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IT IS BOTED THAT FROM THE DESCRIPTIVE IBFORHATIOB FORIISHCB

B^IPHmOF^IBI^IT APPEARS THAT THIS IHDIVIDDAL If

IDENTIFIED ASl^H^^VHO IS KBOVR TO BE

EMPLOYED IR THE PERSONAL OFFICES OF HUGHES,

jORAL STATEMENTS BEING REDUCED TO WRITTEN STATEMENTS BHD

SIGNED AT EARLIEST OPPORTURITY. INQUIRIES C0RTIR0IH6

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reflecting interviews withTn<

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iHUGHES fro» Laa Yegaa to the Bahamas baaically followed the

^«tory aa given by his.

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SUBJECT Howard Robard Hughes

FILE NO. 87-119739

FROM DIRBCTOR FBI

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REBUTBLCAIX TO HEW YORK JAMUARY WENTT SIX iHSTAMr/^l5''Vv' V

AXS VILL CONFIRM THE FACT THAT JOHN C. KEENET, XXlXt^^^yMr^

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CRIMINAL FRAUD SECTION, DEPARIMENT OF JUSTICE, HAS ADVISED !» %i

VIEW OF POST OFFICE CURRENT INVESTIGATION OF THIS MATTm HO 'v-"*^*-

INVESTIGATION BY THE FBI IS DESIRED AND ANT INFORMATION COtaWa^''

TO OUR ATTENTION SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO THE POST OFFICE

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X January 25, 1972

BY LIAISON

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Assiatant to tha PraaldantThe White Houaa 2/^/^/1/*^*^ Xjar$^rWashington, D. C. i^^f\f^*^

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Dear Kr. Baldenant

As you are well a%rare, the news media have/{ recently been carrying various stories pertaining to/t the authenticity of an alleged biography of Howard

f . Hughes to be published by McGraw-Bill and 'Life* sag-aiine.

XnforviationIndicate thatentire siatterhas been awind

my attention toconcluded that the

that the csonpanyout-

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T7- /n737-anoe on certainMc

docunents furnlaiMtd..l^r^?for)S^lrvin9, author of the1^4;^ allegedly approved biography, vlH^h had been subjectedyO.to handwriting examination by theNj^pany, Once the

Jf^y ominous possibility of fraud and forgery had surfaced,•-^ McGraw-Hill aubnltted the docujoents for further, and

more careful, examination which gave definite evidencethat they were fraudulent. Additionally, conpariaoof known fingerprints of Mr* Hughes on a fingerprintcard obtained froo the Hevada Gaming Commies ion witi|2.j-j^

latent prints developed on the documents determinedthat none of -them belonged to Mr. Hughes

^ Investioation conducted by McGraw-Hill hasWf* led th«D to believe that the docuitients were pre*

pared by an international art forger by the name of

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^ Bory and the Investigation by that coapany l«

being directed toward the developaent of that Lnforaa

tlm.

I thought this Information would be of

interest to the President and yoa.

Sincerely yoars#

January 21* 1972

Pear Mr. Boovert

tht^Sterrloo^Sd^elStec^Ee following informatiODvhlch I thought %»ould be of interest to yous

IMcGrav Hill

in connection vTth the publication of the Hughesautobiography, and confidentially advised that theyhave now concluded that it is « complete hoax and theyhave been taken for $7 50. 000.

Be stated that they had relied on alarge nui&ber of documents which had been supplied tothem by Clifford Irving, the author, which ostensiblyhad been written by Hughes. They had bacXed up thisinformation by having a bandvrriting exaznination «adeof these documents, the conclusion of which was thatthey were authentic. Since their doubts have beenraised, however, they have retained other experts invhon they have greater confidence and have been advisedthat the documents are fraudulent.

They vere able to obtain a fingerprintcard for Hughes from the Nevada Gaming Commission andhave had all these documents treated for latent finger-prints. Be states that several hundred latents weredeveloped, none of «rhich belonged to Hughes. TheirInvestigation now leads then to believe that an inter-national art forger by the name of Deho^ very likelyprepared these fraudulent documents their investi-gation is proceeding in that dirftction. "^Mikg^

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In connection with the $750,000 worth ofchecks which were neaotiated at a Swiss bank, they haveapproached the Swiss bank where they vere cashed and wereadvised that Hughes has no account there. They are »4fpattempting to determine who obtained the funds. ^ 1^

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Ke6dle88 to tay, the KcGrav Hill andLife Magazine people are not proud of their beingduped in this regard, and they are questioningvhat steps they will take which could lead topublic revelation of their naiveta.

tine, and if any additional information ofInterest develops I will pass it along to you.

X an in touch! from tiae to

Sine

Mr. J. Edgar EoovarDirectorFederal Bureau of InvestigationWashington, D. C.

(Wl» «B» V. 13-30-71)

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AirtRoi* 5aI3 to Suspect]

HeWasDupedonHughes

Lawyer Says Irving Leans to Theory

' TAof 'Can^ of 6 to 8/ Incluilng an

Impostor^ TrtckeJHim Into Bi>ok

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ir DOUGLAS BOBINSONattocMy for GttforA

IrvffiS> ttie novelist who cUdmt

tp btve cotopOed to tntobiog-

npb/ flf Howard R. Hugbas,

taSd yesterdiy t2»t he and hisj

cUent wen leuiins" tD a the-j

017 tfamt tbe iKmlis: hul been:

t TktiA of • bou a "pBffl^ MX ao eight peopl

,/WTnyn. nid in a te .

lemew that cucfa « toaz

km la£ to tmoTrc la actor

who iKperfOoated Mr. Buctaeaj

and two master forfcrt" ahlej

f» &ap\kMte tbe ha^wrltioc of

tbe Ind-jsthalist.

In additloD te Mr. Acket-

.van's theory, there were ttK

following other devetopmentf

fetterdey kk the decpeiiiQC

aqrsteiy.

^Attonwyi for Ibe Buj^iea

fatensu tave the State So-

pRine Court bov the tnnscr^

ft Svin bask, aaying thai Mr.

Bache* arrcr catbed or depoa"

Itad cfaedu Cron McGra«*BaL4T&e same attontejrt abo

fiad a two-page typewrictai

4|ueacl3ivnaire bearing what pur*

ported to be Mr. Hughrs't haod-wTitter. enswerk describing as

rforgfnet** the atitobtogrtphi-

cal matenais to have be«n pub-lished by UcGnw-HilL Eachptg« signed "Howard R.

Hitghei" cad «acb page borefififctpnntt that a au|>portJiig

trri«.avit described as authe&uc

ftocerpeiau.

^Zurich b^akiog anvoea aaid<b»^ tbt -R 1L Higher who•pc^wd an acsoinit at (he SCredo Bank was a Oeniia»-9^^ blonde woDW W¥^ a forgvd Swiss passpwlAt MeertficatioiL

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Mr. Htighea was farmed fcr]

piiSCcaC5Zrb7 McGraT^ftnTasMS'

Xlfe magazine^ a subsid iary of

,time IBC^ aad was baaed oo

tterial that Mr. Irving aaid

[be had collected in what be de-,

s 100 aecret meetings

the aoccntric industrialist

Od Sunday, both McGncw*IHU) and Lile axmouaoad fbey

would defer pubiicatiao of tbe

IBugbes material pending tbe

wtcooH «f an tavestigatiaa

*fato the dispotod Swiss bank•oommt aaid to be that of Mr.

'Hut^iea.

Hirae cfaedu totaUng S6S0.-

000 were assertadly paid to Mr.

became suspicious thai tbe ac>

OHttT'oseied if—ft-**.

Hughes In payment Idr tbe

'tarBi-iwewno Mi'

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fa an affidavit Tiled in cant

Mr. Irving has said that be per

•ooally delivered two checks

,10 Mr.'Hughes. Tbe thiid check.]

ba said in the affidavit, wu\given by him v^nimbe ida>-{

tified as George Gora<>vi2la>as,f

••bom he said he•trusted and bona r>de

ate 0! Mr. Hup^es ",

For his part. Mr. Hujthes, or

a voice identified by sewsflMB

who kxte^ him as bang that of,

Mr Hughes, said in a telephooej

interview Jan. 7 that he did

Bot know Mr; Xrriag and &evcr|

received any money from Mc*i

Graw-HUl ^ JAides to the industrialist said

last week Chat they had asked

the totenal Revenue Soticaj

tea lener to make an inv«tipa-i

Tolson

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Tbe Wanhington Daily News

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Daily Mewa (Naw \oA)

Baadv News (New Yoik

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A W tttcrview •oawtarity,

Mr. Ackenn»n. the tttomcy for;

Mr. Irving, said that he and the

novelist "have developed thmtheories.*

The ^nt Ibeoiy he described

m the *1oyal fcemnt theory* to

which an employe of Mr. Hughopened the account in the Swi«$

benk. The tecond theory, he

Mid* ocmctreed an ^'imposter."

The thiri, he went on. wouldhave Mr. Irving as the imposter.

•Ti^eVe rejected the Ust che-

flry and lean toward the teoood," be said.

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Mr. Ackerman laid, TouMIttve to hjve a gang of cix to

ftifht people involved, indudingtwo masters forcers and an

.Actor 6 feet 3 inches tall who

.weighed 120 pounds.".

1 "nien you'd have to have

IfiomtoM who bankruUed it aodmaafOM who did the research."

(beweot on. "^swone paid for

jttje tra\tL A fing that clever

Iwould not be dnng it for fust

« couple of hundred thousand:

•iaUan."

Koew «r Bank Utter

Mr. AidKrmn aaid ffiat.)

aaider bis theory, two naster.

fOK^m would h«ve been neces-'

«trtr because "on* man 6 foot

S ibcbes tall wrcit two letters

te front of CUtl-^ other

torgw would be the one to

Bfn the name to the letter.**

The attorney said that he

Kid hi* client had kr.own the

letter wa? eoTjvr.g from the

Swiss back, aayms that Mr.

