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Memorandum to Mr . Tolson
June 4, 1952
On the morning o
Rhodes delivered the
ne atives to the Phoenix
w ic
t ey were accepted~
with the understandi»4J-tt!:.§.Jd...J!!!..~e
eing given to 1!£.~15!,~~te,a­
representative of the Army Air Force InteT):igence , Unitea States
Army, anathat '=&here was little
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an
chance o
his
etti'111-.l._lie
ne~atives back .
r .
odes turned the ne~ati~s.-2..t'er to the FBI
wi h the full understanding the y were:.J5.ii_71:,9_.IJ.iJ1£.IL.:EO t'l!l Air Force
a~d he would noi ge·t:t4ei [qcl;;
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On April 17, 1950, Mr. Rhodes advised the Phoenix Office
that True Maga2ine would like to secure the photographs which he
had made available to Air Force Intelligence .
At that time Rhodes
was referred to OSI, Fourth Air Force Base, San Franc isco, Cali­
fornia, since they had been made available to this agency by the
) Phoenix Off~ce on August 30, 1947.
By letter dated June 8 , 1949, the Phoenix Office advised
the Bureau that on the previous da y
Mr. Lyrrn C. Aldrich, OSI
representative, Phoenix, Ari2ona, c alled the Phoenix Office stating
he had been requested by his superiors in San Francisco to obtain
detailed information concerning the negatives since Rhodes had reque
their return.
Aldrich pointed out that Fugate ' s recollection on the
matter was
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OSI requested and was given with Bureau approval
a memorandum setting out essenti ally the information related above
concer ning this matter.
ACTION TAKEN:
Mr . Blumenthal was advised by Wick tha~ the EE.I did not
have in its eosseu~oR the ne9atives referred to by Mr. Rhodes and
"£Llact ~es knew fu~! welj t~~...LBI ~urneg them over to A!"O,EEorce}
InteTiigence representatives, Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field,
California, on ,J.ugusi_ 30., 19~7, with the understanding he might
never have them returned.
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Blumenthal was advised the EBI ~id ijot inuestf9.fL.te_:thJ,s
matter, did not inuesJigaze ~h"oaes, and had no interest whatsoever
in the matter other than to accompany the representative from
Hamilton Fi eld while interviewing Rhodes.
Blumenthal was told
that for these reasons, _o.f course, we had n£ information concerning
the reliability of Rhodes.
Blu~enthal was most..!W.JUeciative for receiving this infor­
mation and SQ.id iie_ would ...9.2.ntact • the
~ office of S~cial... In_vesti ­
gations of the Air Force for what a~sistance f,hey_.!!!.:i_g_ht be to him.
~e salct a"l~v he 1JJ-gJJ,-lfJ_ s=traignten out "]l]l.9..des
i71!SJ_r.JIJ,jn9.J1il!.Lthe FBI
only,.Sl~ a £,g.Ja,tesy, t~ ~he Air Force repre~entatives received the
negatives .J_rom him an~ ;.:ansmitted them.
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