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I said that Mr. Lodge was Ambassador at Madrid under the
Eisenhower Administration, I believed, and had contact with our Legal Attache
at that time and he was happy to learn we had a man in Argentina and looked
forward to depending on him. I told Mr. Sullivan that our Legal Attache should
pay a call on the Ambassador as soon as it is convenient for the Ambassador
to see him after his arrival. I said I thought Mr. Lodge left today, not for
Argentina, but to settle some personal affairs in Connecticut where he was
formerly Governor. I told Mr. Sullivan I do want to get through to the Legal
Attache the close personal friendship and relationship which the new Ambassador
and I have had.
Mr. Sullivan said he would handle it personally.
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Employment Opportunity Commission!. Senator Dirksen said he did notsay a word or lay a glove on him that he did not deserve, and he knew
what he, Dirksen, had.
Assistant Director Gale, in Mr. DeLoach's absence, was advisedI of the above and is handling.
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Each Division should begin promptly to collect necessary
material to be submitted for use in the FBI Annual Report for fiscal
year 1969 which ends on June 30, 1969. '
A complete account of the activities of each Division
during the entire year which can be made public must be submitted to
reach Mr. Bishop on or before July 18, 1969. Statistics must cover
the entire 12-month period. They must be accurate and must agree
with official figures recorded by the Statistical Section.
In addition to statistical accomplishments, each Division
should submit a clear, concise narrative detailing its operations and
highlighting its responsibilities and accomplishments. Examples
illustrating new techniques, unusual developments, new areas of
responsibility, interesting and outstanding investigative achievements
and other items of public interest should be included in this narrative.»
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RE: ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 1969
New areas of FBI jurisdiction and summaries of significant cases
which best illustrate the extent and importance of our work shouldbe given special attention. g
ichecked f_or"acc<_:racy..b§fore siibznissionl j;1Whil_e 't_he"_z-eports of Divisionactivities must be "complete, they should not__'c__ontain e;rtraneous___infor__-;.h_,
' _' * " inasmuch as readerinterest is greatly enhanced by
pictorial coverage, particular attention should be paid, consistent
with each Division's narrative, to submitting or recommending
photographs that best portray FBI activities during the fiscal year.
These photographs may include FBI personnel in the performance of
their duties, certain FBI facilities of public interest, those that depict
FBI investigation or the commission of a crime within our jurisdiction,
and even human interest pictures relating to FBI personnel. These
may come from any source, but all must be carefully documented as to
their origin, date of activity, Bureau file number or case title, and/or
an accurate description of the scene pictured.
It should be emphasized that the Annual Report is the
only document published by the FBI each year which gives a complete
public accounting of our operations. For this reason it is imperative
that each llvision do its utmost to see that its performance is reported
in an informative and interesting manner.
Very truly yours,
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said he needed some advice and indicated that Miss Rose Mar WoodsSecretary to the President, had received a letter fromindicating he had previously talked to a Miss Tankersley, a stenographerin Miss Woods office, and told her he was celebrating his 35th Anniversary L Qin the Bureau on May 20th and he would like a letter from the President
to put in his book of memorial letters as well as an autographed photo ra hof the President, I inquired of Mr. DeLoach as to just who is thi#and Mr. DeLoach said he isin the Alexandria 1e Office.
I told Mr. DeLoach to advise the White House that such a letter is not
necessary. Mr. DeLoach said that was what he wanted to recommend.
I checked and found that I had an appointment tomorrow to presentthis 35-year scroll t who was to be accompanied by his family,and I told Mr. DeLoach to tell the White House such a letter is not necessary
and I will here indicate for Mr. Mohr to present the scroll, as I will not do it.
I said I thought it was presumptious to ask that such a letter be written.
Very truly yours,
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Director
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RE: CLERICAL TOUR LEADER
SPECIAL TRAINING CLASS
A special tour leader training class of two weeks duration
is being formed on June 9, 1969. It is imperative at this time that we
increase the number of qualied clerical tour leaders in order to handle
our heavy summer commitments, and this class will also include those
young men now eligible for Special Agent consideration, who have not had
tour training. V
Clerical personnel in the latter category are already being
processed for this class. You should submit by appropriate memorandum
the names of the other young men assigned to your Division whom you
recommend for this training. As previously instructed, all candidates
being recommended must possess, at least, the minimum physical require-
ments for the Special Agent position. Please give this matter your personal
attention and be certain that the Crime Records Division is appropriately
advised no later than the close of business May 29, 1969.
