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Diary reveals covert mission to seize secret papers
The diary recounts a 1930 operation to access foreign agents' files at Salmon Towers. The narrator and Peterkin infiltrate the O'Brien office, gain access via Meehan, photograph files, find the room bare, and trace movements to Greenwich Avenue. Conclusion: the Hoover matter is deemed closed.
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Hoover
Washington
Salmon Towers
Robert J.) Peterkin
Howell
Naval Intelligence
Mac Mee Photo Company
O’brien
Pete
Peterkin
Mac Mee
Mr. Meehan
Meehan
United States
Justin) Campbell
Lincoln Building
O'Brien
Greenwich Avenue
Lewis Strauss
Tammany
Mr. Hoover
Larry Richey
Larry
Lewis