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e é : .. srwwening ron no. 04 ‘ on . | y Office Memosandum * UNITED sities GOVERNMENT | ia ! To : Mr. A, H. Belmont Dare: November 13, 1959 __ | ise | Be nom : WC. suttivan (Ufo Xe. K sons, | soanefAnsrrrure FOR SEX RESEARCH, INC, b : ‘FOUNDED BY ALFRED C, KINSEY fia REQUEST FOR INFORMATION : Tail Rooms References k fo tke Shorea from W. C, Sullivan [= ‘yb A. H.’Belmont dated Se that a) Would come ‘e Bureau with Dr. Wardell BPomeroy of the ; (Faptioned and probably make a request Tor pornogr: si ( Ornographic faleriaa from } < BI files for use by this Institute. This memorandum noted that {f such a requést ' mes “, is made, they would be advised that the official files, documents, and records of <¢ the FBI are under the regulation of the Attorney General and we would pass their . = Tequest on to him, De of (att : a - | l jo-igKa 4. “ame to the Bureau as planned on the afternoon oF ~ November 12, 1959, and w; terviewed by Supervisor jin the presence Ry of Supervisor ‘Dr. Pomeroy was unable to come as scheduled ~™and the plan to exploit the contact from the viewpoint of Obtaining any material ’.or information‘in their possession which would be of an investigative interest ‘x gould not be consummated. ~ ee St : : ___Aeveloped a much more aggressive approach than on her +x: Previous visit. “Shé stated that Dr. Pomeroy of the captioned Institute was v- ,conducting extensive research into the field of "erotica" (literary or artistic . 3 \ ‘ items relating to sex) in connection with a study of "sex offenders," agd tiiat he { \\, [believed this Bureau was session of "erotica which would a; is ;lresearch. According to e Public Health Service had made a grant sof $152, 000 toward this project. ie felt that this grant, along with the probable "approval of a prospectus of this project by the Public Health Service, created a **\ situation wherein the "sex Offenders" project was similar to any project directed . ® by-a Federal agency. did not say in fact that the project was being Dest \\.. directed by the Public Héafti Service. In addition /claims that \) | the captioned Institute was an agency of the State of Indiana“and a Part of an educational institution, Indiana University, supplied further bases for making "erotica"" from the confidential files of this Bureau available for this research project. , j Was of the opinion that the product of this research would be published in a book. 13-69 Beene oY . . ee Oe ge CQ ese, 3 " GLO® i 1SAy aoe xe