Hughes had never cashed or

tfepcsfted MeGrmw-Hill cbf^ .

hm Mitf ha didntBr-8li>

"VkXtStlkv amfinB that^account (kx. 320<96*ft TSur bank

is not held, dot has it every

[re} heec held, hv tochHoward R. Hughes."The hnair accounl

referred to in the vanscnptthe letter was Airavtied tHughes aitomsji in the affi

davit filed bv Mr. Irring indncribing yet another cbe»that he mjo Mr. Kugnes ga'/e

j>g^to bft^retumed u> McQraar'

IVraseotad hfJaOtt^

bSUI Uie 'transcript and the•two-page quesUocmadre wesre

fjresented to Sute SupremeCourt ^tice Gerald P. Culkin

Mt a bearing involving a suit

aimed to halt the further duhtrihution cf a second bor>k purporting to contain authtMizedmaterial about Xlr. Hughes.

; The tv^io-page typiewrittn4(uestionnaite, according to anaccoihpanylfi| affidavit, waspersonally handed to Mr.Hughes by as aide who kteoti-

fied himself as Levar Myier. anemploye of the Hughes ToolCompany who aaid he had beenhi "dote ooBUct" with Mr.Hufilws for "mm than 30years." j

Sayi Re Watched Rughca

Mr. Myler aaid hi his afH-

4aviX thai he bad givec the

"(1) Certified check ooBankers Trust Company.Mo. 16561. dated April 15.

1971. order H. R- Hughes in

the amount of $50,000;-(2) Check by Mc-Graw-

KtU. Ittc^ No. 110866. dated

SepL 22. 1971. in the•mount of S275,O00 drawnon tlie Chase ManhattanBank, order R R. Hughes;

•(3) Check by MoGraw-. HUU Inc. Na 111112, datedDec 2. 1971, In the amountof 1325.000 drawn on theChase Manhattan Bank. er>

der a R. Ku^eswere not cashed by Mr. How-ard R. Hughtrs the owr»er of theHughes Tool Company of Haos-ton. Tex., UJ&A., nor were theyavdited to an accoun; of suchMr. R R. Hughes, at our hank,

eount the poasibil'ty that (beaccouru had been opened by an•employe oT Mr. Hughes.

The transcript ct the letter

[mm the Swiss Ocdit Bankfas addressed to .pr^

a Swiss !aw\-erT en-

by the Hughes Intemrts.

irr teiephontd to!

few York esriv yeucrday. ThejItr»rsc37j*t read as toDom-s:

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nve. Credit Bank.''Zurich, herewith confina that

12 questions

at'*IM Rifuest

Davis, feoetal

Tool and

opotai

to Wr.'^Blfgh

of Chester

counsel to

Mr. Hughes's peApnal attorney

The affidavit ilso aaid tliat

Mr. Myler had pbsonally Ob-aerved Mr. Hughe^ writing the

answers and had watched asthe industrialist put tt>e finger*

prints of his left hand on the

nnt aheet and those of hisi

tight hand on the aecood.(

the ^questionnaire was also!

accompanied fay an affidavit byllames J. Faiihee, wlw described

himself as technical dinctor ofjFaurot. Inc. 299 Broadway, acompany aaid to be anjFagnl in!

"dime deiecti<» and ideodfi-^

catiim equipment.** 1

Mr. Faiihee. who saJd he had!heen a member of the New'York City Police Denaiticciit

for 22 yean assigned as atechnician In the police crimelaboratory, identified the finger*

prints as those of Mr. Hu^esafter corcoaring them with!

thc<:e already on file on a Fed-|•ral 4.xument

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The questionnaire, with theanswers in a apidety handwrit.!

big. contained such questions

as. *lMd vou at any time au-thorize McGraw-Hill or Clifford

Irving or anyone oAer thanRoserront {fiJ; company aet vpby Mr. Hughes to act ts a r»»

positcry for aotoblogtapMeal(materials] to publish your asto-'bioFTaphy ©r biography o.- anymaterial relating to you? (Thisdoes not re!ite to oopyrlghtedmaeazine arucles tthi pemrttedto be pulylished pri'V to 1960.)"

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The answer said: *^o. I wouldlike to tee these foiSTries.** I

The questionnatre alw poaedthis query: ""Whe:* fa the last

time you personally endmed acheek for any reason?*"More than 10 yeara

was the scrawled reply.

Penies GMng totn»etkins

Another query asked, •XXdyou ever give McGraw4im,Clifford tmng or aeyooa tiae

Instnictkms of any kind ftitt-

tng to the pubtieatkm cf aay^tivng coocemw^ youTThe answer was "Abaototdy

t Ifejnrtttt. iifowietfjg^tfietranscript of the letter fromthe Swiss hank to the Hughe?Ifrtarefts confirming that the!,

tnoustrii^tist had never cashed-

or deposited the checks, thel

McGraw41Ul Bo^ Company:and' Life magazioe Issued the

following joint sutement* |

\ "Of courie we ate aware ofj

these facts, hut the mafter is ef

complkated one. As we aaid

yesterday, we have initiated anactios with the Swiss regula-

tor>' authorities In an ^or: to

fesclve complex questions con-

cerning the Identitv of t^ie

bolder of the bank account at

the Swiss Credit Bank. t'flUi

that tovestigation proouces

i»ddttiona! infonnation. we can

nave no omoeat ec tx*t

iB ftin another devefcfjbenji,j

t luHtiorCoRffl in SfSeSupfeme

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.* tion of a hook CBtitled *1tiy'

t life and^^huons,** a purported'

life story w^r. Holies edited

by Robert PjQ^toQ, a acve;.it

•who was the mfh hcsband of

? tana Turner. mSactnsss.i! The auit aeducgSatempo-

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Ijiary fajunction wasTDed byItosemoot Enterprises, Inc. tiie

Hu^fcS > established cunpdry..

,Represecttr.g Rasemoo: wc.t

{ Mr. Davis aod David L Shxviu

II of the law firm of Kalpertx

ilSuvitau Schoier and Stein|^ioi 11 Eart 44tn Street.

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IJustice Cu!kin told Rosemont

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lawyen that he wou^d tbkt i.o

4M:tioa oo a motion to enjoin

publicaxica of the book petma-•netty «ntU Rosemont pasted a

p^5,000 hoed and obtaired as

{affidavit tram Mr. Hugh'^s

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Tne Uton book, (Iduhedtty Bert Books Press. • mb-iiidUry of Hippocrme Books,

tlac^ went on ule Ust Ihurvmy A spokesman for the cod-

lottn seid that 20.000 copies of

the book had already been di»*

-tributed to bookstores.

The forward to the book,

iwtitten by Mr. Eaton, appeared

ito the February issue of the

Ladies' Home Journal asd 4e-

•cribed bow the author reput-

Mly met periodically with Mr.

Hughes over a 13-year period.

fte Wit brought by Rose-

oiont also sought to bar dis-

tribution of the magazine, but

attoraevf lor the publication

flucoessifuI]y showed that copies

weer already on their way to

fubschben and in disaibution

chanr.f^ls before tfa» court juU

rm T«e»l*f er ^Ouriz* Kme* else t£ rvxiwt war

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9f CLYDE a fAKiSWOm

ZUkICK. SwiuolSSu, JSri 2!

Hie -R F. Hughef" whoopened as account in the Swiss

Credit Bask here «is not the

IdiocyDoatic btlHonaire but «

Genrna-speakms btoode in her

«ariy thirties who used a farmed

Swiss passport u Identifica

tun. Swiss haaki&c •ources

Mid today'

The souroes also nid that the

had opened the aceouat wtth

(50.000. Subseque&Uy. SGSO,-

000 was withdiawz), the aoumtaid.

The •oureei aald they wvnjable to fUte that m KHjgtkes" was a woman becauae

^Sw&l CfBlft Bank kfcpl a wiu-

tcQ ^cription et|jJI.JSPPl^

who persuiuliy Opened new

acwunts. ^The couTces were aow n

deatf' up one of the mysteries

(aiTDundtr{ Autobiogra*

phy of Howard Hughes." the

book alle^ly about the recluse

sdisGriaUjt that McGraw-Hill

was pJsnnint to publidi.

Tbt toforaiatioQ became avaiJ-

ab)« Hfter the big Zurich bank

bfTJusa auspicious that the ac-

eouat opened by

pttrata a fraud.

iicRDaUy Swiss banks fo ^pmx Jengths to protect cheir

<ii^,*s under th« rigorous 19WbtnJcn^ code, wtuch nukes l»e'

trayal of baakrog aecRts •prtson offense.

Bui secrecy provisions are

Iwaived wh.T. the banks have

{xvason (o believe sarindies and

[other aiming! activities ar* in-

rT«» €%aSdOS is sot SQO'

a'a^neTand tibus is still

K taiJMA May diafH; K\Hughes" »-sIked inftr UlC Swiss'

Credit Bank's fleamtDg offioesi

on the elegant Bahnhofsstrasse.J

•fi avenue that fairiy drips with

foki. and deposited a S50,000earshier** check dnwn on the

BaiUcers Trust Compaay of NewYork to open the new accountThat check, dated April 15.

1971, represented the first in>;

stallment of royalties McGnw-Hill arranged to pay to "H. RHughes" for the bock.Two other payments were

made by the publishing com-pany to *V. R- Hughes's" ac-

urn, no. o^u,^:^. iiirv wcicfor $275,000. with • check dat-

ed Sept 22. and $325,000, «1tha check dated Dec. 2.

The I650.00C. the total of the

three diecks. has subsequentlybeen withdrawn, the aources

Batdc b Cooparatiag

I A highly placed faaskmg

•jOadit Bank, an institu'ioo with]

»$"-bilhQn in assfts ate. 6.000.

!erjp-o>«, is now fui:v tvioxf***

\ Una with the office o^ tiie dis-1

0 ToUonFelt—.Rosen

.

Mohr-.

