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There is no inforrnation available regardine the abovenamed subject nor,tf there any infono.~tion availq_ble conce rru.ngDr. "t'iilliam. Forbes!li'hor"!)lou-n. .Inform~ttan has been previou~ly fur~~hed con~ernin~In.fTid\o.:~rbUrg in a memorandum entit'_~d "Eein: .. Behrend.t , et ;}J.,d-'tted \.:-:mu!lry 30J 1941." 1Concernfng Dr. Wilhelm fleich, 75-02 Kes se.Lstn:.:t, forestHills, Lcne Ish.nd, NewYork, informc"toion is a"aih.bl~ thnt. Dr. Rp.ichcame to the United sta~es in 1939 fro:n Oslo, tIonny. Dr. Reich isdescribed as an Austrian and is reported to h.we been a ~aio Gon-munist aeent in Au::;tria. prior to the Ansch.lus s and to have beenexpelled from Auztri:t and other count.rLes for his COi-ClU.'1ist.ic

actLvities. AV3.il':\hleLnf'crmat.Lon inni:::Atcs th~t Dr. ~'::}.ch hrvj ~can!;ider.::b:!..e nolittc:l..l f'o LLowi.ru> in !,u5tria. esneci. q _ 1 .1 v :'!T'1.on.,.th".---------~-~-- r---~----~~ ~~-----~- .... ~-- -"----~ ..-" --,,------ .... -----.. - ~WOITlen doctors. Tte divorced 1tife of L'r. Reico is nbo :"~~90rted to beeneaged in Cor..mun1:tic activities.

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lnfomation ha.s b~en o~tained r r o m a confide:1tial ....urce tothe effect that Dr, William Reich was on t.he ~;edicA.l Advisor;r Beardof the COlJlIl\unistParty, United states of America, whi:::hbear-d ~sunderstood to have published the magazd.ne ent.t t.Lod 1I;~;::2.Hh andHyp,iene.1l

A ....Lsa "" ;7::5 issued t .~)_Dr. Reich 0: 1 August 11, l'139, by theDepartment of ~tate of t!le Dnited stat.;s Go..errment , in.:l$il:.1chas hevns able to pro ..... that the NewYork :)eminar fer Vegetoth'?-rar>hy 1";35 apart of th~ ne~';"School for Social Resear-ch, lihich ..is an ;lccr~dited ..... _educat.t.onal, inst.itution.. . ~ ~ ':} .

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~tl'l.-.xe.ferenc;.e_!Q_your memorandum of l!'ay ?, 1941concerning r. Wilhe1m~ei.ch~lease be advi sed that acustodial ~ehtion-cafd relative to Dr . Reich has beenprepared, but has no t as yet been approved. An investi-gaticn concerning Dr. Reich l'iaS requested of the ~rCi" YorkOffice by letter dated rareh 26, 1941" to detern:ine de-finit ely t hc: t he is presently in the United states an dif so, the nature of his activities incommunist con-nections in this country" if any.The facts concernine his b~ckcround ~ .a ve n otb ee n b rou ght to the attention of the Imnieration andNaturalization authcrities Lnasmuch as it Vias fe: t thatfurther details developed durinr:; the investigation requestedwould make it possible to present a m or e accu rate [;ictureto these authorities.Since the receipt of the Departrr.ent of state~emor~dumQt April 3 0 , - 1 94 1 ,_ w hich lis ts Dr. Reich as an!nterested person in tile visa appl.i.cat.Lonof 1.~rs._F~sa . ~, stai, givinG his addr ess in Forest Hills, Lonb Island,New'York, it would appear that he is preser.tly inhe I . . / \ j) United states, and if JOu so desire, the infonn~tion r ~.presently available vfill be communicated to the 17Imrnit;rRtion authorities ...~

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WASHINGTON, D. C . 6/16/41

FiLa NO 100-1849

TITl..IELL:JF

WILHID.trtZI CH wn:n:1AL SECLil t I TY (C)

SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: Su bject admitted to the United stateso n Auguot 2 8 , 1 9 3 9 . destined to Nr:l'lSchool of Social Research, 6.) \7est 12thstn;:~;t, Ne\'~York City, :'0 tcac}. rcycholo;:y.

- RUe -i tEFBnE.NCE: Bureau letter dated tlarch 26, 1 9 4 1 (100-14601).

