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from the Department of the North American Shipping d Trading Co.and several of its subsidiary and affiliated compan§§s. The allegation
is that these companies made false statements to the Government as to
the nationality of the financial interests behind them at the time _lthey purchased 60 surplus vessels from the Maritime idministretion='Former Congressman Joseph Casey D, Mass.! is the president of one _
of the affiliated companies
BACKGROUND
As you will recall, at the request of the Claims Division
the Bureau is presently conducting an Admiralty Hatter investigation
into the purchase of the Tanker Heacham from the Maritime Administrae
tion.by the American Overseas Tanker CorP»; an.affiliate of the
North American Shipping and Trading C0,, and its subsequent resale to
alien Chinese interests, The New York-Office is presently conducting
an accounting investigation in this matterr. I '. . t ' -
§_The December 19, 1951, edition cf the Timeseerald contained
an article to the effect that the Hoey Senate Committee contemplates
a probe into the sale of 100 surplus ships by the Maritime Administrae
tion,
2?-2iI.T-_§ /2,, -,By memorandum dated December 26, l§§l: James H. Mclnerney,
Assistant Attorney General, requested that the Bureau conduct an
investigation into an allegation that the North imericm Shipping and
Trading Co. and several of its subsidiary and affiliated companies
had made false statements to.the Maritime Administration at_the time
they purchased 60 vessels from that agency. The false statements
concern themselves with the nationality of the interested persons
making the purchases. The purchasing companies claim that they arebacked solely by an Americanqingfrest wherein the Government alleges, '1 I * " '
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Memorandum to Mr. Ladd
that these corporations were operating for Greek and Chinese
interests. Former Congressman Joseph Casey D. Mass.! is the
president of one of the companies involved, the American Overseas
Tanker Corporation.
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KQLJ7 There is attached hereto for approval a memorandum to the
New York and Washington Field Offices instructing that an immediate
and continuous investigation be conducted into this matter and
further instructing them to submit reports by January 23, 1952,
in order that this investigation will $e_oompleted prior to the
Congressional hearings expected to be held on February 1, 1952 by
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