_ ___ ,____________._.-. ._.- .-.t--m un a _ -. ' - Q:-cnuudo. roan no 1 In-Ion i F ' on on. -Q. on. at . 1'¢,||¢,n ____._ unmao STATES MI-INT - - __ 3',§:'° --'" Bishop __._..._- Casper __.._._..__.- Calla-.m -}-- TD _ _ go=|92'nd_.--- =Mr. ne1.oa<'§§- we12-1'2-as r _ Sulllv .._--:-- ,0!!/73r T se--__._ $U|;J|5_rnom = T, E_ B1311 ". ONASSIS I[; ARISTOTL 7_ ;:i;}?°:.__:= // REQUESTwonnovvmsINFGRIviA"iIGN FEATURES, mc.FURBY / ' *- F_ - Z . - Reference is made to my memorandum of 11-27-68 in which it was noted that one Joe Trento, who said he was with Worldwide Features, called my office making inquiry regarding a letter that p Mr. Hoover had written to Admiral Land of the War Shipping Administra- tion regardingAristotle Onassis.It was noted thatTrento wasparticularly Iobnoxious prepared andsuch demandeda letter. vericationHe wasveryasfirmly advisedto whether or thatnot MI. filesFBIHoover had were confidential and that -could be of no help whatsoever to him. ' 1_' h ational E_n_qui£_e_1_'_,low-order s<_:_a_nda1 a sheet dated 12-29-68 carries a photostat of the letter from Mr. Hoover to ' Admiral Land. The article in the Enquirer claims that an FBI spokes- man confirmed that such a letter existed and confirmed that it had a n £1-sun rinnnsn-I-=u In-I AI-'u n G nnnn: nu 'I-I-u an vi uran toldluuggllis absolutelyUzlaaan.nothing. us. - on1.3 92.-G92-|.r3%, Thus, 3.5l.l92-I'll-Dell-iierape; 92-11%was uér {letterAdmiralThe letterto Itin the to isEnquirer notedLand. be is an the exact copy that ofEnquirerarticle the Director's ' claims that the original copy of the letter disappeared from the files of the U. S. Maritime Commission. - f '9292Kl.l"E!'l92T'l92 Y 92-IJIILII-L-IL LI For recordpurposes. l/ __1K ' - ' . - _, ..._~.---as _ 4---.1-11-n-n~.||nn-_ i._.»L~ !~ '»~.-,..a-_4Z- __s-mg;-;,Iqn-1 1-; - -:_ -_ -r--h-pm: evi» - V 41$ L -¢.';.u|.-J-as;--1._-_ A ;__?|,';,_,.__-7 n .- 5:if #7 'u_-smdluncs--0.10 miunrmnun-I O ~__ ' Q , '1 ' '-9 05 . 0 . OIlOlIl.IO.|C.II -- f.|1_.Z¬_, i . uurrsn S'l"A'l"l-ZS col ii v92mu1:1~rr O - 4g,§...Z- °-'~* ¢Qll__-._-- . if Memorandum _ Cdld-._..-- - ' r 92 Cid-_-- 1-o " Mr. DeLoachB - Mm 11/3'?/68fsId----it '1' '- FROM : if;-..-..*- I I 5 sua|wr= s|I'I? llubll-...__- . _ - 'r. 1:. Bishop Q »]- 1131':-;I 3 Q / Ibis --- hi >- 11e r ARISTOTL NASSIS r ff! . 7 __ F3 nsqussr ron INFORMATION BY . L Wis- wosnnwms FEATURE S, INC D761"; ''- 0 1'-/Q53-~ -r I 3 kl 5 jne Joel_éento, ! omldwldé Eeatureslgg called renes ué/as and d urm . Hoover ma »' - ,Onassis. Hereportedly written said the the Director Maritime allegedly Commission had said in 1944 orsomething 1945 to regarding the eect Aristot1@'ithat '" Onassis bore watching. Mr. Trento was advised by Leinbaugh in my office that K_- g In could not help him, um rm files were confidential and available 101- oicial use only. Trento immediately became highly upset. He demanded to talk to M1?-'-"" -r 92- Hooverpersonally in order to obtain verification from Mr. Hooveras to whether it I or not such a letterlmd been writtem Irento was again told, very firmly, that ouT -e : lfileswere confidential, that the FBI couldbeof no help whatsoever and that Mr. Q ~ Hoov c l not be of assis tan cc. ' :- , I. - A.. .- réic, who is obviously quite youthful and inexperienced as a I 'newspap man, became increasingly abusive and it was finally necessary to terminate the call. Later on, Trento called your Mr. DeLoach's! office and requested that he be called and given the above referred toinformationg This _ -I call was not returned. -,1 _-3 = - mu §We have been advised by the Liaison Section that Worldwide P Features caed the Maritime Commission and tried to get the above information ~11 on 11/ 26/ 68; The htaritime Commission advised Worldwide Features that they I -Z C had no suclbletterin their possession, and that even it they did, it could not ' property be made available oifie FBI" tdthe The news caller, service who di inasmuchot itepfy asithe himself, letter would besaid that the - he had found a let§¬i- dated 7-16- 42 from Mr. Admiral Land regarding Onassis: - lat Archiveg §' _ /- 3 .3; i- --Q Bufiles a letter Basg to Admiral tritheliitje Land givMicl;2.&§'i¬¬r{Loi from the Director regarding Onassis which1oc%§in _-1 . merely relates that an informant advised the FBI that the ac V1 e°s§t'0oassi I "should be careiully scrutinizei" A copy or this! letter is attached. 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