^Criminal Conduct* Secc

Chester C. Divis, lawyer for

the Hughes Tool Company,which Howard R. Hughes, theindustrialist, controls, has said

that Mr. Hughes did not receivethe money, adding that it was"apparent that criminal eon*duct including tax fraud, hasbeen c<xrmiued in this casebecause ^l^raw-Hitl did pay^

maintained that handwritinganalysis showed "H. R. Hughes

"

and the industricbst to be thesame person, the company is-

sued a sutement last night in

Hew York that said questionshad developed "concerning theholder of the Swiss credit ac-count made out to R R.Hughes " It added that Mc-Graw-HiII had "filed an actionwith the apprgpriatS Swiss fiU*

tbonties tcT obtain fulF details/*All transfers of the monev

were bandied through CliffordIrvirj, an Amencan noveiistwho lives on the balearic islacdof Ibiza. off Spain's Mcdtter-lanean opan, according to af*

fidavits filed in New York byMr. Irving. Mr. Irving produced|thc autobiography and main-tained that it was based ontape-recorded intenrifws wtthMr. Hughes.Spokesmen for Mr. RUgbcs

and a voice in a telephone interview. Identified by reportetji

^

who knew him as that oCMCUBuihes. hkvt denied thaflhe

_ Help tn Bank Bobberies^

Zurich banking sourcesIndi-cated that, if there had beensome scheme to obtain thenxmey iUrgaUy, those respoik-

sible mipht not have (acpictti

Mr. Hughes to react so force-fully. They also said that notmany people knew that Swissbanks aomethses opened their

books.nnk<k CwtM KawW |u»v% a V"**

history of helping the policewhen offenses violate bothSwiss and foreign law. Baakrobbery and awir.dles are twoexamples._T. R. Fehrenbach. tai Us bookTHe Gnomes of Zurich.^ re-[

called one instance hi the afaie-'

teen-fiftjes when loot (ram aCanadian bank robbery foundht way to Switzerland.Informed of the aerial mm-

hers, the Swiss oolice notified

al! banks.* When' some of the

bnis turned op, the bank eoncemed notified the police, .whoinformed Inlerool. the interna

tional police organization. Eventuallv the robbers wer» bnxight

BiibopMUler', E.S.

CellobBD _Casper •

CoaradDalbeyCleveland .

PonderBatesVaikart

Valters

Soyors

Tele. RooBHolmes

la jiuuw. mm.

The Warikinfton PoatTiaea Hemld

The Waahiogtoo Daily Naws

The Evaniof Star (Vaahinftoc)

Daily Newt (New Yotk) .

Baoday New* {New Yoik

New Yo* ^at,The New Yoifc Times

The Daib Worid

na New Laadw

Z

The Wall Scrvet Joomal

Naliooal Obaerwr .

Paonla'a Vorid

IMTianO IS unomtMuvmuiy'very serious offense."

I In 1962. when Bill« sol Efteanonexistent fer^tiling

tilizer tanks to Texas farmers,

tlw United States Gofveniment

jriaoed a tax lien on the proinct'

icr's assets that were mtsshif

ISoecuIatton at the time w«some $7-mjllion had been

ned hv him faito Swiss

ink*, bu: because.llw«* •^

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Jftnttiury 81. 1W2

*! PERSONAL ATTENTION

I i A BY MESSENGER

Dear Jobanie:

. : referftQce to our conrersation of l**^*^'

.p • concerning Howard R;*^Hiigbe0, I urn ^^^"^^^^"- coplcB Of the fingerprints and signature of Hughea as ra- -

S^"^ fleeted in our Identification Division files.

So fkr, I Imve received no instructione from the

Department to proceed on any investigation of the Hughes

aitoation nor have I received the letter which has been re-

ferred to in the prese from Switeerland reQuesting the^«^to interview Irving, the aUeged author of the Hughes biography.

1 wiU keep you advised of any new developmenU.

I• ^ n was Indeed good to see you and I hope our paths

1 • \ may cross frequently in the near future. /

8incerely»

Enclosures (4)

Honorable Johnnie M. Walters

CommissionerInternal Revenue Service

Department of the Treasury

^ tr^~~Z,il W ashington, D. C. t0224

J lli.Bwhov : WW -II I

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Mr. To]

Mr. Fel

Mr. Rosen

Mr. liohr

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MEMO TO DIRECTOR:RE: HOWARD HUGHES

Mr. Bishop

Mr. Miller, E.S.

Mr. CallalieD ^Mr. Ceeper

Mr. CovadMr. Dalbey

Mr. Cleveland _

Mr. Ponder

Mr. Bates —Mr. Waikart

M^MierBMr. Soyars _Tele RooBMisB Hoinee

Miaa Gaudy .

2Attach^^^e photographic ____

copies of Ufe jNeriglnal prints

of HowardlHughes sent yow

earlier. Also attached is microfilm

copy of 1 additional civU print (1942 Federal

Communications Commission submission) found

on search of microfilm records. (This is best

copy that can be made of a microfilmed print.

)

Also, appraK(imately 400 references to

Hughes In Bureau files were checked. Nosignatures or handwriting were found.

W. Mark Felt

WMF:D6S

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Mr. John F. Itolone .

Federal Bureau. of Investigation

Mew YorX, »ew York

Dear Kalonet

Thank you for your letter' 6f"January llit It

fumlahlng the Infonnatl^ relating to the current

controversy over Howard ^ghee^ 1 appreciate your

thoughtfulne.a in bringing thl. to «y attention and.

. for your inforwtlon, X have aent thl. data to both

the White Bouae and the Attorney General.

Sincerely,

WOTEj^^^^^BMMIM' \^ ^^^j^H^^^S^^SfSTmatlon being -

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MR. CAUJkHMt

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7^«70HN F.HAl^OKIS

Dear Mr. Boovers

V0V York, v. T.January 2X« 1972

K.S.

Mr, CdlttMMr. CMpwrMr. OmndMr. D«Ib«r

Mr. Q*v»l

is^HHjmilUBBHHHHV "^^P^ ^® officethi^afternoonand related the foXlowiog Inforaationvhieh I thought would be of Interest to you:

'WcGrav Billin connection vith the publication of the Bugheaautobiography « and confidentially adYised that theyhave now concluded that it is a conplete hoax and theyhave been taken for $7 SO , 000.

Be stated tliat they had relied on alarge number of ^^uaents which had been supplied tothem by CI ifford *^rripq , the author, which ostensiblyhad been written by Bugbes. They had backed op thisinformation by having a hand%friting examination madeof these documents, the conclusion of which was thatthey were authentic. Since their doubts have beenraised, however, they have retainfld other experts in '

whom they have greater confidence and have been advisedthat the documents are fraudulent.

They were able to ^tain a fingerpr:

card for Bughes from the Vevada Gaming Coounission a;

have had all these documents treated for latent finger-prints. Be states that several hundred latents weradeveloped, none of which belonged to Bughes. Theirinvestigation now leads then to beliesta^that an inter-national art forger by the name of (Dehory^ery likelyprepared these fraudulent documents^^BSd tjbeir investi- .

nation is proceeding in that direction. ihn

Xn connection with the t7SO,000 wor^bofchecks which were megotUted at a Swiss bank, they haveapproached the Bwlss bank where they were cashed and wereadvised that Bughes has no account there. They areettoipting to' determine who obtained the funds.

FEB 9

Needless to say, the McGraw Bill and

Life Magazine people are not proud of their being

duped in this regard, and they are questioning

what steps they will take which could load to

public revelation of their naiveta.

I an in touchflBHHI frcn tiae to

tine, and if any additional Information of

interest develops Z will pass it along to you.

Sincernly*

CM ^.mnoi^

Mr. J- Edgar HooverDirectorFederal Bureau of Investigationffasbington, D. C.

O-Hb (Rev. U>30-7U0 c

CD FeU__Rosen

„

tor f» ,3ma to SuspwrlJHeWasDupedonHughes

*er ^0^^ irtjing Leans to Theory

'hat Xiang^ S Co 8/ Incloimg tBR ^

Impottot^ Tncked Hun Into Book ;-

S./:/. V j-^— ^ ''

'

maiuKf lor CUEfdnl

_ ttii Bvvdbt vlw dalms

«ild yeslaitay flut be and fab

||«7 that ibe wyvelict had beaa

vktim «f a koax hgr « "jvmV ill t» ililit paopla.* j

i^ tftofs^. Hulfa S. 1A\%KBmsi, aaid k a tekpbooe

amhjw IhH »A a boat woiMfWv« ted to

'

Bishop .

UUIsr. E.8.

CsllsbsB »CssperConrsdDslbeyClevelsod .

ponderBstesVaifcsrt_Vslters

SoysrsTele. BoonHolnesGaudy

topenooatBd Mr. Sm^mMiter faynr tiiie

Qm tiaaflwiWm a^

Induttrialift •

eAfltkn to

Hi

Acker-

BR «a. 4avtki|]CMnts

awcb traa McGnw-Hin..^Aa iaaa ettoraeyt alao^

a two-pafi topewiktau

fe yt^a^pTtni.^ a nbakluny cf

lEC, and WW based on

ttua Ur. Irvine gald

f Iwd coDectcd Id what beds'too laaat toeetinfi

<faa aoomtric faiduaUlaHat.

On nandv. bolb UoGntw-and Ub aiiiwwatoad tfksy

delv ptibficatke «r lbs

BMteria! pesdiac Ite

af an km*tlcatlaa

«ba ^tfaputed Swiai baakarid to bs thai or lir.

Tbne cfaacks taCaHaf 1890,-

wm ajvotadly paid to Mr.

(fact tbc aO"

TW VadunstoB PostTifltM Heiald

lo^iM to payiMot for «»-

to an affidvrlt fOed In foiB^

kr. Irvins «»id Chat be vv-ncjdiv delrmd two ttecfci

to Mr'Bt^M. Tbe thM dHCk.*

ha MM to the alfiiivit. wgtvea by Mm to a aian be

tified as GeeiieGardaaBaltoe^i

wborn Ik aid be kasv as*:•Wtsd end tons fide atoad-

Bte of Ml Ba^iea.* •

For to part, Mr. Ba«bei. er

ke Stifled by aewmea, knew Ma tshetog tost ar]

Baches. siM to a tokidifloe

- ^ **f5b vliiK and DeWj

The Vaahtaatan Mly Nawa—The Evaoing Star (Waahiafton)

The 9aDd« 9tar (Waahiactoa) .

Daily Neva (New Yoik)

Sandw Newa <Naw Yoifc

Mew Yolk post

Ibe Na« YoA Tiaaa L.

The Daily Ifotld

The Na» Laada-

The Wall Sfract *>anal

Tbe National Obaamr

.

Paople'a Vdrid

Date

to ftawMk Cbal tbej bad a^^

flevcaas'toi

loins'*4CNCLOSIIRF

Is /rr%: .'

