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This Federal Bureau of Investigation FOIPA release, Part 05 of the Silas M. Newton file, collects early 1940s field reports and a letter from Director John Edgar Hoover urging completion of delinquent leads by February 25, 1941. Agents in Denver, New York, Los Angeles and Kansas City examined Newton's reputation, hotel stays, telephone charges and bank dealings. The file quotes a criminal record listing arrests for conspiracy, false stock statements and grand larceny, and notes his oil company roles. Thirty-one pages were withheld.
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Reference is made to the report of Special Agent dated January 7, 1941, at New York City. It is noted that this report constitutes a file review for the purpose of setting forth the delinquent investigative leads for the various field offices and that a seventy-day delay was occasioned in the typing of this report. This investigation requires active attention in an effort to bring it to a logical conclusion at the earliest possible date. The interested offices should, therefore, give this matter the necessary investigative attention in accordance with the lands set out and reports thereon should be submitted to the Bureau not later than February 25, 1941. Very truly yours, ## John Edgar Hoover Director Ir Telson ir Clegg ___ Ir Foxworth ___ Ir Glavin 1r Nichols Mr. Hendon ___ 15. ROBSON ___ ir Tracy
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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 16 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.