Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to R. H. Colvin, 27 June 1933: steps being taken to equip field offices with firearms
The Director replies to the Oklahoma City request of 25 June: "steps are being taken to properly equip all field offices with appropriate fire arms." The letter also declines a proposed private reward fund.
- Date
- 1933-06-27
- Kind
- case-file
- Source
- FBI Records: The Vault
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- Rights
- A record of the Federal Bureau of Investigation released under FOIA in the FBI Vault. A work of the United States government, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105. The stored image is a grayscale render of the Vault viewer's page scan.
Part 03 of the FBI Vault’s Kansas City Massacre file, page 95 of the viewer; Bureau serial 62-28915-105. Hoover writes: “Please be advised that steps are being taken to properly equip all field offices with appropriate fire arms. You will be further notified in this connection in the near future.” The letter also declines the private reward fund proposed for the Kansas City killers and refers to “Agent Caffrey,” as the letter spells the name; it gives no first name.
The reply answers the Oklahoma City request of 25 June 1933, filed separately. It is a statement of intent; it does not say which weapons were bought or when.
Object: Typed letter, one page
Maker: J. Edgar Hoover, Director
Date: 27 June 1933
Provenance: Bureau serial 62-28915-105, released in the FBI Vault
Appears in: FBI Vault, Kansas City Massacre, Part 03, page 95