I II iitn ii

GO

Ackennta, ti« attoroev for

fcviBL Mid tibat be «im tbe

^dift^wvc devdpped three

laeSo^ ift the SwimTte •econd theory^

^ «M ke wcot Mu vMddM Mr. irrivs «ft tb» impomr.'SiBr > tK* <^

Id havt « MS of 0t MiovQtv«l tndudisg

, ,fOtgUl Mid

« iBot S fadMS tafl who

«Am> teoikroQed It «sd

, , , jtL, ^SomeoBe paid for& MM tbet dever

tteSf It for>itit iBEodred tfaoannd

B9ar(Br%viKxipt ud tte

w(^p^f^ 4fMMtk»auun wereirewnted to SUt» teprene>Mn Justkt G«f»ld 9.0mCIt « hesTbu li>TuWc(g m Mdtdaed to Sk Ifat further

r9»tti» if a Mcood hook Mr»rortaac to cootiiB MrthodniMtOMl tboot Mr. »mhet._^ Th» twoiiiit i^pewi*toBineftiaomke. aocntuAC to mCCKCitftf MPdWd dB

ieluncir a*Imr

Wwty «te Mid he had bMBtySom «aBtaetr with Mr.

tunbM dor '•man JO

Ui OwQCT. tw©wrnHA have been MM»e>MM 'te 8MEB « toot

ton wrott two lettwi

or ClW-4he cttMT

pwM ^ M» to

dism to the kttar*

MtoRMgr Mid that fee

I <fiMrt iMidlaown Urn

wM fV"^'^ IraB 'ttia

Wt Myiof that Mi.I ted arar cubed «r

Mr. Myiv Mid to lUf «m-ivlt M had ^ven the

^) OBitffied ch«(k «BSMdan Trot CpnpIto. tcwi. dated Apm i5»

1V7I. «der a It. RusbM bthe MPUBt «( t»0^*tD Cieci: Mc-Grtw-

m, toe Ito. 110666. detad

Sept 22. 1971. to the

(Mpoont of $775,000 draw*Ml tbe Cteee Manhattan:aMtlt, M^ H. IL Bu^bee;

•XI) CSieck by McGraw*niiak:.M«^nnu.4B»dDaCL t. it71« ia toe amoMK>«( SSZSjOOO drawD tn theXa»M Menharrea mm,^U.9LBaAm< - >Mt cMfaedhf Ifr. fioM-

IL Bi]«bM Cte owaer of tbe

liHlbea tbol Cnaiiaay orBom-'^l^ UJLA, aar w«» thMT

Itad to aa aeooimt «l odbB. ILBni^ at Mr bank,

the pcMJMtey that the

tod becci OfKiwid hf aa•~w—~m - Idr. WiM[hea.

;fhe traaecrtpt affha littor'

fte Swta Credit

addreawHl to Sr.r. % Swte

^ t7 the RughMcqptaiu wtre teiqjhooedtoTork aerto yerterda^.

nae I

:YxtatffeaCi(irQrr»fifmcTipc cf toe %AtM

I bank to tbe .

coonradaf thatSat bad aevar -ci ^

depoaltad ttie <fctoki, the

oOflwifif )oiiK

.*or oourto we anfacto, bat Ibe iia

wt aakl

kctioQ with the SwiM rmlaaty aufborttief to aa affoct tofeM}v% ootnplez <|aeatione eoa-CMtung tbe Identity af the

Tbolder flf the /baak aoeoadt at«be •vte Credit Bank. Oatfltoat tofcatteatioe»d(Tltknel tafonnetlfla, wa

1— -a..

to iHD ^^-^ .

kwrt berrafl lunier MffisM^,

loo «r a book aotided *li|y

Jfe and OpiakMi,* a pwpoitod

tfe atiayaf Mr.ai«hM adMif^ Hobert 1^. EatoB, a nonttet

rbo wastoe abctfa taaJiiaad of

nSe aoH aeektof i toopo*Eto^toctkaww IDed by

asoot Ejslerpriaea. toe. the

[s|>fea • MtftblishedbepctsMMStifm

ir. Dat^ isd# tl^ tow fina «f Ha\pefto>

Wftx, Moier mA1 11 Eaat d4th StreetJtttice CtdkiD told Soeeaiaat,

awyto that ha woiddtaka aactka m a moOdb M a^oteidrficatioa cf the look pwaa-'

atjy vutl Hoat'*ohct |oetad aSS>)0 boad and cibtaioad

froiB Mr. Itoi^keep'

tisbed coofiasy- jf^^^t Jpyar i^^iwMif iMMPw KoaetooaC IlQi

I fiavU L ShMlz °y »»»»

Cbeatar.C^ltovk

Hitsbeirs aenoatt attoi

lia af5ilaait atoa arid.Myter bad fcnooallr «b-,

parMd Mr.gjM toitK"^!aaaweni aad aad toatobeol M'^Qte toduatrieliit bat ttw fiiwii

fHinto of Mi Mtbatol mi tteg^iteec M^^toflto^af te^

ancoBipaaied ky aa aSMailfctSJen>M t^ftM, arhadeaaftadhinwrtf as tocbaical dfeaotoe afFtarot, toe, 2M liiiadiM. *oonpaay aaid to la eMwaeil tovitxue awetiWD aaa wauun-

catioa equlpMHt*- kV»^ |

Mr. FUflbae. who arid ke bad_ iM a toeadlMr cflYHk C

33 yaen aa^pM aa atedaddeB to flto -IkAmubontafy,j°priDtB

eral ^bcanentM^ ^'-i^^: 1-*

I

The QOMtioaaaIre, wtth toeKtttwwa to^ a gpidey baadNwrlt-

ts, "Wd jNOtt M aayItaw aw-thorfto MoGraw^n to'UBuia

pcaitucy nor

wte act M a M^toimiogniHad

inatwiabjl totodNIrib j'ow ebtofiMiy M'toentafi^ arraatetw ntadm to yotf flUedoet aot niata to oopyrfj^htadmaipudDe ertidto yoa |m

tobe tohftAadariortoWuewereAntoLt

Hke te Ito tbBM fatfBlto.* <

tbe ^laeadcatoelit alM foaidthit^Miy: *«bea1i«aSt

TompefPomJtrkmftoaay

lore mm w , ^.toe vuairted np|y-

,

)idGkarw4BBIl.

Ctl

1 -.f

C faours.**. • -. ^^Hw EtfDB bbok. Plilidiea

-Best Sobks PreM» • wb-oC Hippoaene loQki^

vent w ttk tut

» "Be*

diuy

A ipf>>ri>Bn»n for theHid 1h

,that 30.000

book bad •IrMdyributod to bookstona.

Tbe tocwirtf mRittea by Mr. Ectao. appMndI the Fdtfuinr taie flf the

Adies* Hdme Jounial ad^loibed bow the author rqMt^Ay met pertodicaHy with

hiffaet over a IS-year partod.^ auH brouihl *7JKmt alao aonifat to bar^QjotioB Of ft* wiprfD^balttoroeyt for the ppbiCTuflOQooeaafuny diowad that oofiiia

recr alr«dy » **«L?nbacrtben and In dlstrftutiQii

^humeU before the cxiurt

71

ms$ IajA Vfoman'

To 'Hughei Funis

I'

mg CLYDE & rARNSWOitrat» Ite Ik* T«k ttaM

ZURICH. Swtezertaad. Jul 21

•Hw -a IL Hughe*" who

opened bb scoount tai the Swiss

Credit Bank here wi« not the

Mio^yncTStic biUionaire but a

pffiwn-ipftkinf bloode to her

^Bfly thirties who ised a forfed

^wiss vmssfon as identifica*

Swisf tenkins

ttda7>

Ibe aotiroes abo ttU that she

opened the acooimt with

(SO.OOQ. Subseqoentiy. S650.-

pXi wm. withdrawn, the atMroet

Ite aomaa nid tfary weto atate Oat *U K

tugfae«- was a woman J»ecajjse' 'Baak PpCTimp

[ten JcspripUoD jeoplel

i«rfaD penouily opened new!

f aocoiints. I

The acwses wera able to

dM* up one of the fflyAenes

WHnnnl"! "Ttm Autobiogn-

fttf of Howart Bugles," Ifae

book tfecedly aiwut «ie rachse

hdvMtrMist tfut MoGnw-HOI.

iBc, was planuDg to puUi^Xbe krfonaatioii became oivail-

dile aftv the big Zondi basik

becasM a\>fr^^** that the ac-

coant opened by *H- *-

Bi^aeg" hMd been naed to pv-

Mtrate a fraud.

lioonally Switt banks fo to

pmt koclfas to ivotoct ttieir

^i—rfa under tftt ligoraai 1934

bMkiiv code, «Ucb naket be-

myal flT banktac McU a

Bui aecjacy pnwiskms are

vKvd wbeo Ifae banks have

tf^^fm to believe awindks end

gths onminal adivtties are fa>-

ictved. CTax evaaioo is not eoo-'ft oioie, and thus ts ftill

»mk h Camtw aflat

fftooad banking

iS Ctlhe Swiss

IfmK an InstitutiaD with

r-bOSoo in naseu and 6,V00

tewwfuliyooaperat-, tba oSioe of ibe 4a-ettoTDer of tha caeton <rf

ich has

HiMies" walked inRUhl'SwMCmht Bank's gleaming offioea^

oo tfae elegant Bahnhofsstraase,'

m avenue that faiily dxtos wiAtoU, and depoaltad m tSO.OOO

^hlflc'a cfaBck dmwn oo the:

taijoen Itwt Company ofNewYcrt to open the new aooountTbat check, dated Apnl 15.

1971. represented the fort in-

ptallmest of royalties McGfmw-Sill arruged to nay to 1L R.

aughes" for the book.

Two other payments weremade by the publishing com-pany to R. Hughes's** ac-

Dount No. 320.496. They werelor 9275.000, with a check dat-

ed Sept 22, and $325,000. with

theck dated Dec. 2.

