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"Office Me.‘ sndum + unre To + DIRECTOR, FBI FROM: SAC, ANCHORAGE (62-0) ATIN: L SUBJECT PECTORAL CROSS PROPERTY OF ° IS EMINENCE FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN fl United States Army, eadquarters, United States Army Alaska, informed me that His Eminence FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN visited Alaska during the latter part of December, 1957, following which he departed en route Tokyo arriving there on December 22, 1957. While in Alaska the Cardinal, as a result of weather conditions, was obliged to limit his visit to Anchorage, Fairbanks, and -¢ some points of interest to him in both of these cities. aon itpined: : Following his arrival in Tokyo he notified gong local chaplains by telegram that he had lost his Pectoral : Cross somewhere on his journey. A search of winter clothing 5 used by him as well as quarters occupied failed to reflect ° presence of the cross and it is presumed that it may have been lost somehwere in Alaska. _ I have informed the Agents of this office con- | se"inok the crogs and through them the Police Department at Anchorage and Fairba: after I had c specifically inquired of as to whether sree? | he thought the gardinal wou. interpose any objection to j the police being notified of the loss. He assured me that there would be fio objection but that such action would Y\ be welcome. fe MS tae A Me cross as best described py be RY “y is approximately seven inches by three inches and is made ¥ 0) of sterling silver or yellow gold. It was described as te particularly unusual in that it contained a green Jewel, ‘ yx syvemerald or jade, in the center of it, and that the jewel “Et KY \was approximately one inch An diameter, rectangular in t shape with round a fe Gyyss was supported on a goid a) : % : \2- Bureau fe ape oF Rec 11 71-4 - = fo 446 ' : Anchor (625P) wet X- 18 —= — ple * Keg 2s ° 13 APR A 1958