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ect t Department of Justice Jcenrrn E meouine BAlashington OTE A eS is 4 aie 4 July 29, 1941 MEMORANDUM FOR HONORABLE J. EDGAR HOOVER, TRECTOR, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGAT -- This refers to your memorandum of July 18, concerning Marvin E¢ Rutherford of Abilene, Texas, who claims that he sent plans for a bullet-prpof non- 4nflemmable airplane gasoline tank to Colonel; Lindbergh, end that such a tank was found on a German airplane shot down in England. Rutherford suspects /that Colonel Lindbergh may have transmitted his plans tg a foreign government. PR a i forath. f,. The facts set forth in the complaint contain no evidence of a violation of a Federel criminal stat- ute. No investigation should, therefore, be made. 1 me Tp ye Oo Soe eK Matthew F. McGuire ; ly The Assistent to the Attorney General. y f|