We Lek Settee epee cannes fatten = Siatotin si acteteemeta 40 were se wees A ee ne ae ONE LE LTA CT SR eh + writen misteltie > men eeteite Mea AneTe rent oe ea apereatedaried hoes need gheh attra ewe LARS IN, eee, sare eae o 4 cate eater NONE Neen at a a OP TO A 8 PP Oe OG ane Agr N Oh Pan gn ar are meteors oar . 1 : “ . . ., ‘ . wae t 2 , Lh ehoh csinoroberhtgl mart area * wae aoe ‘, “ 1 oo ot . [avahe- onde bitcTeaathonsen larteree upaivaty Gar Lineman pea een ee st a Soe Ae nN RE Pal te Paentatae oe ae ‘HW S5078 ‘. Communist Party, USA, was engaging in considerable activity, much The Deputy Attorney y General likewise fails to locate any authorization for this particular installation. At the time of the comvention in 1964, our authority for microshene surveillance was maintained at the Saat of Government and authoriza- tion for utilizing microphone surveillances was made by the Director who relied cn a memorandum irom Attorney General Brownell dated May 20, 1954, which recesnized FBI authority to institute such sur- yeillances. By mem orancum dated September 27, 1985, Attorney- General Katzenbach agreed to contin inue the use of microphene surveil- jances only following his persen onal 2 authorization. it ig pointed out that DeLoach's memorandum repartin ¢the coverage at Atlantic City mentions such ¢ schnical, coverage 2 Mwvith Bureau approval. " “Sn 1984 our investigation of the Committe was based on informati en that an ‘Student N onviclent Coordinating apparent member of the in a leadership capacity in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee. Confidential informants reported that the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commiitse, among the various civil rights organizations, was @ princiral tarset for Communist Party infiltratica,. At this same nericd of time er investigation of the Congrass of Racial Equality was sai ited to mining whether in fact there was coramunist infiliretion in that organiza. tion. (While 2 question arises as to the justification of using a microchone surveillance against the Congress of Racial Equality per se, it is ucted that we did in fact have a vending investigation on tha Eide nt Nonviolent Coordinating Commities and the fact the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was engaged in a joint temporary office with thea Congress of _ Racial Hquality during the convention may well have been justification for installing the microshone surveillance. A review of available eotar~ - material to date located no specific documentation for this decision. } 7 ete AME > Newark files contain 2 ‘memorandum dated August ai, 1964, concerning g the technical survelllance which verifies that. the work cn two phones in King's rooms at the hotel had been completed: however, the persennel at Atlantic City could uct place the mike on Kine in visw of the fact they had to ieave the room. Newark files also attribute to’ then Senior Resident Agent Clark that on Bureau instructions a mike should be considered for the ismporary Congress of Racial Equality headquarters at 2414 Atlantic Avenue, Ailantic City. The only other information contained In Newark files concerning these installations is a handwritten log consisting of Seventy-eight pages of overhears on King’s telephones. DocTda: 32969535 Page 99