D E T A I L S :/~; .< J . ., j . . . . " / ' RALFH A. HORNl!:R.,Assi::;tant Chief of tr.e D i v i : - : i o no f C er t i f i c a t i o n , I ~ ' l i g r a t i o n a n d Naturalization S e r v i c e ,fu rnishe d A ge nt, for examination, su bject's vi~a f il e ~ hi chreflected the following pertinent information;

W I LH ZU ;i R E ICH arrived in the United states fromOslo, Norwayon theS~-S~Stav~nberfjorc., landing at. t.ho Portof Ner, York oriAugu~t 28, 1939. He had in his po~~r;;;.3ionanon-quo t a i mm ig r .c ti on visa.._k19, issued h~ by the Aez-LcenConsUla:te at Oslo, l!on:c.y, on AUsust 1 1 , 1 9 3 9 ; a n a a n identi-f i c a t i o n p a p e r is~ued h i m by t h e Notary P u b l i c of t . . h ec i t yof Oslo, Nonar, datd II;ay 27, 1 9 3 9 .,, ' , . . '~ , / I n h i s ~ p p l i c a t i o n f o r v i s a , subject d e c l a r e d th~the wa~ born. at Dobrzanice, Poland, on Uarch 24, 1 9 7 ; is o f

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Su bject claimed to have been a professor of psy-chology at the Psychological Institute of the Ull...iversity ofOsle; and came to the U n i t e d s t a t e s solely for t he pu r Fos eof teaching psychology at the llew School for Social ltesearch,66":iVest 12th street, NewYork CitY.j He is described as follct.s;

the Hebrew ra.ce; divorced; and has two children: EVA,bornApriT'27-;-1924, and LORE, born Liarch 13; 1938, both residingin NewYork City (address not indicated.

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J\T NEW YO :-:K CITY, w ill conduct appropriate invaztigaticnof the subject, Vlho is alleged to be teaching psycholoeyat the New School for Social Resear~h, 6 6 West 12thStreet, New York City.

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HR,dml . July 17, 1941

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Tr . .ere is trc~11smitted he rcwi tn ,3. tlOGSiel~ ..tQ,vi llGthe mf'crmat.Ion pr esentIy a v a i l a b l e i r l ' ~ _ t h eiles of thisB u r e a u w i t h r e s p e c t t o m . r ; l L H 3 W f i E l C i Iwhose a d d r e s s is 7 5 - 0 2 K e s e l s t r e e t , ~oresE R i I 1 3Long I s l a n d , N ew lork

It i6 recomm ended th~~ this i n d i v i d u a l boconsidored f o r c u s t o d i a l d e t e n t i o n in t h e e vent of anational e m e r g e n c y . T h e in fo rm at ion co nt ain ed e n tb~attached d o s s i e r constitutes tho b asis for appropri~tfconsideration in this r o s a r d .

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I t should b e understood, o f c o u r s e , that ad di-t iona l in fo rm at ion m a y b e r e c e i v p . d f r o m t i m e to tim esupplementing that alrc:atly available in the Bureau'sf i l e s , and as s u c h data D.re r e c e i v e d they w i l l b e m a d eavailab 16 to you 50 that the dos8ie, in your possessionmay be supplemented thereby .I t w i l l b e g r e a t l y a p p r e c i a t e d i f y o u w i l l ( ; I d -vise t h i s Bu reau at y o u r earliest convenienc~ as to thedecision r e a c h e d in thio c a s e . nc- -,V e r y t r u l y ' y o u r s . I f . ! j,

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o ) .,l!Ove::lber 27, 1941

Spccinl A g e nt in Chil. :"CoN e - ; r lorkl ~ : e ' V 1 YOl"i A . Ind1viduals b;: : l iev0d t~1 t,E' the m ost.....) !." .... , ' ~da;ng(lroqs, an-I "thO in ::\I1 pr cba ci1 ity should 01'" ~nt~:-nF;d in ~V"lnt~., . of W ar. ,-

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\' ~r-~I';.:nil: ;': .: .','.< " ( -! '-~ , ; rr # \ I,. , { , ( , ' . " . : ' . ' . ' . ' . Group C. I nd iv idua.Le believed to tc t!l~ lee-st- dangerous. end \\'honeed not be restricted in absence of adcii tionalinformation, but should be subjected to gen eral surveillanoe.

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Dea.r Sil': " . -nafer~:1 Cd is made to illy letter of A ug ust. 19. 1941.

to all Special Agent.s in Cllarge enclosing a copy of a 'Tlemcrandumf'r-om Ml". Lawr e nce M. C. Smith, Chief of tlle Special Def'enae Unitof ~he Depart~Enl of JU3tice, rel3tive to th~ cla36ifica~lon, asto d ang er ousness. of the individuals under consider=tio~ forcus t.cd ia l de ~~n~iC'n ~nr.1 tl"jc clR:;Jsificil t.icn, as to ';l11'r .i.niancj-.

evidence upon whi.ch the G.angerol1sness c les s if icaticn ismade ,

Ple~se b e ad vise d that infor mation has now oeenrace ived from the Special Defens~tL;t.;rt.B~.t'./ / _,~r. ~11t~1~ffl~~7 ; . - ~ . : ; ::l~~1 . ~ . 1,.~~~ '- ~~~ Hi~..L~f' ~ 'Jar l ...i.~.nd. !t. f ..