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RE: HOUSING or NEW EMPLOYEES
1v1ETRoPouTAN WASHINGTON, D. c., AREA
Enclosed is a copy of a memorandum outlining the current
difficulties encountered in housing new employees and the increasing
general-type complaints received from resident managers concerning
our employees. Such conduct will not be tolerated and each Assistant
Director must impress this fact upon his employees. Although this
subject matter is covered in detail during New Clerks Orientation
Classes, it is the responsibility of each division head to explain to new
employees reporting to their divisions what the Bureau expects of them
and to provide effective, continuing indoctrination to insure that employees
understand and abide by the highest standards of personal conduct. This
should be borne in mind in scheduling topics of discussion at divisional,
sectional and unit conferences.
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HOUSING OF NEW EMPLOYEES
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; _ 3 New employees -arrive'fiom1"u1"al a're'asconf_ro'nted with problem ofsecuring housing, with good neighborhoods and transportation, in a metropolitanarea. Accordingly, during past year, our Housing Cffice was required to place10, 110 people in temporary and 5, 650 in permanent quarters. During next twomonths we anticipate bringing on duty well over 1, 000 employees. Although wehave in excess of 250 apartment projects on approved housing list and over 150private homes all of which are inspected regularly and require constant liaison!,it is necessary to continually seek new housing, both of a temporary and perma-nent nature. Accordingly, as in past years, during past months our staff hasbeen vigorously engaged in seeking new housing accommodations and renewingour liaison with established contacts.
During this period we have met with increasing reluctance on the part ofboth established and new developments to accept our employees. Althoughreluctance is motivated by complaints general in nature and, for the most part,result of youthful exuberance, loudness, and of general inconsiderateness towardsother residents, the number of these incidents is obviously magnied due to factwe have so many employees in established projects. Usually complaints are ofloud, rowdy parties with people coming and going at all hours, and generalnuisance -type harassment of others. Of major concern of resident managers isthe continual roommate and furniture swapping of employees. Inherent in prob-lem of securing new accommodations upon arrival is the financial necessity foremployees to band together in groups to share expenses of apartment, utilities,and rented furniture. Unfortunately, due to resignations, personality conflicts,or a desire to relocate, these groups disband. Often employees merely arrangewith others to swap roommates. Although in violation of leases, most residentmanagers allow it as they have knowledge, through our liaison, of these problemIn allowing it, however, they stipulate that employees notify of changes and makeappropriate name changes on leases. When this is not done, which is frequently
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the case, rent receipts are continually mixed up and confusion follows. The sameis true of furniture which is rented not from apartment but from major leasing
companies. lt is a quite common practice for neighboring employees to raid an
apartment being vacated by other employees in order to swap or secure a better
couch or ch_a_ir_. Again, done without lmowledge or,_consent_,of the management orieasnig ¢ariipany', "cause s" cbiirusioh ?iiesiaent""znsna'ger.s paint out that althoughler. swtnvaze ewiiaiaet terse numbers. at emP1Q¥e@$.sr=m.mine 1?°1.ne_~fr°m@@i£1-i@921ghtwo1"k-.slft iaré §tist'beg'lnnin'g t}§elrday', "thec'onst5nt sla'inn'ii.ng of doors, " i '
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realize majority of complaints result from normal, healthy youthful exuberanceand inconsiderateness, the increasing number of complaints from other residents,
including older couples who constantly threaten to move, naturally causes anincreasing reluctance on their part to continue to house our employees. They
appreciate the prompt and thorough handling of any complaint by our Housing Oificthave been guaranteed continued assistance of this sort, and, with this understandinwill attempt to continue to house our employees. They realize also this type 'behavior is not confined to our employees but is typical of all tenants in this youth-
ful age bracket.
When new employee enters on duty, complete instructions concerning
housing procedures and standards of conduct expected in off-duty hours are
explained in detail. Upon reporting to a division of assignment, each Assistant
Director reiterates these standards and thereafter, through divisional conferences
at section and unit levels, they are re -emphasized. In spite of this continuous
indoctrination and admonitions, it is felt imperative that contents of memorandumbe furnished each Assistant Director and SAC, WFO, to reiterate to our employees
the need for their proper conduct during off-duty hours.
RECOMMENDATION:
That above matters be brought to the attention of all employees to insure
their proper behavior during off -duty hours.
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thereof in the Western Hemisphere. He said that they were particularly
anxious to ascertain the sources of the disturbances and whether they were
spontaneous and came from within the countries visited by Governor
Rockefeller, or whether there was a pattern of a conspiracy initiated from
the outside of these countries that led to the disturbances.L9 " T021 1 would like to ha _ _ ve a memorandum on what we know about this. , .if O
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called. He said_ he thanke me very much for talking to him because he knew this was an
unusual kind of thing to have happen.
