, 1949, the Phoeniz Office advised the Bureau that on the previous da Mr. Lynn C. Aldrich, OSI representative, Phoeniz, Arizona, called the Phoenix Office stating he had been requested by his superiors in San Francisco to obtain detailed information concerning the negatives since Rhodes had requeste their return. Aldrich pointed out that Fugate's recollection on the matter was "hazy." OSI requested and was given with Bureau approval a memorandum setting out essentially the information related above concerning this matter. _ ACTION TAKEN? Vag il Mr. Blumenthal was advised by Wick that the EBI did not have _in its possession the “negatives referred to2by Mr. Rhodes and in fact Rhodes knew full well the FBI turned them over to AircForce Intelligence representatives, Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field, California, on August 30, 1947, with the understanding he might never have them returned. re ee ee eS ee 4 Blumenthal was advised the FBI did not investigate this matter, did. not. _investigate khodes, and had no interest whatsoever in the matter other than to accompany the representative from Hamilton Field while interviewing Rhodes. Blumenthal was told that for these reasons, of course, we had no information concerning the reliability of Rhodes. ~~~ t. FPwiif Dd XT of Blumenthal was most appreciative for receiving this infor- mation and said he “would contact the office of Special Investi- gations of the Air Force for what assistance they Right Be to hime He Sata -olsv te-would straignten out Rhodes, informing him_the FBI only as a ‘Courtesy to the Air Force representatives received the negatives from him and tronsmitted is oa oe — — ~« 5 SpA me ir bf 4 flr