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MEMORANDUM FOR MR. TOLSON 1/ A
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. '"¢¢ui;¢1'¢¢ii.; President " U'chma.n "éanéd ;_.id'ee,¢e¢ _-_~;";he calling"3bout'the weidiscussed, ' maisterf fl-Ie -- . _jhe talked to Mr. DeLoach the other day and told him to go ahead and interview
I told Mr. Ehrlichman we had done so; that I sent over today aletter as to om first interview with him. I advised that Timmons said hewould like to have us interview him again, that he couldn't recall whether hehad a best man and couldn't recall various army associates since that timee we have tried to call him -four times - and we have been told he was busy at
the time and could not see us.
_ Ehrlichman stated he talked with shortly after
talkingwith Mr. DeLoach and told hi he had requested the FBI
to interview him Mr Ehrlichman sai e did not Sp8Cl.f§ the area ofquestioning but said this was a situation where we required information.
I advised Mr. Ehrlichrnan thatdenied the allegations
his wife had made, practically denied all allegations, but when we got downto the identities of persons that could corroborate, he was completely blank.
Mr. Ehrlichman said it was certainly funny not to remember your best man.I agreed and stated- said he did not know whether he had one.
Mr. Ehrlichman said he ap recia ed his and he is going to seeii he can facilitate an a ointment withi that he will be back to me'_ or 'he_"_will be _fin_e and thanked him. A
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' I returned the call of Postmaster General Winton Blount. '
Mr. Blount asked ii he could on me a man who was formerly
with the Bureau, namely, that was about 1952.
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was m terms of areas him and he is not sure
just what, but instead of a routine check which he could get, he would like
somebody who knew this man and what he is capable of giving him a run-down. I told Mr. Blount I would start the check right away and try to have
word to him not later than tomorrow. Mr. Blount said he would get more
information it this is not enough, and I told him it was enough because we
will have his personnel le.
vi ~_v- ' 1 . 1 , .., ~ h4; 1 T. . _ I ' y 92:Mr. Blount mentioned his administrative ability; that he did not
know that he was talking particularly about the Postal Inspection Service,
but he would like to think in terms as to whether he has that kind oi ability.
I told Mr. Blount I would check and let him know by tomorrow.
Very truly yours, QJK -
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eJne<mieres1ee,with.th<:..Atmrney.Gen¢r.=¥1=iS iftervpon,' occasion -to mention certa1naspe'¢ts of the"0rganized' crime problem. "The " '
Attorney General brought up the fact that there would be a conference on,
next Thursday morning at which I will be present and that there will be
considerable exploration of this program. I told the Attorney General I
was planning, of course, to attend this conference and I had in my mind
" several questions that must be resolved, -namely, the field of Federal
jurisdiction-in regard to the "policy" racket. I also stated that the matter '
of personnel to handle such saturation of the aspect of "policy" operations
-was One that must be determined as it would require a very large number oi
Agents. The Attorney General also stated that we should considerat the
V meeting on Thursday what should be given top priority, as there might be
'other areas of vital activity upon the part of organized crime in addition tothe "policy" racket. I told the Attorney General that this was a very
pertinent question as the "policy" racket might not be the prime area into
which the Department should move with a saturation effort.
Very truly yours,
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the DiIe<>#°r..¢?rtha.D.-_ ¢D¢L<>%¢h ~ f in abank robbery case in New York, four subjects were involved '. - and $367, 000 loot was taken; two Agents in New Orleans apprehended
two subjects and recovered $161, 000. Mr. DeLoach said this happened
last fall and the trial is to begin Monday and the two Agents in New Orleans .
have been subpoenaed, Mr. DeLoach said the Department has asked that
inasmuch as the U. S. "Marshal's office in New Orleans has no available
manpower because of a special situation down there, whether our Agentsin New Orleans would take the money back with them when they testify
at the trial as the money is needed as evidence. Mr. DeLoach said he
thought we had no alternative.
