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Dear Earle: 

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Washington 151 D. C. 

22 October 19£1-5 

A rev da1a ago I received the enclosed rorm to be filled 

out regarding a parcel. I do not remember sending an1 parcel to 

Elizebeth except the one which you sent tor me containing the 

perfume ve bought in Paris. I suspect that you bad double wrap- pinga put on it and that one or these some how came off in the 

Customs examination. When the package vaa finally forwarded the 

second wrapper must have been left behind. I cannot explain th1a in any other var and if you have no t"Urther information to 

add, I suggest th1a form be returned to the Headquarters, 11th 

Base Poat Otfioe Vith a notation that no action ia required. 

I am enclosing for your information and ed:tfication a 

clipping which I should have sent you some time ago. Frankly, I do not know what it means but there are poes1b111t1es as you 

can no doubt discern tor yourself. I sav McCormack a rev days after this announcement but we did not talk shop. 

The reorganization pot is boiling and I think we are coming 

up with something definite very soon nov. We had one of our night club sessions last FridaJ which lasted until midnight during which 

the matter was fairly well discussed. 

You will recall that I &+.tempted once to get together with 

my friend, James V. Bennett, who is normally Director or the Federal 

Bureau or Prisons, but at the aame time I was in Europe be was over 

there too, and h&d an office in G-~ at Rochat. He was out when I 

tried to locate him. A rev days ago we got together here and he 

told me that the Public sarety Officer of Regensburg# whose name 

he couldn~t quite recall, had vanted to turn over to him a crypto- graphic device which he h&d round in an otr1ce in Regensburg. Bennett briefly described the thing to me and it appears worth 

going after. Please let me know vh&t you find out. 

Just before I left England tor home I ~ent you some correspondence regarding the naming ot the station occupied by the 116th 

R.I. Company. You will remember tb&t I suggested to Lt. Brovnachve1g th.at it would be nice to name the place after Colonel Albright. He accepted the suggestion and asked me tor some information about 

Colonel Albright. I sent this along to him through you for approval. Can you please tell me whether rou torvarded it with your approval and it so I would like a copy of the oorreapondence ab that I can 

intorm Colonel Albright, or it you v1ah to, and I think it might be a ver7 nice thing to do, you could vrite him a letter and tell 

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him how the thing happened. That is providing JOU accepted my suggestion. 

I am still planning to urge the issuance or a aem1-monthl7 

1ntor .. tion letter to JOU and I hope to get some action on this 

aoon. In that V&J 7ou can learn more things than I oould poaa1blJ tell JOU in a pesaonal letter. 

I am still a bit under the weather but I hope to be out 

ot it in another week or so. With best regards to all, I am, 

31noerelJ yours, 

2 Enclosures: 

1. P.O. Dept. Form & aocompa.ny1ng letter 

2. Article re McCormack 

Colonel Earle F. Cook 

Signal Securit7 Detaohment D 

Theater Service Forcee, European Theater 

APO 757, c/o PM 

Nev York, New York 

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Dear Barles 

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'9'2 Mi11tar7 Road 

Waahington 15, D. c. 

I vaa ver1 pleased to receive rour letter ot 

2- September. including the interesting item in 8tar1 and 

8tr1pea which 7ou aent ae. There has been a great deal ot 

1ntormat1on leakage ot this aame aort here and ever7bod.J' 

1• aore or leas d1aturbtd. It 1• hard to know vb&t to do 

eapeciallJ with the torthcoming investigation on. 

George got b&ok here laat veek and baa been ver7 

bua7 ae rou ma7 imagine with hi• vork and getting oriented 

and orga111zed. I talked with h1• brietlJ about the dea1rabilit7 ot starting aoae aort ot a regular 1ntorm&tion letter 

and he agreea that this would be a good thing. Jb•t aa aoon 

as ve can get squared avar ve prob&bl7 v111 undertake something ot that sort. 

