re ready now,” the guy was shouting ov

rmedy turned and shook hands with THE teach
and began running across the ficld to the place he
had to he at. The beads came out of the huddle and
watched him go. . -_

ater, in his 1th floor apartment, in the U.N.
‘Towers, Kennedy sat with his shirt sticking ont of his
pants and a vodka-on-the-rocks in his hands.

“Weren't they good?” he was saying. “That boy

Poland. I can’t. ge er him. Here only three
rs and he can play so well, He has alt these mar-
yelons things in front of him. Why didn't you stay
there with him? U think what he's doing is a lot more
interesting than what I'm doing or the Democratic
party is duing or something like that. Only three years
from Poland. Poland! Now he’s here. He can have
all these things. | think it’s terrific.” . °

Tle turned to Graves, who was standing: with a
phone to his car. ook

“The hotakd me they were playing Sy r.

ahs oe fit the game inte the Pease SERS:
to see the boy play,” Kennedy said to Earl Graves.
—nirites nodded. —_—

St. Francis Prep played against Chaminade High
School on Sunday at a place called Boys High Field,
which is in Brooklyn. Richie Szaro kicked a 45-yard
field goal and then was seen running that play which
seems to be an inside reverse. He slammed through,
was hit squarely hy a linebacker and immediately spun
and came into another one leading with his side, not
his whole body, and those peasant legs kept kicking
and trying to get into rhythm and suddenly they were

It motion and he was free of hands and he raeed nine
yards into the end zone. He is going to be a hig foot-
player at a college in a couple of years.

Robby Kennedy did not make the game. At one
point in his schedule that Sunday he started to ask
about jt and they told him it would take 45 minutes to
get to the field and they dida't have the time Safe

said all right and, immersed in work, forgog about it.

TWiki over on Sunday, the St.

fo a narrow iocker room that

a ing. They had won eXsily. The

kids grabbed the doors of the grecn metal lockers and
began to hang them in rhy:

“We're number one,” they chanted.

They stopped chanting and broke into a cheer
when O'Connor, the coach, walked in. O'Connor was
holding the game hall over his head.

“Senator Kennedy,” the kids yelled. “The ball
goes to Senator Kennedy.” -

They yelled it loud. Young faces, streaked. with
mud from a game, young faces of boys 16 and 17 and
18% The same young faces that are all over the country
and they don't) w: know about old men

fF young okf men. 7 know in politics
is Robert Kennedy, the president's brother. Young.
faces, and some of them will be 21 in 1968 and all of
them will be 21 in 1972 and this is not a story about
potiticSt7 is a story about simple arithmetic.. .

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SUBJECT: SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY

On 1/9/67 Liaison Supervisor

y
pty Robert F. Kennedy dealing with wire tapping.
commented that it was her opinion and the opinion

of everyone that she had talked to about the matter that
Kennedy ended up in second place and that he has hurt himself
politically. dainty == she recently spoke to "someone
in the Kennedy camp" and that this person indicated that
Kennedy's recent battle with the Director has cost him "the
next two elections, did not enlarge eg this
comment nor did she identiiy the individual who made the
statement.

ACTION:”
For information,

- Mr. DeLoach
- Mr. Wick
- Mr. Sullivan
- Liaison
- Mr. Bartlett

. alr : r -S/ Lf4- Nps
at A pag tin

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BOJAN2AI9ER | . EON



At tho tino of my contact with Mir, NOWMAN, it :
appoarod that ko wea quito cmbarzazsed ond with tho abovo *.
in micd, I tol¢ bin that the entire oditorial scomod so

ot of els acver tuat da wy ova mind I questioned wusthor

i cn Rte Nis only response was taat

no: Bty was his and that ho covld sot "pros

tho busts 3" to scacono olso. Eo stated tnaat ho was sorry

that tho incident had cccurrod, that ho had clways admired
ead respected 212 of tho Buroau personnel with wacm ho aad
bad oceasicn to como in contact and actually folt that tho
FSI was syout tho only roal "friczd in court" that tho ~
Negro cemnus ny hed. Eo continuod that it had long boon his
pessozai op shat Ecnator KENXEDY was nos ncoar tho friend
o: tho Hogeo tust ke would kavo ovoryone boliovo and that
sotualliz Eo usceé thea Zor his coun orcs. Uy sesronso eat tua:
point wag that cs Zar as I was concozacd that wes com ainly
tg coll of a way to show his adaivation and respost. His
only soply was that tho damago had boon done and all ho

coulé do was cpologizo.

emtemg MEG

Altzouygh I did not waat to bolabor tho‘issuo, I
@id zcuin¢g hin that this was tho socond tire that ho had
yeinted crroncous information ebout tho Diroctoz snd the
FSI cnd that I folt ao was boing most unfair, Eo ogain
stated taat ko ves sorry and that actually ho was nost
eabarzassed over tho ontizo situation.

Althoush lr. NOWIUN did not at any tino ccmit that
tho ccitezial hed beca writtoa by somcono olcso curing his
absence ove> tho kolidays, his atticuce and roaction in
aecenting recnonsbility has convincod mo that this was tho
ease. Ed nover did givo tho slichtcst indicatica who night
havo weitton tho azticlo, stating woroly that it was his
papo> anc, conusoquonily, his reoponcibility. In vicw of
tho devolozsonts, no furthor inquiry is contomplated.



ON THE QIGHT .... py witiam F.gjuckley, J.

For Relesse Thureday, December 15, 1966, oc thereafter.
\taT' S BUGGING KEMNKOY?

At fixet 1¢ appears to be « semantic probles, nothing more; but a2 one looks
more closely, it becouse « titanic character struggle, am unfortunate consequence
of which is that i¢ leaves everyone woodering whether Mr. Hoover or Mr. Kennedy
is telling the truth, and practically no one wondering vhy efther of them should
think there is a great deal bere to hide, t.e., to be worth telling falsehoods
about.

The first distinction is between the wire tap and the microphone (bug). The
vee of the wiretap is regulated by law; not so the bug, which was invented years
after the wiretep lav. Por some reason (inertia), Congress hasn't got around to
extending to bugs the reservations it insists on with reference to wiretaps.

The general feeling in the Justice Department, however, bas been that it would be -
waspottesenlike to take advantage of the technicality by using bugs with abandoa.
dnd so the dispute is over the question whether, when Mr. Hoover used his bugs,
Mr. Kennedy, as Attorney General, was sware of their use, even as he acknowledges
being aware of the use of wiretaps, as required by Congress.

Certainly Mr. Hoover seems to have got the best of the credibility argument.

Mr. Kennedy aaid publicly that he vas not aware that buge were being used.
Whereupon Mr. Hoover promptly produced a letter signed "Robert F, Kennedy” raising
the question of lessing telephone Lines which vould connect up to the FBI's bugs.

Kannedy retaliated by producing @ contemporary affidavit from one Evans, a
former liason official between himself as Attorney General and the FBI, which
affidavit stated that he Evans had never spoken to Kennedy on behalf of the FBI,
on the subject of bugs.

Whereupon Hoover produced a memorandum froa the seme Evans dated 1961 in
which he reported that he had discussed with Mr. Kennedy, at the request of Mr.
Hoover, the use of microphones under certain circumstances, and Kennedy bed

wld be used, subject to the
ould be used, subject to the

denying ordinance, "where possible in organized crime matters." Question: ts
Evans (vbo is no longer with the FBI) sore credible in 1966 about what he did in
1961; or wore credible in 1961 about what he did in 19617

And then there are several witnesses who vere in the same room with Kennedy
when he listened to @ taped conversation in Laa Vegas between two hoods discussing
the unhappy local sppointment of an honest police chief, Brace yourself. Kennedy
says be didn't know the conversation hed been eavesdropped! He thought, pre~
sumably, be was listening co GS,

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Why did Mr, Kennedy do it? Let ue disdsin the moral questions, inasmuch as
they are generally thought to be tangentiel in politics, and wonder not why Mr.
Kennedy cold an untruth, but why he thought he could get away with it? (HOSE)

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DuRICTOR'S STATEMENT TO PRESS DATED 12/11/86
y CLEARANCE BY MARVIN WATSON,
SPICLIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT ° . 7

“suant to the Director's instructions, I calied Marvin
Wetson, €neci.1 Assistant to the President, at 1:05 p.m., 12/ 11/86,
and =< to Riz: the Director's statement which is to be issued to the
press within &@ mctier of minutes, I told Watson that the Director
wazied me to give him the courtesy of knowing about this matter and
to ascertain if Watson or the President had any objections.

nm bb- Seis,

44fter I finished reading the statement, Watson commented, -
=" @ good statement." He stated he had no objections,. He did
i he heped our conversation would not be mace a raatter of
record, I made no comment.

ORI +) pr

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ae

4

ing with Watson, I attempted to get in touch with
R, Gross in Jackson, Mississippi, at the home of
womner, I. L, Gross. The operator was advised that Cong-ess-
nica Gress would be avay irom his brother's home for approximately
four hours anc could not be reached, I asked that he retutn the call

when he Gid come back, I wiil definitely keep after this matter until 77-5797.
Congressmén Gross has been advised of the Director's statempgr RECORDED
toacy, 22/12/85, 102 Jan: 29 '967

aoa
Pee

For record purposes,

J Brief re microphones
:

obivan



Informal Memo to Mr. Tolson

~~ Senator Long told me that he of course had no plans to
call either Mr. Hoover or Kennedy; however, he would letus knowin -
the event Kennedy made any overtures towards him. Healsotold me <=.
that his office had received a considerable number of letters regarding ~
this matter and that virtually all the letters &vored the Director-and the
FBI.

RESPECPFULLY,

Cc. D. DE LOACH

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Wesaizgton, D. c. 20008

Dear Mr, Siegrist |

Tam certainly grateful for your our sronz
sure crt and the kind comments in your radio broadcast
cf December 15, 1$66,

4s you kncv, all I cid was to state the
true tacts end eupzoct these feets ky enorosricte decu- a
eciste your brincing the truth of this : 2
matter to the cttenticn of your listeners, .

Sincerely yours,

“YET at open i ndanre si

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Rem. 4 Ls me;
w 1- Mr. DeLoach (sent with cover memo)

a 1 - Mr. Wick (sent with cover memo)
' 1- Mr. Gale (sent with cover me mo)

NOTE: See cover memorandum M. A. Jones to Wick dated
- 12-16-66, captioned "I:cbert R, Siegrist, Mutual Broadcasting 7". -.

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svyect: ITEM ON SENATOR KENNEDY (E- ~~
os NATIONAL REVIOW
” JANUARY 17, 1967 Les

There is attached a short item from the Jamary 17thissue*
of "National Review" which speculates on why Bobb’ got himself _—
“snarled ¥ with J. Edgar Hoover in the battle of the bugs."._- ot

- -.-.. IE will be recalled that "National Review" is put out by ~
“William F. “Buckley, Jr., who is favorably inclined to the Bureau. In .
recent weeks Buckley has had three favorable columns in the daily papers

| on this matter, and the Director recently wrote him a very cordial letter
in connection with the same.

RECOMMENDATION: to BP

For information. JS

Ws - an

Wo 49-51 B7- ait,

"

. 2-2tr. DeLoach - Enclosure
>, 1-Mr. Wick - Enclosure

MAJ:jma 2 ce ce fis pepe NOP RECORDED
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. aa SISSY a

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Former Aide

~~ To RFK

Recalls

Bug ‘Pressure’

Bz LESLIE

World Jowrnal Tri

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31—A
former tcp aide lo Attorncy
General Robert F. Keunedy
said today he distinctly re-
members Kennedy pressing
the FBI to use more “tech-
nical equipment’ "to fight or-
ganized crime.

The statement of Edwyn
Silberling. former chief of
the Justice Department's or-
ganized crime and racketeer~
ing section, is important be-
cause it is the first break in
the phalanx of Sen. Kennedy
and. his former assistants
who insist that Kennedy had
ng krowlerce of PBI “bus-
ging.”

Althouch “technical equip-
ment” does not mean “bug-
fing” in the dictionary sense,
it is as much @ cuphemism
for electronic snooping de-
vices as “passed away” is for
“died.”

Silverling In an interview,
said “everybody at the meet-
ing knew he (Kennedy) was
talking about electronic sur-
veillance—parabolic = micro-
phones, spixe microphones,
bugs—that is micro-trans-
milters—the whole thing.”

This statement appears to
Tun counter to a statement
Dec. 11 by Kennedy that “I
was not aware of the ‘buz-
ging’ practices of the FBI
during my term as attorney
general.” PBI Director J. Ec-
gar Hoover has said bugging
increased at the insistence of
Kennedy.