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by the SpeCiAl Defense Unit as:____ 1. Sufficient to establ is':'l t o n e che rges u;cn

w hicll the dangerous classification was ~ade._...;l.L..-_2. Not satisfactory to substantiate t.he

charges.

Wi th respec t to ci tizenshi p status, Zllbj~.;-::, has 1.~.antentatively Cl~s5ified by the Special Defense Unit as:_-=A.__ ( A ) A n alien___ (N) A naturalized citizen

{NB} A r.ative born citizen----The auove .:lassificu t.i ous s.n" ;;Iubjc.;;\' t.o rt ','lOLlJlt ili

the light, of additional informaticn and you w111 t7;: Pl'Oillptlyinformed of any revision of t.he status of t,he i.Ltove na:neuindividual.

1 ' } l : i . 5 inve stiga t ion /i,US t re gi ven Pl"o.!f~~T((l and exped itioi,.;.t:::a t.t.en t ion in ')'~COiu."qCe with exi s ting Eu'-ean inf';.l;~(;1_.:i()i'.;-l~tnd. con-cluded at, tl1~ t3r.1"li.3St possibl:' J.o.t.c. the citizen:;U.p


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P'ebr.l.:U7 ?, 1942 "CONru:~R E G I S T E R E D M A I LR E T U R N R E C E I F T . f ; S Q . ! 5 3 T : : ~

Special A gent in C har geN sw Y ork, r;mr Yorit

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Dear Sir:Ther e is enclose d he re with a photostatic copy of

~ an ad dition to the Custodial Detention car drelating to Su bject. This addit!on 1 5 to beattached to the photostatic copy of theCu stodial Detention car d ~lrcady in you rpossession.a re vise d CU Rtodial Detention card r elatinsto S ub ject to be sub stituted for the photo-static copy of the Custodial Detention cardpr e se ntly in y ou r posse ssion which ~ ho u lr t b ~destroy ed.

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Spacial Agent in Charge~!~mYork, ~JPTI 'Tnrk

Be: ,'. ,-" ' . .~." " ", 1Dear S i r :

For your information, the Bureau has

dated ,T"l;mary '7, 1942, in which the Attorneyreceived from the Department a copy of an order

General ordered that the above named individual

Very truly yours,

John Edgar H00ve 1-D i recvor

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te~.r Sir:This if; to advise t.ha.t :j,{o!'l;1.:ltioJl ha s t,c,?('! ~'cl')i'v'e::

tl~:t":. (1,1 ~z.,...._..l$42--. th;:? At to r ncy Gener?!'Jl"C~('r8C:~i.e ~aco of 't;1lh.~~1.aRdcb _-;:,:0 ';.:':J pr eviC'JS iy ::'1~P!,3ilE' I ', ;, :cd by 1,:~') t~~:!,_Yor~ Q J t.:' _T ; " . : : l J D v ic icn of 1)~:~~ ;_'1.1'"~,1J '0- p,- 'i;p:-: ">r(;;Ij' of Ccr.:-~nr:::~icnc.l ity ,

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B rigad i!r Ge ne rel na~r nond E. L0~A83istJnt Chisr of SteffW(l.Jhil!C~On, D_ .. .IDear Gir : '!;iJat '.'11;.113

This is to 2d'/id8 that. i:lf,}nn.:!t,iNl has b ee n r ece iv edJ . : . . . . . ..l::.:y Z7, 1742r("f" r - o . " - - - - - . - -...._, ~~ ;;fj,

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! .I EM OR AN DU lLF OR T HE D IR ZC TO R,FED ER A L B UR EA U O F IlrlE ST IG A TIO N

There is transmitted herewith for you r informationa photostatic copy of a letter dated June 2, 1 9 4 2 , addressedto the Police Com missioner of New York City b y WilhelmReich, M.D., Dir ector , Or gone and Cancer R esearch Labora-tory, 9 9 - 0 6 Stafford A v enu e, Forest Hills, New York, inwhich the w riter com m ents on the investigations ~ade con-ce rning his activ itie s.

Respectfully.

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, % All enclosing herew1t.h copios of -=ora.n4wat J 'OZI Mr. WendenBer,.~ Ala1stant 'ttomer Ceneral a.n4the enclolure th.Nto. .

