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pent Office Membrandum * UNITED § To : Mr, A. H. Belmont pate: June 18, 1959 * Tolson mom; Mr. W. C. sullivan} p . coy — fai — INDIANA UNIVE NSEY INSTITUTE) =. ¥&™ | ie - Hol! teehee Gan Poste fame to the Central Research - Section at 3:00 p.m., June 17, 1959, and was interviewed by_Sunervisor jadvised that her law firm was representing the captioned Institute and attemnting to assist them in resolving some of their research problems, According td, ___\the captioned Institute is now interested in conducting . research in pornographic material developed by the police in New York City Allecadiv. this research product would be used for study to combat this evil. \ indicated that the U. S. Public Health Service was giving funds to assist \in this stuay inasmuch as the Public Health Service is "to benefit by it." fwas (1) there is a New York State statute which prohibits New York City Police from divulging pornographic material to anyone other than the New York State Police » New York or Federal legis- lative arms or the FBI; and (2) the captioned Institute might conceivably obtain this | information from the FBI after the FBI had obtained it by request from New York City ”! Police. i netadiay : aaa atetaeaiatanatas ; cen indicated that she was sort 6f thinking out loud and detinitely was not making any sort of official request regarding this matter, Further, she stated that she wished this contact to remain in confidence. ‘was | informed that, of course, no advice could be given in this matter. “However, she undoubtedly knew that. the divulging*from FBI fil was pointed out that many problems might have to be resolved in any undertaking involving this prohibition in a New York State statute as well as Federal law 1=Mr. Belmont 1- Mr. DeLoach 1- Mr. Rosen ~o GP. S08 Pb I~ NL. > - de section ticker AY s> fF E— : "= eesee sg so ator infeztion Be, 10 JUN 191959 ful mFR 1 195972 ° ees _-= = _4