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\ a : ‘Mr. Church’ aE Hd By William Safire WASHINGON, Nov. 19—On Oct. 10, aw we pe erm i . . = 1963, the then-Attorney General of the - United States put his personal signa- ture on a document that launched and * legitimatized one of the most horren- :* dous abuses of Federal police power in : this century. : In Senator Frank Church’s subcom- mittee hearing room this week, the authorized wiretapping and subse- . quent unauthorized bugging and at- tempted blackmailing of Martin Luther ° King Jr. is being gingerly examined, : with the “investigation” conducted in - such a way as not to unduly em- - barrass officials of the Kennedy or Johnson Administrations. i With great care, the committee has = focused on the F.B.I. Yesterday, when? the committee counsel first set forth . the result of shuffling through press ° clips, it seemed as if no Justice De-: partment had existed in 1962; today, ° an F.B.I. witness pointed out that it was Robert Kennedy who authorized the wiretap of Dr. King, and that “the President of the United States and the Attorney General specifically discussed their concern of Communist influence with Dr. King.” But the Church committee showed “no zest for getting further to the Ken- nedy root of this precedent to Water- » gate eavesdropping. If Senator Church were willing to let the chips fall where they may, he would call some knowl- edgeable witnesses into the glare of the-camera lights and ask them-some questions that have gone unasked for . thirteen years, For example, he could call Nicholas Katzenbach, Atiorney General Ken- ~ mnedy’s deputy and successor, and ask what he knows of the Kennedy de- cision to wiretap Dr. King. Who at Justice concurred in the recommenda- tion? How does the F.B.I. know the ; President was consulted or informed? ‘ After Mr. Katzenbach assumed of-! « fice, and the wiretapping continued, | he was told by angry newsmen that the F.B.1, was leaking scurrilous in- formation about Dr. King. Why did he wait for four months, and for a thou- sand telephonic interceptions, to dis- continue the officially approved tap? Of course, this sort of testimony wouldg erode Senator Church's political base. That is why we do not see for- mer Assistant F.B.I. director Cartha (Deke) Deloach, Lyndon Johnson’s * personal contact with the F.B.I. in the witness chair. What did President Johnson know about the character- assassination piot and when did he know it? What conversations took nlace between Mr. Deloach and Presi- dent Johnson on the tapping of Dr. King, or about the use of the F.B.J. in any other intrusions into the Sives of political figures? er Ok oe i Page 3 WN I ae meensnenrerommn prem menn eancmntin SES oar <@over-Up “The committee is not asking em embar- rassing questions even when answers are readily available. A couple of weeks ago, at an open hearing, an F.B.I. man inadvertently started to blurt out an episode about newsmen who were weritapping in 1962 vied . the apparent knowledge of Attorney General Kennedy. The too-willing wi 4 ness was promptly shooshed into sir lence, and told that such informatio would be developed only in executive - session. Nobody raised an eyebrow. That pattern of containment by the Church committee is vividly shown by the handling of the buggings at the ‘1964 Republican and Democratic con- ESSAY CE a amaaeenentod ventions which were ordered by Lyn- don Johnson. Such invasions of politi-° cal headquarters were worse than the crime committed at Watergate, since they involved the use of the ¥F.B.L, but the Church investigators seem to be determineti not to probe too deeply. If F.B.1, documents say that reports were made to specific Johnson aides, why are those men not given the same opportunity to publicly tell their story so avidly given the next Presi- dent’s men? If Lyndon Johnson com- mitted this impeachable high crime of using the F.B.J, to. spy on political 4 opponents, ‘who can be brought for-! ward to tell us all about it? i But that, would cause embarrass-; ment to Democrats. and Senator Church wants to embarrass profes- sional employees of investigatory agencies only. A new sense of Con- - gressiona] decorum exists, far from the sense of outrage expressed in the Senate Watergate committee’s hear- ing room. When it is revealed that the management of NBC News gave’ press credentials to L.B.J.’s spies at the 1964 convention, everybody blushes demure-; ly—and nobody demands to know; which network executive made what. decision urder what pressure, i I hhave been haranguing patient’ readers for years about the double standard applied to Democratic and° Republican political crimes, and had hoped the day would come when the hardball precedents set by the Ken- nedy and Johnson men would be laid before the public in damning detail. Obviously, Democrat Frank Church is not the man to do it. His. jowl- shaking indignation is all teo selec- tive: the trai! of high-level responsi- bility for the crimes committed against Dr. King and others is evidently going to be allowed to cool. Pity, You'd think that afler aii the nation has been through in the past few years, our political ‘Icaders would have fearned that the one thing that brings you down is the act cf cover- ing up. mena THE NEW YORK TIMES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20th, 1975 PAGE C~41 MW 54946 Doold: 32988466
NR@G3 SJ CODE 19:96 PM NITEL 3-25-75 JXC TO DIRECTOR . : ; . ATTENTION: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING SECTION FROM SAN JUAN. | SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON. INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES REFERENCE ‘BUREAU TELETYPE TO ALL SPECIAL AGENTS IN CHARGE "DATED MARCH 34, 1975, CAPTIONED AS ABOVE. THE FOLLOWING IS A BREAKDOWN OF SUPERVISOR AND AGENT PERSONNEL IN THE SAN JUAN DIVISION ASSIGNED To INTERNAL SECURLTY “MATTERS : ONE SUPERVISOR ~ FULL TINE; ONE SUPERVISOR - TWENTY PER CENT OF THE TIME} FOURTEEN ‘SPECIAL AGENTS ~- FULL TIME; THREE SPECIAL AGENTS - FIFTY PER CENT OF THE TIME. AT THIS ‘TIME, THE SAN JUAN DIVISION Has No COUNTERINTELLI- GENCE MATTERS IN A PENDING STATUS$ THEREFORE, No AGENT PERSONNEL | ARE ASSIGNED TO COUNTERINTELLIGENCE. END. DBS FBIHQ ACK FOR ONE GA rer — San JU: an et ( :
NW 54948 Doold: 32989486 Page 5 NR@G46 WA CODE 19:22PM NITEL 3-24-75 DEB TO ALL SACs FROM DIRECTOR SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES | _ SENATOR FRANK CHURCH , CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TO STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES. HAS MADE AN INITIAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM THE FBI. AMONG THE ITEMS REQUESTED IS A BREAKDOWN OF — FIELD AGENT PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO INTERNAL SECURITY AND , COUNTERINTELLIGENCE MATTERS » . ACCORDINGLY, WITHIN FOUR EIGHT HOURS EACH SAG SHOULD SUTEL TO FBIHQ, ATTENTION: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING SECTION, SETTING FORTH SEPARATELY THE NUMBER OF SACS, ASACS, SUPERVISORS AND AGENTS ASSIGNED TO. INTERNAL SECURITY AND COUNTERI NTELLIGENCE MATTERS. PERCENTAGES OF AN AGENT’S TIME, WHEN NOT ASSIGNED FULL= INE TO THESE ACTIVITIES, SHOULD BE USED: IF APPROPRIATE, PARTICULARLY IN THE SUPERVISORY “CATEGORIES. THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN SEPARATELY BETWEEN INTERNAL SECURITY AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE « YOUR RESPONSE SHOULD BE LIMITED TO AGENT PERSONNEL ONLY. oO Ke FBISS . GA al 7 Mb 906 x, | | see ‘ 4 vera a ‘Late FRI— SAN IUA!