MEMO RE OSS RADIO PROBLEMS

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005374685
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: June 23, 2015
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2009
• Case Number: F-2009-00165
• Publication Date: July 7, 1942

F. Be Q.
MAPLE AVENUE
BELLMORE. L. I.
NEW YORK
FOR.: IA'%jcr '... LO"T.:PIi
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F^nOp' ieat %c: :.n V Grim..
pftcr mulling over tbe OCS redic. robl,. ns c,nd t; F1 rcgresP report
I malice to Colonel Gcodfellc:r with . 3o 7y for Colonel T'enoven, and e1.1
the tilk about dark chambers and my going beyond the plan ^'1gned to rip,
I hove come to a rather cut decision.
I believe it only ft+i:? %fter hat 1 have aeccm.;lashed in sixty
days on ..art time loan to the 001, now the CF.S, in `. e way of setting no
the beginning of the 0S5 world wide communication system, that I receive
officially aurae type of commendation, say to the Chief of the Ir.tellig_nce
Groa,r, ":.11it.ary Intelligence Service, War Department, Munitions Building,
't leshington, DC (a copy to me). and, ds-ending on whether you and the OSS
desire it, and I understand from our conversations that you do, a re:~uest
that my ?art time loan be extended on the sy^ac. basis rs heretofcr for the
iraruose of operating the two toy installations or merely to aid In farther
setting ") th operation of the ("SS Communication system.
I think you Frill agree that this is vary vw ch In order, es_)ecialiy
after this many .isu derstacdings as to what iheve been doing, +:hat I have
don: and 'what I have been tanning and also in light of some remarks and
some of the memoranda, one of which- I saw mys-1f, from Colonel. Donovan
about, me. If the OSS and you do not desire my further aid in the radio
picture t. en the letter can merely commend what I have done in organ4zirg
t'i.e inittai setup and ask that y ,art time'lo n he ext nded for staffic'ent
time to ec.,uaint you as V,e newly e suointed head of radio wi `a' tU' various
e;uipment, in_callation and commitments involved. I can tan in the next
late the ob started, -~'-e one trip to ?icl1y-ccd to see that
sixty days com+
the pleat out there is con.,Inted, oat you on the whole setup and then return
to my full time. assignment with the Milit.ery Intelligence Service.
APPROVED FOR RELEASED C 0 N -F I I iS T' A L_
DATE: 09-Jun-2009