He said he wanted to ask me veryseriously, but he was sure I was /familiar with this and given thought to it already, but he wanted to report onthe basis of about the authorization that the FBI had Lem Hr. gobert Kenne! to release the ' material thatya Km-g athey are getting a great deal of static from people who are telling them --I they say they have this authorization, but they don't release it and don't showwhat the documents are and many of these documents that have been releasedin the past are fuzzy and don't really show there was clear authorization to ,1do this and in general there is a nondispcmtion on the part of the readers to 15>accept the idea that Bob Kennedy actually did authorize the tapping of King'sphone. He said, "Now I just want to ask you as seriously as I can to releasethose documents. You have them. They do show, I presume, exactly what 5ou say. "sqgii
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by electronic device and was persuaded by our people not to do it in view ofthe possible repercussions, then later he changed his mind and delayedbringing the matter up again until in October the authority was signed by him______ .;in his own handwriting and it gave us the authority to do it and we discontinuedit on ril 30, 1965, under the administration of Attorney General Katzenbach.*said he understood and asked if they could report this. 1 told himhe co d report what I have said to him. I told lim the reason I was drawing a
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line on this is that Mr. Tolson wrote Carl! Rowan about his slanderous columnlast Sunday and he, Rowan, wrote back in which he asked a series of eight ornine questions, such as, did we tap the telephone of a half dozen leaders likeWilkins: .. of the NAACP, Farmer, eight or nine others, Abernathey; or if wehad tapped the phones of a Congressman; and various other things. _said he was not asking all that. I told him he could certainly print what I saybecause we are writing back to Rowan today that since he did not seek any factsbefore printing his column, he was not entitled to any information from us atthis time, but as to the question he has asked, the dates that these wiretapswere on, I have the original copy of it on my desk. It was signed by Kennedyin his own handwriting on October 10, 1963.
9 said if I had one minute, could he repeat back to me what ,he understood ad said to him so there would be no misunderstanding and alsocould he tell me that he was adding into it some details that he thought theyalready understood about this from other sources they have talked to.
did suggest through a liaison man that he had with me, that I should keep aneye on Martin Luther King because of his associ on with people that he,Robert Kennedy, was concerned about and was particularly talkingabout Stanley Levinson and a fellow named Jones, both of whom were supposedto be of Marxist leanings and that the Attorney General was concerned aboutKing's relations with these people and he thought it might be a good idea to putan electronic surveillance device of some type into the picture to see what hewas doing; that the FBI suggested at that time that this would be a difficultthing to do because of the fact that King traveled around so much and there werea lot of political repercussions that might result; but then subsequently on the7th of November and I corrected him and told him October 7, 1963! -- onOctober 7, 1963, I reported, and this is a memorandum from me to the AttorneyGeneral, a four-paragraph document, that I had determined the feasibility ofestablishing taps on the telephones of the SCLC headquarters at Atlanta and
d th d I d t ah d d d it d that New York an if he au orize it, was prepare o go ea an o an
came back to me, the memorandum with his initials. I told him with his fullname, Robert F. Kenned . continued - o. k. 'd by him, dating that10/10/63. Itol a was correct.He said it was his understanding that in June, 1963, Mr. Kennedy .2! é
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continued that it was his understanding that I had no
objection to this -- is it o.k. for them to identify the FBI as
the source or flatly say it on their own. I told him I would rather he atly
said it on his own, but I anticipate similar requests from other sources that1 would not be as frank with as 1 have been with him. said o. 1<.;
that he thought this is a wise thing for me to do.
He said if I had one more minute, he would like to tell me one
reason why he happened to be interested in this thing. Isaid he had some
young people with whom he was friendly who were involved in a wedding
this weekend and the boys and girls all ended up at his house after the thing
and he did not iknow whether they had read Rowans column, but they were ='
talking about the fact how dreadful it was that the FBI would have presumed to
tap the phone or keep an eye on Martin Luther King, a great hero. He said
after listening to this for about an hour and a half, he told them to hold ona minute, that it was his understanding that the Bureau had been checking on z éKing because there had been allegations that he had been in touch with Q /-9
recognized or potential communist agents and the reason nothing was ever
released or done about it was that after checking into it, they became
satisfied there was nothing dangerous and he asked them what they would
think of a Government that did not check into information that seemed to show ,
that communist agents were trying to work on a man in Martin Luther Kings E
position. I-Ie said these kids listened and were astounded that there might be
another side to it, and he was telling me that s aken by Bobby Kennedyfrom the point of view of the generation gap. d he thought this
is an important story. I said he became a kind of Messiah for the generation
gap and individuals who were pro-King and still are. ;
I toldqthat as to the matter of electronic installations,
I have never authorize an electronic installation of any kind at any time
except with written approval of the then Attorney General and that goes right
down to today. I said I do not have authority to do it myself and I do not want
it as I feel the Attorney General should be the one to approve or not approve
electronic surveillances and we use it only in internal security cases and now
in organized crime. I said in organized crime, the authority has to be obtained
from the courts under the McClellan bill and in security cases -- espionage,
communist activities -- that is approved by the Attorney General, which is
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allowed under the McClellan Bill. I continued that the Rowan article indicated
we were promiscuously continuing this sort of thing without regard to restrictionsor regard to authority, so the truth of the matter is, I have never ever authorizedthe installation of a technical electronic device except with the approval of theAttorney General in writing and we have on file the original documents that
support that statement.