The 9650.000, the total of the

hree checks, haa aubsoQuently

nen vithdnwa, the aouroes

id.yi faiiiiri CoDdocf

Chester C. Davis, lawyer for

the Hughes Tool Company,which Howard R. Hughes, the

Industhalist. cootroU, has nidthat Mr. Hughes did not receive

tbe Booey. adding that tt was"apparent that oiminal coo«duct, indoding tax fraud, hasbeen commiued in this

because UcGraw-Hill did pay^

the ro^^fv^ aomeoQi^^^JSamBtIr MoGraw-Hill nad

aaaintained that baadwrttinganalyais showed **R R. Hughes"and the Industhalist to be thekame -person, the eoaq>any u-Wed a suteroent last night InHew York tiiat said questioackad developed *'concerain| thevoider of the Swiss credit ac-bount made out to R R.

Bugbes " It added that Mc-praw-HUI had rfUed an actk>cirith the appropriate Swiss au-Ooritias to obtain fuS details.**

IAn tnnsfen of Om money

were handled through Cliffordpvlnc. an American novelistfriio uvea en'tbe balearie island

Ibiza. off Spain's Meditern eoaat, accordiitf to af

ru fUed in New York byIrvine Mr. Irving produoedaiitcMMOgraphy and aaain-

that tt was based ont&tnvlaws vttfa

Bmfaaa.lOkfMieii for Hr. H.^a voice in a tdephooa In-

fclenttfiad by lapotters.-w him aa ttat of Mr.

Bglbea. tova Med fhat the" bad any jart In

Mohr

SuAch Banking sources Indi

catad liiat. if there had beentome scheme to obtain toemoney flJegally, tl>oee respOD>

lie mi^t not bava wpectedBunea to react so fane"Jbtj ilto told Ifctt Ml

hy people knawOat SwiaaaometlnHi oponad thiir

* BishopMtll«r. E.8.

Callahu .CnaperConrad .

Dalbey—Clewland .

ponder—BatesWsikart

Walters—Soyi

Tele. RoodHolmesGandyThe Swlas banks have a teog

of helping the foUoeoffenses Tiolate both

_ and foreign

robberr and iwindlM an «votampwB. ,1

T. R. Fdtrenbaefa. in Ma faeefc

The Gnomea of Znrieb," re-

called eoa Instanct in the ate^'teen-flfties when loot from apyn^i^w bank robbery found

hs way to Switzerland.

Informed of the eerial vamAiert, the Swiss police notified

iH banks.* When aome of the

Mils tamed on, (faa bank coo-

peraed notified the noliee. wlmkifonned Interpol, toe intena-

donal paUce organization. Even-" the robbers yeit fcrj

Mr. VeHDnThe Washington Poet^ Times Hcmld

The Waalkingtoo Daily News

The Evening Stm (Washington)

The Sundw Star (Waahiagton)

Daily News (New York)

Snndv News (New Yoik

New Yo* Past

The New Yoik Tiwaa

The Daily Wortd

The New Ueadw

Z

The Wall Street Journal

The National Obaener

.

Paoplc'a Worid

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Date\A

understandably a•ertous offense.**

1962. when BflUe SO) Mast^it^ aooeadstettt fiv-

_ fMi\^ to Teiaa taraMrs.

Oaitad Ctatea _

atazVeneelheeta toat warnttkm at fbe tkne

n-BBUon had

butlecanaa R was athe Swiss wCTfl4ng_

JAN 2 2 1972

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Attorney Cen«f«l 'V

OtOOTOWH SUBJECT^ ALSO XBOMI Mnium n nuf t

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IHTEKSTXTB TBAKSPOnATlOH OF CTOXa MOPSBR

1 * Mr. fio8

X - Mr- Ba1 • ifr. Gallagher1 - Mr. Nehrbass1 - Mr. F«11:

a - Mr. Mohr^"-^*1 - Mr. Bishop "i^^

1 • Mr. CXevelax^1 - Mr. Conrad1 - Mr. WaXteri

This viXX oonfim a ooinr«rsat>cm M Jajntary

1L#T1« iMtwMB Mr- aohfi C« EMMTf Chisf , Fravd SmUoa,SpaelaX Agaat Arthur P. Sahrbass of this

coDtactafl to datazMina i^th«rtha 1>epartMant daairad any PBX invastigatioa iato tfaa

aXXagad fraod arising out of the corrent oontrorarsy OT«rtha avthanticity of tha biograpfaj of flovard Sttghos, mmperchased by HcGrav-HiXX. ~ > "^jj^

..3- -'

* ^^h^>:^

^ r'\ Mr. Kaeney advised that iinrestigation bad beaa .

iastttvted sereraX days ago hy tha Onitad States Pos&X _Serriee on a aaiX-frand theory. Xa Tiev of the fact 4hat -^^^^^the Postal Service had already assamed inrastigativa ^

responsibility' in this aattar, Mr. Keaney requested ao^action^be takatx by the PBl, hot that any inforsatiOM boarlagOM thie Matter be referred to PostaX aathoritios.

V

MOTE: See General Investigative Division, Bote, l-2€-72, AFM:j«k

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UNITED STATES ^^ERNMENT

Memorandum •It

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noM - ft. J. GaU^

UNKNOWN 9UBJECTf' ALSO KNOWW AS;

HOWARD HUGHESINTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OFSTOLEN PROPERTY

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OATt: January 24, 1972

1 Mr* Rosen1 - Mr. Bates1 - Mr. Gallagher t*i^-um—1 - Mr. Wehrbass*

^""^'^

1 - Mr. Felt1 - Mr. Bi8hoa>«Tyi . ^I - Mr. Mil«€r1 - Mr. Dalbey

This 1b to advise of possible violation of the for^ia:^'

Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property (ITSP) StatatBin connection with the current controversy over the 1 i

authenticity of a biography of industrialist Howard &. Hughes.

indi^te.•4f • as accoun pressconfidence "acheme concocted with or without the assistancaof author Irving, a violation of ITSP would have oocurrad.CTransportation of $5,000 or acre obtained by fraudinterstate or foreign connerce^

:.tp^-yS)ft

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i

I OBSEHVATIONS: Since this matter is in the civil courts . .

land no ccnnplaint has been received by the FBI, i.t would

Inot appear to be advisable to inject ourselves at thispoint. It is entirely possible that Hughes, asindicated by the press, could have had second thoughtsabout the advisability of this biography and could'be

'

attempting legal sumeuvers to stop its publication.The H. R. Hughes account in Switzerland could be the' ' \'

nroduct of a Hughes anployee acting at his instructions.iThe perpetration of a confidence game is very possible,Ibut auccessful prosecution would be siost difficult without|the testijDony of Hughes In court, vhich tran his pastactions would be Host difficult to obtain.

yrxOKs If approved, €La cablegraa will be dispatehadIiagat Barn.

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c o* ^ UNITED STATES OO^^JnMENT

^i't^^^' MemorandumOATC:

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FliOM 4

SU^fiCT: HOWARD ROBARD HUGHESFingerprint Inquiry

called me today fri

Detroit, telephone (S13)BH|[||f advising that he had an office tempo]near the airport in Detroit, that he was affiliated with Intertel and as rtch,

his organization was representing the interests of Howard Hobard Hu^s,whom he described as having been l>om at Houston, Texas, on Decemt>er 24,

'stated that thejaugh(^ interests had gotten accessto the documents in the possession of McGraw*Hill and Life Magazine. Asa result Hughes representatives will want to conduct appropriate scientif

j

examinations of the documents, including handwritings He said that theyi

contemplating the employment of Hilton Ordway as the handwriting exam!According to Mr. Conrad in the Laboratory, Hilton Ordway has a goodrepBtation as a handwriting examiner.

brWithout my asking,Unpaid that they considered former

1 fecial Agent Charles Appel and rejected him t>ecause he had previously beenon the sid^^^^r S^pecial Agent Robert Mabeu during Maheu's suit against

Hughes. l^miPstated that Appel had testified In the Maheu matter fromXerox copies of documents and umara&tly fell flat on his ftee. . ...

- - i*^[ finally got to the nub of his inquiry and asked specifically

IIf the FBI had any fingerprints in the Bureau's files from Howard Hughes In

J order that they might use the signatures oo these cards In examining the docu-f ments frcon McGraw-Hill and Life Magazine.

I toldJjfmimBt^a^ first of all I did not know whether or not

1we had any such fingerprints and furthermore if we had them whether wewould make them available, that to my knWledge during my entire assign-ment to the Seat of Government I never heard of the Bureau rdintjaishlng

fingerprint cards for the puipose Indio^^d. I told him It would seeoa Ip me

JPM:DW(4) : WOO V^V^ ^^/J^'^^'^rr'

^

1 - Mr. Bisboo^'w^ • "'ir . FEB 8^at '1-lIr. aevelaAi'^ (CONTINUED- <Wr***"* " ^

1 - Mr. Waltets

61 FEB ! < IS72 rooPY ilid^ ro:'. mt^ TOiaoN 1

that w^ould be stsurtlng a prectdent which would be dUficalt to 8to|) andftfaj

if we gave them to the Hughes interests, naturally the McGraw-Hill aad

Life Magazine interests would also want access to the fingerprints. I told

him furthermore we had no way of knowing whether a 8i>ecific set of prints

hi our fUes were Identical with the Howard Robard Hu^es in whom he hadan interest. I said the best we could come up with would be a "may be**

identical. I also told him if we had any criminal fingerprints we were merelythe repository o( such prints and the original set of such prints would usually

be found in the hands of the contributor. I asked him if Hughes had beenqfuestioned as to whether he had ever beer^rrested and he said that Hughesindicated he had been fingerprinted by^HH^recalled, the Los Angeles

Police D^artment in 1936 in connection with an automobile accident I askedIhim why he did not check with the Los Angeles Police Department and get

their copy of the prints. He said they were doing that. I also asked him vlgr

he did not get current handwriting specimens from Howard Hughes to be usedby the handwriting experts and he said they had such handwriting exemplarscurrently from Howard Hughes but that to clinch the case they needed third

party sources that were known to be previously in existence and could bepositively identified as those of Howard Hu^es. I asked him how he wouldprove that any fingerprints he might get from us would be identifiable with

Howard Hughes and he said if the prints indicated who took them, they wouldcall on the person who took the prints to come in and testify as to their

alidi^.

Jlflllllllllllllll^told me for our confidential information that on the

basis of information which has t>een developed during their investigation of

the whole matter, the documents In the possession of McGraw-Hill and Life

Magazine are a hoax» a complete forgery, that Howard Hughes never hadanything to do with these documents. He pointed out that the author of the

proposed autobiography of Hughes l^es on some Island somewhere and ttiat

he had previously prepared an autobiography of an artist who was a greatforger of Rembrandt paintings and tibe author allegedly sent a copy of this

autobiography to Hughes and that Hughes was so impressed that he suggested

Ithe author some da^ prepare his, Bughes, autobiography.

