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. ¢ + OIRECTOR 7 7 . . n , . . Federal Bureau of Investigat. ¢ , : ; Anited States Department of Justice : Washington, B.C. R FAT: IM February 1, 1941 , ahs . : NO FOREIGN WAR COMMITIEE - - INTERNAL SECURITY - a ‘he following information was received at the Bureau from an outside unknown source. $ ~ The alleged Ypeace® campaign which had been ° receiving wide publicity virtually disintegrated the first week of January when Verne Marshall, leader of the No Foreign War Committee, revealed that his organ ization was linked directly to Hermann Goering, —— . second in command of the German government. At the same time he refused to express a preference for a British victory over Germany stating that the terms which his colleague and financial backer William RhodesWDavis; an official Nazi agent in the western hemisphere, had secured for the United States from Herr Goering were fair bases for a nego- tiated peace. None of Marshall's supporters have repudiated him although many among them are closely identified with Socialist Party official peace fronts. Linked directly to the No Foreign War Committee is Senator Burton KAWheeler, who has not only given the com . mittee moral support but early fall cooperated with Marshall's lieutenant, 0. K.\Armstrong; member of the Foreign Relations Committee of the American '. YektonU-Mr. Armstrong is a charter member of the Marshall group. olay Last summer he and Wheeler joined in what COPIES EEL Koy BD REC! oRDED 7% Jun 19 Libl — el y bl 104 98- 402,