HW 55076 _ The Deputy Attorney General ~ | UTILIZATION OF NE SYS MEDIA COVER BY AGENTS : - es ros ‘As set forth above; both in the Washington Post arti cle as well 23 DeLoach's memorandum, reporting the activities of the special squad at the convention, same of the Agenis utilized media identification cf NBC. At that time there was no Bureau rule prohibiiing the use cf such inves~ tigative technique. On July 2, 1963, instructicas were sei forth that all Agent persconei are pr ghibited to pose as newsmen or representatives of any wire service for the purpose of esta ishing an investigaiive cover. This rule was invoked after a news em appeared én the Washineten Post cn dune 18, 1968, alleging teat one of our Agenis had ‘posed as 2 representative of the i aternational Hews Service while covering an antidrait demonstration at the Supreme Court on dime 17, 1968. The alisgation alluded to by the newspaver was in met a correct ‘statement as to ths Agent using the news media as his core v for being at the demonstration. oe ERS ee feel - ers a ye” a COVERAGE OF 1984 REPUBLICAN NATIONAE, ae CONVENTDN, SAN FRANCISCO, CALITORNE ue ; Review of Bureau records fails to edablish ‘that any specialized coverage was afforded to the Republican National Convention held in San Francisco in duly, 1564, and the only refsrenceuin cur records relate to the planning and execution by the Congress of Racial Equality of dem- oustralicns and picketing especially insofar as tis nomination of Senator ' Barry Goldwater was concerned. Severalieletmes and communications © were supmitted by San Francisco concerning thedemonstrations and ' folisw~up letterhead memoranda were received ty the Bureau and - disseminated. ae ee att a . ~ oe ote . a os Semele ep at a aed ee : nr er wee Be ae oft Doctld: 32989535 Page 100
> ow ner ee f . , ~ ¢ ° I ; ; | president Jo hnsoseand the Fa t The relationship between President Johnson and } fr. Hoover had beer clese t 2 officially and socially for some years. This may have facilitated somewhat the H use of the F5i by President Johnson. They had been neifhiors. When Presider: Jounson as a Senator and later Vice-President the relationsnip becane ever more close.-(in icentally President Jonnson use to call the Director from tim: to time and Kept reneating one question:"Did you nave a telephone tad on ne woen I-was in the Senaty?, “ He was always. told we did not, which was tne truth, but he never seemed to believe it.) seq pene a 1. Re: Mrs. Claire Chennault and Embassy of South Vietnam . President Johnson requested FBI put a physical surveillance on Mrs. Chennault for tne purpose of deveAoping noliftical infornation which could be used against Mr. Nixon. Gn November 7, 1968 Bromely Smith of the white House called the F5l.and said that he had just conversed with President Jo hnson who now wanted the physcial surveillance discchtitudd but the wiretap on the Saba should be maintained. Mr. Ssith said: "...the P the opinion that the intelligence obtained py the FE: operation Was oF one a “furnisned. DY whe FSi ned Ge ui aber ey ‘ A on toh aan ne eireinethe Rnta® BesrONEn Matin Rare, oe: we Te el a Late eo ates Shere ea ed eee ae LENA te Ga {P SECRET P>9Ts 3 wars y whe néq Geen. tly what hed teen needed by the White House and that he and the President were very graveful." enmmmmn ner nee eee eee een ee PSI ER ree e Per & DOWNGRADED TO Date 2, Re: Democratic National Convention Atlantic City ,N.J. 1964 