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Sc Oy, “£ be te st .- . “Memorandum « oxrrep srates GOVERNMENT = § t ur. Toleon lor : parz: 5/29/53 ' i - 7 VL ; ~~ 7 rom ‘yer He Clegg 9 ee es Yee sUByECT: _ BISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN - oes — INVITATION TO SPEAK AT . Soom GRADUATION EXERCISES - Macaw 51ST SESSION, FBI NATIOWAL ACADEMY . ; Tete Re an Gas _ JUNE 2, 1958 By letter dated 5/5/53, Bureau extended in@itation é: to Bishop Sheen to speak at graduation ererctses, Slst Sesston, I Nattonal Academy, on 6/12/53. This communication forwarded to New York Office to be delivered personally by ASAC Whelan who is personally acquainted with Bishop Sheen. Bureau telephonically advised by New York on 5/7/53 that Bishop Sheen had accepted, . - : By letter dated 5/19/53, received in the Bureau 5/21/53, Bishop Sheen accepted the invitatton to speak, stating he; - be in Fashington on 6/12/58 for this purpose, Director h inquired as to why it took so long to acknowledge the Bish letter. The acceptance letter from Bishop Sheen was received in the Bureau on 5/21/53, was stamped in Mr. Tolson's Office 5/22/53, 12:21 p.m. It was stamped tn Mr. Nichols Office % 1:01 pem. on 5/22/53 and was received in the Training and nspection Divtston 4:10 p.m., 5/22/53- . ——. 7) [ra « = i It has been the prtor practice that when acceptances far of this nature have been recetued, unless the invitee asks for . Be WI Qfadditional information or further details, no acknowledgement . . et 4 of the acceptance letter has been sent. “Following this practige, S the Bishop's letter was initialed and tt continued on the WA routing chatne ~~ . * on the morning of 5/27/53 Mr. Tplson tngutred of Ur. Maso hether the Bishop's letter of acceptance had been answered, indicating that a reply should be sent. -The letter was immediately located and a reply dictated, transcribed, and sent through on 5/27/53 under date of 5/28/53.- 7 LASSI BY. gMATIO NC) ld I have tssued instructions that in the future rep are to be sent to acceptance letters regardless of whether correspondent asks for additional inf rnation or details. penny A RECORDED YG BRIE F JUN an 6 re Seneteiss : 3 Z283 ‘e. ve V 10 (953 A Zao . 70 - ¢ @ ffpaesarr \ “ Se ic) *