gsaid that when he first asked me, I said it was all rightto cite the ureau or the authority and then I indicated I would rather have itcome from them directly. He said ii,in order to give this the authority it ,should have, it is necessary for him to cite me for the authority for some of .1this, is that o. k. with me. I told him that normally I would say no; that Iwould defer to his judgement because he knows more about the matter of
public relations and public reaction. I told him I have been astounded at thereaction on this thing. I said some of these magazines, like Newsweek,which is owned by the Washington Post, carried the Cassius Clay testimonyin Texas where he is on trial and where the use of the electronic device was
exposed, and they stated the Agent testied the taps were continued untilKing's death. I said that is untrue and the Agent did not so testif . I saidin the King case, it was discontinued April so, 1965. 1 told thatif he thought it would be to the best interest of public relations in clearing I
up any really serious doubts newspaper people have, I would have no objection
to being quoted.
E said he thanked me and he thought 1 was making a wisedecision in letting it come out. He said he thought it may be one of the mostimportant stories of the year. ;
I told Fthat when I read the Sunday paper and R.owan'sarticle I thought ere is an individual who is a Messiah of the dissident left,of which Rowan is a part, and yet it was done at the instance of Bobby Kennedy,who later became a great friend of King's, notwithstanding he knew all thefacts , as I kept him advised as well as- eyery Attorney General since.
said there is one thing about this I should consider andthat is that he has the gist of what is in these things from me, but I will be
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asked immediately to release them textually. He said he thought I ought to do it.
aid that is another problem, but the text ought to come out. He
said it is very well for me to say what is in them, but the text ought to come
out. I told him I realized that. He said he thought once before we had put out
photostats.
I told him a Congressman, Gross, made inquiry in regard to some
of Kennedy's authorizatiorsbefore he died and after he left the Attorney
Generalship. I said he denied he had approved certain authorizations and Isent to the Congressman Xerox copies oi the authorization ned by Kennedy,
as he being a Congressman, I felt he was entitled to it, and/ en Attorney
General approved. I said in this instance, ii we get a request from a Congressman
or Senator along the lines he indicated I would submit it to the Attorney Generalwith my recommendation. geld I was going to get an immediate
request -- within the next cou of hours or as soon as he can get this out --
from every news media for the text. I told him these were confidential
documents of the Department and can only be released as to the text by the
Attorney General.
_hanked me.
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I returned a call from and he told me he very
much appreciated my calling him ack. e said e realized after we were
finished talking that there was this one rather crucial question that he had not
asked me and he did not know whether I could comment on it or not, but it
seemed necessary to ask it; namely, whether the investigation of Dr. Kingll told him I would have to get the authority of the Attorney General for that.
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r tl . .ecen y suggested that the employee's resignation be obtained. The
employee had been i.n the service of the Bureau for fourteen months and
there certainly had been sufficient information concer ' her ' bilmng ma ity toproperly perform her duties many months ago, yet we retained her.
I think that the Assistant Directors in charge of these divisions
should be able to ascertain within a period of three months the capabilitiesof a new employee and if they are not average or above, then their resig-
nations should be promptly requested We should not palliate incom eteI . p ncyand inefficiency.
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to Carl T. Rowan, then Director oi the United States Information Agency.
I further note that the material, particularly the over-all summary memo-
randum of December 21 1964 vv d, , as wi ely distributed to representativesin the Government agencies. I think there should be greater
note the same mateof the National Science Foundation. I do not understand why heshould have been included on the list for dissemination, as certainly King's
activities did not fall within the area of his Foundation.J.
Please initiate immediately a re- evaluation of the dissemination
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called him last night and said the FBI was investigating him and what he
wanted to point out was that if this is the case, he did not object, but he
thought it would be well if -our people came to see him and got whatever
information they needed from him as well as outside sources. The
Attorney General commented he could not imagine what this is, and I
said I could not either.bé
The Attorney General said there may be some mistake, but this
IS the wa put it to him I told the Attorney General I would checkknow 1 mo-Q and have associated with him, and y -I think any investigation going on should have been called to my attention
first. The Attorney General said that he may be mistaken, but this is the
way he put it, and I told him I would find out about it.
