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~ Lal - Office Memo, 2% + UNITED. - GOVERNMENT To * tN, . pats: September mom 1 De Me . . f ‘Sdsject: BENJAMIN "BUG! MISCELLANEOUS « PeroneatroM CONCERNING bbb bbbbe | bd, With reference to the information received from Special Agent Ostholthoff indicating that the CPA in San Francisco had refused to furnish information to Ostholthoff, I desire to advise that I received a@ memorandum from the Investigative Division either late Tuesday night, August 20, or the first thing Wednesday morning, August 21, h indicated that Mr. Ostholthoff had telephoned the Bureau and had advised that he had been refused access to the CPA records. It was recommended that the matter be taken up with the headquarters of the CPA here and a memorandum indiceting that Mr. Ostholthoff had been instructed to forward air mail special delivery the details with reference to this matter, was submitted. % I took no action on this memorandum and in fact took no further action until the receipt of this air mail letter, which was on Thursday night August 22, On receipt of the letter from Ostholthoff on Thursday night, I, on Friday, called the matter to the attention of the Director on the telephone and secured his authorization to discuss the matter with CPA headquarters in Washington in an effort to secure access to the records, Subsequent to talking to the Director, Mr. Hendon informed me that he was having dinner with the Deputy Director of CPA on Saturday and that he was a close personal friend of the Deputy Director and wuld take the matter up wit! him on that occasion, which he did do, ron CONTALNED