President Johnson recuested the FB I sét up a special squad at the Convention to be of assistance to hiny in various ways. The "cover" would be that it was a security squad to zuard against militants etc. Nothing of this scope ned ever been done before or since to my memory. Included in the assistance raid@red was the. development of poli tical information useful to President Jo hnson. On September 10, 1964 Walter Jenikons. Special assistant to rresicent . ° johnson at that time called the FSI and talked to Mr. moover. i>. Jenkins said "the Presi nb Gin to call, and, th : may have mentioned wn: nin. i anc was that he, the Presiden: Fa at Aplantic City was one ‘oz tna finest he has ever See: ae Ne Tat Ss DoeS ES eters ets eZ ta teetvcwe oY ee AOL OL AITO Res, ime me Tk te foe F wee Unauthorized Disclosure . Subject to Criminal Sanctiong _ 3. Re: Don Reynolds (a personality in the Bobby Baker caso) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION President Johnson called the P2I on November 18, 1964 and said he _thougat the Sureau should locate Reynolds and find Out a ‘did with £25,000 he alledsolly received. Fresidend Jonns was his opinion thattnenoles ‘had ad Bec such a Aungs Se = wo Se A + ane mudi Can Par wy but resuits negativo. Eonar hak tak ean I ee une On ane - PE st BCRET RN ee ~ TOO Rete eee ; fa 55076. Bocld:32989535 Page 101
€ ™ , . CODE TELETYPE . IMMEDIATE JANUARY 26, 1975 - any /- TO SACS BIRMINGHAM PERSONAL ATTENTION, gx - Ki ANSAS CITY n\n ° RIERIPHIS z Z NEWARK oa OMAHA FY Bed PHLA i BAS / | FROM DIRECTOR, FBI | X : \ ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRY LX . a IN CONNECTION WITH THE ONE NINE SIX FOUR DEMOCRATIC ee x NATION AL CONVENTION AT ATLANTIC cITy, NEW JERS iY, AUGU' I Tv | TWO TWO ‘THRO PUG 70 RIGHT, ONE NINE B soi FOUR, INFO SaATIOS! IN ‘BUREAU FILES DISCLOSES THAT TEE . meres AGENTS a PARTICIPATED IN THE COVERAGE WHICH THE BUREAU HAD WITH a REGARD TO THIS CONVENTION: BIRM INGEN OFFICE - 54 JAMES 5 ne ra ‘ £ SS SNIDER; BUFEALO - SA WILLIAM Py f \CRAW SORD: KANSAS CITY - pe pd SAC BILL Dy. WILLIAMS; MEMPHIS - SA BEN D, HALE; OMABA - bay a“ SA ROBERT L. TAGG; PHILADELPHIA - SA JOHN B, Ysa Assoc. LL NELSON, JORN J sean DONALD cs AN, GUS M,; AKCORE Dep. AD Kém. _ Gen. Inv. Ident. Inspection Intell. Dep. AD Inv. fen L . Asst. Dir.: u “GC f ; AAS i / & aS Admin. . Pelt «a Comp. Syst. FOL. nS ~ co * Ext. Affairs ath ee Df: —na nee ema Pree BOVE pe Gy tate erie Files & Com. at _t-TINB bhg ( Ne COME ts tint] Cifpener | XY 15 fF Ona CREGHS LECLH! =e) B10 1975 _- I} > Ss Laboratory & miko geade is preparea in resp in response to’ ‘your request ‘ink iS “ng eee dissemi Plan. & Eval. 1 Lc wa ESde your Committee... Its use is limited’ to aff ictal ‘proceedings by f? in nay nut b2 disclosed ‘to’ wniuthorizéd person- your Consiitive and the contqip faval of the FBI . Spec. Inv. Teena pw 7FEB 4 A, Qi syithout the express ap Legal Coun. BF*'5409 Bo. 3 tas 132989535 Page 102 __
