Helen Gandy was the personal secretary to
J. Edgar Hoover during most
of J. Edgar's tenure as
FBI Director. She kept the most sensitive
of J. Edgar's personal files in her office, instead of Hoover's, thus when
Hoover died,
Nixon's order's to seal Hoover's office were inconsequential and
Gandy was able to destroy a large amount of material.
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