Very truly yours,
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that I would communicate promptly with our New Orleans Office and ascertain
from the Special Agent in Charge whether there was any basis to it. In the
presence oi the Attorney General, I called Assistant Director Gale and
instructedhim to call by long distance the Special Agent in Charge at New"Orléansand make inquiry concerning this. Mr. Gale called me back and
advised that the New Orleans Office knew nothing of this and that no roomhad been arranged for at the airport for the use oi_or anyone elsenor did the Bureau have such a room at the airport for general use. I
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I suggested to the Attorney General that I check with the Directorof the Secret Service, Mr. Rowley, so as to nail this down. The AttorneyGeneral stated he thought it would be best if he spoke to Mr. Ehrlichman,
who could then check back on it with the representative of the Secret Service
at the White House who had told Mr. Ehrlichman of this instance. I stated that
was entirely agreeable to me as I would want it to be run down as there mightbe a case of impersonation of FBI Agents which we would want to thoroughly
investigate.
When I saw Mr. Ehrlichman on June 25, 1969, I reminded him ofthe fact that the Attorney General and I had discussed thesituation
and Iunderstood that he, Mr. Ehrlichman, was taking this matter up withthe Secret Service representative at the White House who had conveyed the
information to him about the FBI having such a room at the New Orleans
Airport. Mr. Ehrlichman told me that he was doing so and would informme as soon as he had word back. [9 [Q
I shall follow this matter up with Mr. Ehrlichman.
Very truly yours,
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addressed to various members of the Cabinet, including the Attorney '
General. Kleindienst stated that he had been designated to organize
and place into immediate operation an "Action Task Force" to take immediate
steps to prevent the bringing into this country from Mexico of marihuana
and any other dangerous drugs. According to Nlr. Kleindienst, the marihuana
in use in this country largely comes from Mexico, being brought across the
border either by peddlers oi it or by Americans who go into Mexico and buy
it and bring it back.
Mr. Kleindienst talked generally about plans which might be con-
sidered for implementingthe order of the President. He stated that several
months ago he visited Mexico City and conferred with the Mexican authorities
and -found that they were somewhat concerned about the marihuana menace
because oi the extensive use of it by the youth in Mexico, and he believed that,
therefore, the Mexican authorities would be sympathetic to intensive action
intended bg; the Liited States.
He stated that one oi the matters that he had considered was the
closing of the border ior a period of time so as to put a stop to the bringing
in oi marihuana. I told him that this would raise very serious problems from
the local residents along the border particularly in San Die 0 where theitogether w1rhin San Diego, have extensive interests to ether ' ~ ' d_States, and the A Memo» b
. Mr. Kleindienst stated he thought that it might be possible to require
anyone under the age oi 21 to be accompanied by his or her parents if they
group from across the border and bringing back rnarihi1a2na;' A ' '
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Mr. Kleindienst proposes to saturate with personnel the borderentry points and stated that the Defense Department has some kind of a devicervhich will locate marihuana if it is on a person or in a vehicle. I statedthat I could see where this would be possible ifthe marihuana were being A -smoked 'because*it has Ha "peculiar sweet odor, but I did not know such a devicewas in existencewhich would locate marihuana in its form before -it is usedfor smoking. He stated that this device does do that.
He stated he would like to form a task force for consultation and
inquired whether Mr. DeLoach, who has represented the Bureau on theprevious consultations about this matter, could be designated to representthe Bureau on the so- called "Action Task Force. " I stated I would be glad
to so designate Mr. DeLoach.
I made no statement concerning the availability of FBI personnelfor use in the so-called saturation for examination purposes. We now have
committed hundreds of Agents on organized crime and I do not see how
we can contribute any of our investigative staff to this work. I think themost that we can do is to alert our border field offices when the program isset up and for them in turn to alert informants that we may have along theMexican border to furnish us any information relative to the smuggling of
marihuana into the United States.
Very truly yours,
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David M. Kennedy
Melvin R. Laird
John N. Mitchell
Clifford M. Hardin
Maurice H. Stan:
Robert H. Finch
John A. Volpe
Robert Kunzig
RE: "Action Task Force"
Narcotics, Marihuana and Dangerous Drugs
On June 3, 1969, Secretary Kennedy and Attorney General Mitchell
subrriitted to me an inter-departmental task force report dealing
primarily with narcotics and marihuana, their traffic between
Mexico and the United States and their sale and consurnption in
the United States. Some 23 persons representing ten Departinents
and agencies of the Government worked several months on the
report. I concur in the basic conclusions and in the essential
recommendations of the report.
In order to implement many, if not all, of the essential
recommendations of the report as expeditiously as possible, I
have this date asked the Deputy Attorney General to organize
and place into immediate operation an "Action Task Force".
This task force will proceed at once upon the following general
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or Agency head, and the Deputy Attorney General,
there will be irnniecliately appointed one person to
serve on the task force from the following Departments
or divisions thereof:
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b! Defense
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d! Criminal Division - Justice
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f! Immigration
g! Transportation
The Ambassador to Mexico shall be kept advised of
all programs of the task force by the Deputy
Attorney General.
