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Unifl?h ~uit.l?s i11?purtm1?nt of Yust icl?
New York, N. Y.
IN REPLY, PLEASE REFER TO
F ILE N O.-----­
September 4, 1947
Director, FBI
Attention:
FBI Laboratory
Re :
Mrs. A. ~IS, Informant
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to Bureau lette
ted July 21,
addressed
to Mrs. A. G. SARBANIS, 66 Notre Dame Avenue, HioksVl.
sland, New
York, a copy of which was sent to the New York Office .
Yrs . SARBANIS was interviewed by Special Agent William A. Johnson
on August 12, 194?, at which time she advised that this coded message had
appeared in "Newsday," the local newspaper of Nassau and Suffolk County,
Long Island, New York.
She stated that the message had appeared in the
"County Irritant, 11 a feature of this paper, and had been signed "Radio Ham."
~(r. JACK ALTSCHUL, City Editor of 11Newsday," Hempstead, New York,
was interviewed and advised that this article had been sent to the newspaper
by letter which was signed "Radio Ham," and explained that he had no way of
determining the identity of the writer.
Mr. ALTSCHUL stated that it was his
opinion that the code had been made up by some local 11 screwball" who had
been affected by all o,Yhe newspaper publicity that had been given at that
time to the story abou~ fly:i.ng discs .
There is enclosed an article appearing in the July 12th issue of
"Newsdayl' concerning this coded message, which might be of interest in this
matter .
Unless advised to the contrary, no furtaer effort is being made
to establish the identity of the person who signed himself "Radio Ham."
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