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Salandria was tempted to inquitre of Colonel Cross whether he happened
to know who removed Mr. Salinger's tape from his "perscnal files" while
they were in the custody of the "National Archives for placement In the
Kennedy Library." Salandria was tempted to ask how a transcript which
was turned over to a journalist could attain, on an ex post facto basis,
classified status and thereafter be restricted to official use only.
But Salandria lost interest in pressing any further for the tape, because
he strongly suspected that further pressure on the Pentagaon would give
birth to another governmental forgery in a case which is already over-burdened
with governmental fabrication. Any tape produced at this late date after
the shenanigans outlined above will perforce be as forged as the X-Rays and
photographs of the Kennedy autopsy will be if and when they are ever produced.
The search for the tape did come full circle however with "the following
charming letter:
"In order to reply to your letter of last
December 26, we sent a number of inquiries to
various government agencies which has resulted
in this very tardy reply
"To begin with, a, search of our collections in
the Library of Congress has not revealed any
such recording. Normally we would expect such
recordings to go to the National Archives, and
since it relates to the assassination of President
Kennedy, to the Office of Presidential Libraries
in that agency, where material for the Kennedy
Library is being assembled. As I understand you
have already learned from your earlier inquiry to
the National Archives, no such recording has been
located there. Our further inquiries with the
Department of Defense have also failed to turn
up any evidence of the recording, but we were
advised to request that you write to the Department
of the Army, Chief of Communications and Electronics,
Départment of Defense, washington, D.C. Perhaps
that office can be of some assistance '(Letter
from The Library of Congress, Donald L. Leavitt,
Head, Recorded Sound Section to Vincent J. Salanória,
dated February 20, 1968.)
"Perhaps that office can be of some assistance. Mr. Leavitt,
we doubt it.
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