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CONFIDENTIAL Ivan: I talked with Virgil Copeland this afternoon (2/22/63) and he said that they were making plans to try to get the extention from Bob Marchman. . I delivered the message to him yesterday. Virgil told me in regards to the sale of the Bright house on Peyton that the man has signed an affidavit to the effect that Thornton told him that he had other sales in that neighborhood, and that " this was his last chance to sell and not lose money". Swouthwest has an appointment with Judge Parham monday, that plan to draw up the necessary papers and file the affidavit. Parham told them that with that statement, there was no doubt that they could get the Georgia Real Estate Commission to suspend Thornton's license. • They are going to use this to threaten Thornton, to get him to agree to sell the house back to Bright. Another interesting comment Virgil made is that Southwest has employed a new attorney . . . that they have proof-positive evidence that there is a strong colusion between Cecil Turner and Empire Real Estate Board to bust this neighborhood. . he said that Gene Bennett is in on the deal. . and they plan to expose the entire thing. . . I asked Virgil to keep me posted and to furnish me the name of the attorney they have retained. Have you given any more thought as to how we can more ahead on this thing? It sounds like to me that me might have a biger mess on our hands. Virgil also said in talking about Cecil Turner, that the attorney felt they would be able to get the Grand Jury to indite him . �