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Jlemorandum to Mr. Tolson
On the morning o/ August 30, 1947, Rhodes delivered the
negatives to the Phoenix Office at which time they were accepted
wtth the understnnding they were being given to Mr. Fugat~a
representative of the Army Air Force lntelltgence, United States
Aray, and that there was little, if any, chance of his getting the
negatives back.
Ur. Rhodes turned the negatives over to the FBI
with the full understanding thsy were being gtven to the Air Force
and he would not get ~hem back.
(52-83894-80, page 4)
On April 17, 1950, Mr. Rhodes advised the Phoenix Of/toe
that True Maga2ine would li~e to secure the photographs which he
had mnde available to Air Force IntelliJence.
At th tt time Rhodes
was referred to OSI, Fourth Air Force Base, San Francisco, Cali­
fornia, stnce they had been made auotlable to this agency by the
Phoenix OJ/Ice on August 30, 1947.
By letter dated June 8, 1949, the Phoent:r OJJ£ce odvised
~he Bureau that on the prevtous date Mr. Lynn C. Aldrich, OSI
representative, Phoenix, Ariaona, called the Jhoeni,:r Of.fi,ce stating
he had been requested by his superiors in San Fr~ncisco to obtain
detailed 'information concerning the negat"i ves s i nee Rhodes had request.m
the,r return.
Aldrich pointed out that Fugate's r6collection on the
matter zaas "hazy."
OSI requested and was giuen with Bureau approval
a memorand1.i11 setting out es:Htntially the inJormcition related aboue
concerning this matter.
ACTION TAKEN:
Jlr. Blumenthal was advised by Wick that the FBI did not
have in its possession the negattues referred to by Mr. Rhodes and
in /act Rhodes knew full well the FBl turned them over to 'Xi~ Eorce
Intelligence representattves, Fourth Air Force, HOJB.ilton Field,
Cal t/orn in, on Augu3t 30, 194'?, wtth the underatand1ng he might
never have them returnod.
Blumenthal was advised the FBI cUd not tnuestigate this
matter, dtd not investigate Rhodes, and had no tnterest whatsoever
in 'the mwtter other than to ccco111pany the representattve from
Hamilton Fteld while interviewing Rhodes.
Blumenthal was told
that /or these reasons, of course, we had no in/or111<·tion concerning
the rel i obil ity of Rhodea.
./
Blumen+,hal was moat appreciottve .for receiving this tnJor­
inotion and said he would qpntact
the office o.f Special Investt­
gationa of the .Air.
Cfi "for what a'saistance lih•y "light be to htm.
He said also he wo1Ll
stra'igh'ten out Rhodes, informing him the FBI
only as a court•si t
the tAtr Force representatives received the
~egattves from htm and trcnr~ittea them.
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