The task force shall bring about and put into action
immediate steps calculated to make a frontal attack
on the narcotic, marihuana and dangerous drug
traffic across the Mexican border.
Specific proposals of the task force shall be submitted
to the Attorney General in advance and prior to their
effectuation,
I hereby designate John Ehrlichnzan, Counsel to the
President, with the authority and responsibility to
either consider and resolve any problems which
rnight arise in connection herewith or to refer the
same to me for disposition.
The Deputy Attorney General shall submit interim
written reports to the Attorney General and to the
Counsel to the President , and, in addition, shall
prepare a full report at the end of each three-month
period following July l, 1969, to the President and
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and any and all publicity with respect to its work and
accornplishrnents shall be released only by the
White House.
The work of this task force is government-wide. Because of the
alarming increase during the past three years in the consumption
of marihuana in particular by our Nation: youth, the task force
and its work must be given high priority. I request that each
Cabinet Oicer and Agency head give "his Department's or A'gency's
unqualified support to the task force in terms of cooperation, -
facilities, resources and personnel wherever and however possible.
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While talking to the Attorney General on another matter, Imentioned to him that I was appalled the other day when I received wordthat the Defense Department was contemplating appointing?to a very sensitive advisory board in the Defense Department. saiwhen I learned that I a letter to the Secretary of Defense advising himof the background 0I 3.l'ld advised him of the attack on the Bureau andme and the Attorney neral and I sent a copy to John Ehrlichman. The
Attorney General said he would talk to Secretary Laird. I said I think itwould be most unfortunate to have is involved
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While talking to the Attorne General on another matter, I asked. if he had found out anything from regarding our con-
ducting an investigation of him.! The ttorney General said he h d talkedto him after he had sent that memorandum back to me andisaid he
would try and track it down and if he got any information, he would get it
back to him, the Attorney General, so the Attorney General could provideK it to me, but he has not heard fromg I commented that I would
surmise it could be somebody down ere w o is trying to get something1...-
on End indirectly embarrass the President. The Attorney Generalsai at could be the purpose and he so advised,Pand that he should éget to the bottom of it. I said I would like to na' 1 down. 6
Itold the Attorney General I had a vague recollection that either
Internal Revenue or the change Commission had some
kind oi an inquiriv going on about some nihths ago but that is a vague
recollection since I it over. The Attorney Generalsaidhad that there where he went in totry to he p them put but the poor ' as cleanas the driven snow as he was d to help t
but he got tarred from the inferences. I said his being so close to the
President I figure someone may be trying to embarrass the President.
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I called the Attorney General and told him I thought he might beinterested in knowing that in the case at Houston Cassius Clay case!,
Judge Ingraham has ruled in our favor and has denied all the defense motions
and ordered Clay to report for resentenctng on July 24," I told him also
that we won in Chicago James Hoffa case! as Judge Austin ruled in our
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mentionedthat he had responded to"m"y memorandum on the Black Panthers ,
and he wanted me, if I would, to look it over closely as I know what the problems
are and see if their recommendations are going to be too onerous because
we always have the ultimate action of dropping prosecutions if the situations
get too bad and, of course, as far as Bobby Seal!-is concerned in that
Chicago rioting business, he would like to hang it on him but ii it too
materially affects internal security, it is something that could be done
and to keep that in mind. I told him I would personally look into it. He
asked that I do and to keep in mind we have this ultimate judgement after
we exhaust the limitations in court.
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agreed, plus the adverse publiThe Attorney
all over the world and it is a little ridiculous.
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MR CASPER:____T,
1 ci1 .. J-_.,> f. On Sunday, September 7, Dr Arthur F Burns, the Economic?
Advisor to the President, call
him the lettered me by telephone and stated that he had
Bureau had addressed to the Whi e House
associated with th and
He stated that he understood,in addition to the letter,briefed about the fact that the FBI could not recommend for anyap intment and he wondered what the facts were that led to this conclusione at the White Hou ad been
as had already been offered the position and had accepted and thattilt,h , r. urns, was now in the embarrassing position of either going ahead
with the appointment or canceling it
I told him that had been quite a controversial figure whenhe was associated with the and he hao also indulged in excessive use
of liquor at various
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is a kind of watchdog over the activities
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embarrassment to the White House
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Dr. Burns thanked me for the information but did not indicate
what he intended to do.
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" " ' " Deputy Attorneyeneral Richard G. -Kleindienst called. He said i "
__ he was sorry to bother me by a triing matter, but Mrs. Coretta King was' ' supposed to have left Atlanta at 4:30 this afternoon by Eastern Airlines to
arrive at Friendship Airport at 6:15 PM. Mr. Kleindienst said that they
have arranged to give her protection so she can head this march tonight and
then get her out of town. Mr. Kleindienst wanted to know if somebody in the
Bureau could determine whether, as a matter of fact, she did leave Atlanta
so_they would know when to anticipate her arrival.I
I told him I would check, but I did see in the paper this morning
an article quoting her as being in New York. Mr. Kleindienst said there
were two or three -- Baltimore, New York, et cetera. I told him I would
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I I would check with our Atlanta Office.