The Hoover-Keunedy con-
tradilcions remain woe~
solved, but Sen. Edward V.
Long, D-Mo, has said he
plans to ask both men to tes-
tify before his subcommittee
which is investigating ,eiec-
tronic snooping.

‘M. WHITTEN
ne Spreial

RECALLS MEETING
Silberling. who served in
his key post from Feb. 1,
1961, to Feb. 1, 1963, made
ciear he is not taking the
FBI's side against Kennedy.
The FBI. said Silberling
failed to cooperate with his
own efforts to bring tie na-
tion's top hoods to bar by
refusing to tell him wheth-
er infcrmaiion they got
came (rom bugging or In-
formers.
The question ts vitel to a
prosceytor who must ¢cicr-
mine © 7
winat is *
deciined
Silberling,
practes tn
recaited that
meeting with Kennedy toox
place in 1861 and that the
F3L agent in charge of Hal-
Kennedy, Courtney
A. Eva's, was present sony
odtor De ent of
Jusice ofsicials.

The conference, In Arnne-
day's fiitn floor office at the
department, was callcd to
discuss progress of the anti-
racketeering program sesd~-
ed by Silvcrling. Kennedy
was concerned over the lack
of solid information on the
“top hoods.” said Silberling.
The “top hoods” are lesders
of the Cosa Nostra, sometimes
called the fia, the mob or
the syndicate.

WROTE LETTER

Silberting recalls that Ken-
wuited faster results
in the anti-rangster pro:ram
and told Frans without qual-
{fication that he wanted the
FBI to use more “techiical
equipment” to get informa-
tion,

The secollection of the
former Justice Department
aide is strikingly similar to
a@ memo in 1961 from FBI
Agent Evans to his superior
ja the FBI. In the memo
dated July 7, 1961, Evans
said ke had “contacted”
Kennedy and that the attor-
ney general “would like to
se 8 list of the technical
surveillances now in opera-
tion.” Kennedy had made
some observations to the
Possibility of utilizing ‘elec-
tronic devices’ in organied
crime investigations.” Almost
five years later, Evans v-rote
Kennedy 2 letter saying he
“did no* discuss the.use of
bugs” with Kennedy.

Silberling quit the Justice
Department to take up pri-
vate practice.

During Silberling’s stay a!
Justices, a number of majo:
Fangsters were convicted of
federal crimes. Silberling
mage picin in his interview
fedey that he has no bad

’ s na revort-
er's Circet questions.

“World Journal Tribune" -
New York, New York

January 1, 1967



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Lo 2 December 28, 1966 .

: : BY LIAISON
Gonorable Marvin Watsoa
Special Assist-at to the President .
/ The White Eouse 7 .
Washington, D. C. (o)
7 D.. F, KinnttDy
Dear Lir, Watson: KOr ‘

Enclosed are several additional items concerning
the use of electronic listening devices which have appsared in
the press. You may desire to bring them to the President's

o: attention,

Pare nner ka

1 - Mr. Wick
1 - Mr. DeLoach

Eaclasures (6)

“Report From Washington," by Walter Trohan, "Chicago Tribune 7ress
4 Service, Inc.," Chicago, QWinois, i2-21-66

“One More Card To Send," "The Danville Register," Danville, Virginia,

- 12-17-66
iy "Bobby Kennedy Takes On More Than He Can Handle in Hoover," by
a) Ralph de Toledano, "Rockford Register Republic," Rockford, "Mlinois,
12-20-66 — ooo
"Who.a Will You Believe in "Monroe 7forning World," Mource, Louisians
12-17-66 1 JAX 3 1862.

"But I Did O. K. FBI 'Bugging'-"" cartoon by j2e6 Manning, ‘Monroe, 4
Morning World," Monroe, Louisiana, 12-18
<r The Snooper," "The Arizona Republic," Phoenix,



+

3 - Bureau
1 + Boston
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article
subject of my telephone conversation this date, .

CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE
BOSTON GLOBE 12-13-66

ACTIVITIES ARTICLE |

Re my telephone call this date, ..

Enclosed herewith are

two copies of the
appearing in

today's Boston Globe which was the

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=xclosures :
“Bouby's Credibility Gap," The Tulse Tribune, Tulsa, Oxizhoma,
12-22-55
"RFK and JEH," Arkansas Gazette, Lixle Rock, Arkansas, 12-17-66
"Zugging Furor Bad Business," The © zeramento Union, Sacramento,
__Califoraia, 12-18-66
"antec: Wore Light on 'Bugs}" The Evening Star, Washington, D. Ce,
12-27-€3
"Whick Do You Believe?" Chattanooga News - Free Press, Ciattancog:,
Tennessee, 12-20-66 -

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1-Tie no Deputy Attorney Gcnesal ~ Enclosures (5)
1 -Mr. Wick - Enclosures (5)
1 - Mr, DeLoach - Enclosures (5)

NOTE: The editorials are being acknowledged separately. No letter —
is being sent regarding the article since it is straight news reporting.

“Kennedy, Hoover, 't December 26, 1966, ‘Lawrence Laily
Journal-World," Lawrence, Kansas :

"Mr. Hoover and Mir. Kennedy,"* December 30, 1966, "Savannah
Evening Press," Savannah, Georgia

“The Furor Over Wiretaps" by Gene Roberts, December 28, 1968,

“The Chattanooga Times," Chattanooga, Tennessee

‘Hoover Versus Kennedy,'' December 23, 1966, “The Daily Gazette
and Mail,"' Morristown, Tennessee

Former Aide To RFX Recalls Bug 'Pressure'," by Leslie M. Whitten,
January 1, 1967, “World Journal Tribune," New York, New York

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Ro Minnoapolis lottor 12/30/66, captioned as .*
abovo. : _
ik. NOVWMAN was contacted by ro personally on
cary 6G, 1967, at waich tizo a strony protest was mado
= Sing kis unverranted, malicious charsos made
ecito: Tiy in tho Doccmbor 22, 1966, issue of his panos.
=o was ckiilenged ta cuplain just aecw ho could arrive.
ao apy such conclus m3 rogarding tho Burosu's dispute

with Soncator EeoeRe Ne NUTDY, pa: rticularly inasmuch as

to hed proviéusly boo tod with all of the facts

by this offico. I point sod out that this material was
urnicked to him prior to his oditorial and that, asa
wesult, I fZclt that bo had bcon vory unfair to tho Director
and tho Exzoau as a whole and that I was complotoly at a
loss +2 uxndorstand his attitude.

Prior to my contact with lr

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rogarding anovaor mavtor, ac wal
UlSsCosGa That Eo too had scea the oditorial in tho
"Spokesman" and kad boon given to understand that actually

43 hac boca vritton by somcone other than Ms, NEYMAN and )
pososbly by tho Rovorond STANLEY, KING, a Nogro proachor

wo bas boog setiv. 9 various minority groups in

this aroa. advised that it was his under-
standi what NOWAN had beon out of the city during tho
holicsys and was supposed to aave arrangod to havo several

Prcuinoat Negrocs sorve as guost ogttsriik writers.

Ga Bureau ~ kb BI DIS ot 7.
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collar,
‘one end of the semi-circle. Somebody at the micro-
phone said: “I'm going to ask Scnator Kennedy, who
Fecommended him slong, with other congressmen, ta
say

Beanede stenned up te ‘the lectern and untolded
Kennedy stepped up te the lectern and unfo!

the shect of paper. He spol in aw, voice that has very
little modulation. Hix hands, red from the cold after-

_ noord, had the hint of fherves fh them:.“This indication

‘of interest aud recognition af ability and talents that

Colonel Viola has.” be was" saying. “0. contritution © °
to bis country in twa wars wes we're grateful to the -
colonel.”

Kennedy stepped back and Viola came up to
accept the postmaster's job in the Bronx. Viola made
a speech. Kennedy moved to the edge of the semi-
circle. Mra. Viola was pushed uut into the crowd.
Kennedy took her clhow and guided her back and
then stepped out to make rvom for her. She listened
to her husband proudly.

Tt was a very nice ceremony. tt was the polities
and government jobs and service and parcclling out
of power which has always gone on in New York,
‘The ones involved stood in a semi-circle and they
were all old men. It was not Robert Kennedy’s world.

Outside, Kennedy got inte the front scat of a
white four-door Lincoln convertible. He sat sideways.
Bill Barry, a wide-shouldered guy in his late 30s,
was driving. Rarry was an FRI agent who always
was assigned to-Robert Kennedy when Kennedy wis
the attorney general. When Kennedy Ieft the job,
J. Edgar Hoover, in an expression of his deep feclings
far Kennedy, had Barry transferred to Alabama.
Rarry left the hurean and now is in charge of security
for a bank in Manhattan.

Ean Graves, who works in Kennedy's official
office in New York, sat in the hack. A photographer
was next to him. There always is a photographer
from someplace sitting in the hack of a car Kennedy
is in,
Graves took a sheet of paper out of his inside
pocke ENATOR KENNEDY'S SCHEDULE,”
the electric typewriting said. Under it was a list of
times and places. Graves studied it
“Lunch, Senator?” he said.
“Id like a shake,” Kennedy said. “Can we
find a Schrafft's? .
“It's too late now,” Barry said. “We're right in
the rush hour. Five o'clock already. We're going to
have trouble making the next stop as it is.”
“Where is the stop?” Kennedy asked.
“Manhattan and Nassau in Brooklyn,” Graves said.
“You won't find a Sehrafft’s there,” Barry said.
“Why Schrafft's?” the photographer said,
“I don't know, If like ice ercam,” Kennedy said.
fh ers began te drum on the dashboard. He
tatked about his Newfoundiand shecxtog messing the
fate Senator Harry Byrd's office rug. Barry drove
the car across the Triberough Bridge and onto an
expressway to Brooklyn. The car came off the express-
“argo ibrough factory streets and into Greenpoint,
which is a place of narrow streets lined hy three and

“44 feat-story wooden houses which are stained from the

wo which hangs in the air. ~_
The car came around a Somer ‘and slowed down, -

FA park jook up theJeft side |

* was in the huddle

1 —-
"4 . of tie black, A conmer-

Kat where the park ended. -
init wp at the corner,” Barry said.

“Well, let's see if we're carly first,” Kennedy
said. “If we are, maybe we can get a milkshake :

* someplace.”

Graves got out of the car. He began running, with!
feng steps, toward the corner. Kennedy waited in
silence. Graves came loping hack. He leaned through *
the car window. i

“We're about 83 minutes early,” he misc
thetv's a pkice right. over there—see?—where we can |
get a milkshake.”

Kennaly was looking across the window at the ‘
park. The place was McCarren Park, a big stretch
of soot-darkencd grass and black dirt. Off on the other

foothall team was practicing.

hey're playing, football.” Kennedy said. “Let's

KO watch some foothall.” .
“Don't you want anything?” Graves askedt
Kennedy had the dear apen’ and he was. slidin;:

aut anto the sidewalk,

ring me some tes over to the fuothall practices,”

he said,

wry yot out ot the car on oh

walked next to Kent way.
. Keaedy slid ad

other side and
At the tow Mack iran fer

t tried to keep up.
pm. amd the s
park were on, The tym prac
mets with blue od

The coaches, in id blue
. crowd Ihind the huddle. The

ui jor the next play to run

ed on the ha
ancis Prep,” suinchody be-
about the only school in
ww lo play football.
like to see dh

the city that kuow
“Good,” hes.

