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Memorandum to Mr. Tolson June 4, 1952 delivered the AG doce, yepre Gnd EGE Tiere was te. negatives back. Urs Rhodes | turned , ae _full vei "given to the. “Air. Ge a vere 83894-80, page 4) On April 17, 1950, Mr. Rhodes advised the Phoenix 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 Phoenix Office advised the Bureau that on the previous da Mr. Lynn C. Aldrich, OSI representative, Phoeniz, Arizona, called the Phoeniz Office stating he had been requested by his superiors in San Francisco to obtain detailed information concerning the negatives since Rhodes had requesteq 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: A trse? Mr. Blumenthal was advised by Wick that the EB have in its possesaton the “negatives referred toby Ure in fact Ri new full well the FBI turned them over to AiroPorce tgence “Pepresentatives, Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field, California, on August 30, 1947, with the understanding he “night never have then “returned. Spe a | samen Blumenthal , \dvised the FBI did not investigate this matter, did not invest fi s, 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 Bee ee i | FP uittf Ld > fA Blumenthal was most appreciative for receiving this infor- mation and sai G “would contact the office of Special Investi- gations of the ‘ir Force for what assistance they might be to hime He” “satd~c “olson “wouldstrdaignten out Rhodes, informing him_the FBI urtesy to the Air Force representatives received the FS, negatives from him and transmitted then. aie 4fflr