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[7]MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Security 4 May 1967
[9]SUBJECT : MORGAN, Edward P.
[11]1. I first met Ed Morgan in about 1952 or 1953 through our
[12]association with the Society of Former Agents of the FBI. Both Ed
[13]and I served on the Executive Committee of the Washington Chapter
[14]of that Society in 1953-54 and both Ed and I were interested in having
[15]the Ex-Agents National Convention in Washington, D. C. At that time
[16]Jim MciInerny was President of the Washington Chapter.
[18]2. IJ went overseas in 1955 and I have seen Ed possibly four or
[19]five times since my return in 1957. While I have been active in the
[20]Society, Ed Morgan has not been. The last time I saw Morgan was
[21]in January 1967 at an Ex-Agents dinner. All of my association with
[22]Morgan has been through the Ex-Agents, and I have never been in
[23]contact with him socially other than through the Society.
[25]3. The following information is hearsay concerning Ed Morgan.
[26]I have reason to believe that all the information is true, but I do not
[27]know it on a first hand basis. Ed Morgan served in the Bureau from
[28]1940 to 1947. He isatall, personable, nice looking individual and in
[29]the Bureau he ended up in the Training Division. He used to give
[30]lectures to the new Agents classes and the National Academy classes,
[31]and through his speaking ability he came to the attention of Director,
[32]J. Edgar Hoover. At the end of the war Morgan left the Bureau to
[33]enter private law practice.
[35]4. According to rumor, Morgan entered the field of Federal
[36]Communications practice. His firm became well known in this field
[37]and the firm name is Welch, Mott & Morgan. Rumor is that he obtained
[38]TV franchises for a number of oil men in the Middle West, and took
[39]his pay in oil leases. He made a-great deal of money in a short period
[40]of time and is reportedly worth at least a million dollars.
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[48]5. At the time of the Korean War, Morgan accepted an
[49]appointed position in the Office of Price Stabilization. He headed
[50]the investigative and compliance unit of OPS and in this position he
[51]hired a number of Ex-Agents. It was in this job that he reportedly
[52]ran afoul of the Bureau. Morgan apparently proselyted a great number
[53]of Bureau Agents at higher salaries than the Bureau made and this
[54]made Director Hoover furious. A few years later a rumor was
[55]started that Morgan hoped to replace Hoover; the Director was even
[56]more furious. I do not know this for a fact, but it has been speculated
[57]that Morgan is persona non grata with the Bureau.
[59]6. Morgan continued active work in the Society of Former Agents
[60]between 1955 and 1957. In 1957 he ran for the office of National
[61]President of the Society. He was defeated in his bid for this office
[62]and was very bitter about his defeat. For the past ten years he has
[63]not attended more than two or three local meetings, and he does not
[64]participate in Society activities, It was rumored that Morgan blamed
[65]his defeat on the Bureau, stating that he was defeated because the
[66]Bureau had black-listed him.
[68]7. According to rumor Morgan moves in fairly high circles in
[69]the District of Columbia. I believe he belongs to the Touchdown Club
[70]and I also believe he belongs to one of the more exclusive country clubs
[71]in the area. He drinks, but I have never seen him intoxicated. Other ©
[72]than the items mentioned above, I have never heard anything unfavorable
[73]concerning him. There are a number of people in the Agency who knew
[74]him and worked with him at the Bureau. I feel certain that(Frank Holmes)”
[75]would know him fairly well, as well as Bill Harvey, Ron MacMillan,
[76]Herman Horton and Glenn Fields. Lyon L. (Slug) Tyler, who has been
[77]utilized by Central Cover)for a number of years, formerly worked for
[78]Morgan in his law firm, but broke away from the firm because of some
[79]disagreement. Tyler would probably know a great deal concerning
[80]Morgan's personal habits. It should be remembered, however, that
[81]because Morgan's law practice is primarily an administrative practice
[82]before the FCC, most of his business associates would be in the broad-
[83]casting and news business.
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