A ts

Just the he

wo trom the haddie for a moment
i helmet fooked at

er th
aut poekets and

hair falling up ais. duwn onto the forehead with the
motion of his deal. The Loy in the huddle stood .
straight up now Rohert Kennedy. T
boy's mouth cane his hand automatically
reached for tae min the huddle. The
wther one st looked aroumd Ant PH
now they r te
pushing to se
Te is nev
appears where

all aw

when Robert ‘Kennedy
< people. There is the glance,
hand reaches for the nearest

Ring stops and, then. the,

a running towards’ Kennedy,
id it always the young ones who get there first
and crowd for his handshake. To tell of thie de



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.yed che present controversy between the Director and Kennedy in

w York and that he strongly felt that a tide of repercussion on the part
v. tne American public was running against Kennedy. He advised that
“Ah was lusing popularity every day. .

vy SEB 1010 me he doubted that even the personzel of the
if. x reccgnized the incredible prestige that the Director hac throughout
2 Unitea 3tates. He stated that Kennedy as usual was proving himself i

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*. testi men in the country.'' He said all people at the dinner party felt
iy ad peoved himself to be a "jackass. '' Clements told me that

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Dz LESLIE M. WITTEN
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* WASHINGTON, Dee. 31—A > =a
former tcp aide to ‘Attorney | ” RECALLS MEETING \
General Robert FP. Kennedy Silberling, who served in
fad today he disiineiy re- {hia .key post from Feb. 1.

mongers Kennedy pressing gost, to Feb. 1. 1963, made |
tac PBI to use more “toch clear he ts nob eae

. FBI's side against x .
se eee SHE Or Tha PBL, raid Sitberling
‘failed to cooperate with his
sown efforts to bring the Na-
tion’s top hoocs wo bar by
refusing to tell aim wheth-

The statement of Edwyn TM
erling. former chief of

genie crime ‘important tee er jaformation they sot
cause i is the first break in Came from bugging or in

formers.
nx of Sen. Kennedy, “ve question Is
Pra:

sccutor who must covers
mine

dough “technical equips;
does not mean “bug=|-
in the dictionary Senses; uke crucial
is as much o cupiiemism: coting with Kennedy toox
for siectronic snooping de-} place in 156i and that the
sas “passed away” Is for FSI agent in charge of Itai-
ia son with Kennegy, Courtney
erling in an interview, vA. Evars, was present alons
“everybody at the meet-} with outer armen
ew he UKXennedy) was: Justice oftcials. .
x about electronic sur=
jance—paraoolic micro:
jones, spike ‘ ratcroprones.
buzs—that is micro-trans
miltters—the whole thing."*
This statement appears t

‘The cenicrence, in Xcnne-' }
dy's {iith floor ofsice at the

S$ progress of the anti-
d=
ed by Silucrling. Nennedy
enter ence that "E | Was concerned over tie lack
«U1 by Kennedy thal of solid information on the
not aware of the ‘buge | ‘stop hoods,” said Silberling,
pragtiees of the FBI! qe “top hoods” are leaders
my term as aviomey j of the Cosa Nostra, sometimes

FBI Director J. called the Mafia, the mob or

Ren
oat Livover has said buszlog "| tne syndicate,

an ed at the insistence of” mney
Kennedy. .. WROTE LETTER,
ke Woover-IKennedy €onz:" — siperling recalis that Kens
traditcions remain unre-. \necy wanted faster results
solved, but Sen. Edward V.! tn the anci-gangster procram
ons, D-Mo, has said “be and told Fvans wilhout qual-
plans zo ask both men i tes - ification that he wanted tae,
tly cefore his subcommitice PBI to use more “technical
which 1s investizeting elec equipment” to get informa-
tone snooping. © - 5 Mons, *

department, was calicd to -

Tne’ -recollection | of “ned
fo:mer Justice Department
aide is strikingly similar to;
a memo in 1961 from FBI!
Agccnt Zvans to his superior ;
Ja the FBI. In the memo’
eaicd July 7, 1961, Evans‘
said ie had “contacted”;
Kennedy and that the attor--
ney general “would like to:

sc AW list of the technical’

surveillances now in opera-{
tion” Kenacdy had made!
soe observations “as to the:
possibility of utilizing ‘elec. *
tronic Gevices’ in organized:
ertme investizatiors." Almost}
tive ye:
Kennedy a letter saying he}
“Gid nos Ciscuss the use of :
s with Kennedy.
Silverling quit the Justice
Departinent to take up pris;
vare practice:

During Silberling’s stay ab”
Justice, a number of majoz
zanasters were’ convicted of .
feccral crimes. Silberiing

+ made picin in his interview+

today that he has no bad /

S$ against Kennedy and j
Enswering a report.

‘cot questions, *

January 1, 1967

later, Evans wrote .°~

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may be that Times Editorial . .
* Writer Gene Roberts cannot say :
fm the column below, iowcver, *
he does say & considerable
_ amount while bringing to bear .
“ his 354 years of experience az an‘
i FBI special agent in various ',
| parts of the country.) - :

te EDGAR HOOVER and Rob.
wd - ‘ert Kennedy disagree ov.
e whether Sen. Kennedy hi
‘knowledge of wiretaps or micro-:
* phoac Surveillances which were
used in investigations of top-level -
‘ organized crime. during the sena-'
tor's service as Attorney General.’
A US. congressman complains’
: wiretapping is so widespread that;
“no one in Washington can be sure.
‘his telephone is private. . 1
National columnists examine the :
. threats to individual privacy in-
+ America, starting usually from the
. unquestioned assumption that the
congressman was correct in his.!
* fear of the prevalence of electroni
snooping. .
: One columnist notes that the”
President has ordered the FBI to +
use electronic eavesdropping only !
in cases involving “national sccur-
ity," but says the Burcau has so
liberally interpreted “national se- |
curity” as to allow it to bug anys.
one it chooses.
“The “case against Bobby Baker
and some of his business associates ,
is called into question in {cderal :
court afier the government volun-
teers the information that the.
private quarters of one of Baker's
-  confidantes had been wired. a
A U.S. senator expresses the be",
lick that the FBI, because of its
wiretapping activities, principally, *-
is a major threat to American de-

mocracy., are Dp searched, neue .
AA & Sreney - ENCLOSUBE
1-4-69 oa :
GE ere ad "The Chattanooga Times"

Chattanooga, Tennessee
December 28, 1966

ALL OF the aforementioned §
happenings have much
in the news of Jate and the effcct ;
has been to create a general at- : :
mosphere of unrest concerning the . + .
goverament’s respect for the itl ih
_ -zen's right to privacy. ‘
Unfortunately, the discussion has” Lo : :
necessarily becn one-sided and has * . : .
proceeded on the assumption that so
" wiretapping is indeed undertaken -
+ Indiseriminately.
Phe talk has been one-sided be-!
cause the FBI, against whom most
f the criticism has been directed, '
wot discuss the issucs in spe-,
cific terms without possibly en-* .
:_ dangering lives and/or the national , .

recurity. It has steadfastly min
tained it “used electronic snooping
equipment only in cases involving -
the “national security” and these”
directed against organized crimo
, such as the sophisticated variety,
. employed by the Cosa Nostra, or"
as some call it, the Black Hand or!
‘afia, Now the Presidential direc - . .
*. tive has forbidden its use against . .
the big-time gangsters. Additional- : +
ly, the FBI claims it has not pre-; .
i sented for prosccution use any in-
{ formation obtained cither directly ©
' or indireelly from wiretaps.
see

aye PRETENSE is made here of -
N expert knowledge of a complex.+
organization that is charged with
“conducting investigations in almost.
200 szparate categories in areas so
diverse as espionage, sabotage, ©
bark robbery, kidnaping, applicant -

_ backgrounds and unlawful attacks | 1 f
upon migratory waterfowl. My.
strong inciination, however, is to

+ belicve deeply that: nd
“The right of the people to be secure In
thelr peftona, houses papers, and
fects acainst unreasonable search
seizures. shall not be violated, a1
‘Warrants shall issue, bub

eause, supported by oath of affirm
and particularly describing the
‘and the persoas or

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cl Assistant to the President
Kose 7 Yoon nol “98

Tan caclocing an oxcerpt of remarks made by

ORIGINAL. maz MN

is TE over tlie Mutual Droadcasting System ca any)

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Csv.cos, you moy Gocive te Sring them to tse aticntioa ae
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1 Gale (Sent ns €.20 to /.cting AG of same date)
1 ~. Rosen (Cent wii .ome .o Acting AG of same cate)

NOVO: Befiles reflect vo-’ coz is! relations with Fulton Lewis a.
Bulet of 12-14-66 thankec ..:, Le\..s for his broadcast.
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q PE OND, ATTENTION
SAC LETTER
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

In" Reply, Plasoe Rafer ‘ WASHINGTON, D.c. 30535
File Ne December 15, 1966

wr (A) WIRETAPS AND MICROPHONES -- Reference is made to SAC Letter 66- 16,
pointing out that considerable information, much of it grossly inaccurate, has
been published or otherwise disseminated in recent weeks regarding the FBI's

use of wiretaps, microphones and other electronic listening devices.

On December 5, 1966, Congressman H. R. Gross of Iowa wrote me
concerning our use of these devices. A copy of Congressman Gross' letter is
enclosed.

Enclosed also is a copy of my December 7, 1966, reply to Congress-
man Gross. It includes copies of a communication dated August 17, 1961, bearing

the then Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's signature and a letter dated May
25, 1961, from Herbert J: Miller, Jr. , to Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr.

On December 10, 1066--after Congressman Gross had made my letter
to him and its two enclosures available to the press--Senator Robert F. Kennedy
issued a statement claiming that "apparently" I had been "misinformed."

On the afternoon of December_11, 1966, the Bureau issued a press
release pointing out that during Robert FCK Kennedy’ 's tenure as Attorney General
in 1961-64, the FBI's use of microphone 2 and wiretap surveillances was known
to and approved by him. A copy of the December 11, 1966, press release is
enclosed, together with the three documents which were released to the press
as enclosures to it. These three documents are memoranda from former
Assistant Director C. A. Evans to former Assistant to the Director A. H.
Beimont dated Juiy 7, 1961, and August i7, 1961, and a copy of the previously
mentioned communication dated August 17, 1961, signed by Robert F. Kennedy.

You should feel free to make copies of the enclosed documents for
the use and assistance of reliable news contacts of your office who may express

an interest in preparing special articles or editorials reflecting the true facts
concerning Robert Kennedy's knowledge and approval of FBI microphone and .
wiretap surveillances in 1961-64. Copies of all such articles and editorials fe.

should promptly be furnished to the Crime Records Division.

Very truly yours,

A web Oh
"\

. : sft. ye Now ee ver
Enclosures rae RECORDED Sc 1: Director

“GTA 4 RE DEC 21 1966
§5/ hol NaS ¥ 62 wee ne ee



PARSONS AA tts RAR RES OREN eat So ace ae

an oe a )
wh i

1 Heshby Kear,
they write semteneeds

new ret of idvals.” Or they write of his old arroxance
or few ideas and of his dead brother and his sister-
in-law and of his chanecs in 1968 and 1972. it all
.comes out as writing done by an adult who has talked
to other alls, the okt men and the young old men,
and the writing is done in an oifice filled with old
men and young old men and the storics probably are
important and fuil of meaning. A lot of smart men
are duing the writing. But all of it—all the words
about whether Robby Kennedy is a ruthless, mechanical
rich guy or a genius mellowed by great tragedy—all
of it :s superiluous when you sce him coming up to
a high ‘school foothall tcam that is practicing for a
Fame.

mind nie, let's see you run the play,”
wily calls out.
ch steps forward, “All right, let's get
ss," he sys,
ds ye down into the huddle. On the
ef calls ont, “AW right, come on,

k calls out.

dy says.

ut one,” the « says.

or «Kennedy, Vin Vince O'Connor, the
Kuy wearing glasses
two... hut three.

-- .
“Lhe quarteriueck starts dropping back and_ there
us both lines yo inte cach rf. The offensive
iam is running out of a double wing-T. The black
act spits from under the quarterl fect as he
pivots and throws overhand, with good extension,
is sharp and thrown to th

past a Hnebacke:
ids let outa yell and clap their hands.
the coach calls out.

ays. He turns to the

ec the bese ones
ve a tackle, Anthony Din. , Senator.
prep school twiee. Ivy League schools

one is he?" Kennedy says.

nts to two thick Jegs in the huddle.
¢ a halfhack who is going to br
scoring record. Richie Szaro. He's
rs from Poland.”

Where? Which ane is he?”

s from the huddle, O'Connor
the left halfhack, He looks alsint

out in a
miner's legs.

t. Strong legs, the Jong muscle sticki
when he gets inte his stange. Coal
"s legs. =

he tackie keeps a high stance,” somebody next
uvdy says.

a clap of pads, the play is off. The tackle,
ViNarls comes off his stance with a powerful ard

“""" sethmptast. first step, which is almost the whoie

1 Maabby’s.

and a baseball cap says. —

‘on a football ficld with kids, nothing mattcts,

1 A Ben

Tavok Sco
he turns. he
‘The cawen ana’
hack,

ly
wh be boy ir
al Says seat:

‘te We's pten”
a date ee
we the Guatter-

ackile and O'Connor
faoves next lo Hennedy amt points tu Szaro.

“He is a lwit-foot kicker. He played soccer in|
Poland. We am for field zouls and, kickoffs,
PUN, everstaing.” .

‘They min Szaro on a play thar jooks like‘an inside
reverse. DiNardo, the big tackle, is plunging ahead,
his les chopping and his arms flailing in a handfight
with the defensive man and Szaro has his specd in a :
step and he comes slapping through the hole, spinning
oif a hand that grabs him and he flics across the
Mack dirt of the field and runs the play out.

“Terrific,” Kentiedy says. He keeps his eyes on
Szaro. “What are his marks like?”

“He has the jwiential to go to an Ivy League
sehvol, Senator,” O'Connor says. “Harvard spoke to
us about him.”

