Chapter 117: Edgar Hoover

"Hey, boy, someone wants to see you, come with us!" The FBI stopped Shen Long and pointed to a car not far away, and the bodyguards accompanying the Corleone family tried to make a move, but were stopped by Shen Long.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine, you go home and tell the old man, I'll go back later." Shen Long's composure surprised both the FBI and the bodyguards.

Sent away the bodyguard, Shen Long got into the FBI's car, sat in the back seat and closed his eyes without saying a word, quietly thinking about what to say when he saw the main owner for a while, and the FBI agent did not talk to him.

The car circled around New York City for a long time before it stopped at the door of a nondescript house, and the agent opened the door, "Go in, Director Hoover is waiting for you inside." ”

Yes, Shen Long is going to meet the legendary figure who has ruled the FBI for 48 years - Edgar Hoover, it is hard to imagine that such a powerful person and Shirley Temple are friends, but it is true, the relationship between the two of them is very special, Shirley Temple after experiencing the first failed marriage, when she remarried, she also commissioned Edgar Hoover to investigate her second marriage partner, and only married him after Hoover was sure that this person was fine.

Shen Long took a few deep breaths to calm his mood, in the world of "Blood Romance", he had already seen big people more than once, and now even when he met Edgar Hoover, he was able to maintain a steady state of mind.

Inside, an expressionless agent took Shen Long to Hoover's study, where he met the legendary man who was once probably the most powerful man in the United States, Edgar Hoover, who was fifty years old and had been sitting on the FBI throne for twenty-one years, and if nothing else, he would sit in that position for twenty-seven years.

This is a slightly fat, serious-looking man, seeing Shen Long come in and not getting up, still behind the desk looking at Shen Long's letter to himself, after the agent exited and closed the door, Edgar Hoover asked, "Where did you get this news?" Why did you give it to me? ”

Shen Long shrugged his shoulders and replied calmly, "New York is not an easy place to live, we always have some special news channels, and this is a chance to get it. "Like Tom Hagen said, the Corleones can sometimes do things that even Edgar Hoover can't.

However, this news was not obtained through the Corleone family, but Shen Long dug it out of historical materials, and he told Edgar Hoover in the letter that Elizabeth Bentley, the female spy who had provided the United States with many ** secret military intelligence in the just-concluded World War II, was actually a double agent of the Red Empire.

Over the past few years, she has been sending secret messages to the intelligence agencies of the Red Empire from high-ranking Washington figures, including Roosevelt's top aides and Truman's right-hand men, as well as some powerful people in the Treasury and Commerce departments.

This news is not trivial, Edgar Hoover had no idea that Elizabeth Bentley would be a double agent, in fact, without this letter, Elizabeth Bentley's identity would not have been revealed until 1948, she was later called the "Blonde Spy Queen" by the press, and was judged by many media as one of the top ten female spies in human history.

Edgar Hoover immediately began to verify the message and quickly found clues, and after confirming the authenticity of this information, he immediately asked Shen Long to be brought to him.

"As for why I gave it to you, I think it's my duty as an American citizen, the Corleone family has always been a supporter of this country, Vito Sr. has been donating to several charities, and my brother Mike was awarded the Cross and the Purple Heart for his bravery in the war that just ended." Shen Long said seriously.

"I've dealt with Al Capone and know that you gangster families have their own unique channels of information." Edgar Hoover bluntly pointed out Shen Long's identity.

"For thousands of years, as long as you work hard and sweat for food, any profession is worthy of respect." Shen Long responded neither humbly nor arrogantly, and this sentence is also what the godfather often said, "In some places that the government cannot take into account, someone must always provide order." ”

"Your behavior is very different from mine, and it seems that the guys responsible for collecting your intelligence should work in a different place." Shen Long's answer was beyond Edgar Hoover's expectations, he originally thought that the letter was written by Vito Corleone, and the guy in front of him, who was said to only know how to spend time and drink, was just a messenger, but now it seems that this may not be the case.

"The Corleone family is willing to fill in the gaps for you to avoid a recurrence of this in the future." Shen Long said his purpose, of course, none of this information is free, correspondingly, Hoover should also provide some convenience for the Corleone family.

In fact, although Edgar Hoover was the director of the FBI and arrested the Chicago underworld overlord Al Capone and cracked down on gangsters like Dillinger when he started, in the late thirties, Edgar Hoover changed his attitude, and later there were rumors that he had ambiguous relationships with many underworld figures.

If it weren't for that, Shen Long wouldn't dare to come to see him; As for the reason, on the one hand, it may be that the gangsters have Edgar Hoover in their hands, and on the other hand, he turned his attention to German spies and Red Empire spies in the later period, and was too lazy to deal with these underworld figures, or these underworld figures can indeed facilitate him in some way.

In fact, the American gang developed well during the reign of Edgar Hoover, and it was only after his death in the seventies that it began to fall apart under the powerful blows of the American government.

"It's a crucial gift, but it's not enough to convince me." Edgar Hoover put down the letter and stared at Shen Long with a sharp gaze.

"Of course, we're not the only one, and we can provide more if you want." There was not only one Red Imperial spy exposed at about the same time as Elizabeth Bentley.

However, Shen Long knew that Edgar Hoover's main concern now was not this, but the last thing he said to Shirley Temple, "I know that Mr. Hoover and Harry have had a little unpleasantness recently, and I can also help in this regard." ”

This Harry is Harry Truman, who just succeeded Roosevelt as president of the United States in April.