Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DIRECTOR, FBI
To: ALL SACS
Document date: 12/18/1961
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/8/2015

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10285-10358

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 66-04-3071

Released under the John

r. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NU 54027 Date:

08-29-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TO :

ALL SACS

TITLE:

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS:

12/18/1961

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FO, EMP, BROCHURE

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

10/30/1997

OPENING CRITERIA :

INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

INC SAC LET

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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

(Typed December 18, 1961)

PERSONAL ATTENTION

Letter to All Special Agents in Charge:

RE: FRED OTASH

REC'D- READING ROOM

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UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATIONS, INC

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA

RESEARCH (CRIME RECORDS)

Dear Sir:

50:

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The Bureau has received several communications

from various field divisions, private individuals and firms concern-

ing captioned individual and a brochure which he recently printed

announcing his "1962 International Directory and Almanac for Private

Investigators, Adjustors, Repossessors, Collection Agencies, Credit

Reporting Houses, Patrol Services." On page two of this brochure

there is a printed letter by Otash in which he states his reasons for

publishing this directory. A postscript to this letter acknowledges

"The fine cooperation we have received from J. Edgar Hoover, director

of the F.B.I., U.S. Dept. of Justice... and many contributing individuals

without whose help this book could not have been published."

The extent of the Bureau's cooperation with Otash, a

dents toruer criminal syntal termant of the Ins Angeles Division, was l

the form of a letter dated April 19, 196l, which replied to his commu-

nication inquiring as to the location of FBI offices abroad and in this

country, which information was to be incorporated into his directory.

Otash was advised that the FBI does not maintain offices abroad and a

S. list of our present field divisions was furnished to him.

Tolson

Belmont

Mohr

Callahan

Conrad

DeLoach

Evans

Malone.

Rosen

Sullivan -

Tavel -

Trotter

Tele. Room

Ingram -

Gandy

The Los Angeles Division was instructed to contact

Otash and vigorously protest the manner. which be implied the

cooperation and assistance by the FBI in

the proballadon of his

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Letter to All Special Agents in Charge

Re: Fred Otash

directory. Upon contact, Otach related he would immediately

cease any iurther dissemination of this brochure. In the event

your alice receives any inquiry concerning this brochure or Otash,

you are authorized to brietly inform the contacting party of the

above information with the exception that Otash was a former

informant of the Los Angeles Office.

'Advise the Bureau of any

contacts regarding this matter, marked to the attention of the Crime

Research Section,

Very truly yours,

2706"s

John Edgar Hoover

Director

NOTE: See cover memo Jones to DeLoach, dated 12-13-61, captioned

"Fred Otash, United Nations Publications, Inc., Research (Crime

Records). " No MANUAL CHANGES NECESSARY.

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PERSOIL ATTENTION.

SAC LETTER NO. 01-

61-72

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

In Reply, Please Refer to

December 26,

1961

WASHINGTON 25, D. C.

(A) FRED OTASH

UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATIONS, INC. - HOLLYWOOD,

CALIFORNIA - RESEARCH (CRIME RECORDS) -- The Bureau has received

several communications from various field divisions, private

individuals and firms concerning captioned individual and a

brochure which he recently printed announcing his "1962 International

Directory and Almanac for Private Investigators, Adjustors, Re-

possessors, Collection Agencies, Credit Reporting Houses,

Services.

un page two of this brochure there is a printed letter

by Otash in which he states his reasons for publishing this directory.

A postscript to this letter acknowledges "the fine cooperation we

nave received from J. Edgar Hoover, director of the F.B.I., U.S.

Dept. of Justice...and many contributing individuals without whose

help this book could not have been published."

The extent of the Bureau's

cooperation with Otash, a

former criminal symbol informant of the Los Angeles Division, was in

the form of a letter dated April 19, 1901, which replied to his

communication inquiring as to the location of FBI offices abroad

and in this country, which information was to be incorporated into

his directory. Otash was advised that the FBI does not maintain

offices abroad and a list of our present field divisions

was

furnished to him.

The Los Angeles Division was instructed to contact Otash

and vigorously protest the manner in which he implied the cooperation

and

assistance by the FBI in the preparation of his directory.

Upon contact, Otash related he would immediately cease any further

dissemination of this brochure. In the event your office receives

any inquiry concerning this brochure or Otash, you are authorized

to briefly inform the contacting party of the above information

with the exception that Otash was a former informant of the Los

Angeles Office:: Advise the Bureau of any contact regarding this

matter, marked to the attention of the Crime Research Section

12/26/61

SAC LETTER NO. 61-72

(B) TRAINING - POLICE - SPECIALIZED SCHOOL ON SEARCHES AND SEIZURES --

It

was recently

brought to the attention of

the Bureau by several

Attorneys General of the Midwestern States that local law enforcement

was floundering in regard to the present law on searches and

seizures as a result of the Mapp v. Ohio decision by the

VENCLOSURE

t6-04

-supreme Court.

DEC 2 5 19ALL INFORMATON CONTAINED DEC 28 1961

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