Kennedy Who wis

O'Connor mentions a niv
swise of the kids yeili
the

it that spoke to you?”
t is lost in the
for the way Szaro had run

that wonderfui?” Kennedy says to Graves.
“Orly here three years irom Poland and look at how
he can play what he has in front of him. 1 think
that's tel
. Ne was sipping te tea, In the huddic you could
hear the voice: .

“You do

wey Ofens from the huddle
Tins over, The tea bag had
's shove, The quarterback whisks
it up in his hand and throws i: away and runs to his
position.

They run off
“two hands” wh.
“ooohhhTM or “that's tie
“They can play anylas
Schools in: Pentisy!
rett,” Ke,

lays und Kennedy yells
xly Grops a pass. Or
when one is completed.
"he says.

"one with him says.
nedy says. “Do you know Everett

Tiigh in Massachusetts?”

“Yes, they're very guod,” O'Connor, the coach,
SAYS,

“These boys here could piay Everett anytime,”
Kennedy -says.

y piled into each of
hing. They had somezhing betwee The:
wher, of course. That is always there. And the”
youth and the long hair and the name and the sister-_
in-law and just the idea of being young. Whatever,
it is, it is there for good. Boiby
every inch of the worst s.o.b. we've
thing he docs in public can be a facade. But

is somcthing between them that is powerful”.
Somebody came running across the
—



the Bay or Pigs Bsion in April of 1961. Later,” (learned he had
“seen mistaken. Ii was Kennedy who personally visited Indonesian

Presidest Sukarno to work out a settlement of Sukarno's aggression
agaiass Wast New Guinea--a settlement, Kennedy promised, which .

would act involve ‘appeasement. And yet months later, the truth was. - EF:

siade known: Bobby Kennedy, acting in behalf of the Administration,
had actually promised the previously Dutch-controlled territory of
West New Guinea...lock, stock and barrel... .to Sukarno--and by May,
1963--the transfer, handied by the United Nations~-was complete. ..
znd today, thanks to Rovest Kennedy, West New Guinea is an

Indonesian possession.

. The handsome and articulate Robert Kennedy has

E
¢
:
bs

gained the reputation of being a walsing, living "credibility gap''--

anc in his current dispute with J. Edgar Hoover. .. based on integricy

alone i

by the F.B,I. Director, Kennedy finishes an even poorer second,

»



December 28, 1966

° BY LIAISON 3
Hoaccable Marvin Watzsa
g Assistant to the Prosident
oy) The Tilte House - og
, Waciingtom, D.C. -y mo
Dear Mr. Watson: dorian Fein bey

You may cesize to bring the encloses ty, 103 af :.
fous iscaus concerning clectronic listcaing devices to the

Fresident's atteation.

7 BIIET AME
mpm

HET CEORCED

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eomattn, mz my CF SBS MSGI

-63,

na JEU," Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, Ariornsas, 12-17-06.

on . sony Furor Bad Eusiness,"" The Sacramento Union, Zacramento,

2 California, 12-13-68.

“ “whthDo You Believe?Chattanooga News.- Free Press,'' Chattanooga,
Tenaessee,.- 12/20/66. evens tere mA

ae (7) dk Lifter © JAN 8 SY
sis Ws > (ics

2
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UNZERBES Zhe



: “that he contacted the Attorney General that day Mrelative to his”
oer. Kennedy's) observation as to the © possibility of utilizing

. "electronic devices" in organizec crimc investigations." Mr. Evans’ .

memorandum reports that the then Attorney General Kennedy “was ,

pleased we had been using microphone surveillances... in organized

ezime matters. *

Znclosures (3)



OH DE BEAT by UGH. dockier le ote For ReteaMPecember 17 of 17 a)
or thereafter. “

and ion't it often beyond the limits of human endurance te suppress the
keoviedge of what one discovers about the delinquencies of James -- and of John--
when im the course of listening to Prank, one comes across the venial sine of
bia friends?

Last week the sews was published of the arrest of a young lady vho thought,
im bebalf of herself, ber lover, and an accomplice, to enhance their common
fortunes by $36,000 by the simple expedient of pretending to have drowmed
@ocidentally lest suacer. ‘The police aod the insurance company suspected thet
the ledy lived, went to « judge and got his permission to tape the lover's
phone, and sure enough the lady called in from her hiding place in the suburbs
to whisper a happy Thanksgiving to her Romeo. The converastion was recorded,
the calling number instantly tracked dows, the body resurrected, aad the
insurance company saved $36,000.

& success story ~~ with however disturbing implications. Here is the use
of a wire tap other than for reasous of national security or in order to prevent -
violence, Mc, James Reston reveals that the celephone of Dr, Martin Luther King
was tapped during Selma, so that the authorities might know. just how riotous
ware his intentions,

Mr. Hoover's loyalty to his job is a monument of civil rectitude, and for
that reason be is loath to make recommendations that have the effect of attach-
ing him to fine and controversial value judgeents. But he should step forward
at this point and divulge his own recommendations concerning desirable and un-
desirable eavesdropping, The discussion should outlast the controversy over
whether Bobby knew of the existence of this or that bug. For instance, would

it be licit to bug a conversation between Mr. Kennedy, Attorney General,
and Mr. Hoover, Director of the Bureau, which recorded the foragr's enthusiastic
assent to the use of the bug? /
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(6 ‘Memorandum ;
we : Mr. Wick DATE: 12-13-66

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suyject: | WIRETAPS AND MICROPHONES--
ROBERT F. KENNEDY;

Attached is a proposed SAC Letter transmitting to
the field (1) a copy of the December 5, 1966, letter from .
Congressman H. R. Gross to the Director, 2) a copy of the
Director's December 7, 1966, reply to Congressman Gross,
including the two enclosures to that letter, and (3) a copy of the
Bureau's December 11, 1966, press release, including the three
enclosures to that press release.

It is felt these items should be sent to all field -
offiees not only for information purposes, but to enable each Fara
SAC to make copies of them for the use of reliable news contacts:
.., im preparing local articles and editorials accurately reflecting - . G
Robert F. Kennedy's knowledge and approval of rs FBI's use of

wiretaps and microphones. Oe 4

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RECOMMENDATION: Nov RECON
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- an “ 1- Mr. Rosen Tete ———

LsOM C. D. DE LoAcE7y* " 1- Mr. Sullivan(Liaison) j.0"——.

_ 1- Mr. M.A, Jones Sond nm

sicject: ROBERT F.“KENNEDY ° ¢

DENIAL OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING

USAGE OF MICROPHONES BY THE FBI; “

CALL FROM COMMISSIONER SHELDON COHEN, ~

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, 12/13/66 . >
ly

Saeldon Cohen, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service (IRS), \
7 me at 6:15 p.m., 12/13/66, He stated he wanted to tell me that he was \
ccunpletely sympathetic with the FBI's position in the feud with Bobby Kennedy.
Soxen stated he hoped that we won the battle and frankly he felt we were far
chead at this stage of the game.

\
No
- Cohen advised that he almost did the same thing a year ago that Ny
2. Hoover has now done, i.e,, to blast Bobby Kennedy because of his lying. --
cL. said that the only thing that held him back was the fact that he was not id
Commissizer of IRS at the time Kennedy was Attorney General. “He said also t
(that he does not have access to the considerable proof that Mr. Hoover has ve
.2gainst Kennedy.

Cohen told me that the Kennedy statements were “unconscionable, "
«.2 stated that the American public obviousiy will realize that Kennedy is lying.

I told Cohen that I certainly appreciated his calling, however, I
ixc.. oxten wondered in my own mind why IRS had not come out and told the-truth
about Xennedy pushing them into the usage of microphones. He stated for the
‘ :easons previously mentioned he could na affordto do this. He also told me
_ that Xaplan, his predecessor, had left IRS administrative affairs in pretty much is
s shambles, He stated that Kaplan had claimed to him that he honestly did 7
=o. know what field offices in the IRS were utilizing electronic devices, Cohen
:3..ted that Kaplan was a vik friend of Kennedy's and would no doubt defend

‘Kennedy if called upon. 7 P2- SPF “7 (G9Q

HoT peccereD -—___
I receivgg ne @ ais ting ipréssionmwhile talking with

undoustediy he had received a call from: the WhitesHouse with ins; factions get
an <ouch with us and offar_any-passilse-suggestions for assistance-—He, of cqurses7

eis not reveal this fact. > "one emeeaatne LE
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT |

MM emorandum

Mr. ‘DeLoach: :

“RB E. Wick 2°

ROBERT R. SIEGRST

MUTUAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM
WASEZINGTON, D. C.

PROGRAM OF 12/15/€3 TO BE DEVOTED
TO RESPONSIBILITY OF FORMER AG KENNEDY

WAP TAVECHPADDNG ERY
FOR EAVESDROPPING BY FBI

Rotert R. Siegrist, Mutual Broadcasting system,
_ is a vary close friend of the FEI and has cevoted many of his
programs to praising the work of the FBI. He has a nationwide
program which is heard in Washington on Radio Station WWDC at
7:00 p.m. each evening.

Siegrist contacted Bishop in my office on 12/15/66
and advised that he wants to ‘devote his program of this evening to -
the current conjroversy over "bugging" and to former Attorney
General Robert5 ennecy'# denial that he knew such activities were
being engaged in by the FBI. .He stated that he "really wants to take
off on Bone y, " point out very clearly the lies that he has been issuing -“¥Y-- -

in confection with the current controversy, pinpoint his responsibility
for microvhon: surveillances utilized by the FBI and also point out¢that -

ior micropnhoné Surveluances utiized oy #51 and aiso point out*’thnat

Bobby's denial of knowledge of this activity by the FBlisa a calculated -. conueet
attempt on his peg to paint himself as a "liberal" in order to gain .

political support, AZ wy, =D

EPS etter mem a nee ARCnet

distributed by the Bureau on this matter and briefed him gener: REcCORDT
on the situation. He was most appreciative and indicated that JAN 22 967 /

would strongly support the Bureau's position o: on his program. .

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+ “Yell, why the devil did

i att you tell me? and I ex-
plained to him that I assumed.
he knew all along.”

Hundley’s disclosure was’
certain to add fresh fucl to
the unprecedented public dis- -

ite now raging between

ennedy and Hoover over
who was responsible for, or
authorized, the FBI's use of

vi
Cupitol Hill office.

‘eo said to me, ‘Say, dic
2 know that the FBI had

cen using bugs?’ and I said, widespread electrqnic_eaves-
ST eee and Be sala Ht di ne the ly *

With the Supreme Court
now tossing out convictions

by the use of illegal ‘bugs,’
both men -~ who have long
harbored mutual antipathy—
are seeking to affix responsi-
bility on each other.

+
‘ Hundley’s perspective ap-
ue peared particularly interest- -

a ;
, an j. |
een.
Ne aa,
SEN. KENNEDY (AP)

ee peter t abe see mae

nine

- een are ae a
4 SUGAR DOVER (AP)

involving evidence “tainted”’

ing because he was neither -
intimate nor a.

Hoover fan, “butcaths; devy
who served in the ice De-
partment from 1954 until
1966, under four attorney
generals — two Iseguolicans
and two Democrats,” as
Hundley himself puts ti.
’ He recigned three months
ago to take a job as execu-
tive assistant to Pete Ro-
zelle, commissioner of the Na-
tional Football League.
Reacher by phone, Hund-,
ley said that the FBI's wide-*
spread introduction of “ ‘bug-
ging’ in 1961 was due pri-
marily to the bureau's fail-
ure before that time to de-

“ yvelop an adequate intelli-

“gence system about organ-
ized crime.”

; Huncley related—as “had
‘other past and present of-
-ficials of the Justice Depart-
ment: — that “before 1958,
phrases like ‘the Crime Syn-
dicate’ and ‘the Mafia’ were
ast dirty words at the

“But after New York state
police flushed out dozens of
top hoods at the 1958 Ap-
palachin meeting—which the
FBI hadn't even known any-
thing about—Hoover raised a
little hob, and said they had

to have better intelligence on —

the rackets.

“So they befan_ selective
just of ‘bugs'—vartous clece
tronic eavesdropping devices.

“Then Bobby Kennedy came
jal ail gung-ho egainst the
frac. \ demanding that the
‘ FL ~eally get into action, But
{the Bureau still didn't have
yany real intelligence system
or resources. — se

“So they apparently figured
they had no choice but to go

into ‘bugging’ whol —
which they Gi, arn it weed -

‘ beautifully,

“And it appears thev nover
toid Bob straight-o1 it ”
Hundley said on SER

“In fact, the only time it did
officially come to licht—in the
FBI's Las Vegas bing ine} *
Nestigation in 1$63—Kennedy
ordered it sto ” hand
recalled, Pred, ad
..To anyone wi.
Understand the rei
between the FBI ac
of the department,
dependent power o:
Hoover, all this may de cif-:
Acult to understand,” he said.

