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March 2 6 , 1940 Con fiden tial Mr* J . A. C o st e llo Tainpa T e r r ac e H o t e l Tampa F lo r id a Dear Mr* C o st e l l o : Th an ks v e r y much fo r th e a d d it io n a l in fo r m at io n vh ich you su p p lie d to n e th roun h D r .Sch r ad in , an d which you follow ed up w ith your l e t t e r of March 25th * I have not con sid ered i t n e c e ssa r y t o m od ify my i n i t i a l r e p o r t b y th e in c lu sio n o f t h i s in for m a t i o n . The f a c t s , a s t h ey h ave b een assem b le d in r e lat io n to^ H H H flp serve qu ite adequ ately, I b e lie v e , fo r th e in t e r p r e t a ^ R n o f the death o f Harvey Ben n ett as w e ll. N ever th eless I see no r eason at t h is tim e to m odify th e r e p o r t t o t h e Oran ge St a t e O il Company sin c e you can p r esen t th e fa c t s to them, and sin ce th e con clu sio n s to be drawn seem f a i r l y o b v io u s* I t h in k an y a c t io n w h ich we m igh t t ak e in r e fe r e n c e t o woul d- depen d la r g e ly upon th e a t t it u d e t a fflfW ^ ^ p r e se n t a t iv e s o f th e Orange St a t e O il Company. In my o p in io n no u se fu l pu rpose would be ser v ed by m akin g a d d it io n a l t r o u b le over t h i s c a s e , p r o v id e d th e Orange St a t e O il p e o p le h ave th e r igh t a t t it u d e and ar e w illin g to do vh at can be don e, I w ill take no act io n , t h e r e fo r e , pending the r e c e ip t of a r e p o r t from them as t o what t h ey h ave done in t h i s in st a n c e . In my o p in io n t h ey sh o u ld I n v e st ig a t e t h i s m a t t e r t h o r o u gh ly , sh ou ld e st a b lish th e fa c t s w ith r e fe r e n ce to t h is man's fam ily and t h e ir cir cu m st an ce s, and sh ou ld do ev er y t h in g in t h e ir power to o ffse t th e r e su lt s o f t h is u n for tu n ato a c c id e n t . I f th ey ar e w illin g to tak e su ch a c t io n , which i s a l l t h at can be done, I sh ou ld fe e l t h at th er e i s n oth in g r em ain in g fo r me t o d o . I f t h ey sh ou ld n o t t ak e t h is a c t io n , I s h a l l r e se r v e th e r ig h t t o I n i t i a t e i n v e st i g a t i o n on ou r own co u n t . I sh o u ld a p p r e c ia t e i t ver y much i f you w ould h an d le u n is w it h them in su ch a way t h at you w i ll be ab le t o communicate t h e ir p o in t o f view t o me. I do n ot th in k t h is m at t e r can be p er m it t ed to go w ith out fu r t h e r a c t io n m er ely b e cau se no blam e seem s t o h ave b een a t t a c h e d .in t h i s KE 0021088 -2 case t o th e co n d it io n s un der which t h is n an worked. H e e d le ss t o say we sh ou ld u r ge upon th en th e n e c e ssit y o f m akin g a th orough i n v e st ig a t ion of the fa c t s in the case o f the oth er nan, ___ abou t whom no one seem s t o know an y t h in g a t p r e se n t . Very tr u ly y ou rs, RAKjis R o b e r t A. Keh o e, f.D . HE' 0021089