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eee ee ee “I Office Me..° fh. ndum * UNITED. -f-5 GOVERNMENT ro oo: Mr. Tolson is DATR February 23, 1956 | mom L. B. mien —_— or E3 - i . SAC Kelly of New york Se ed. re a.m, this morning fu..c7 T~ advising he received a call from ellman requesting to see Gandy —____ a Kelly and that Kelly had just retu: from the Cardinal's residenc Cardinal Spellman received a wire February 20, 1956, fro which stated, "Would appreciate advice if you could ver riting a letter Minnesota, on Januar o his campaign. Received copy of eing mailed all over. Regards, check as contribution id check which are apparently inited States Senate."* Be Kelly advised that Cardinal Spellman had his assistant, Monsignor Broderick, immediately send s wire back to Ummmstating that Cardinal man never made any contribution to any political campaign, sking to send a copy of the letter and check to the Cardinal, ‘ hich subsequently did. Cardinal Spellman advised Kelly that the b Ie i signature on the letter and check definitely were not his. Cardinal Spellman wondered if it would be possible for the Headquarters Staff at the Bureau to make a contact with so that the matter referred to here above could be handled quietly and without publicity. Kelly advised that he made no commitment to the Cardinal but merely stated he would advise Washington Headquarters af the Fardinal's request. mY | A S Kelly ddvised that the Cardinal of course is interested in know the source of these letters and a question arises as to whether the fraudulent mailing and forged signature on a check transmitted interstate might not be a violation of some Federal law. Kelly feels that this would be a basis for going to to see if he is satisfied with the Cardinal's response, at which }- Piss would appear if the Senator is satisfied that the Senator could be told of 4 the Cardinal's hope that the inquiry could be handled quiet; rr without Fa 3) ublicity. If you concur, we will see that this is done. F200 \ ae ect aman Noetn es 6 pane 6 1956 a as ene ahead nipdedive » 68ers siege S2-9A0B9-s0