“But anyone who is familiar
with the department wouldn't

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WILLIAM G. HUNDUZY |
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Var.
Hoover Vers
* Though i should he a aoe
* mailer to resolve, there is now
No indication that the argument
sover wirclapping between John
Edgar Hooover and Rehert F.
‘Kennedy will ever be decisively
, betlled,

From documents released thus
far, it appears that RPK, while
attorney general, did indeed au-
thorize wiretapping,

vehemently denies it.

‘The furor opene:| with publica-
tion of a Hoover letter which said
Kennedy knew ail about FBI
eavesdropping,

Konnedy said. he didn't, that .

the veteran FBI director was
“misinformed.”

Hoover. replied that Kennedy's.

retort was “absolutely i inconceive
, able.”

“ Hoover then produced a docue

"The Daily Gazette and Mail"
Morristown,

“stan ero

ae Bost eae, Por :

sapen

us Ca: nnedy

“tame FRI oficial Kennedy had |

~ which attorney general his prace

+ informed as I was.”
but he

jaainit it? Why ailémpt:to weasel «4

+ Beiween the two, we beli

his stand from the Hoover,

‘quated on his side.

Kennedy then called for Hoove
er to make Public his entire file
selection to “indicate under

tice bepan, whether prior altor-
Acy-generals authorized il, and
whether of nol they were as une

W really makes no difference 8
in this matter whether prévious
allorney generals authorized <
wiretapping or not. ts

. The case in point is whether ;
Kennedy authorized the practice. ‘

Hehe did authorize it, why not

‘out of WH?

Hf in fact RFK did not author.
ize it, than the FBI Director has! +
sonve explaining to da,

Tennessee

Te ee.
1 hing

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December 23, 1966

EBCT.CSURE



Wor Release Saturday or Sunday, December 17 or 18, 1966, or thereafter.
THE TENSION MOUNTS

The plot thickens. For one thing, those who is the past have opposed J.
Edgar Hoover are rushing forverd -- without, many of then, giving any consider-
ation at all to the evidence at hand -- to side vith Robert Kennedy in the
Gurreat contest as to which of the two wen is to be believed, the dangerous
Sround rules being, in this case, one or the other, but not both.

Take Mr. Murray Keupton, of the Mew Republic and the New York Post. Mee.
Kempton can't stand the FBI because the FBI can't stend Communists, and Communists
are like Halen Curley Flyna, whose face belongs on American pie-aixes. Kempton
eryptographers will know exactly what I mean; others will have to take wy vord
for it that Mr. Keupton is absolutely and undeviatingly loyal is his disapproval
Of anyone engaged in concerning himself with the internal security: vhence the
source, if not the coloration, of his special dislike for J. Eggar Hoover.

“* In the most maladroit analysis of the season, Mr. Kempton writes that “for
20 years we have robed as our chief judge of loyalty to the nation « man notably
incapable of personal loyalty. ‘hen Hoover is in trouble, he will curm in any-
body except whoever happens to be President at the moment, Former Presidente
are no exception; in 1953 Hoover testified to the House Un-American Activities
Comaittes that Harry Truman had promoted a government employe even after he
‘knew’ from FBI reports that the man was a Communist agent."

From such analysis one supposes that we must distrust Mr. Hoover because
he will tell the truth when called upon to do so, even if the truth is at the
expense of a former attorney general or a President of the United States. Some
all that treason, . But then some go to Kempton for thought, which is like
heading south when in search of the North Pole.

And Mr. Kempton is not alone, though his alembic captures the subtlest
¥ays of confusion. He is supported by others, who rail at Mr. Hoover and clamor
(as in the case of Mr, James Wechsler of New York) to have him fired, and go
om to imply that if he ie not, vhy that 18 evidence that President Johnson is
behind-it-all, pressing his end of the vendetta; or that J. Edgar Hoover is
seeking out means to punish Bobby Kennedy for his valiant stand on civil rights.
Such are che passions, and thus irrationsl, that rage over the controversy.

A few voices come through asking, softly but stubbornly, the relevant
questions. They are: how much bugging is going on, ond what are the effective
limits of the powers of the attorney general and the courte in the matter? If
John knows James and James knows Frank Costello, do John's conversations with
James get tapped? Or to go one step closer to the heat, do James‘sconversations
with Costello get tapped? But surely that is inevitable, since if Costello is
te be tapped and he is other than « eoliloquiat, he muat be rapped while ralking
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"fs a Constitutional protection that —
is zealously guazced by Tal ;
agents. I was never given any rea-
son to think otherwise in any
event.

i have read everything that has
*come across my Gesk concerning
“the wiretap controversy. I have

tried to view the various material

* objectively. Still, while there are
. legitimate areas of criticism of
FLL or any other federal agency,

» the charge that the Bureau poses a
threat to “the privacy of the indi- ;
vidual citizen” scems without foun- .
dation in fact. I would not azgue

-, that electronic eavesdrop] x

, §¢ poses no threat, rather that the
danger and
stems overwhelmingly from non-

+ police sources.

believe the FBI has been incis-
“ criminate in its use of clectronic
: eavesdropping for several reasons.

; Mauy agents are attorneys and
| have a deeprunning proiessiona) -

respect and commitment to Consti- .

tulional safeguards. Wiretaps are .
generally ineffective against sophis-
ticated criminal or alicn ciements,
and to implant a microphone device
requires personal cxposure to great
Canger and the very probable dis-
association by one's employer if
} one, is killed or caught in an act of

per

indiscriminate tse *

Personally, I am not inclined to a

. ‘to President Johnson early next

on

7
tresnass, Given these. 3, cin
cimsianers, it secs
tha: ageats of the Fa&E .
chacse in risk their lives indis-' °
criningwly against siaall fry or;

* someone tae Gircclor doesn’t like ;

r.onaky, as the same senator:

y sacrioned further implied. ©,
oe 8

i TY PRINCIPAL complaint with” 7
‘=the curreat furor over tho ’ soe
question of wiretapping is that legit-: : .
imate perspective scems to havo noe
been obscured in an Orwellian :
vision of unbricled intrusion into .
every area 0: our personal and.
Private lives. Aithougn not entirely, :
without basis in a time when the: -
federal government is considering® .
. Storing computerized dossiers on _
‘individual citizens, the fear is too oY :
overpowering for the facts before po. te
‘us, What we know is that appzoxl- .
* mately four cases of eavesdropping
shave heen reveaied. The Fal
claims they were directed against
organized crime or in the interest
of national sccurity. Unfortunately, .
the FBI is in no position to docu- :
ment its assertion and neither can’ .
critics prove their icars, oan
Tue questions which need to be
| asked in the stalemated debate
: Concern ihe legitimate uses, if any, -
of hicden cicetronic ears. : :
. _ Has organized crime in this coun-- .
-, lay reached a sufficiont level of ‘
power and danger to warrant per-- .
haps some kind of judicially and .
* judiciously controlled use of such
i electronic gear? If so, what are .
the most workable procedural safc~ :
guards that would protcct not only:
; individual privacy from “unrea>
; sonable" searches but also insure . ‘
the sccurity of the action? 2

‘ te oe ee
{HE National Crime Commis-
+ sion is expected to recommend _

_ year a system whereby a federal .
avestigative agency could present .

its case for instaliation of listening .

units to a federal judge, who would

deicrming the justification of tha

st and insure that any infor-

tights as highly as the next persoa” -
consider myself no self-ap- -
d defender of J. Edgar Hoo-

1am persuaded that some such
wngement for the use of cece”

ic devices against organized
evine is sorely needed, and, more-: .
over, in our individual and national

‘

interests.’



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Sole, e - x,
i SEUNGTON Progen ih
i ‘Aviliven U2

i] By Wolter Trokaa

iy
| Bogk Hessles. 0. -
S  Gyuee OF CHICAGO TRIEUNES gra faite
cusomanme 3p DECET RSS fies Roow a
: : t
— ASEINGTON, De Sout Oe monet he bon ig ” Bonar is

i VV fm thy Democratic party is Sen. Robert F. Kennedy of! a .
New York, the brother of the slain President, bot bis “Fomity Ig Worried Over Discl oe
; -| 7\HE LABEL OF SNOBBERY could be even more damaging} - -

Lil eSpace. ot
Disclosures of the band Pps ww, to & man who Is dreaming of the White House, The Ken

nody family is invelved in a hassle with its hand-picked author,

and distorted.” . * . .
What the farlly is worried about is the disclosure of some
confidences, These include a reference to President Johnson
as “a country bumpkin” and indignation over the fact
Sohnscn bozrdad the Presidential plane afler the assassination
j for the snd journey home, altho be was then President and the}
casos: | plane was his rather than the widow's or the Kennedy family’s,
Esover produced memos from Kenze- ro) If the book should reveal the Kennedys, including Bobby,
ey’s chief witness, Courinzy A. Evars, a. > as arrogant and scobbish, it would not belp Bobby's image an,
former sssistant FBI director, who ws promoted by Bobby to it is little wonder, thon, that the family is exerting every
|Z ’post in the justice departniest. These disclosed that Baby to supzress any book on the assassination that the Kennedy
had spproved “micropbozic surveillance.” The FBI'bas a file co not coasar and control, .

‘The Weshington Post ond —__._

Times Herald
‘The Washington Dally News —__
‘The Evening Ster +
t

- New York Herelé Tribune ———_—
New York Journe!-Americen —___
. New York Daily News

-. New York Post
‘Phe New Yor: Times

| Rober ef the Mansbesier TR. 2] Union Leader, has ofered ane Fe ) : ——
eile would care to answar the $20.00 question Ie dubia RNCLOSURE - Peowlets 959 a7 55 ———
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seltne ne, tal 1) ¢ Chicago Tribune Press

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EXCERPT FROM BROADCAST OF
FULTON LEWIS II for,
- -: MUTUAL BROADCASTINGSYSTEM . .-
2 DECEMBER 12, 1966

The newly-erupted feud between F.B.I. Director
J. Edgar Hoover and New York Democrat Senator Bobby Kennedy’ : - —
continued on today--Kennedy denying once again that he had authorized *
an increase in wiretapping procedures during his service as Attorney
General between 1961 and 1964,

Such eavesdropping techniques have become detrimental ~
zactors in the Government's prosecution of several notable cases--
primarily the Bobby Baker case--and Director Hoover has made it
clear that he--and his Bureau were just following orders ist using wire-
taps to gether evidence....and those orders came directly from the
boss--in this instance, Attorney General Robert Kennedy.

On Saturday, the F.B.1. Chief produced a memo to this
eifect, signed by Kennedy, which seems to be pretty irrefutable. In
ecdition, of course, we have a contest in prestige and credibility between
J. Edgar Zoover and Bobby Kennedy--Hoover who has achieved a
reputation of undisputable honesty and integrity during his 42 years as
Director of the F. B.I....and Bobby Kennedy who is--to say the least--
< little less trustworthy. It was Kennedy, remember, who gave us his. _.~
personal assurance.that there had been no air or sea support planned for

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35 per cent of people 26 and under. In 1972, this country will
have 55 per cent of its voters at age 2 and under...”



UNITED STATES GO’
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FOR ILVESDROPING BY FBI

. As set out in R. 3. Wick to Mr. DeLoach Memorandum,
-S3, contioned indivicuel was furnished information regarding the
nt controversy over bugging which he used on his program of

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Siegrist stated that Xennedy is a close friend of the
iiserals now, but when he was a young counsel in the Senate, he used

cd to sscure information. He has the "presidential bug" and .
; the Lxerats, and, Siegrist said sarcastically, he Knows nothing | \
3. Fe continucd tnat Kennedy picked the wrong man to fight and,’ :
ing his challenge io cyen FEI files, Kennedy sould be thankful ou to
Hiccver refusec because if he did so, he, Kennecy, would be k .
ty Gestrcyed. Siegrist stated it was inconceivable that Kennedy
SOW Of PBI bugging activities, but if in fact he did not know,
(tnen he was cat ewil'y eunab’ “Attorney General. Siegrist covered the
jcor, “rcversy in a chronological manner, ‘and the Director's cocumenta-
‘wion pyocaced the unmistekeble effect that Bobby is lying.

