They discovered that “Jack” was Jack O’Dell. The supervisors expressed special interest in what these two discussed with Levison, as Bureau records showed that Jones had a suspicious political background and that O’Dell was an outright Communist. These two names were investigative coups. Their conversations with Levison went to FBI headquarters by red-flag express for analysis of Communist Party influence. The results were almost entirely disappointing along that dimension. Levison’s conversations were full of real estate talk about ground leases, rental payments, and city tax appeals. What he
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