A check cf our Identification records reflects that we have three

\fingerprint cards on Howard Robard Hu^es, who was bom December 24,

11905 at Houston, Texas, and appears to be identical with the subject In .-

^question. % *'

i ^ :- (CONTINUED - OVER) ^ ' 1*

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o

:<»^''>^^ ^ The earliest print is actually a photograph d the original^, ^hlc,^

was submitted to the FBI by the Los Angeles Police Department and recorMJuly 18, "1936 in the Identification IXvision. This card reflects that Howard^R. Hughes was arrested on July 12, 1936 at Los Angeles on Susp 500 VC(negligent homicide) (4136-WalIace-7). The signature appearing on this print

is*IL R. Hu^es.**

We have two National Defense Program fingerprint cards, liie

first coe from the Civil Aeronautics Administration, Washington, Di C,which was recorded April 2, 1942. This card does not show the date the

Impressions were taken, nor does it indicate the identity of the individaal

taking the fingerprint impressicMis. The card does not show the pucpose for

which the prints were taken.

The third set was submitted by the Commanding General, U, 8L

Army, Washington, IX C* and reflect that Hu^es was an iq;>plicant for the

position of pilot and the date impressions were taken was June 25, 1942 fay

someone nAose name appears to be W. C. Smith.

I am not a handwriting expert but it does appear that the signatoret

appearing on these three cards are the same and ^iparently were written tj

the same persoo.

Umimij^would like to borrow the Originals of these three cards

bat actually we only have the original of two of them, I am sure that

BHijjj^is aware of the fact that Hughes has been fingerprinted in the past

oa National Defense Program fingerprint cards and as I previously indicated

lie is aware of the fact that Hughes was arrested by the Los Angeles Police

DepartmenL

ifI think we should tell^m^that we do have a photographic

copy of the ^rest print from the Los Angeles Police Department indicating

the arrest of Hugjies on July 12, 1936 and suggest he may want to get the

original from the Los Angeles Police Department. I think we should also

tell him that we have two National Defense fingerprint cards and that such

fingerprint cards are not available for the purpose he desires.

I should note here tfaatmm^is aware of the fact that we maytnm down his re<iue8t but his group is prepared to take the mMer up with

Attorney General to try to get access to the cards. I still think we sh

andle the matter as indicated.^the

" *. - - 1/26/70

- GENERAL IWVESTIGATIVE DIVISIOH

This is the matter involving thedisputed biography of Howard R. Bughes*It had previously been recommended and

Iapproved that the Bureau not become involvedin this investigation unless a complaintwas received from a party of interest.

Attached teletype advises that on1/25/72 the attorney for the author contactthe New York Office and advised of thebackground concerning the author's dealingwith the alleged Hughes. On the same dayrepresentatives of McGraw-Hill, thepublisher, and Time - Life Hagazine togetherwith representatives from the New YorkCounty District Attorney's Office appearedat the office of U.S. Attorney, SouthernDistrict of New York (SDNY) and soughtFederal assistance in this case. TheChief of the Criminal Division, SDNY, hasadvised that a Fraud by Wire violation orInterstate Transportation of Stolen Property(ITSP) violation exists if in fact the realiHoward Hughes did not receive the $650,000worth of checks which were sent from NewYork to Switzerland. He noted that localDistrict Attorney's Office and postalauthorities have a jurisdictional interestput stated he believed the FBI was bestIsuited to handle this complex and highlyIsensitive investigation.

New York Office recommends that ITSPinvestigation be immediately instituted.In view of the obvious civil as well ascriminal aspects of this matter the _wm nf^T^gni»^/< to determine if FBIinvestigation is desire^y^ ^ ^

Sfc^ouBiAHCrikrfEARED »t ni« wo aid FU8IISMC0 /~^,ir

tK£/0LX0Vli6 laFORIUTIOli y>!^:J^^^^^

n^'^A 'cMrrrecritt, 509S *fAS£"« 1! £4SLY IXI£IEP SEVCIIY

j^^^^SW A COPY fF THIS BOOK fiKATUlTOQSLY HAXLCB

CARE OF DESWI Ml. LAS VEBAS. ^^^i,^;^^^i^?«vm. M rRiuD #F iRviwf j^-^i^i^^^^

JRvikV^IIHO WAS A ¥tU-IIO« CARTOOIIST TM/^SgltOlXlERS HA6AZIIE. CLIFFORD itVlM fOOID MUGKErS lAK —

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«i i USI •F «AR£5 fREfAREO BY MS FAIRER JAY. VH6 S^W^^^iM^^^:- 'jitvuvfc rfiK>» w w wwMvw w-^w— —— -

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^^:;^--t««^•',•fi^^':•' -^^r^ir-r^ ^^-.^-.^ V*-?^;^-.'^^ -^r^ ^ -^-^ .r-^-"^'' -'^^ ^r^^| JUiD WinEiiCTTER M WWARD MWHES 01 TEU^^^

m HUGHES* mVlllQ AGREED* ISVliG IMEl 8ECEIVCD SEVERAL

^:^iHoiE jbAUS FWfl HUGHES Xi\|BIE^

^^^IRVIRQ RESIDES* IRVIRG DOES HOT IIOV THE ORIGII •T

THESE CAIXS* A HEETIM HAS ARRAR6ED AMD 01 FEBRUARY ;

IRmi/ JIHETEEI SEVUITY' OIE, IRVIN MET THE ALLEBEO HUGHES ll

fi^^fAXACAf HEXICO* IRVIIG RECOGRIZEO HUGHES BY HIS GEIERAt

APfEARAICE* SRVIBG NET HUGHES OIICE VHEI IRVXiG

VAS ABOUT !£ YEARS OtB. IRVXIG HAS TAKE! TO THXS

ICETXIG BY Al EMISSARY OF HUGHES XIOVM OILY AS PEDRO*

KTVEEI THIS HEETXI6 AID OECEHBER SEVEITH9 IXIETEEI.-*.;>^r- .V --..i- • ...... • -

I^SEVEin OIE* IRVIM RET THE PURPORTED HUGHES 01 EUVEI BXFFEREIT

^^ASIOIS* HEETIIGS HERE II H£XICO« PUERTO RICO* lASSAUt;

lARAlUSt BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORIIA* fALH ffRXIGS, CALIFORIXA«

IPAlb BEACH, FLORIBA*>ARADISE ISLAID, lASSAB, 4lAHAHAS» - —^^..^

«EY BXSCAYIE,^AHI, FLORIDA." ::'

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^1^f^l?>>LT ME i^F THESE HEETIIGS DOES IRVIB6

VE t JflTIESS OIE HICHARD SUSKIIO^ B RESEARCHER EMPLOYED BY

:tjIRVIIG*;fHXS MEETIIG AT PALM SPRIKS, CALIFORIIA« *IUIE V -W^^

1-^ EID>AGE

ICTECi SEVEHTY OIE. li A6REEHEVT VITH HUGHES

M THE MEPARATIOI AID SALE OF HUGHET S BZ06RAFMT 'i^^i^^?^ .^^>?B^

IKVIiS »EL1VEHEP THREE CHECKS T0TAU.II8 tlX HUMDREO flfttj^-^4y<^:^^:^y.r^:^..i. \'^:' PERSONALLY /^^-t. ./_.vv- - "^-^--^Ayeiifi^LmusAiD MUARS msos^y, xo ju^ me kieh as yi\3f^^T^^i^-^i^^^^

L«.CASHIErS CHECK FPI FiFTT THOUSAIO POUABS THE BAiKERS tRUST^^^

IS PAYABLE TB H.t. HUGHES* B CHECX FBB 7«0 Ht/IOREB

SEVEII| FIVE THOUSAID MLURS« BAIEB SEPTENBEB XVEBH

>:SECBVB«-SEVESIY Bit, BXAVI BB THE ACCBUBT BF THE ftC CUB

£im±,^W #T CHASE BAlKAnAH 8ABE« THREE THIRTY BEST

jtVEBTH BT.t PATABU TB B.B. HUGHES. B SECBID «C BRAV ^^^V^»-->t^^^'

^mU. iCliECK« BRAVI BB CHASE HAlHATTAi BAIK« FBB THRU ^^^;: 'c^i.r4..H--

r.lVlimEB TVEITY FIVE THOUSAID BBLURS^ IS BATEB OECEnER

BICOBD/ ttVEBTY BBE^ AID IS PAYABLE H. B« BUSHES.^>':5!t--5^^ : , -. .

ATPft THAT mnA^cPHrMTc AH THrev ^uctMre tniiti^ATr tub^ ' ''^y^si'^.r^*

MERE iraaOTUTO At THE.SVISS CREDIT BAIX^ ZURICH* BVITEERUIB;^;^k^k^^^^-^ ..V^. -r7 ^^--'^ -:^.-r.:-. - - '

: • ^ ^. .,.-.vg^%^'XHEY ARE EIDORSEB M« t« BUSHES. BAIKERS XRUST CASKIErS : .^^\^Hlv^^^>

BOLURS BAS.fERSOIAUY iS^M^l^^^^-^^

1* AMIIt fVElTY third/ SEVEITY BIE, IB \ ^l^feS^

BASSABi

SEVEHTY riVC THOUSAiD OOLURS fERSOBAUY tUIDCD TO KOGMES

I — ^ _1 — —' - — XV*^[ji^•rlJa-.AiliJL.^^

4^x9^ uyim su'iueiJi tvuit iHinit seveiit iiej ii itr ^iscaTic* *g;!vj,^2£^

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WvMRDOR ROUIES, DECEMBER TRIRO* SEVEITY OIE^ SUHl, fLORlRR«"$^^^i«^^^

f^-.;|irTER OEUVERY OF THIS CHECK HUGHES fERSORALLY NET IRVIHQ '

^ :>Rb TOLD HXH HE HAO RECEIVED THE CHECE FROR HOLHES«

^^^^^^URRISHED TVERn TVO filBC A ^r^^:- >^^ir'-:v^^^?0-^^fi^

I^IOAVIT SCnXRO rORTH RETAILS OF THE ABOVE EVERTS. THIS

rO BE iSEP IR THE - "- TtJ^^'^S^^L?:^/UAVIT iAS fREPAREDi-^^"f5^' "_

Bi^Uimt, guuJci w jut. miMJt w mtw idri« £« yflu Goyiii# ^^^ ^>^^-^'.^^

'^v.v 10 OEFERD THE SUIT BY ROSEHOHT CRIERPRISES» AOAIRST CLIFFORD

"^JtRVIHB AID OTHERS TO STOP THE>U6LICATI0I OF THE HUOHETS ^ ^^^^^"^^

rv^li^i^ ^MTt ADVISED IRSIART BATE THAT REPRESERIATIVES FROH

«C ORAV NILLt TIME LIFE HARAURf;JIRD REV YORK 00ORTY

BISTRICT RTTORRErfOFflCC VISITED HIB BR ^RDARY TVERTY^M^^^'/^?!??

