F-2018-01428 INITIAL REQUEST

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06745698
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: September 12, 2023
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2023
• Case Number: F-2019-01343
• Publication Date: April 20, 2018

Approved for Release: 2022/11/16 C06745698
FOIA Request ID: 1266
F_ pi e-0/11z8
FO IA Request submitted by:
Dr. Jay Driskell
Submitted on: April 20, 2018 : 16:05 - America/New_York
Request:
(b)(6)
To Whom It May Concern:
Jam a researcher working on a biography on J. Edgar Hoover and am looking for a memo dated 7/7/41
written by author Ian Fleming (but likely signed by John H. Godfrey, director of British Naval
Intelligence). The memo records Fleming's observations about J. Edgar Hoover when Fleming was
stationed in Washington as a British naval intelligence officer before Pearl harbor.
I looked through the Thomas Troy research collection at the National Archives in College Park in hopes
that it would turn up there, but to no avail. I know from the notes to Mark Riebling's 1994 book Wedge
The Secret War Between the FBI and CIA that there's definitely a copy in London, but am hoping to
avoid the expense of an international trip. Is it possible that there's a copy in the CIA records here?
Sincerely,
Jay Winston Driskell
Fee Waiver:
In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am affiliated with an
educational or noncommercial scientific institution, and this request is made for a scholarly or scientific
purpose and not for commercial use.
I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the
public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or
activities of the government and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
Any records released by the Central Intelligence Agency will be used to inform a scholarly biography of
J. Edgar Hoover.
Approved for Release: 2022/11/16 C06745698