.,tou are 1Mt.ructed t . o 1 a n e d 1 at . l T adri.. theB u r e a u w h e t h e r o r n o t 1QUr o t t i c e h a D &nY i n t o r m a t 1 o Dperta1a1n& to the alleged vult ot 'p.l&1n~lothespol1cemen- to the homo ot a neighbor of the aubjoct ino r d e r to , at h . ~ i D t o r m a t 1 o n with r e g a r d t o R e i c h - .ruclat. & n e t COnamlst att1ll&tlolUl.

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CUSTODIAL DETENTION APPREHENSION FORI.:

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(.REI DR. mREIM REICHINTERNAL SECURITY - G & CA L I E N E N E M Y CONTROL

' i t ,. 'DirectorFederal Bureau o t InvestigationWashington, D. C.

..IIReference is made to Bureau letter dated July 1 5 t h , . 1 9 4 2 ,Bureau Fila 100-14601. Ir,Dear Sir:From a review of the fUe in instant matter there is no indica-tion that an investigation has been conducted concerr~ng the captioned in-dividual since his release by the Alien Enem,yHearing Board, dated?~+~ 'O/? _~~~~ ~e a~+ ~~.+~ ~~ +~__ A + _~ ~ - - - i A ' A ~. .. , . .., .a ., .7~J ......, . .a . . . . . I L . . . I ...~ ~ ...." ' ....... ...VU_ .....1... Wlle .j. ' l; :itJV..." "'' '' " " " . . , " : : : \ , ; 0 Go.I.. AE;Cl'"dated February 7" 1942, at NewYork City.

~~ere does a complaint received in this officefrom~f New York City, concerning thecaptioned individual, she furniiiililhedcertain nfarmatlon concerningDR. REICHwhich she had obtained from dealer inmedicalstationery-, NewYor' 1. Y. 0 action 1mS taken by t h i softice on this cO%tplaint.

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-,.The files further reflect that on May 29th, 1 9 4 2 , Patrolman- of the New York City Police Departltent, telephonically requested~ice as to the dispoSition of the alien eneII\Ycase concerning Dr. .REICH. It is further reflected that on June 28th, 1~1I:aSmade at -this office concerning Dr. YIHEUREICHy""_"" ofSpecial Squad H I of the NewYork City Police Department. It should be noted,hO'WeVer,that th18 later inquiry by the N e w Y o r k C1ty P o l i c e Department wasmade subeequent to the .:ia:t;eo the l.etter sent to the Po11ce CollUldssloner at ..:.,

}lew York City by Dr. REICH. . r~ -- -:--;- fi:,;:_~I,,' ' , . ! . . . .:>/.No turther action Will be 1iaken inhis matter- by' th:1:s -office'un- --I ,

e88 advised to the eon,trary- by the Bureau.I:.l.":;.u,:, j ; - 0- 4 { ,/)J,".~ \L Very trul.T 70ur8, " V , ' . . : . ' Ha . ~ ~ 1 . L '.CJ .& .~J I 1 .P. E. FOXWORTH, :~.. .A SS ISTA NT D IRECTOR ..\.,,,


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Ther e is enclosed her ew ith a photostatic copy of__1. an ad dition to the Cu stodial De tention cardre lating to S u b ject. This ndditio~ is to b e

attache d to the photO f.t~tic copy of theCu stod ial Detention card alr eDdy in y ou rpossession.a rev ised Cu stodial Dete ntion car d re latingto S u b ject to b e su b stitute d for the photo-static coPY of the C U A tod ial De te ntion cardpr esently in you r possesR io~ w hich should b edestroy ed. _ . .

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I r efe r to M r . ~. M. C. S m ith's m e morand um to m e date d Ju ne 2 8,1943, which r e vie ws the histor y . d ev elopm ent, and m ea.ning of the S pe c' iaICase w ork and of the dange r classifications that we r e m ad e as a part ofthat w or le .A fte r fu ll re - consid eration of these indiv idu al dang e r classifica-tions, I am satisfied that they serv e no useful pUrpose. The detentionof alien ene mies is being dealt w ith und er the proce du re s e stablishe db y the A lien Enem y Control U nit. The Special Case proced u re has b e enfound to b e valueless and is not u se d in that connection. The re is nostatu tor y au thorization or. othe r pr esent justification for k eeping ancustodial detention" list of citizens. The Departm ent fulfills itsproper functions b y inv e stigating the activ ities of persons w ho may havev iolate d the law ~ I t is not aide d in this w ork by clas sif y1 na pe r sonsas to d ang er ou sne ss.Apart from these general conside rations, it is now clear to me .thatthis classification sy ste m is inhe rently u nr eliable. The e v id ence u se dfor 'the p urpose of m aking the classifications w asinad equ ate j t.he stand -ar d s applie d to the ev idence for the purpose of m aking the classifica'-tiona w e re de fectiv e ; and finally, the notion ~t ii is possib le to

