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Vht&t February 20* I
Itav that Oolt&bia has assured us that the keffingwll papers
are wlcome there (reported to you in agr letter of Jtebruaiy 20th), you
may vtnt vftttt information vo have on thoee papers to aerve a* beck*
for e letter to Mr* I**fflnivoll*

the alti&tion 1$ as follovsi

Me. J^ffii^vell v&^ one of the firet "elder DtatA>ss^nB vlelt«d»
him in lanuftiy 1954> found him reiy hoepiteblet naa essured that
he *nc^er kept diaries or black boofce of tsemor^ndafendth&t the papers
vith vhich he vas concerned ^aile ho v^e in the Treasury hare stayed
vith the ¥ream»7»tt Be offered to have & voluae of ape«ch©8» erttclec,
etc* bound for us, and kindly did *o«
Tw Ktontha Inter (Kerch 22t 1951) t vent to the trsasuxy* end
in talking vith one of the official© (Kr» Villi&a Heffeinnger), &eked
vher© the Leffingvell papers vere# Kr« Heffelfinger replied that Mr*
IiefflrfveU had taken ^dth him 20 boxes (volmeo?) of •preae^eopijr boxee*
vhen he laft the £r*asmxy* Vhen t got beck to Hev foric X phoned Mr*
li^ffingvcll to esk were till a isaterial was, and after a considerable
alienee Mr* I*effingvell replied^ tt0h - I had forgotten about that*
X guess they must be In the baae&mt of sgr house*11
In 1955 Mr* Voodvard vrot© Mr* Uffingvell along vith a
long l i s t of "elder etatee&en* asking about papers and got back a
reply vhich* after referring to sgr earlier v i s i t and hiB gift of the




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bound ?olwe» vent on to say, *X g&ve the beat account I could of vhfit
happened and *hy in %p published assays <md addreases soae of vhi<& vere
vrittan in the earlier <Saya after the events mad vhile ay mmory v*e
fresh* Hcv^Tsr, i f there i s ar^th.Ing I c&n do to help you or Mis*
Mm& further I eh«ll b& glud to do M*^
Against that background* X vould hope that a request for
* search v^ich wuld turn up the boxee of *pre0e^OFgr book** brought
from the Ireaamcy, and the deposit of them la Colmble vhere students
can Uise thea might be fruitfixL*

Xlldred Adams

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