CONFIDENTIAL

9 July 1947

MEMORANDUM: Executive for Inspections and Security

SUBJECT: William Patrick Burke, Jr.

In compliance with CIO Directive 16 and with authority from the Projects Review Committee, this Branch will open a Liaison Agent Office in New Orleans, Louisiana as soon as the necessary personnel may be processed for employment. The Southeastern area of the United States represents a fertile field for the operations of the Contact Branch and it is deemed advisable to open a New Orleans office at the earliest possible date.

Mr. William Patrick Burke, a native of New Orleans, a graduate of Harvard and Tulane University Law School and a former Major in the U.S. Marine Corps is under consideration for employment as the Acting Regional Manager for this office. In order that his employment may be effected in the shortest possible time, it is respectfully requested that a priority security investigation be granted on this individual. It is realized that the total number of allowable priority investigations is very limited, but in the instant case, the circumstances are such that the excellence of this prospect will measurably aid in the accomplishment of the mission of this branch.

John F. Flake
Assistant Executive Officer
Contact Branch