Ye Wat f

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Tasat in view of Siegrist's strong support of jhe FBI, the

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Ex rorabls Marvin Watson gY
Special Assistant to the 2 President fo p+
- The White House . So
- Washington, D, C. ; : .
~ocoswes o> Dear Mir, Watsons - -- - -—-+-- eee

Enclosed are conics of two articles concerning

the TET’s use of electronic listozing devices. You may cesire

to bring them to the attention af the President. I7-~5713£4.
Sincerely yours, NOT RECoRGESTM
'41pEC 22 25

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Enclosures (2)
U. S. News and World Rerort, 12-26-66, ‘Who Knew About 'Puggirg'..
RYxK's Story -- And The FBI's
£ Slew York "World Journal Tribune," 12-17-68, "Week That W2s...
ou? Will It Hurt Bobby TM by David ‘Barnett :

1-Mr. Wick (Sent with memo to AAG of same date)
1 ~ fr. DeLoach (Sent with memo to AAG of same date)

1~Mr. Gale (Sent with memo to AAG of game date} ___o>.
lyre Rosen (Sent with memo to AAG of same date) | ae
. Te 13 DEC 2% £25.

- The article in tre "U. S, News and World Rep sort” is being.
. aclmowledged separately. Co: -3 are alsobetmng-eentis--ne Acting”
Attorney General, No leizer is s2ing sent to Mr. David Earnett for his
Ze ticle in the New York "tyorld Journal Tribune" since it is notin ~

Ge support of the FBI but rather is mainly critical of Senator Kennedy.

GEM: mel ipo ) gn Lee - Delivered to Miiced Stock

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“Hoover vs. RFK:
<?\ Behind the Rattle

= JAMES £, WECHSLER |

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\ : “@& ‘The puntic coumon Gocen FBI dircetor J. Fagar Hoover Tavel
sand Sen. Robert FKennedy climaxes a behind thescenes battle : Trotter
that began aU IneSalect a the Kennedy cra in 171, : . Tele. Room

It is a clash with deep political as well as prr:nnat overtones, * Holmes
| obscured by complicated detalis af the wire-tapping debate. ; Gandy

* . * .
$ Why Hoover chose to provoke an open conflict at this:
{ jureture, is an unresolved mystery. The crudest explanation 1a, . Y
. S

that, wilh another extension of his over-age tenure up for review”
in January, the Tl-yeaz-okl G-man feared he might finally be
Scemed expendable after a serics of unusual and embarrassing:
(dilsclosure’s about the FBI's eavesdropping operations. id
According to this theory nothing cnuld be more calculated to.
ffortify Hoover's White House status than an assault on Kennedy!
" —cespecially on an Issueihat might downgrade the dissident Sena-
tor in the eyes of civil libertarians, . } . ee
—_ Amid the conjecture, it Is plain that Hoover deliberately in~ . -
' vited the conflict. The language of his exchange with Rep. Gross,. ia a .

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an Iowa Republican, Is so palpably rehearsed that no one in Wash |
Gington can doubt that the script was conceived by the FBL ’ ‘

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Hoover learned swiftly after John F. Kennedy's election that a A
vile would be different. The young Attorney Gencral was both the’ NOT RECORDED
broiher and intimate adviser of the new President; for the first . we
imé in many long years the director of the FBI was reminded 46 JANL'? 1967 ‘
that he was a subordinate to the head of the Justice Dept., not, .
the leader of an autonomous empire who dealt as a sovereign:

: with the President, : . ee en es
An early rebuff came when the FBI sent over a “loyalty”
t dossier on Pierre Salinger, one of JFK’s closest associates; it ~
H seems that a member of Salinger’s family had once becn linked: G@ N16 1957
vith an alleged Communist front, The Kennedys, who knew Sal- The Washington Post and
ynger well, were unimpressed by such FBI extremism in the -.
{II “practice of vigilance; Salinger kept his Job. . — ‘Timev Herald

* ‘There were frictions on civil rights. No Negro had ever been: 4,7! \{__ The Washington Dsily News
fAdmitted to study at the FBI's national academy; at the urging} “Y **** | The Washington Evening Star
iof Mike Murphy, Attorney General Kennedy insisted in 1962 that | a, is

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a promising New York officer named Lloyd Sealy be permitted | v1 *7¥” ta New York Daily Nw -
|!" to take the course. He did; he Is now the highly-respected Assist | \I_ New York Post :
! + ant Chief Inspector on New York's police force. SAL The New York Times
. * * | : New York World
In the realm of civil liberties Kennedy publicly argued that Journal Tribune
lhe U.S. Communist Party was disintegrating and that “the prob-: ‘The Baltimore Sun

«em we have is overseas.” Hoover continued to magnify the domes-:
tic Communist threat and cement his role as the hero of Tight:

t The Worker
4 wing fanatics.

The New Leader
‘The Wall Street Journal —_____.
The National Observer
was amd David Dubinsky. Hoover bitterly, Poopte’a Wertd,

x for parale an the ground that Scales had “refused |

vith the FRE hy naming those he had known many:
r. Kennedy overruled Hoover (as well as the Eastland!
i Commnittee) and ordered Seales treed.

wi J. Edgar Hoover, so long the capital's leading sacred cow,,
. . . t

i _pemin to feel like a paper tiger. .

agp fame the assassination in Dallas, tae j
gr recall Bobby describing haw quickly Hoover’s voice!

fi as he knew the Aitorney General no longer hyd!
Ty tie White House,” a close friend sald altéawaniTM j



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These episedes indicate some of the ronts of the present,
Struggle. The image of Hoover as a “non-political” man who,
‘stands austerely above partisan battles is a myth. In 3953, when
“{ihe then Attorney General, Herbert Brownell, opened fire on:
Qlarry Truman's alieged cordling of Communists, Hoover enthusk
astically supporied Browncil's’ version. The question arose then,-
* as it does to some degrce now, as to why he had not resigned,
earlier and publicly proclaimed his knowledge; then, as now, he.
‘ hid behind the clalm that he was merely a deputy.

| In the current uproar the vulnerability in Kennedy's case is.

|

(that there is some validity in Hoover's depiction of his secondary.
Fole during the Kennedy time. Some issues being drawn now in;
z volve distinctions without a difference (as between wiretapping
* and “buzging”). Kennedy was undoubtedly more tolcrant of such
* Intrusions in the carly days of his regime than in Jater phases, or
fthan he would be now; Hoover may have believed he had con
. siderabie authorization te carry on this part of his business as
usual. In their own fashion both men may be offering their sub
jective versions of the truth.
The larger dimensions of the battle go beyond these fragments
€of remembrance. Hoover in fact remains a voice of political reac
tion, whose name still commands reverence on the rightist fringe.
Kernedy has steadily emerged as an unorthodox liberal chalk
Jengar to Hoover's veritics. In that context the impact of this
clash assumes its real and explosive meaning. Hoover's blast
may have given the signal for a grotesque right-wing drive to
“get” Kennedy for his delinquencies on civil libertles, Logic does
got always rule our politics, a, .
Meanwhile, now as for many years, few citizens of any stature
in Washington will use their te:ephouas without’ suspecting that,
fHqnverte gents’ are ilsteninz, But who will get to the bottom’

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| tween Kennedy and an FBI employe about
the FBI's use of microphone surveillances,’-

* due to]

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Kennedy, Hoover

U. S. Sen. Robert Kennedy (D-N. Y.) fs
an ambitious man, extremely so, and while
he may say etherwise, Bobby appears to be
working toward the Democratic presidential

nomination, if not in 1968, at least in 1972.
But ambition is no valid excuse for forget-
fulness, and it would appear the brother of

"former President John F. Kennedy is at

Teast guilty of that.

_ On Dec. 11.°J. Edgar Hoover, director of *
. the Federal Bureau of Investigatioa, |:
as, “absoiutely inconceivable” a statement «
made by Kennedy. the day before that im- _

plied Hoover had been misinformed about
Kénnedy’s knowledge of the use of electronic

listening devices by ‘the FBI in the 1961-64

period. Kennedy was U. ‘S. Attorney Gen"
eral in that period.

Hoover pointed out that official records ”

of the FBI not only reflect discussions be-

but also coztain documents, including some,
bearing Kennedy's signature or initials,

- showing (hat the FBI's use of mike and wire-

tap surveillances was known to and ap-
praved by Kennedy.
The FBI director is a man whom history is

as one of our great Amcricans.
his vital and sensitive job, he

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is not. given to rash statements. Tne slate. -

Ment he has made about the former Aitor-

ney General is a serious one, and with |

Tloover's vast legal background it Is certain

he kas sufficient evidence to substantiate it. .

In fact, records of communications ociween

Kennedy and FBI personnel are available .

and, as Hoover. has said, bear the initials
or name of Sen. Kennedy in regard to wire-
tap activity.

Tt would seem foolish for the Senator to
continue to deny he knows anything about

. the 1961-64 eavesdropping trend, some in-
* stances of which could have involved his
! campaign to “get the goods” on TeamsterTM

* has a long-standing feud.

Union President James Hoffa with whom he,

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labeled...

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. touchable” and io the great credit of Amer-

SB eA remy yin gens ate ot skeet

-, But in case his memory has: slipped, the

. ove

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Lawrence, Kansas

December 26, 1956

Tt could be Kennedy has forgotten’ his”
* activity in this Tiéld as Attorney General.

FBI has ample documentation to refresh it °

and in this case it would appear Hoover is

the man who is sitting in the driver's seat, |

and that Kennedy did have a hand in elec. .

tronic eavesdropping activities by the FBI. «

The term “untouchable” often is used to

+ refer to some individual whose standing in -

a‘sociely is so firm that he cannot be
reached by any kind of a lure or bribe. By
their daily behavior, such people improve ;
rather than detract from their reputations. .-
J€ such an individual exists and, thank. .
+ fully, our country has many of them at all,

levels, J. Edgar Hoover truly | merits the j

Tole as an “untouchable.”

What lure ‘or bribe could possibly touch: .

this man? -

Now in his 70s, he has” devoted his Tt
to: building a great agency which is a shi
ing tribute to his high standards and dedica-
tion for excellence and justice. He has never

. married. His family has been the FBI. He :

Stands for no shoddiness by. his fellow work-. '
ers cnd less than topflizht -agents never. *
remain on the job for long. .
Hoover has received virtually every honor
that can come to a great’ citizen. He is

eligible to retire at full pay at any, time, but :

he remains to try every day 10 make his.
agency even better.

Yes, J. Edgar Hoover’ is truly an. “un+

» he is one of many that our nation has

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Deena painteood cold

distressing to Jacqueline Rend .
Sears r, the widow of his brother,

that the sult was !
° ‘Ing. of the: generations, scons
torbenvoters, was steadily grows

a
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ori marriage, Dave ‘a meticuiously truthful states+

much <stronzer boride” to the! ‘man, that he is prepared to ded

‘contaminate history of painful

truths, that he belleves any,

‘means, Including bugzing, can

fed Justified, to reach a o persone
jay desirable end -

charges will be aifficuls ¢ to bust

‘The verdicy in- polltical

"World Journal Tribune”
New York, New York
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

WasuixcTox 35.B.6. -

- August 17, 1981

Y

Ta connection wi 3S uSe Of microphone
Surveillances it is frequently Recessary <0 lease a special telephone
iine in order to monitor such 2 Surveivence. These situations
occur when it is impossible to locate a Secure monitoring point
ih the immeciaie Vic-nity of the premises covered by the microphone.
Even though a spacial telephoze line is utili ed, this activity in

5S way involves any interception of telephonic communications and
28 20% a telephone tap,

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in the New York City arez the tei shone company
Eas over the years insisted the: 2 letter be furnished to the telephone
ompany on each occasion when a Special telephone line is leased by
PRI, hk is required that such 2 lease arrangement be with ch
© past we have restricted
tilization of leased lines in x wer City to sit:ations involving
telephone taps, all of wich keve been eosroved by the 4tormmey General.

We nave not Previcusly usec leased Lines in connection
hone surveillences because of certain technical difficuities

in New York City. These technics
mowaver, now been Overcome. If we are vermitted to use leased telephone
ines as an adjunct to our microphone Surveillences, ihis tyse of coverage
can be materially extended both in security end mejor criminal cases.
Accordingly, your approval of cur utilizing this leased line arrangement
is requested, A Sample of the letter which it is Proposed will be sent

the teleshon company if a leased line is secured in connection with
microphone surveillances is attached,

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Vin )
Cu rms nioEr by tee. Qrocrey _' -2 Teor Release @nter 15, 1966,
Mr, Hoover is a wsticulous man. It is his profession te safeguard evidence. How
very unlikely that he would be without the evidence to beck up his statement
that Mr. Keonedy had been contiovously eware of eavesdropping activities by the
Bureas. More likely Mr, Kennedy thought that Mr. Hoover had the evidence, all.
Fight, but that be would not use it, so covetous is he for the privacy of his
files, But Mr. Hoover bad been maneuvered into an impossible situation. Unless
be denied Mr. Kennedy's public charge of last June that the FBI acted without
authority in bugging the Las Vegas boods, the FBI wes acting in effect outside
the lew. It is difficult for a man whose profession has bean as chief law-
enforcer of the nation te accept lightly such « stigns. Ic is strange that Mr.
Keanedy didn't get his man; stranger still thet he did not know his san.

se @

and, finally, the most interesting potat of all. ‘hy is Mr. Kennedy rumping
so heatedly for cover? Congress ha» euthorized the wiretap under certain
Circmstances, and inferentially the sicrophone, In the middle of President -
Kennedy's term, en assistant attorney general vrote to Senator Sequel Ervin
stating thet 79 viretepe vere in use, and 67 bugs. We now know that they were
being used with the explicit spproval of Mr. Keunedy, indeed that he was "plessed’
at the knovledge that they were being used. Why now is he so ashamed?

