På en række møder med hærens og flådens efterretningsagenter undersøgte FBI sagen om Francisco Ruiez som afdækkede det forbløffende faktum at fjendtlige agenter vidste besked om Proces 97 og faktisk forsøgte at stjæle hemmeligheden.
At a series of conference with Army and Naval Intelligence officers the FBI reviewed the case of Francisco Ruiez from whose effects had come the startling information that foreign agents had learned about Process 97 and were actually attempting to steal the secret.