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Letter to Director;
June 8, 1954
significance. - He said he intended to invite to the meeting all nationally
prominent news commentators. He intended to try to get radio time to ad
vertise t he meeting but he did not wish to participate in this matter in
any way if it would violate security regulations in any manner, or if
BETHURUM and his associates were in any way fraudulent. He stated that he
so inf ormed BETHURUM, WILLIA1JSON and Mr. MANSPEAKER at the luncheon meeting
which was held at t he Terrace Plaza Hotel on 6-7- 54. They informed him
that they were not afraid of an investigation; that BETIIUR(JMt s story was
factual, and that they had no objection to EICKHOFF' s advising Government
authorities regarding it. v
Mr. EICKHOFF stated that his report to this office was part of hij
plan to inform all the Feder al agencies he thought should know about the
activities of ~THURUM. He advised that in line with his contemplated v
plans that on ~ - ~ ening of 6-7-.54 there was to be another meeting at he
home of L. Vtf'J :>TRINGFIELD, 7017 Bri.tton AvenuE!_, Cincinnati 27 , Ohio, at
which meeting there would be Mr. STRINGFIELD, WILLIAMSON, MANSPEAKER,
BETHURUM, RALPH ZIMMERMANN and Mr. EICKHOFF. He said at this meeting
they would pl an a method of operation and make arrangements for this
meeting of national significance. He said he intended to set the date of
the meeting far enough in advance so that if any Governmental agency
determined that there was fraud involved that agency would have sufficient
time to act prior to the holding of the meeting. He advised he intended
to keep a detailed record of all actions taken by this group, and that he
would voluntarily furnish such information to the FBI.
EICKHOFF advised that he had not lcno,m and had not met either
BETHURUM, WILLIAMSON or MANSPEAKER prior t o the events described above.
He said that GEORGE HUNT WILLIAM50N identified himself as an archeologist
and a writer for the magazine "Valor," who resides in Noblesville, Indiana.
He said that MANSPEAKER, whose first name he did not know, is also
connected with "Valor" magazine in some way.
He was asked as to what interest "Valor" magazine has in BETHURUM,
and whether BETHURUM was sponsored by any other organization. He advised
that he did not know the interest of ''Valor" magazine in BETH1RUM, and
so far as he knew, BETHURUM was acting on his own and had no organizational
affiliations or sponsorship. He was asked as to what disposition would be
made of receipts from a large meeting and he advised that he did not know
what disposition would be made of the money. He said he understood that
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