Preewably because the ideological objection to eavesdropping is fanaticelly
construed in quarters whose good graces Mr. Kennedy sesks ardently to sus.

There are people in the world whose opposition co eavesdropping sometimes seeus
so total that they would object to eavesdropping into a conversation that fore-
told an intention to launch Pearl Harbor, »

Congress has made most of the relevant distinctions -- eavesdropping should
be permitted under special supervision of the Attorney Ceneral to safeguard the
national security and aid in the apprehension of major criminals, If the
Attorney General abuses the right, let the Attorney General be criticized, or
sacked; but wust the weapon, invaluable as a means of protecting society, be
aecheved? A vigorous dafense by Kennedy of the use of buge under certain
circumstances ~ onder such circumstances as he authorized during his tenwre -
would have been bracing to the realists, but Mr, Kennedy -- the same Mr. Kennedy
who began his tenure as Attorney General by asking for an even wider use of
eavesdropping mechanisms -- has learned his liberal catechisus indelibly, and
is, until the spell is broken, completely in thrall,

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TO: Mr, Wied!) a pare: 1-11-67 y, ape
FROM | Lo wae”

suyect: SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY (D. - N. Y.) 7 J : ‘3
APPEARANCE ON "TODAY" TELEVISION SHOW °
WRC (CHANNEL 4) :
1-11-67 : -

Senator Robert F, Kennedy was interviewed on the "Today"
show this morning. .

~ | The interview concerned principally President Johnson's
State of the Union Message last evening.

Kennedy was queried concerning various points in the
President's address such as taxes, economy, social security, anti-ballistic
missiles, welfare programs and the Vietnam situation, among others,

' Of particular interest to the Bureau were Kennedy's comments.
concerning the outlawing of wiretapping. He commented that present legisla- “y , 7”
tion concerning wiretapping is entirely inadequate and that new legislation Ne
should be enacted to insure the protection of the individual. He stated that he Pe
favored the outlawing of wiretapping except in national security cases,
providing any such wiretapping was handled with court approval. He also
added that he would favor wiretapping with court approval, in certain cases
of organized crime, kidnaping, narcotics and other major crimes.

TeCGbED COPY FED in

There was no mention of the Director or the FBI on the

program, ’
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_ 7. c+ US, Department of Justice Buidling

One of the most firmly established tradtitions of our
: society is the debate, the open dispute of individuals
of opposing political, theological and artistic per-
suasions, Much of our heritage and culture is based St oe.
on the free expression of controversy, And it would seem
that for each person with an important, recognized wae ee
point of view there is an equally active opponent,
Rarely do these antagonists meet face-to-face,

te

It is our hope to bring together representatives of _
divergent opinions in a new, monthly photographic . 8 >
feature, Each month we would present a photograph
of two individuals who hold opposing beliefs on a . :
specific issue, The photographs would be presented bd ee
within the context of a neutral forum, that’ ‘is .
without editorial comment by us.

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We would very much 1k do include a photograph of “. -_ -
you with Senator Robert Kenne and hope that you “ot Ol
would be available sometine in the near future f 7K

a brief photographic session, Naturally, ve yould/ 7~- . BF _ A

have our photographer available at a time that YG NOT’ RECORDED
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: the late Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire and he assisted

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UNITED STATES Cotes, MENT oe)
‘Memorandum eee
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_ Mr, DeLoach pate: January 19, 1967 —
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CONGRESSMAN LOUIS C. WYMAN © MUSE: ¥
(REPUBLICAN = NEW HAMPSHIRE)

(Bureau file 62-87517)

On 1/19/67 Bishop of my office contacted Congressman:
Wyman iu connection with our program of contacting newly elected

Congressmen, It is noted that Congressman Wyman is on the Special

ongressmen, It is noted that Congressman Wyman is on the Sp
Correspondents! List and formerly served in Congress from 1962 to
1964,

Congressman Wyman was extremely cordial and expressed
deep appreciation for the congratulations of the Director upon his"
return to Congress. He stated that he has the utmost respect for “the
Boss" (referring to Mr. Hoover) and has always considered himself
to be a solid supporter of the FBI. He stated that the Bureau could
count on his support on any matter on which it might call upon him,

Mr. Wyman advised that he was formerly secretary to

ucnator Bridges in drafting the bill introduced by Senator Bridges
providing for retirement of FBI Agents after 20 years service. He
mentioned very favorably his acquaintance with former SAC Richard

Auerbach and former Assistant to the Director Louis Nichols. He

indicated a veyp strong dislike and distrust of former Attorney

"decisively defeated Kennedy" in the recently publiciz: id
over electronic eavesdropping. o D- aL

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. ‘Old men. Old men sitting on the pearl gray
2, lending forward when the door is |

limousine
limousine 3, lending
opened, Rending forward and then stopping when
the hottom of the stomach tunches up against the
thighs, Old men cmbarrassed because their bodies
won't move. Old men getting red in the face, grunt-
ing, reaching for the felt strap by the window and
' hoisting themselves up. Bent over, stiff-legged, yester-
day's whisky in their faces, coughing phiegm into their
fists from the effort of breathing and getting out of
‘a car, they come onto the sidewalk, straighten up and

walk into a building from which they controf a world
i out from under them. : ! £,

“Shands fideeted with the folded

the temples from their short haircuts. Crowded in IBM electric typewriting, were the words, “FRANK J. '
the open aisle around the little har in the barren re- VIOLA, BRONX POSTMASTER.” He unfolded

freshment car of the 3:29 to Huntington. Crowded the sheet. There was a biography of Viola into ;
of i put into
together and drinking beer out of big wax cups oF | the form of remarks. Kennedy folded the sheet again |
martinis out of small wax cups. Drinking and smok- and stood quietly. Around him, in the gloom of the :
ing cigarettes and the heat of the crowded railroad lobby of the Bronx Main Post Office, the old oncs

car making them sweat. They look at the young and the young old ones stood in a semi-circle. :

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j out from ander them. ; obert_K nands fidgeted wi

| ne im the pone okt men, White scalp showing at ANS sheet or paper he held. On the top of the sheet, in
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office girls and make noises like a Siamese cat and i A man was at a microphone addressing the

| E say their favorite one-line attempts at humor. The | people, “He'll make you a very, very fine postmaster |

lines are ali from television commercials or sitw a ” .
comedies and one of them says, “Would you believ: of which the Bronx can be very proud,” the man said.
| and, one after another, they say the same thing with Frank J. Viola, x7 carnation in his lapel, stood
their own endings to the “Would you lelieve?” They - —s
langh into their drinks in wax cups. They look at the
young girls closely and they try to impress them.
There is more to it than sex. ry day, they are
losing the world of the young girls and they try to :
hok! onto it with their eyes and their one-line jokes The Washington Post and
and every is they ae pe faery day that they Times Herald
go home and eat at fall asleep in front of the tele- . 7
| vision and then get up in the morning and go to work © ‘The Wash ingtoa Daily News
on jobs they don't like. Every day that they spend 77 SID 97- SWE Evening Star __
going to a golf course as if it were a church, and q few Yak Daily News :
polishing a car, and then going to a hou: ney, War . Post
talking abont the same things that tne Rede, f owe r = York Time:
tast week. The young old men together and drinking in . - ‘New York World
one part of the room and rememberin OSes! — 1 to
and the right field wall at Ebbets PY. the fournal Tribune
women, their bodies coming apart fram having too 6 DEC The Baltimore Sun
many children, talking with the first old-lady-stories - E1966 The Worker
of operations coming into the conversation. Young ; Z 0 ‘The New Leader
okt men: poor hastards who lost 20 years watching * — —_ me—Phe Wall Street Journal". :
television; living on an old timetable which says they . The Nati —
shoukd inherit from the old men. Hut there is to be @ National Observer Lo
nothing left to inherit because everything is changing. Poople’s World

By 1968, the voting population of this country will
, Consist 35 per cent of people 26 and under, In 1972,
this conntry rill 4 tent of its voters at age
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Mr. B oat c
rao : C. A. Evans

"seer MICROPHONE SURVEILLANCHS

The Attorney General was contacted on the morning of August 17, 1961,

wis reference to the situation in New Yor'c City

concerning the obtaining of d
+s2sed lines from the telephone company for use in connection with microphone “
surveillances, This matter was discussed with the Attorney General andhe _ 2
was saown a specimen copy of the proposed letter which would be used. The 4

4accney General approved the proposed procedure in this regard and Personally
sigzed the attached memorandum evidencing such approval.

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Enclosed are copies af several xecent editorials anc

an article relating to the use of elecironic Ustening devices. You

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may desire to show these to the Presideat.

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"Kennedy, Hoover," 12-26-66, "Lawrence Daily Jéurhal\vorias com
Lawrence, Kansas 1 JAN 6.1967
YY ., “Mr, Hoover and Mr. Kennedy," 12-30-66, “savannah Evening Press,"
“ee Savannah, Georgia —_oe
‘es, "The Furor’ Over Wiretaps" by Gene Roberts, 12 28 66, “The Chattarooga |
Times," Chattanooga, Tennessee
” “Hoover Versus Kennedy, '* 12-23-66, !'The Daily Gazette and Mail," 7 \f
sar ——— Morristown, Tennessee ‘

—_—_ "Former Aide To RFK Recalls Bu; ‘Pressure’, " Leslie ul. Whitter
1-1-67, "World Journal Tribune," New. York, low York

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UNITED STATES ¢

Memoran.. ~

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C. A. Evans *

suyecr: ORGANIZED CRIME AND |
: RACKETEERING SECTION
OF THE DEPARTMENT

Th line with the Director's approval, the Attorney General was
concscted this morning, July 7, 1961, relative to his observation as to the

POSs2bility of utilizing “electronic devices” in organized crime investigations,

It was pointed out to the Attorney Genera] that we had taken action
ih regard to the use of microphone surveilla:

nees in these cases and while
¥ Tepresented an expensive investigative step, we were nevertheless utiliz
== in all instances where this was technically feasible and where valuable .
information might be expected, The strong objections to the utilization of
telephone taps as contrasted to microphone surveillances was ‘stressed. The
AAtcorney General stated he recognized tha reasons why telephone taps should
Sé restricted to national defense-type cases and he was pleased we had been
us=g microphone Surveillances where these objections do not apply wherever.
2éssole in organized crime ‘Matters, . : :

tac

_ The Attorney Genera) noted that he had approved Several technical
ances in connection with Security -type investi

é gations since he took ij

oXice, but thet he had not kept any record and dida't really inow what he had ...- >:

2cpreved and what Surveillances were Currently in operation. He said that for
his own informstion he would like co see 2 lst of the technical surveillances

” pow in operation, He added that this could be brought over to iim persona2liy
and 272: he would look it ov

er and :rimediziely return it because he realized
the importance of having these records mz..‘r,

“-ntained under the special security. st
conc:tions which only the FBI had. oe :

If the Director approves, we will have the list of technical

Surveillances prepared, delivered Personzlly to the Attorney General and
then returned to the Bureau's file. .



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~~. ON THE GIGI -...-by Wittam Fgpuckiey, Jr.

Foe Release Thureday, December 29, 1966, or thereafter.
FEARSOMN ve. HOOVER

Would you believe Drew Pearson defending the rights to privacy? It ts of
eoeree Me. Pearson vho has done sore then any man in recent times to sanctify
the violecion of privacy -- by trafficking, endlessly, in documents stelen from
the private files of a United States Senator by thieves who did not cavil even
at the removal of the Senstor's correspondence with his children.

Drev Pearson is not alone, Ales, There are others like hie who will fast
for forty days and forty nights to proclaim the absolute right of Messrs, Miranda
and Escobedo to keep to themselves the details of their rapes and murders, but
who sate themselves on every revelation by Mr. Pearson of the little transaction
in the life of a public and decent man. ~

Pearson-observers will have noted chat the gentleman is widening the net.
The goal ts to discredit J, Edgar Hoover vho, Pearson keeps reminding us, is 72
years old, and hence presumably ill-equipped to carry on the rigorous duties of
Presiding over the greatest fact~gathering agency in the land.

