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[10]MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Security
[12]TYLER, Lyon L.
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[16]SUBJECT
[18]1. On 5 January you queried the Undersigned as to his knowledge
[19]of Mr. Tyler. For your information I have known Mr. Tyler, who is’
[20]known as "Shug", for about fifteen years. He is an attorney and a former
[21]FBI agent, and my association with him stems from the Society of
[22]Former Agents of the FBI. Most of the information set forth below
[23]was derived from personal contact with Slug over these years.
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[27]2. Mr. Tyler entered the Bureau in 1939 and remained in the
[28]Bureau until 1948. He served as a Special Agent and worked in Bureau
[29]Headquarters at the time of his departure. Upon resigning from the
[30]Bureau he went to work on Capitol Hill and according to Slug he worked
[31]for Lyndon B. Johnson, then Senator Johnson. AsTJ recall, he itidicated
[32]that he was in charge of Senator Johnson's files and records. He also
[33]knows a great number of Gongressmen and Senators on the Hill and his
[34]present office contains autographed pictures of President Johnson, Vice
[35]President Humphrey and many prominent Senators and Representatives,
[37]3. Some time later Slug left his employment on the Hill and started
[38]into the private practice of law. He at first shared an office with the firm
[39]of Welch, Mott and Morgan. His contact with this firm came about through
[40]his association with Edward P. Morgan who is also a former Bureau
[41]agent who served during the years 1940-1947. Apparently, Mr. Tyler
[42]felt that he could not work with Morgan and subsequently he started his
[43]own law practice in the Investment Building. The name of the firm is
[44]Tyler and Stetter. This is a loose arrangement since Stetter, also a
[45]former Bureau agent, is mixed up in real estate and investigative activities
[46]as well as law practice.
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[59]4. One source of Tyler's income has been the Agency. He ~
[60]has been utilized by Central Cover Staff, the Office of Security and the
[61]Office of General Counsel to my knowledge. I do not think he has been
[62]heavily involved in operations, but rather has furnished backstopping
[63]and safehouse support. On at least one occasion I raised the question
[64]as to whether we were not using Tyler too much. In view of your interest!
[65]I have asked for a summary of our association with Tyler. _
[69]5. Tyler has been married twice and his current spouse is named
[70]Peggy. At one time she was personal secretary to the Secretary of _
[71]Commerce and has always held a position of executive secretary to highly
[72]placed people in government. Slug himself is very affable and is
[73]extremely well known. He has been active in the Ex-Agents Society and
[74]may have had some minor involvements in politics.
[76]6. Edward Morgan, who is mentioned above, is a well known o
[77]attorney dealing primarily with cases coming before the FCC. He is
[78]reportedly very wealthy and Tyler told me at one time that Morgan obtained
[79]his funds through Oklahoma oil men. It seems that he represented a
[80]number of southwest oil men in obtaining a franchise for TV stations in
[81]that area. He was given part of his fee in oil leases which proved to be
[82]of great value. On one occasion in about 1954] talked with Ed Morgan
[83]regarding the possibility of a national ex- FBI agents convention in
[84]Washington, D. C. At that time Mo rgan indicated that he would be
[85]willing to put up $250,000 to back a convention in Washington. He made
[86]this offer to indicate that he was certain such a convention would be a
[87]success and no financial loss would occur from such a convention.
[89]7. In about 1951 Ed Morgan left his law practice to take over
[90]as Chief of Enforcement of the Office of Price Stabilization. At that
[91]time he hired a number of former FBI agents and reportedly was
[92]accused of proselyting agents from the Bureau. It is common gossip
[93]among ex-agents that the Director of the FBI was extremely miffed at
[94]Morgan's action and would have nothing to do with him. There was
[95]also talk among ex-agents that the FBI had thwarted his attempts to
[96]become president of the national ex-agents organization. (He ran for
[97]the presidency and was defeated in 1957.) .
[99]8. The above is set forth for your information.
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[102], Enarles W. Kane
[103]Deputy Director of Security