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Ge! Mrnited States Department af Bustice Maahington, © Ce OR Rez: COMPLAINT BY $2 TR 00D MARSHALL REGARDING CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATIONS I am returning herewith the letter addressed to you date of Decenber 27, 1946 by Mr. Thurgood Marshcll, Spectal of the\¥cttonal Association for the Advancenent of Colored Legal Defense and Fducattenal Fund, tn which Mr. Mersholl ¢ critical of the work of the FRI tn tnvestigating cases tnve negroes. ~*~, ~— In order that you aay be fully advised concerning ¢ with reference to tndividual cases referred to tn Mr. Marsh ietter, I am setting ont hereafter tnforaation concerning situations and Iam, tn addition, attaching hereto a sugges to Mr. Marshall's letter. I must state, however, that I fr do not expect Marahall to accept any factual ezplanation of situations about which he haa complatned, because I haupe fo te. previous dealings with Atm that he {8 most careless as to t . and facts tn the charges which he makes agatnst the FAIy 1 \ of his attitude, I might potnt cut that under date o — .» &r. Marshall addressed to me a letter in which he on the part of Spectal agents of the Burpou tne @ "=: negroes and tn tnterviewing ° dueting oe e charges 64-9666 ro Marshall were, tf true, serious - By letter dated May 14, 1968 BacresYedl Oe «i ‘ Gssured hin that I would not tolerate any acts ofEatacdhduc port of Bureau agents and ezplatned te him tha Tr eon tamediate aduinistrative -inguiry into the oharpes made by..¥ he would furnish the nones of the persons making the cpnbla gatnst the Bureau agents, tn order that I could detafnine | dentity of the agente allegedly indulging tn mataconduct. — o sone length tn my letter of May Jéth to ezplaitn to ir. that “astringent dtectplinary action te taken againat any ep agent who, by any cot, prejudtoes the Bureau's prograa af ¢ thorough, taparttel ond entirely ethtcal and legal investig of all cases". Despite my request for tdent tag data wht: a peraté ne to make tnveatigation into Mr. Marshall's charges Burecu agents and desptte my casurance to Atm that eiscspli i. f° gE ie KEEP IN F.B. 1 FILES We o | $R6 “ee OOPIES DESTROYED Te ae mR a 6 1Sdd., £4 NOV 20 1964 LHo\