Mr. Kleindienst said he would be either in his office or in the Attorney
Generals Office.
Mr. Beaver in Mr. Tolsons Office was instructed to contact the
Atlanta Office by phone and as soon as he obtained an answer back, to let
me know so that I might advise Mr. Kleindienst.
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I called Deputy Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst, who
was in the office of the Attorney General, and advised him that I had
. talked with our Atlanta Office and they tell me that Mrs. Coretta King
departed Atlanta this afternoon; that they did not know exactly what time
the plane left Atlanta, but the airport advises she boarded a plane this
afternoon for Washington. Mr. Kleinclienst thanked me.
I told him further that I had asked our Atlanta Office to try, if
they can, to find out whether the plane is to land at Friendship or National
Airport. Mr. Kleindienst said that if we nd out and he is not in the Attorney
Genera1s office. he would be at the Mayor's Command Post for the rest of
the eveningand we can get hold of him over there.
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I called Deputy Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst, who
was in the Attorney _Genera1's office, and advised him that Mrs. Coretta
King was due at Friendship Airport at 6:15 PM and the Maryland State
Police are there and the D. C. Police. Mr. Kleindienst said that was
right as they were set up to meet her, but they wanted to be sure she was
on the plane. I told him she was on the plane and was due to arrive at
6:15 PM at Friendship. Mr. Kleindienst said that was ne, as it makes
a difference as to when the march starts. I commented that it takes time
to get in from Friendship and he agreed.
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MEMORANDUM FOR MR. TOLSON
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attended lan e school nor i th ' di t f guag s ere any in ca ion o his office
of preference nor in what languages he may be particularl ualified.
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previous memoranda of the same character that you have
prepared.
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of these summaries for me so that I may have a complete picture
of the background of an employee before I see him.
Very truly yours,
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. .j 'jMis}sissippi,, blefore hele. I told him we have interviewed the officers who
participated in the raid upon the school; that the Governor has told us that
he will back up the State Police, who have refused to make available to us
members of their organization and any statements that they might make;
that Governor John Bell Williams said he would want to talk with the
Attorney General of Mississippi and reach a nal decision today, but up
to the present time they have refused to give us any reports or allow the
officers to be interviewed. I said we have interviewed some of the officers
who are on detail. I said there seems to be substantial proof, and I had
about a 20-page teletype in, that there was sniper fire on the troops from
the dormitory before the troops fired. I said this seems to be corroborated
by students who saw or heard ring and a gun pointed out of an upper window
and the troops returned the re with several volleys. It is generally indicated
that the National Guard troops did not engage in the shooting; the Jackson City
Police and the Mississippi Highway Patrol ofcers are the ones who seemed
to have red the various volleys. .
I said that in substance is the essence of the picture that came in.
The Attorney General asked what the information is on their picketing down
there and asked if I had anything on that. I said the President has closed
the school and is to open it at the end of this week. I said the President has
been quite cooperative with our people and the Mayor of the city has appointed
a committee consisting of, I think, three white lawyers and two negro lawyers
to investigate the matter down there. I said the picketing is not going on at
the present time because some of the National Guard are still on the campus,
and they are being withdrawn today.
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Memorandum for Messrs. Tolson, DeLoach, Rosen, Sullivan, Bishop
The Attorney General asked what the plans were to picket him.
~ - 5,1 xold..him- there was no indication and noword yet
when the wire left this morning as it was sent this morning and they had not
. < ~bad,~word at--that me.;that_-2_he..was coming -in. .»i"told1iiim ~I;could-nd'oi1t --j
quickly by calling our Agent in Charge in Jackson who was on vacation -ma. M ~
Attorney General. I said I would call him and then callthe Attorney Generalback. - - i
I said the Mayor did indicate there was an appointment for the
Attorney General to see him and the Governor at a hotel in Jackson. The
Attorney General said he was going to see the Mayor and the President of
the college. I said there was no word on picketing as yet, but I would talk
to Jackson and let the Attorney General know. ' " "
11:44 AM
After talking to SAC Roy K. Moore, Jackson, at which time I
told him it was fine of him to return to Jackson and I appreciated his doing
this, I called the Attorney General.
I told the Attorney General I had just talked to Jackson and the
picture is this: Unfortunately they announced over the radio that the Attorney
General was coming in to have a meeting, but they did not give a time. I
said all the schools have been closed and all the students in the schools in
Jackson are marching in front of their individual schools; that so far as we
know from our informants, there is no plan to picket the Attorney General
at the airport, though it might develop by the agitators diverting the students.
