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vay ee ee Director pointed out that the Bureau was endeaportng to conduct &- On tnvestioation into & involving the eepault upon xe Cerny b ot Batesburg, South - °° Geroltine, and that a HNegro, when tnterviewed by Far Agents, decline tnrformation to the FEI on the grounds that Association for the Advancement o eon had tnatructed not to talk to the as cmoaien in presence ond with the permission of lleged thot az tn referring to the FBI, stated, "They are not on your side ~ they are on the side cf the government.” The restrictions placed up 0 >y the NAACP representative resulted in-conatderable needless deicy in the investigation of this case. It might be noted thet th ni tes Attorney filed an information cocainst on September 26, 1946, and qummi-:: released under 32,000 bond. He was u tried in Federca and aequitted on Movember 5, 1946. Misconduct of Aoenta in Coses Involving Negroes Allegatton: Onder date of Vay 10, 1946, Marshall wrote the Director charging misconduct on the port of Spectal Agents of the Bureau in conducting cases involving Megroes and interviewing Negroes. Focts: The Director wrote to Marshall on May 14, 1946, assuring him that he would not tolerate any acts of niaconduct on the part of FBI Agents and that he would conduct an imme- dtate adminiatrative tnguiry tnto the charges if Morshall would furnish the nanes of the persone making the complaints against the FBI Agents. The Director went to aome length itn his letter of May 14th to Marshell to explain that "astringent disciplinary Getton ts taken against any Special dgent who, by any act, prejudices the Bureau's program of conducting thorough, impor- tial and entirely ethical and legal investigations of all cases.” Despite the Director's request for tdentifying date which would permit him to moke investigation tnto Marshall's charges, and despite the Director's assurance to Marshall that dtectplinary action would be taken where Justified, Marshall never. answered the Director's letter of Moy 1éth or furnished any tnformation whitch would permit the Director to tnvesticoate the charoea made. re gS Sew SF by Marahell, on January 13, 1947, the Director wrote to Jf the FKAACF, and pointed out to him the -- fone ata cee iene eee ate are erie tie fanielie ate died af near ui aoe ae Asner anata um Lae Aten fale ene Na / In connectton with charges mode against the Bureau