cae Ni pl = TELETYPE TO BIRMINGHAM | - — Te RE: ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRY ,LAS VEGAS - WALTER J. Je, ¥. SLAUGHTER WILLIAM L{DWYER, / YOU ARE INSTRUCTED DALE rn} surton, TO RESPOND AS FACTUALLY AND DETALED AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING YOUR PARTICIPATION UNDER THE DIRECTION OF FORMER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CHARTHAD, DE LOACH: 1. WHO INSTRUCTED YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ASSIGNMENT ? 2. WHAT INSTRUCTIONS DID YOU RECEIVE RELATIVE TO | | | { | { | YOUR ASSIGNMENT ? : | 3, WHAT WAS YOUR ASSIGNMENT? | 4. WHAT WAS THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND ADVISE ‘TO ! WHOM YOU REPORTED? | _ 5, IN FURNISHING RESULTS OF INFORMATION YOU RECEIVED | WAS IT HANDLED ORALLY OR IN WRITING? IF IN WRITING, WAS | IT IN THE FORM OF ROUGH DRAFT NOTESOR WAS IT A COM- | MUNICATION THAT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN FILED IN | - EITHER BUREAU OR NEWARK FILES? 6. IN HANDLING THIS ASSIGNMENT ADVISE WHAT YOU WERE TOLD AS TO ITS PURPOSE AND WHO SO INFORMED YOU, . 7. WAS ANY INFORMATION RECEIVED AT ANY TIME BY YOU INDICATING THAT THE BUREAU'S SERVICES WERE BEING UTILIZED | | | | FOR POLITICAL REASONS ? ; i -2- { U , HW 55078 Docld:32989535 Page 103 “~~,
‘ 7 . Hf wa took ‘ Y ‘ : “ ‘ po — a “Pla Loeleg oF PeWE SE aye J RE AS RECON . ———— “Ye Akt . y - Th var ce NR 925 NK CODE O 7 Vi. jt. . - 11:59AM IMMEDIATE APRIL 30, 1975 JCS 4 CP 7 TO DIRECTOR ° FROM NEWARK (66-3963) pO f. ATTN: INSPECTOR A. fd. SGWLEY, INSPECTION DIVISION | tf ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRY$ 1964 DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOMINATING A a - ~ . CONVENTION, ATLANTIC CITY, NJ = JUNE « va ft ee 7 FOLLOWING IS VERBATUM-TEXT- OF NEMO"FROM FORMER SA JOUN P, a DEVLIN DATED APRIL 39, 1975: | ‘ eel, - Dey . ON FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1975, I MET WITH A MICHAEL T. ire ars ji eestesi OF THE US SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE “ACTIVITIES, WHO WAS SEEKING INFORMATION REGARDING MY PART IN A TECHNICAL SURVEILLANCE IN ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, IN THE SUMMER Vy OF 1964, DURING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOMINATING CONVENTION a THE ROOMS OCCUPIED BY THE LATE MARTIN LUTHER KING AT THE CLARIDGE HOTEL. HE STATED HIS COMMITTEE HAS A BROAD MANDATE fo) TO LOOK INTO THE INTELLIGENCE INVESTGATION ACTIVITIES OF THE of df . NG FBI. ff Up Ln) / = IN HIS QUESTIONS, HE COVERED THE FOLLOWING POINTS: ° a Pica Et were WHO TOLD ME TO GO TO ATLANTIC CITY? , ® MAY WHERE DID THEY GET THEIR INSTRUCTIONS? AY "7 1975 ‘ : 8 she a PN UL i in . sosomb | (we This docudsent és prepared jn-tespinbe tof your request and is not for qissemr t ouraniside, your Committee. Its use és limited to ojficial procéee “ot Tz “Ceara a , be disclosed to unauthori aan 1) (Qdia Committee andthe content may not | HW 55078 DocId:32989535 Pade “10 ; Lif
PAGE TWO NK 66-3963 . WHAT WAS I TOLD TO DO WHEN I GOT TO ATLANTIC CITY? WAS I TOLD WHY I WAS GOING THERE, I.F., THE PURPOSE OR AIM OF THIS PARTICULAR INVESTIGATION? . WHO GAVE FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS IN ATLANTIC CITY? WHO DID I REPORT TO IN ATLANTIC CITY? “WHAT DID I DO THERE? * _ WHAT DID I DO WITH ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM MY EFFORTS? WHO DID I REMEMBER AS BEING IN CONTACT WITH KING? WHO DID I REMEMBER BEING IN KING'S HOTEL SUITE? WHAT DID I HEAR ABOUT ANY PLANS FOR A VICE-PRESIDENT IAL NOMINEE? - DID I EVER MEET OR TALK TO CARTHA DE LOACH? DID I EVER DICTATE ANY MEMORANDA REGARDING THIS SURVEILLANCE TO A STENOGRAPHER ‘IN ATLANTIC CITY? DID I KNOW OF ANY OTHER TECHNICAL SURVEILLANCES IN ATLANTIC CITY AT THAT TIME? MY RECOLLECTION OF DETAILS OF THIS ASSIGNMENT, WITHOUT BENEFIT OF ANY MEMORANDA OR FILES TO REVIEW, IS NECESSARILY HW 55076 DBocld:32999535 Page 106