I said there are no plans to picket the Attorney General at the Heidelberg
Hotel where the Attorney General is to meet with the Mayor and the President
of the college. I said there are plans to picket him in what they call the
Delta area where I thought the Attorney General is to speak; that they do
plan to picket him there, and the plans are all set up.
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I told the Attorney General there is one individual who will
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may try see all the é Ibig television stations in the country are there with their crews to' '1m
what takes place today and tomorrow, but they do not know the time the
Attorney General is coming in or leaving here. ~- ~ ' i ~ '
A 7 _I toldthe Attorney -General I instructed Mr, Moore, the - ~
Agent in Charge, to meet him and he has a new cadillac for him and
-will meet him at the airport and there will be additional Agents there in -
case any disturbance takes place, but Mr. Moore will accompany him intoJackson and I told him to bring the Attorney General up to date on anything
that might develop or occur between the time the Attorney General leaves
here and arrives in Jackson. The Attorney General said that was good
and he appreciated it no end.
Very truly yours,
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. hERElN IS UNCLASSIHED MR SULHVAN 1 "i DATE Ev _ . MR. BISHOPVice Presi ent Spiro Agnew called. He said he wanted to talk to A
me about something to see whether I could be of some assistance. He
said he was really concerned about the continuing inflammatory pro-
nouncements of Ralph D. Abernathy. I commented that he is one of the
worst. The Vice President said he has seen some of the background material
on him and he knows what that is, but it is beyond the pale as far as executive
use is concerned. He said in view of what went on in Augusta and other places,
it is important to have the information that revolved around this; the involve-lment of these people, what information we have, whether fleeing from looting
or what is going on. He asked if there is any information available.
I told him we are working on these at the present time, both in
Augusta, Atlanta, and Jackson, where the recent demonstrations have taken
place. I said we have pretty well concluded our investigation at Kent State
University as to the shooting and, as always happens, we found a considerable
amount of firearms in the dormitories and rooms of the students, whether they
used them or not i ti ' ' ' s a ques on, some say there was smpmg and some say there
was not. I said the same is true at Jackson as there are allegations of sniping
at the troops before they red and denials. We are interviewing all the indi- .
viduals who had any knowledge, students, et cetera. I said the problem at
Kent was they closed the university and the students departed for all parts of
the country, but we finished the preliminary report on that and will finish today
the nal report on Kent, while at Atlanta, Augusta, and Jackson, it will probably
be another week before we will have the preliminary reports. I said it is
six of one and a half dozen of another, as you can't say it is proper to shoot,
but we found at Kent that they were throwing 7 pound rocks at the soldiers
and they hit one Guardsman in the back and knocked him down. There is just
so much a human being can stand, and it is the same thing here at Maryland
University. I said the National Guard is on the campus and they propose to
ACTION: See memorandum R.D. Cotter to W.C. Sullivan, dated _
5-19-70, captioned, "Request of Vice President for Information_ //Concerning Racial Disturbances in Mississippi and Georgia, lit//y IRacial Matters," prepared by JCT:ljz. $3; ,See memorandum G.C. Ioore to I.C. Sullivan, date ,,/
5-18-70, captioned, "Ralph David Abernathy, Racial Iatters,"' _
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have a demonstration today and the Guardsmen are present, but they have
been blocking Highway No. 1 most every day. I said very forttmately,
they have arrested and charged three of the leaders for the damage done
to the Administration Building when they went in the other night and broke
the furniture, et cetera.
The Vice President said what he wants to be able to do is bring
out some facts the media conveniently overlooked. I said they never give
the things that are being done constructively, many times by students, to
try to prevent this, but they emphasize all the things these jerks are doing.
The Vice President said he saw a picture about Augusta showing
some of the Negroes jumping out of store windows with loot and booty and
eeing and you never hear anything about that. He said whatever I can give
him that can ameliorate some of the impact; that he understands some of
these things are wrong and we are probably going to find some of the shootings
showed too much force, but none the less, the people have to understand
the very thrust of the newspaper articles is that a bunch of police shot down
six Negroes and what happened before -- why did they shoot at them -- not
just because they felt like killing people. I said they were severely provoked
at Kent and we will finish Augusta, Atlanta, and Jackson this week.
I told the Vice President I was sending to him Wednesday, the
material Kent Crane asked for, which gives in summary the material we
have sent in detail.
The Vice President said he thought he was going to have to start
destroying Abernathy's credibility, so anything I can give him would be
appreciated. I told him I would be glad to. I said I was the only one who
spoke out against Martin Luther King and I got hell, but I did not give a damn
because it is more like bouquets than brickbats from some people. The
Vice President said we can't let demagogues become martyrs and heroes.
I said I had briefed the Appropriations Committee about his King's! back-
ground and it has been effective recently because they have been trying
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