I still aa atruggl1ng v1th tbat cold I got in Prankrurt 

and added on to that I got lumbago vhicb baa more or le•• put 

ae out ot cOlllliasion. tor a nuaber ot da7s. I have reall7 been 

working on about three c711ndera. but I hope to be better 1n 

a Cla7 or tvo. 

I aa glad ~ aent the description ot the trip to 

Jeanne. and I 11\lat aak her What •h• got out ot 1t~the next 

ti•• I aee her. 

lfaturall7 there are a lot ot things that I might like 

to aa7, but vill have to retrain troa aa71ng in a non-otticial 

letter ot th11 sort. Thing• are 1ntere1t1.ng and moving vith 

tit• and atarta. Jl&fbe the7 vill be straightened out soon. 

Travis, TiltJ11.n, and H1n•l•r are here and there are povvova going on, but on a high level. 

Tb&Dk 7ou tor keeping me in aind with regard to tho1e 

requests and I v1ll appreciate vb&tever 7ou can do. With 

beet regards trom ever7bodJ, I aa, 

B1ncerel7 7oura, 
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Frankfurt 

24 September 45 

Dear :Billy, 

Received your most welccme letter shortly after you 

had tE ken off for the StE-tes, and most of the requests 

cont&ined therein h~ve been taken care of by this time. I 

have not forgotten the OffenbE.ch de~l end if I get there 

will see whc.+ we cc.n p;et for you. 

I think you will enjoy (~) the enclosed though you u~doubtedly hb.ve seen the infor~tion in p~i"t before this. 

I am most curious to know w~t happens as a result. :Ma.ybe 

someone c6pits.11zes on the alleged disclosures and then 

again Jljl..ybe som~~ne ~ets shot. 

l.t.min receipt of ~ moat interesting letter from Red 

which I must answer but soon. can ap'Pl"er.:f.s te that he is 

really h&vi1llt his proble:rr.s there now and l think 1 t was a 

good thing for you to rett~rn to give whc tever help you can. 

The latter must be aui te subste-nt1a.1, too. From the point 

of view from this end I h&ve adopted the idee th~t everything must be directed towards being helpful in everyway 

to ASA and we are trying to re:mii n calm and lJE: tient. But 

this is not the place for shop talk. 

Almost the entire orgeniv.&tinn took off on a trip 

down the !ir ine yesterday. Ycu would have enjoyed it and 

although the bee-it was loe.ded (several organizations were 

on board) we really had a wonderful trip. In &Averal spots 

1 t did look Eis though we would not get through wh6-t remained of a bridge but we did or this letter would not be 

written. The weE.ther was cool and overcast which was the 

only unfortunc...te feature. 

Hope you ~ot rid of that cold, Billy, &nd thEi.t it 

g\;o.ve you no serious trouble. Have been bEi ttling one myself 

here for a couple days but think it ia licked. And at last 

report George Eicher we.a aomewhE- t under the Wee'· ther. Hope 

·nothing serious. 

Took the liberty of aen~in~ nn to Jeanne your description of the trip. Ha.ve not heard from her since slie received it but told her you could probably clarify anythinp; 

thc..t needed E.mplification. Hope I was not presumptious. 

Would eppreciate heEring from you any time you have 

e. few minutes in which to dash off a line. 

Sincerely. 

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19 September 1945 

Dear Earle: 

I arrived home eatel7 last Prida.7 morning atter a 

rather long journe7, or at least it seemed long. We 

started ott troa Preatviek to go to Iceland, but bad to 

turn back when more than half var there on account ot 

improper landing conclitions. Then ve lett Preatvick 

again, atter a br1et rest, tor the A•orea which was quite 

a long hop ot twelve hours. We spent a rev hours there 

and then took ott tor Bermuda vJhich vaa another long hop of about tvelve hours. Finall7, atter a abort interval, 

ve journeyed to Nev York just ahead of the he&VJ' storm. 

I arrived there in the earl7 hours ot Friday morning and 

took a train to W&•hington. 

