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What exactly are the O&C Files? Some 17,000 pages contained in 165 files that Hoover retained in the privacy of his own office suite. They evolved in an interesting way.
- Destruction of his personal files became a priority upon his death in 1972. J. Edgar Hoover died at his home on the night of May 1-2, 1972; his body discovered the next morning by his chauffeur.
- The difference between personal papers and official files became a point of contention with Congress. Between May 2 and May 12, 1972, Helen Gandy worked on the personal files collected by J. Edgar Hoover, while at the same time she and other FBI officials took steps to preserve what they considered official files.
- Eight presidential administrations had been spanned by Hoover’s tenure as Director of the FBI. When Helen Gandy closed the last of the boxes (more than thirty total) which contained the papers she identified as Hoover’s personal files and sent them to the FBI for final destruction, only two known people had seen the contents of the entire personal file.
- Hoover’s Official and Confidential Files were released, though redacted, to the public. The Official and Confidential files kept by the FBI at the behest of Director Hoover, known as Hoover’s Official and Confidential files, were released to the general public in the late 20 century.
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover is a 1977 American biographical drama film written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen. It stars Broderick Crawford as Hoover, alongside an ensemble cast including Jose Ferrer, Michael Parks, Rip Torn, James Wainwright, Celeste Holm, Ronee Blakely, John Marley, Michael Sacks, Brad Dexter, Tanya Roberts ...
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J. Edgar Hoover Official and Confidential (O&C) Files. This posting consists of material that was previously posted on the FBI's original FOIA Reading Room web site and released in hard copy prior to that. It has been digitally enhanced to be more readable.
Dec 6, 1976 · One of the reasons why J. Edgar Hoover was able to hang on to power at the FBI for 48 years, until his death at 77 in 1972, was a collection of files he kept in cabinets in his private...
Because sensitive documents, if otherwise serialized in the FBI's central records system, would have been vulnerable to congressional subpoena or review by senior officials in the Department of Justice or the White House, Hoover recognized early on the value of a secret office file.
Frontline reveals how Hoover’s own secret life left him open to blackmail by the Mafia and offers a startling new explanation why the FBI allowed the mob to operate unchallenged for over two...