,»0R LAST SEEXIRO FEDERAL B$SISTARCE.:jf,^n^p.KW^^i^^

?A6£ FIVE

MISA IIORVILU BELIEVES FBI BEST IB

MAIDU THIS COHPLEX, HIBKLY SEBSITIVE IIVESTlBATIOtf liOICATXBB

HDVEVER THAT BOTH LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORiEr S OFFICE AfD POSTAL

AITTHORITIES ALSO HAVE JURtSDXCTlOIAL IITERE5T8. WRVILLB ENPMASXEEB

THAT A DEFINITE ITSP OR FRAUD BY VIRE SXTUATIOi EXISTS IF IB

FACT THE REAL HOVARD HUGHES DID lOX RECEIVE THE CHECKS II THAT

APPROXIHATELY SIX HUIDRED THOUSAHD DOLLARS VORTH OF CHECXS

PAYABLE TO lU R. HUGHES VERE TRAVSFERED FROB REV YORK CITY TO

BVITZ£RLABD« ACCOROIBGLY HE RECOHHEiOS FBI IBVESTI6ATI0R.

BASED ON THIS, lEU YORK RECOHHEHDS THAT ITSP IIVESTIOATlOf

BE IBHEDIATELY INSTITUTED* COPY OF AFFIDAVIT FURNISHED BY

AUTHOR IRVIB6 AS VELL AS OTHER PERTINENT MATERIAL FURNISHED

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Attoratv Geaml JotaidL asked if tha Gov-

fBttiBs iBTolvad*

_ fte Hugbet oaac, reafKaided-t 1 think that ft*a ovtta oea-;

Wrable that Kxn« of the pr«-

Jlminary iavestinttoos that

prve made vitfa reipect t» Hlead UB into it oo the

that Federal criBMs hawees coTTunitted.

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both the FAX and thejD^ted Stita Potta] Sovkc to

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fOanI tet portal innftOxmwere already worktoc oa thecaie fn» the gtan^xiint ofyeaslbk nail frat^^Onc cbecfc

awde oat ioKjC^s^tLjIlr.^Irvfac hat uSaT was givca b7Va to t trusted* HnAei«Md—Ueatffied as Gcorse Gor-

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Walters

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Daily Newt (New Yofk) -

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cUNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

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OTHERSMAIL mUD

DATE: January 31, 1972

Mr. Rosen« Mr. Bates- Mr. Gallagher- Mr. Nehrbass- Mr. relt

- Mr« M. 8. Miller

jPtfT yew York, Offlee advised that on January 25* X%12\^Martin gV\^Acker»ftq , the a^X^cney for the author, Clifford Irwini, 1

^quesied'an interviev and at that tise furnished the affidavitthat Irving had filed in the Mew York court in connection vith thecivil action rising out of the Hughes biography. He also furaishssoae background infoxmation concerning Irving *s alleged contactsvith Bugbes. Mew York also advised tbat a cosplaint bad been madein this satter by McGraw-Hill, the publishers, and Tiae-Ulfs, tothe U. S. Attorney's office in the Southern District of Mew York.

Tbis sntire^aatter was discussed vitb tbe Departseat ofJustice on 1/26/72/ who advised that postal authorities hadinstituted investigation on a Mail Fraud theory and that sincethey had assused investigative responsibility, no action need bptaken by the FBI. mi2 /r7-//^7^f -76

IRECTOft, FBI

:> tBGAT, PAKIS <163*26t»6)(P>

SUBJECT; UNKNOVTN SUBJECT, «3cA- W- Howard RifHughcs; ,

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• UNITED STATES^)VERNMENT

' MemorandumTO Mr. Bate

FROM :S. J. Gallaghe

SUBJECT: CLIFFORD IRVING AMD OTHERS

MAIL FRAUD

DATE: February- 2, 1972

1 - Mr. Rosen1 - Mr. Bates1 - Mr. Gallagher1 - Mr. Nehrbass1 - Mr. Bishop

This Is the case Involving the controversial biography

of Howard Hughes. The Postal Service is conducting investigation^

on a Mail Fraud theory and a Grand Jury in the Southern District^

of Nev York has issued subpoenas. jT

( Newspaper accounts state that ,John H.J^feter of

I Albuquerque, New Mexico, a candidate for the Democratic nomlnatioi

Ifor U. S. Senator, "had received a subpoena from the FBI" to

'appear Thursday before the Federal Grand Jury in New York . Our

Albuquerque Office advises that this subpoena was served" by_the

Postal Senirr nr too..^^ -^n, iQy?. The FBI has no interest in

\t4is subpoena, and this is merely another example of confused

newspaper reporting.

ACTION:

For information.

AFN/wm(6) !^ \

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\ B FEB 7 1972

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Miller, £. 8.

CelUhfP _CesperCoirtADalbeyCleveUndPcoder

Tele. RoomHotm«sGandy

HUGHES 2-1 NX /NEV YORK (UPD—THE INQUIRY INTO POSSIBLE FRAUP INVOLVIMC

\TH£ "AUTOBIOGRAPHY" OF HOtfARD RUCHES SPANNED THE ATUNTIC{TODAY WIIK ARRESTS VARRANTS FOR AUTHOR CUFFORD IRVINC ISSUEDStflTZERLAND AND THE PROMISE OF AN d^ICIAL INVESTIGATION HADf

XM

£ COUPLE ON

IN ZURICH THE SITUATI^AMERICAN CITIZIK, AND HIS SWISS-BORN VIFE EDITH

OFnciALS 1HERE ISSUED ARREST VARRANTS 1^07"URGENT SUSPICION OF FRAUD, FALSIFICATION OF OFHCIAL DXUnQ«TS,AND INVJSTIGATION OF THESE CRIMES."

IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE THE COUPLE ARRIVED THURSDAY, U.S.ATTOBNEY WHIINEY NORTH SEYMOUR AND NEW YORK COUNTY DISTRICTATTORNEY FRANK S. HOGAN CONFERRED ON POSSIBLE FEDERAL CHARGES OFWIRE AND HAIL FRAUD AND STATE CHARGES OF FRAUD AND PERJOBYAGAINST IRVING.

1 ZURICH DISTRICT ATTORNEY PETER VELEFF SAID TODAY THAT ALTHOUGHHAVE ISSUED THE ARREST WARRANTS THEY NEEDED THE COOPERAnON OFU.S. POUCE TO SOLVE THE "AUTOBIOGRAPHY MYSTERY."

I

"SINCE PART OF THE SUSPECTED CRIME WAS CARRIED OUT IN ZURICH^BUT TOE EFFECTS —THE ACTUAL DAMAGES —OCCURRED IN THEUNITED STATES TO MCGRAW-HILL, WE BEUEVE TOAT BOTH ZURICH ANDAMERICAN OFFICIALS ARE RESPONSIBLE IDR THIS INVESTIGAHON. " SAIDVELEFF* ^. .^ i-.

TK

WASHIN APITAL NEWS SERVICE

"T? *'vTsw.v".iai.-si •'•^5w^-^>^ TT*^'^?s^y^^^'''sx^w^r vy --ri- ^

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HIS ANNOUNCEMQIT TOLLOVED POLICE XMVESTICAnONS VHXCH TUBNED OFS442,000 IK CASH AND SECURinES IN A BRANCH Of THE SVISSBANK COBPO^nON.

I THE BANKt ONE OF SVITZERLANS*S URGEST, IS LOCATED ACROSS THEISTREET FBDn THE SVISS CREDIT BANK, VHERE IRVIN6*S VIFE CASHEDI $6 50,000 IN CHECKS ISSUED TO HUCHES.

, ^ IRVINC'S OWN ADMISSION, HIS WIFE USED THE NAME liHELfiA^IrPWGHES" on a FAUIFIED SWISS PASSPORT AS IDENTIHCATION FORlci^nmre'T»£ chetis. by the PUBLisiaNc firm hcgraw-hill to' HUGHES FOR TOE RIGHTS TO HIS •AUTOBIOGRAPHY."

IIRVING SAID SHE DID SO ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE BILLIONAIRE

RECLUSE, WITH WHOM HE ALSO SAID HE COLUBORATED IN WRITING THEBOOK. HOWEVER, HUGHES HAS ISSUED DENIALS OF IRVIN6*S STATEMENTS.

VELEfF SAID POUCE INVESTIGATION HERE MONDAY SHOWED THAT AWOMAN, •WW WAS PROBABLY IDENTICAL WITH THE SUSPECT EDITH

1 IRVING, OPENED IN ACCOUNT WITH THE SWISS BANK CORPORATION ON! MAY 27, 1971.I THIS I^TE IS CLOSE TO THE TIME WHEN THE HRST MCGRAW-HILLl^CHECK WAS CASHED AT THE SWISS CREDIT BANK.1 VELEFF SAID HE HAS NOT YET DECIDED WHETHER TO ASK FORIqCTRADITION of the IRVINGS TO SWITZERLAND.

THE WRITER, WHO SPENT THE WEEKIWD IN SECLUSICK IN CONNECTICUT,1WAS TO HAVE APPEARED BEFORE A GRAND JURY MONDAY FOR QUESTIONING BUTWON POSTPGNDlDiT OF THE INTERROGATION SO THAT HE AND HIS NEWLAWYER, MAURICE NESSEN, WOULD HAVE MORE TlHt TO CO OVER TBEDETAILS OF THE CASE, NO NEW DATE WAS SET.

