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DECLASSIFIED Authority: NND 90986 CONFIDENTIAL ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE September 8, 1950 Mr. Walter D. Jones 36 King Street, East Toronto, Ontario, Canada Dear Mr. Jones: I have received your letter of August 29, 1950, and want to thank you for bringing the information contained therein to the attention of this Bureau. The Department of the Air Force is the Department of this Government engaged in coordinating and analyzing the type of information contained in your referenced letter. I have taken the liberty, therefore, in furnishing your letter to that Department for their attention. Sincerely yours, John Edgar Hoover Director Classified by 2040 Exempt from GDS, Category 1 Date of Declassification Indefinite 8/31/77 H9m 62-83894-2405 EHM:eas Note: Bureau files reflect that a Walter D. Jones in 1944 was the Treasurer of the National Council for Canadian-Soviet Friendship located at 80 King Street, Toronto, Ontario. The RCMP advised in February, 1945 that Walter D. Jones was a prominent Canadian businessman and was not known to be connected in any way with the Labor Progressive Party (CP of Canada). The RCMP further advised that the National Council for Canadian-Soviet Friendship was formed primarily by persons prominent in the business life of Canada. According to the RCMP, the list of patrons included the Prime Minister of Canada, many of the Lieutenant Governors of the Provinces, the Premiers of the Provinces and several of the Chief Justices of Canada. (100-309856, serials 1 & 5) CONFIDENTIAL