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KEM 20M AUTOMATIC _ ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED DECLASSIFICATIO soro-108 SECRET S UNCLASSIFIED EXC AUTHORITY DERIVED FROM: NHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE __ 31 AUTO DECLASSIFICATION GUIDE YMENT @ Belnpnt — XEMPTION CODE 25X(1) DA ech IATE 2-22-10 m Callen ——— Sullivan Tavel f Trotter rom : My SSE eh Gandy ——_.__ Evans TO : Mr. Déiach DATE: 10-20-64 Rasen SUBJECT: SENATOR EDWARD M, KENNEDY (D-MASSACHUSETTS) il REQUEST FOR ARTICLE = ( ~~ | i By letter dated 10-13-64, Senator Kennedy advised he is cur’r¢gntly putting together a short book of recollections about his father, Joseph P. Kennedy. It is to be composed of personal essays written by those who are the senior Kennedy's closest friends, and the Director is requested to write an account of this nature. Mr. Hoover has indicated he would be agreeable to providing Senator Kennedy with such an article. INFORMATION IN BUFILES: > Joseph P. Kennedy is on the Special Correspondents' List and is known to the Director on a first-name basis. On numerous occasions, he has expressed a , great admiration for Mr. Hoover and the work of the FBI. He was a Special Service Contact of the Boston Office from 1943 until 1954, following which he was an SAC Contact of that Division. ~~ The FBI has never conducted a complete investigation of Mr. Kennedy;' however, a limited inquiry was made in May, 1951, at the request of the Department. This concerned an allegation that Mr. Kennedy, then owner of the Merchandise Mart Ain Chicago, had given $100, 000 for the removal of Government offices ffom that building, No specific facts were developed and the inquiry was closed on 6-7-51. Referral/Consult Edward M. Kennedy défeated Republitaf candidate George C. Lodge in an election held on 11-6-62. The,9-%8-62, issue of "Time" magazine contained an article which reflected Senator Kenriédy’ obtained a Bachelor. of Arts Degree in 1956 from Haivard. After being turned down by the Harvard Law Sch OL, Re "entelrdd the 1 University of Virginia Law School, earning a Bachelor of Laws Degree in 1959. The -_ eat? . . tt d AS i=, ayy art d=he ' x Gy gesiiQOe U A News and World Report" stated Mr., Kerhedy annourtee SEGEIAEL™ JHBEE L6H Enclosure/Le«r® O-22~¢4 2 Oct 28 Pos nye 1 - Mr. DeLoach-Enclosure continued on nextepag wiPat pons \ HHA:rabgh (8) “SECRET==—— CRIME RESKWRGH