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# 13-00000erence in the Department files to the alleged letter from any Department ofJustice official to Chief Curry nor any reference that an FBI official was askedto request the Dallas police not to arrest Oswald or Ruby. A letter is beingsent to the Commission today setting forth this information.Representative FORD. The point that I think ought to be made is that despitethe magnitude of the effort that has been made by the FBI and by other agencies,and despite the tremendous effort that has been made, I believe, by the Com-mission to help and assist and to consolidate all of the evidence that we possiblycould, that there is always the possibility at some future date that some evidencemight come to the surface.Mr. HOOVER. That is, of course, possible; yes.Representative FORD. I want just to be sure that no leads, no evidence regard-less of its credibility will be ignored, that it will be pursued by the Bureau orany other agency to make certain that it is good, bad or of no value.Mr. HOOVER. Well, I can assure you so far as the FBI is concerned, the casewill be continued in an open classification for all time. That is, any informa-tion coming to us or any report coming to us from any source will be thoroughlyinvestigated, so that we will be able to either prove or disprove the allegation.We found in the course of our investigations that individuals have made state-ments. Yet, when we investigate they will frankly admit that the statementis an entire falsehood, or that they don't know why they wrote the letter orwhy they made the statement. But, nevertheless, we have the record andgenerally in those iustances we try to get a signed statement from that individualso it can be made a part of the record.Representative FORD. Under your authority from the President, the authoritywhich gave you the FBI, the responsibility to conduct this investigation it isnot an authority with a terminal point. It is an authority that goes onindefinitely?Mr. HOOVER. Very definitely so. The President wanted a full and thoroughinvestigation made of this matter, and we have tried to do so. As I havestated, I think we will continue to receive allegations. I think this will be amatter of controversy for years to come, just like the Lincoln assassination.There will be questions raised by individuals, either for publicity purposes orotherwise, that will raise some new angle or new aspect of it. I think we must,and certainly we intend in the FBI to continue to run down any such allegationsor reports of that kind.Representative Bogas. Mr. Chairman.The CHAIRMAN. Yes, Congressman Boggs.Representative Boggs. Mr. Hoover, I don't want any cover-to cover anyground which has been covered but I just have one or two questions. First, letme say that you and the Bureau have been very cooperative with this Commis-sion.Mr. HOOVER. Thank you.Representative Boggs. And tremendously helpful. I have been concernedabout some of these wild press reports and concerned about what impact it mayhave ultimately on the history of this thing. For instance there is a mannamed Buchanan who has written a series of articles.Mr. DULLES. A book now. A book is out; yes.Representative Boggs. A book now. I understand they have been widelycirculated in the European press, and this man came here and was, as I got itfrom some other sources, he took in some people here, some American journal-ists, and I am told that this man has a Communist background, and in additionto that is a most unreliable person. He has made these allegations that theDallas police force was involved in the assassination and so on.Would you have any suggestions on how this Commission should deal withthis sort of thing?Mr. HOOVER. We have received a request from the Commission to review thatbook and to make a report upon any portions of it that can be contradictedor substantiated by actual facts or documents. I know Buchanan's background.: He worked on the Washington Star and he was dismissed from the WashingtonStar because he was a member of the Communist Party. He spent much of histime in recent years in France writing for French newspapers. I have fol-100