States Government to buy or condemn the property adjacentto
the Historic Site, it was unanimously decided to sell the
property at public auction without restrictions. In order
to afford Mr. Krug the opportunity to take such action as
he felt necessary Mr. Koons was instructed to write to the
Secretary of Interior and advise him that the Executors had
decided to sell the property without restrictions. Mr.
O'Connor and Mr. Koons were authorized to go into the
entire quesiton at length with Mr. Krug in the event he so
desired.
 
V. Request of Navy Department for certain original papers
   from the President Roosevelt files relating to Arabian oil
   and financial aid to King Ibn Saud.
 
        Mr. Koons reported that under date of March 14, 1947 the
Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy Department
requested from Fred W. Shipman, Director of the Franklin D.
Roosevelt library, the following papers from President
Roosevelt's files in connectrion with the Congressional
investigation relating to the purchase of Ariban oil by the
Navy:
 
       (1) Memoranfum prepared by the Secretary of State, dated
           April 16, 1941.
 
       (2) Memorandum from F.D.R. to Secretary of the Navy, dated
           April 30, 1941.
 
       (3) Letter to Miss LeHand from John F. O'Keefe, Special
           Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, dated May 23, 1941.
 
The foregoing papers were located by Mr. Shipman among the
papers now stored at the Library, but for reasons of public
policy and in accordance with the policy previously adopted
by the Executors Mr. Koons advised Mr. Shipman that the
papers in question could be made available to the Navy
Department only on request of the President. Although the
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