Last summer Pearson accused Hoover of misscheduling en arrest of an Amricm
Caught giving security information to the Communists, and the expulsion of two
Communist diplomats vho were receiving the secret goods. Mr. Hoover did thie,
said Pearson, at the most inopportune possible moment for the sole purpose of
getting himeelf and the Bureau some Favorable headiinage soves to distract
atcention from recent revelations about the FBI's bugging activities in Les Vegas.
Pearson's theory was that it would have been better to let the Averican traitor
and the two diplomats continue under surveillance in the hope that other un-
detected spies would be exposed. He quoted the American State Department employee
who had provided critical assistance to the FBI as, 1a private conversation,
blasting the FBI's incompetence in the whole matter. Another charge, another
tedtous search for the truth, which hovever is easily come by.

1) The State Department and the Justice Department, not the FBI, decide.

#, aa coordinated through the Presidency,
when to make arrests and when to declare foreigners non grats, and cannot be
assumed to schedule such decisions solely to oblige the p.r. requirements of the
FBI at Las Vegas, Nevada.

And then, 2) the gentleman who was professedly porked off at tha FBI vrote
to Mr. Hoover on seeing the Pearson story: “whea i wae contacted by Jack Andersen
Qtr. Pearson's associate) I had no ides that he vould bring forth en unjustified
attack vsing half-truths md twisting facts in s brazen attempt to tarnish the
superb image of your organization." Pfft, rhere go rha charges, But Mr.

Pearson is unrestrained.

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‘Fo . mony
cennedy Never Told

au Denied Wiretaps

WASHINGTON—Former Atty. Gen. Robert F.
Xennedy’s top rackets buster told the Boston Globe-
Chicago’ Daily News today: “Sure, I knew for years
that the FBI.was making widespread use of elec-
tronic ‘bugs’ in organized crime investigations.

“But the top brass of the bureau would flat-out
lie to me, denying it, wheneved I officially asked about

it.” nd

William G. Hundley,
nead of the Justice. Depart-
ment’s Organized Crime
Section from the G.O.P,

days of until this
September, isted that.
he never discussed his

knowledge of the bugging
with Kennedy whilé Ken-
nedy was Attorney Gen-
eral, “and for a very good
Teason: .

“I began to suspect as early
as 1959. irom talking“to vari-
FBI agents who were good

nds. that they were using
“in rackets cases.

And by’ '61 and "62, when,

I'd been running the Organ-
ized Crime Section for three
or four years, | nad learned
about the ‘buz." with certains
ty.

“But when rhe Bureau offi-
cially kept lym to me about
their use, denying it, I figure
that this w=. obviously so
delicate that it must be some-
thing that wai just between
the AG. (Aily.-Gen. -Ken-
Nedy) and tle Director (FBI
Director J. Edgar Hoover), as
itis with,

about it”

(Indicate page, name of
newspaper, city and at

_l_ Boston Globe
Boston, Mass.

12/13/66
Dever 41346

eeon: Charles Nicodemus
"Thomas Winship

Eavor’ Wiretapping

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The subject of “eavesdropping” by
the Federal Burcau of Investigation
flared tais month into a public feud
between FBI director J. Edgar Hoov-

‘er and Scn. Robert F. Kennedy, the
‘former Attorney General of the Unit-
+ ed States and Mr. Hoover's former
x boss. It's an old subject, but what has
puzzied us is Senator Kennedy's pre-
tense at ignorance that such practico
; existed while he headed the Dept. of
Justice, : : .

Since the subject has come xp
- again, the FBI has released to the"
. press (this newspaper included) oifi-

cial documents to show that Mr, Ken-

nedy did, indeed, know about what

the bureau terms “microphone suz-

veiltances” and, movyeover, he ap-
proved the practice.

Among the documents is a mem-
orancum irom the FBI dated Aug.
17, 1951, asking the then-attorncy
Several's permission to use leased ic-
de ¢ lines in connection with such
surveiilances. The memo read: “ii we
are permitted to use the leased icle-

one tines as an adjuact to our mi-
crophons surveillances, this type of
coverage can be materially extended

“both in seeurity and major criminal
. eases, Accordingly, your approval of
/ Gaz utilizing this leased line arrange-

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CRE AWA,

Excrosur:

"Savannah Evening Press"

ment is requested... " At the bottom =
is typed the word “approved,” fol-
lowed by Mr. Kennedy’s signature.
Mr. ‘Kennedy, during the controver-
sy, has used one Courtney A. Evans as |
his back-up man. Mr. Evans, a retired
FBI special agent, was the assistant *
director in charge of the division in-
veslizating organized crime and rack. .-
etecring during Mr. Kennedy’s term ~

as attorney general and he served a : .

liaison between the FBI and Mr. Ken-
nedy, °

Well, among the documents fur- .!
nished by the FEI is a memorandum
from Mr. Evans, dated Aug. 17, 1961,
on the subject of “microphone sur-
veillances” in wnich he discusses the
procedure of obtaining leased tele- |
phone lines and concludes with this
sentence: “Tae Attorney General ap- ;
proved the proposed procedure in this
regard and personally signed the at- i
tached memorandum evidencing such!
approval.” The “attached memoran- :
dum” is the one aforementioned, *,
signed by Mr, Kennedy.

Itis apparent that since Mr<Kenne--.”
dy left the Cabinct to become a sena-
tor he has changed his attitude on s~
eavesdropping as'a method to fight :~
crime. It is apparent, too, that his “*
memory is short. 13, =. .

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December 30, 1966 ok

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“Miss Jill Goldstein
Associate Editor

- Esquire so . 0
en 488 Madison Avente 9 2 te eine .
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~~ > Dear Biss Goldstelag === ene
- Your letter of December 19th was received during
Mr. Hoover's absence, As he is in a travel status, at Will not be

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possDle for him to comply with your request.

. ' Sincerely yours,

Helen W. Gandy “
Secretary

New York - Enclosure
1-Mr, Wick -Enclosure (sent with cover memo)
1-M.A. Jones - Enclosure (sent with cover memo)

Lot 1 - Miss Holmes - Enclosure (sent with cover memo) ;

NOTE: Bufiles contain no record of correspondent; however, we
have maintained cordial relations w2h various officials of Esquire,

Jnc. See D.C) Morrell to Mr. Wick memorandum captioned, «
; ct _, Note.continued next page. ;

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TT Ba wae Did sesay KENNEDY get himself snarled witht}. Kdgie
ne nee Hoover in the batce of the bugs? It might be thought
OT -. that the outcome, ¢ mound of evidence proving Kennedy's
us enmplicity in Justice Dept, wire-tapping procedures, would
scarcely have been worth the strogzie, and indeed, less
. 2, atrogant men might have thought twice before challenging '
. thé FBi-ehief on his own unshakeable ground, Was Ken- *

‘ nedy relying, misguidedly as it turned out, on Hoover's

win soses —--+- Celebrated reluctance to throw open Bureau records? Or aan
did he simply, as simple folk sometimes do, start something

- he couldn't finish? The answer may lie in the episode's *
curious lack of impact on the Kennedy image, which con- -
tinues buoyant though riddled through and through by the”
facts, Not only is RFK, as heir designate to the Presidency, *
beyond good and evil, he also knows he must continue to.
make his political pitch to those moulders of public taste-
for whom any attack upon J, Edgar Hoover automatically+
pus cae ia the right, . eee ©

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January 17, 1967.
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ad ‘eo’ thereafter? ,

Ie is Pearsen's eurrent thesis that Mr. Moover is regularly using methods
ef crime detection which are outside the boundaries of the lew and the crystal-
1ising boundaries ef good conduct, and that acreover he is doing so without the

@ispute over whether Hr. Hoover has acted im concert with Attorney General
Keanedy turned ovt to be an unprofitable encounter for Mr, Kenedy.

Concerning the matter of convention, Mr. Pearson adeits that the Soviet
Uaien bugged the American Eubsssy in Moscow ~~ but “this was over 20 years age.
Today if a bug were found in the Moscow hotel suite of an American visitor there
would be an international uproar.” Has the gentleman taken leave of his senses?
There vasn't even an international uproar when a young American was, by the
evidence of his mutilated corpse, beaten to death by the Commmist police ta
Russia as recently es six months ago, If the redundant tug were discovered in
an Mmerican embassy behind the Iron Ourtain, it would cause less of am inter-
Bational uproar then the discovery of an accurate statement in a coluse by Drew
Pearson. . :

"So far," says Mr, Pearson, “Hoover has led a charmed life. . . But ever
Since President Johnson continued him in office tvo years beyond the statutory
xetirement age of 70, troubles have piled up for Hoover, The President will
have another decision to make vhen Hoover reaches his 73rd birthday, Jan. 1,1967."
That decision, one would hope, would be che easiest the President will have to
wake during the New Year.

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Senator Ed Long called me at 2 p. m. this Mr. Trotter —

ternoon. He asked me if I recalled the name of Walter _. Tele. Room.

Wareridan Long stated that Sheridan was formerly an FBI Miss Holmes
Agent. I told Long I well recalled this name, however, Miss Gandy ——}

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) Mr. Tolson .
4 xe Mr. DeLoach —
3) ay Mr. Mohr
Mr. Wick
January 9, 1967 Mr. Casper
Mr. Callahan —
Mr. Conrad

. Mr. Felt

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MR. TOLSON: f / ; £ Mry Rosen
; Ah fee Mr. Sulu 6

Mr. Tavel

Sheridan was only in the-FBI a rather short time and later or
he had worked for Bobby Kennedy while Kennedy was Attorney General. Sy
I told Long that Shéridan certainly was no great "shakes" and that he was ~
nowreportedly employed by NBC. x <

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Senator Long asked me if the FBI had any information reflect; S
ing that Sheridan tapped wires for Bobby Kennedy. I told the Senator that \
knew of no such information, that he might desire to check with some of then
Departmental people who were around at the time Sheridan was employed y
by Kennedy.

The Sen

know this man, however,

ones, although having a notorious reputation as a wire-
tapper, was employed by Kennedy and placed in the Immigration and Naturali -
zation Service. I stated that Jones was still employed by this agency.

Senator Long stated he wanted to tell me in confidence th _
Bobby Kennedy had been making cracks about him. He stated that Ken by. aa
had told several friends that he, Senator Long, had taken good care of

Mr. Hoover but that attempts would be made by Long and his Subcommittee

to embarrass him (Kennedy). Senator Long also quoted Bobby as stating that
the Kennedys were having Long checked out in attempts to prove that ‘ty

was close to Hoffa and was attempting to embarrass Kennedy because of

Hoffa. Kennedy is further,quoted as stating, "I'll get me? in the | " If f

ANd

“BZ KE
a wia oe Long fal the Khe Zils ba were interesting

een me advised concerning the matter. I then

nd I hoped th:
and I hoped that he would keep me
asked him if he had any new activities going on. He replied that ‘several
papers had contacted him this morning to inquire if he planned to call

Mr. Hoover and Bobby Kennedy for hearings. He stated he told the papers <
that he had no such plans, that he had issued a statement on December 12,

1966, and that he would make no further comments regarding the matter.

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UNITED STATES G@} MENT &
Memorandum

MICROPHONE INSTALLATIONS

\

Ed Morgan, former Inspector, called me this morning and said he Y
wanted to pass along a little information which he thought might be helpful to N
the Bureau in connection with the present controversy with Robert F. Kennedy, wy)
former Attorney General, concerning his knowledge about such installations
throughout the field by the FBL Morgan said he just returned from a West Coast 3
trip where he was representing a group of individuals in connection with a \5
television station. He said one of the individuals involved was Bill Simon, former;
SAC at Los Angeles, He stated that Simon was taking him, Morgan, for a ride ie
around Los Angeles and during the ride Simon mentioned in his conversation the :
"extreme personal interest Kennedy would take in connection with FBI investigativs ee
activities and would go into all techniques whenever he visited a field office." He j.-
went.on to relate that Simon also stated that when Kennedy visited Los Angeleg 5
he went into considerable detail about various investigative techniques and w: 7
fully briefed concerning them.

v

Morgan said the conversation with Simon preceded the current newspppe:

publicity about the use of microphones by the FBI and Kennedy's knowledge

concerning such techniques. Morgan said he was aware that the publicity indicated 3
Kennedy visited New York and Chicago but that we might want to check Los Angeles
and possibly other places where Kennedy visited. I expressed appreciation to

Morgan for his calling and made no further comment.

The foregoing is submitted for record purposes,

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1-Mr. Gale : Py. yt A
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