m ake a v alid d e te r mination as to how dange rou s a pe rson is in ~he ab-stract and w ithout' r e fe r ence to tim e , environm ent, and ot ~e r r ele vant; cir cu mstance s, is im pr actical, u nwise. and d ang er ous.For ~he fore going r easons I am eatisifie d that the~ptlon of thisclassification sy ste m w as a m istak e that shou ld be rectltie d ror thefUtu re . A ccor dingly , I d ire ot that t.he classit'icati~~l'il't.ofore 1 D&d eshould nottle r e gar "e das elassi, ffcations of' dang er~"" " o~.8 .,~ ~~, :"t~:~.it~~I"':,:,. ' > ' : ; ; : : ~ i \ ~ ; - . '.. . .


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A copy of this memorandum should be placed in the fileof each person who has hitherto been Siven a classification. Inaddition, each card upon which a classification appears should bestamped with the following language:"THIS CLASSIFICATION IS U NRELIABLE. IT ISHEREBY CANCELLED, AND SHOULD NOT BE USEDAS A DETERMINATION OF DANGEROUSNESS OB OFANY OTHER FACT: (SEE MEWORANDUW OF JULy 16,1943 FROM THE A TTORNEY GENERAL TO HUGH B .COX A ND J. EDGAR HOOVER ).

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100-2903' : fA ,C :EVL A U 6 U St 10, 1943

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RE: DR . mHU.l . I REICHlNTH NA L SECUR ITY (G ) & . (C )A L I E . N ~EliI C O N T L O L( B u r e D U F ile 1 00 -1 46 01 )( B u r e a u File 100-160780)Referenco is made to your letter of July 21" 1943, inmien youadvise that the Case on the above named subject was closed with the reportof Special Agent , made at l;ew York City, on February?, 1942,

and the investigation conducted did net indicate the subject had been activein Communistic affairs in this country.I wish to point out that I I " ILL I !U ROBERTtlICH" IN!cit.r:l~L .:3~C'jRlrY(C) CUSTO:JIALEr~.r:TION, is B . key figure in the Kewark Fi~ld Division" end isvery active in Communist affairs, operating a book store, locat.ed !at 216 Hal-sey Street, Newark,J:.J., which is considered the state distributioll centerof the Ccr$.unist hrty of ::.J. for cor.urru.nist pr opaganda, , I ILLIA.: . : ; ROBZRTFJ:.ICHwas elso State 11terature Director for the Communist Party of N.J., and is ateacher in the, .crker s School, 35 East 12tb Stre~t" :.b:71 York City ,N. Y., 1trl.chis also operated by ~i"le Co;:o:aunist Party.Invie ......of these facts it is believed that Dr. WIUIEUl Rl::I:;iimentioned in reference letter, and l 'r 'I L L IAM ROB a T REICH, (I. key figure inthe Newark I"iald Division are not identical.

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Dir ector , F IllDR. WILHEIJ-! !mCHSECURITY W~Tm - CEu reau file 1 00 -1 450 1

Dear ~ir:Reference 1 s m ad e to B ur eau lette r date d S e ptom ~e ~ ~3 .19 43, atatine that tha above c ap ti on ed l ~d lv id u al 1 a car rie d onthe key figure list of the New York office. althou~ it wasnoted by a review of the case th~t invoatigatlon did not indi-cate he had b ee n activ e in C om mu nist affair s in this cou ntr ,y , andth~t it w as ~e slr ed t~t e report be sub~itted aettine forthall significant infor~tion received b y this office suctaquentto the closing repor~ of Special Agent datedFebr~r, y 7, 19 4 2 , at New Yor~ City, whlc~ mi~~t tend to sub -stantiate the key figure status given the Subject.A car e~~l e xamination of the key fig u re lis t m aint aine d

b )' the I elolYork office fails to reflect the n:une of ~~ WIIJrliMUleR, although there does appear the nOJneof nLtl.L'YR~ICR, aninstructor at Worker's Sehool. This office has no informationas 1at tending to SUbstantiate w hether these indiv idu als areidentical. al thcur:'l = . new case hal been opened. on WILLIAMREICli.An inve8ti,gatio.'l is pl,.,sently in prograss t o as ce rt ain hi.identity a~d aetivities.

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