PAGE THREE NK 66-3963 SKETCHY, AND I TOLD THIS TO MR, EPSTEIN. AS I RECALLED THE BROAD OVERALL SITUATION, I TOLD HIM THAT I WORKED WITH JOHN J. CONNOLLY, JR., ON OUR PARTICULAR ASSIGNMENT, AND WE PROBABLY RECEIVED OUR INSTRUCTIONS FROM SAC BACHMAN THROUGH OUR SUPER-. VISOR WILLIAM GAGNON. I HAD TO ASSUME THAT MR. BACHMAN RECEIVED THESE INSTRUCTIONS FROM SOMEBODY AT BUREAU HEADQUARTERS. “OUR PURPOSE IN GOING TO ATLANTIC CITY WAS TO OBTAIN WHATEVER INFORMATION WE COULD ABOUT PLANNED DISRUPTIVE TACTICS OR DEMONSTRATIONS THAT WOULD THREATEN THE SAFETY OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON OR THE SECURITY OF THE CONVENTION. SINCE I WAS THE SOUND MAN FOR THE NEWARK OFFICE, MY EFFORTS IN THIS REGARD WERE CONCENTRATED On A TECHNICAL SURVEILLANCE AS OPPOSED TO ANY PHYSICAL SURVEILLANCE OR OTHER INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITY CONDUCTED BY OTHER AGENTS FROM THE NEWARK OFFICE IN ATLANTIC CITY AT THAT TIME. MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS SELECTED AS THE TARGET OF OUR SURVEILLANCE. BY WHOM, I DO NOT RECALL. HE WAS THE LEADER OF THE GROUP OPPOSING PRES IDENT JOHNSON, SO I SUPPOSE HE WAS A a LIKELY TARGET. HW 55078 Docld:32989535 Page 107
PAGE FOUR NK 66-3963 MR. EPSTEIN WAS INTERESTED IN MY OPINION AS TO THE LEGITAMACY OF OUR INVESTIGATION AS A SECURITY MEASURE. I was UNABLE TO IMPUGN ANY OTHER MOTIVES TO THIS INVESTIGATION OTHER THAN AS SET OUT ABOVE. . 1 DO NOT RECALL DETAILS OF OUR HANDLING OF THE INFORMA- TION RECEIVED OVER THE TECHNICAL SURVEILLANCE. SA BILLIE D. WILLIAMS WAS LIAISON WITH CARTHA DE LOACH AND ARRANGED OR WE RECEIVED. AGAIN, I WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY CONTACTS’ OR ASSOCIATES OF KING WITHOUT REFERENCE TO WHATEVER NOTES VE MAY HAVE KEPT ON THE SURVEILLANCE. IN RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HUBERT H. HUMPHREY AND ROBERT KENNEDY WERE IN TOUCH WITH OR VISITED KING IN HIS SUITE, I HAD TO TELL MR. EPSTEIN THAT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN, BUT I COULD NOT STATE POSITIVELY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AS THERE WERE May POLITICIANS OF THE DAY IN-CONTACT WITH HIM, I RECALLED, IN ANSWER TO HIS QUESTIONS, THAT KING *S WIFE, CORETTA, WAS IN TOUCH WITH “HIM REGARDING HER PLANS TO TRAVEL TO THE CONVENTION AND ALSO THAT HE WAS IN CONTACT WITH A NOTED 4 . HW 55076 Docld:32989535 Page 106
PAGE FIVE NK 66-3963 ENTERTAINER, MEHALIA JACKSON, WHO WAS APPEARING AT SOME CLUB IN ATLANTIC CITY AT THAT TIME, AND WHO WAS APPARENTLY AN OLD FRIEND OF KING *S. ro | AS TO THE QUESTION OF WHAT INFORMATION WAS TRANSMITTED TO DE LOACH, I SUPPOSE WE SENT EVERYTHING THAT WOULD INDICATE ANY ACTION ON THE FLOOR OF THE CONVENTION, T AM VAGUE ON THE DETAILS OF HOY WE HANDLED THE TRANSCRIPTION AND REPORTING OF INFORMATION WE RECEIVED, WE MAY HAVE WRITTEN LONGHAND SUMMARIES OR DICTATEN UTA TEL EPHANT TN A STFNNGRAPHFR - I WAS AWARE OF ANOTHER INSTALLATION, EITHER ATTEMPTED OR OPERATED AT-A STORE FRONT OPERATION OF SOME ORGANIZATION THAT THREATENED DISRUPTION OF THE CONVENTION, BUT I HAD NO DETAILS CONCERNING IT. OS * MR. EPSTEIN WAS UNABLE TO ADVISE ME AS TO WHETHER OR NOT I WOULD BE CONTACTED AGAIN REGARDING THIS MATTER. END URM FBIHO CLR ~ . , aw 55078  Docld: 32969535 Page 109