EverJbod7 1• much taken up here With reorg&n1zat1onal 

mattera and. problems.and ve hope to have thins• settled to 

a large extent in a rev weeks. I aent fou vorG in a telegram 7eeterda7 about Georg•, vho developed some 1ort ot 

1ntect1on in one leg aa a result ot scratching a blister. 

Thia baa del&79d hie return b7 at least one week or poaeibl7 

tvo. which I think is untortunate in view of the matters 

vhicb be va1 auppose to handle on the reorganization.. 

In connection with the latter, I think that the 

establishment ot the ASA on the War Department level .1• 

going to be a ver7 tine tbillg except tor one tact 1n DlJ' 

opinion, namel.7. over in the Na.VJ' the vork ia all organized under the COllllllUlicatione people, arid in Out' setup it v111 be 

under M111tarJ Intelligence, •nd tor thia reason I imagine that there •1 be -.n7 ditticultiea in regard to ArD17-Nav7 

relations 1n the tuture. In conn.eotion vitb the latter,, I 

think 7ou •7 be interested to knov tbat an amalgamation 

vaa ordered in writing b7 the higheat authorities,, but at 

th• l&at moment the Bavr backed out tor reasons beat known 

to the .. elvee, and the whole matter 1a now 1D abeJ&nce tor 

&n indetinite period. 

It ma.7 interest 7ou to know that our deep secrets are 

·beginning to leak out rather badlJ at the top, and vbat with 

the torthco:ming joint congressional investigation ot Pearl 

Harbor. I am tearf'ul tbat there won't be much lett to bide 

v1th1n a short time. I have been part1cularl7 amazed bJ the 

open reterencea nov aipear1ng 1n the press about solution 

ot the "Japanese code , and it aeems that every newspaper man 

1• beginning to dig ava1 and get 1ntormat1on. 
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On •ondaJ morning Red took ott tor a veek•1 leave. 

Be didn't look anr too vell and I 1-gine that he must h&T• 

felt it e11ent1&l to get ava7 or he wouldn't bav• taken it 

at this oritiaal ti•. Jonea vaa promoted to tull colonel. 

Walker and Jim117 Green vere proaoted to lieutenant colonel. 

'!'here ha• been a number ot other promotion• ot no particular intereat to 7ou. 

We b&v• loat quite a number ot people bJ reaignationa, but not a1 •D1' a1 I had thought would be the caae, and ve 

atill bave quite a at&tt. Bver7bo4J' 1• in a dJ.ther to 

knov Ybat the tuture hold.a forth both ror mil!arr and 

civilian personnel, and until 4et1n1te plane are •de I 

think it will be 41tt1cult tor moat people to •k• up their 

Jll1nda vh&t to 4o. Jim Slack baa alread.J lett and hi• place baa been taken b7 Prier. -

Ticom 1n the Pacific 1a not going too well 1r ve are 

to judge bJ the tact that ao tar v~ h&~e not received a 

single vord flooa the opera t1onr e,¥cept .. one telegram which 

caae t'bl'ough trom a Ba917 eource not directlJ connected vith 

the Ticoa organisation. Ve are going to tr7 to get them 

on the ball or U the7 ax-• on the ball w are going to tr7 

to get the reault1. 

Keller 1• at111 bel'e, but Ragl&a4 baa gone. 

I called up Jean ot courae and gave ber 7our greeting the d&J I got hoae. I alao e&v her tbia morniDg at the 

bank. She look• tine. 

I auat not close th1• letter without again tb.anldng 7ou tor 7our 11&JQ' courteaiea &Ad. the opport11Ulit7 to be with 

JOU on .., recent Y1•1t to the theater. With cordial greet- ing• to eYe17bod7, I am, 

81ncerel7 7oura, 

William P. Prie~ 

C01111and1ng Otticer 

Signal 8ecurit7 Detaobllent D 

Thea••r Berne• Pore••, Bu:ropean Theater 

APO 757, c/o Poa~eter 

Kn York, In York