IUTCR IRVING AND NESStM MET WITH SEYMOUR'S STAFF IN THE OFFICE OF

I THE U.S. ATTORNEY.1THEY HftD "NO COMMENT" WHD< THEY LEH BUT SEYMOUR AND HOCAR ,ISSUED IHEIR STATEMENT PROMISING "A JOINT INVESTIGAHQN I

INTO THIS HATTER. LOOKING INTO POSSIBLE STATE AND FEDERAL I

VIOLATIONS." T I

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DIRECTOR, FBI^ ;

t^liEGATt FARISJU63-26«> (RUC)

SU^CT: UNKNOWN SiXa^TECT, aka .

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Enclosed for the inforutlon of the Bureau areone copy each of Department of State telegrass dated 2/2/72«iid 2/^/72 and American Eiibassy, Madrid, Spain, telegraaudated 2/H/72 and 2/5/72 regarding subject.

Nunerous telephone calls and inquiries have beenreceived by our office regarding subject. Callers are beingInforsed that we have no inforawition regarding subject andthat ve are not involved in any way regarding investigationinto IRVIN6*s activities.

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SUBJECT: BDiTH MARGRITH-^RVINO; Vnee Ttdith Margrithf""aca^irsrinifforBjMi^r^^^ Edith Margrith-jtosjnjcrfng.

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£2JEDITH MARGRITH "IRVINa* i>ee Edith Margrith Bomi ,

aXa Mrs. Clifford M.^rving, Mith Hargrith^oseiOuruiBnee rxdith Margrith Bomez

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I Ql Forti bsarias ^^tfc^iog. Frivatd'illrcraft Inspectloc Bepcrf . ^5

for Piano 2io. lU2Sa bcariisg signature TH. JEhighas** on

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' the preparatioa of the questioned sicaAture and available ^4 _ kncm 8i[:iiBture8| a definite conclusion could not be reached C^;?r Vhother the questioned sicnature on Ql was prepared by _

BOUTAED ROXARD HUGHCS, vhose available knovn liandvritlns C ^consists of sienaturos appearlne on tingsxprlnt cards* \

ft It Is noted that s few liai»d printing characteristlosIn conon vere noted In the band printine after the Bj^lT^*

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WASMM6ION. DC SEP 1 7 «72

INV. 20*010

The HonorablePatricV Gray

Federal Bureau of InVe^i^atlonDepartment of Justice^Washington, D. C. ^'052^0

Attention: Mr W. "Conrad, .Assistant Director

Re: Howard HughesD.O.B.: 12/24/05

Dear Sir:

This will confirm1972, between Mr.

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the telephone conversation on September 22,Norman T. Buselmeier, of my staff, and

Mr. Ivan K. Conrad concerning Mr. Howard Hughes.^

On August 29 » 1972, aircraft number N123H arrived at eL PTexas, en route from Vancouver, B.C. Canada, to ManaguaKicaracua« One of the Passengers was purported t^o be ^ _Howard^Hughes . This individual signed line number 7 ^(X^the Customs Private Aircraft Inspection Report as "H. Hughes.*'

This office is conducting an official investigation in anattempt to establish whether or not the person referred toabove was Howard Hughes. In this regard, I am forwardingto you the original of the referenced document in anenvelope marked Exhibit Q-1.

A facsimile of the original document' is also attached foryour examination prior to handling , the original. Thisdocument has not beep previously examined.

furtherahce of our investigationy you are requested tocompare the signature on line number :'7 of Exhibit Q-1 withany known standards of the signatuVe'of Howard Hughes to

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determine if he ' ^ ^ -naaras oi xne signature oi now»ro nugncs w »

he was actuanv^tj.^ VtJ>or of the quest^ned/,

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It is-also requested that an attempt be made to develop •ny

latent fingerprints which exist on Exhibit Q-1 and "jpare

such prints with the actual fingerprints of Howard H"«ft«V^.^:

Please return the original document with your reply to the^g,Cofflinissioner of Customs, Office of Investigations.

Thank you very much for your assistance in this investigation

Skncerely yours.

Assistant CommissionerOffice of .Investigations

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Examination requested:

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Dept. of Treasury, Bureau of QistraaIfaSh* !!•€• Dote received:

Bocoaent - PiBgcrpriBt Examination by:DeviB*

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CI ?orm bearing bcodlnc Private Aircrntt iDipjctlon Ileport

for Plan,* Ko. KiSSH bsarlnc slcniiture "Jl, JUcbca" onLino 7

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Duo to tbc llnltod nature cf tho questioned

denature ©o Ql and because of tho diffeicnccs In tlice ItiB

the? prepsrttlon of tha questioned slcnaturc and available

lino7n denatures, a definite concludon could not bo reached

whether the nue£llon.;d denature on Ql was prepared by

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TO: K^yles J. AmbroseCommlssloaerBureau of CustooiBU. S. XX>partmcnt c( the TreasuryUashlngtoDy D. C. 20220

RE:

AtCenUon: Mr, Harold F. Smith '

As:3lslx:t Commlsslooer^rnce of Invoatlgatioos

ROV/AKD HUGHESI«AT£NT PIUNT EXAMINATION

October a, 1972 .^^3^

REFERENCE: ^"c^ SeiAcmbcr 21, 1972

EXAMIN ATION REQUESTED BY: /.dcJrCSSCe

SPECIMENS: Ql, private aircraft ins!>?ctlon reitort

The listed Q specimen Is dc^scrlbcd in the Laboratory

report, which is bein^ furnished separately and will include the

dispositioQ of Ql.

Three latent aiiecrr^'^iDts of value for Identltlcation

purposes were developed on Ql. .

TIse latent prints are not identical with the (ingerprUits

of Howard Robard Hushes, born Docemlser 24, 1905, iQ.Houst«i

Texas» FDI«2702d51.

Photographs of the latent prints have^^^J^.

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; - ' for our nie» and will be available Cor ary aJdUional compariBooa

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Sin Kecelved: 9/29/72

r,if f/liorf5sJ«wmflD Exatifinfttlon

Lob. • jit^j2i^'iBon nLC # A-60092 plJ::,

Mr. llylcs J. Ambrose, Commissioner, Bureau of Ojstoos,

iJuiHii^v^V^ Depertment of the Treasury, Washington, D.C. 20226EiopKnatfon lequ/sied bj

j,^ Hatold F. Smith. Assistant Cj>nm)l8 si

Examination requested;

^itttentlon: Mr. Hatold F. Smith, Assistant qpnynl^^^

,lett« SfcptiBber 27, 1972 '^'^"^ ^ j/asfe'^^'**-Docancnt - Finoerprint <g|<-

Result ol Exominouon:Exarcinolion bt SeviB^

Specimens Bubnitted for eKawlnation

01 Forn bearing beading private aircraft inspection Report

for Plane Ko. K123H bearing signature H. Hughes on Line 7

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SUBJECT Hov/ard Robard HughesOiSai

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VILE. FOR BUREAUS INFCPJlATIOtl HOUAnP' HUGHES, VORLP REN0W!4ED FLIER;

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AND HEAD 0£>aUGHES AIRCRAFT CORPORATIOi: OF SANTA KONICA, CALIFORNIA,

AND PARTY CRASHED ON LAKE KEAD, |bOULDER_JA:jj. KEVASAf AT APPEOriMATELY

ONE THIRTY PII SEVSHTEENTH INSfJiT^jrirHILE COMFLETIHC TEST FLIGHT OF .

nZ IMUFACURED DY HIS COIIPANY. PLANE VAS

ATTEMPTING TO LAND UHEN CRASH OCCURRED AND SANK IN SIX HUIiDRED FEET

^NEl; TYPE OF AKPHIEIAN PLAN

OF WATER, HUGHES SUSTAINED MINOR INUURIES , OTHER PARTY MEMBERS^

INCLUDED CHARLES VJ^O^^OSENDERGi CO PILOT» BADLY INJURED, GD4E

;^|^^NDFORD, EMGINEER, MINOR INJURIES, RICHApD^J^LT, FLIGHT MECHANIC,

CRITICALLY INJURED AND WILLIAM MORRlSOU^cLlNE, CIVIL AEROliAUTICS

^ AUTHORITY OF SANTA liOi4ICA, WHO FAILED TO GET FREE, Of PUNE AND IS

BELIEVED DROWNED. NO INVESTIGATION BEING COHDUCTfD BY THIS OFFICE.

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VILE. CRASH or AIRPLANE PILOTED BY HOVARf HUGHES^ LAKE

KAY SEVENTEENTH, FORTY THREE, SABOTAGE. PLANE IN VHICK HUGHES. ANP PARTY

VERE RIDING AT TIKE OF CRASH VAS ^i^IKORSKY S FORTY.THREE IMPROVED VITH

VSM AND RECENT CHANCES DESIGNED BY HUGHES AIRCRAFT CORPORATION TO ' * rV '

INCREASE LOAD CAPACITY AND «AS ON FINAL TEST BUM BEFORE DELIVERY TOJ',:

KILITARY AUTHORITIES FOR USE OF ATLANTIC PATROL. THERE VAS NO KOTOR OR

EDDY STRUCTURE FAILURE. CRASH Bt22 BELIEVED DUE TC INHERENT FAULT OF'

SIKORSKY S FORTY THREE, THE NOSE OF VHICH IS SAID TO DROP TOO LOH AND ..

TOO FACT ON SLOW APROACH VKEN LANDING, TOGETHER VITH IMMOPER LOAD'

riSTRIBuflON.' ABOVE INFOnriATIOt: ODTAINED FRO:-;||||||||||||||||[|miHf

HO VAS DETAILED BY

HUGHES TO ASSIST IN RECOVERY OF INSTANT PUNE AND INVESTIGATION

/ OF CRASH, 'HUGHES HAVING RETURNED TO CALIFONIA. ;tates his

INFORKATIOn OBTAINED KOSTLY FROM HUGHES, WHO VAS PILOT OF INSTANT PLANE

AT THE TIME. REQUESTS THAT HlS.lfJJIE BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL. . ,^ ii • •

. HC'^£VlLENCt6F SABOTAGE. HO FURTIjgb(jr;yf5TICATI0N,VILL BE C^KDJ^CTIl^

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