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Hoover (John Edgar, 1895-1972). First Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Typed Letter Signed, 'J. Edgar Hoover', Federal Bureau of Investigation letterhead, Washington, DC, 2 May 1961, to James S. Copley, publisher, San Diego Evening Tribune, sending his congratulations on Copley's 're-election to the position of the Secretary of the American Newspaper Publishers Association', concluding that he and his FBI associates hope that Copley 'will not hesitate to call on us for any assistance we may be able to give', blue ink signature, two filing punch holes to blank top margin, one page, 4to (Quantity: 1) James Strohn Copley (1916-1973) was a journalist and newspaper publisher who had close associations with leading Republicans of his era. In the late 1970s, the American media reported that the Copley Press was used as a front by the CIA. Reporters Joe Trento and Dave Roman claimed that Copley, who served as publisher until 1973, had cooperated with the CIA since its founding in 1947. They also reported that a subsidiary division, Copley News Service, was used in Latin America by the CIA as a front. They also said that reporters at the Copley-owned San Diego Union and Evening News spied on antiwar protesters for the FBI, alleging that at the height of the operations at least two dozen Copley employees were simultaneously working for the CIA. Copley was also accused of involvement in the CIA-funded Inter-American Press Association.