I asked the identity of the person in the Department and Mr. DeLoachsaid it was an attorney named Morr.ell phonetic!. I said I could see in a way
why they do not want to spend the money for a Marshal to travel when our
Agents have to go anyway. Mr. DeLoach said there is also the matter of
chain of evidence, although that is rather flimsy.
I told Mr. DeLoach we would do it, but to let the fellow know
this does not set a precedent and the Bureau is not going to be used for
that in other cases.
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- Attorney General John N. Mitchell called and advised thatthe President has two items he wanted the Attorney General to take upwith me: ! our National Crime Information Center as the President .feels it, of course, is very productive and his question was whether heshould ask for more funds on our behalf for that operation. The AttorneyGeneral stated that he knew our budgets have been well taken care of buthe could not answer the question. I told the Attorney General I do notbelieve we need that at the present time; that in other words, the appro-priation on which I will testify in a couple of weeks provides for additionalfunds for that and beyond that, I do not believe it is necessary.
The Attorney General said the second thing is on atomic espionagethat the President is quite interested in and it was his, the President's,
understanding that I have some material that could be made available for
his, the Attorney Genera_1s, examination and perhaps after that we couldget together and talk about its future. I advised the Attorney General thatI did not know what he had reference to; that, of course, we have continuing
espionage by the Russians. The Attorney General said he thought he wastalking about another country involving some American Nationals goingback and forth. I suggested he let me check and send him a memorandum._ The Attorne General said he thoughtit was commonly referred to as the g
.l.I told t11e,..A'T1»Q'1"11e'Y. General .1 would have' a memorandum prepared on that case and the aspects for him. Mr. DeLoach has been instructed to have a memorandum prepared and sent through today.!
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manual submitted for our comment and we are analyzing it at the presenttime, but my rst reactionyis that it is spread pretty widely as to itsinternal operations; I said that up to the present time, the information has
9rs=,miZ<r=-:<.,i Criaie .a=Qrney will have to also actin the neindividualpases,it does ;;;"."s 'éem to me"that does slow up progress when we have a real
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necessary done by the Attorney General.I said as it is now, it will have to be gone through the United States Attorneyin whatever district it may be and then through the Organized Crime Sectionand then to the Attorney General. The Attorney General stated that franklythis is news to him and he has not seen it but he would get hold of it and
review it. I told him I thought it was important for him to see it becauseit is long and does provide for a daily report on each of our operations ofelectronic devices to the United States Attorney and the attorney in theOrganized Crime Section and it imposes a tremendous amount of paper workThe Attorney General stated he could see that and it undoubtedly is somethinthat was started in the other administration; that he is not familiar with itso he would get his hands on it and see if he can't straighten it out.
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_,.. Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Assistant to the President for National 9/Security Affairs, called. He stated he wanted to ask me the following:
The President has asked the Central Intelligence Agency to make a report
to him about the worldwide student unrest, its significance, the leadership,
motivation, et cetera, and it seemed to them that I might have some re-
ections on this problem and the relationship of what goes on abroad to
what goes on in this country. I told him I thought we have. Dr. Kissinger
said he was wondering whether I might agree to have the Bureau preparea report for them on, of course, a strictly confidential basis to that effect.
I told him I would be happy to and I can get it started right away.
A Dr. Kissinger asked if there were any chance that he could haveit by the middle of February, and I told him he could have it before then
as I could get it to him possibly sometime next week. Dr. Kissinger
stated this would be excellent; that they would like to know who are thesepeople, is it organized, spontaneous, what motivates them, what is theIconnection between what is spontaneous and what is organized; that I knowthe concern , whether there is or is not a worldwide pattern to this.
I told Dr. Kissinger I would be glad to get it started right away
and he expressed his appreciation.
Very truly yours,
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RE: BUDGET ESTIMATES
FISCAL YEARS 1971 THROUGH 1975
It is requested that each division head furnish to the
Administrative Division by March 21, 1969, justification data original and one copy! regarding his division for use in preparation
of the Bureaus budget estimate for the scal year 1971 plus specific
indication of any possible changes by fiscal years thereafter throughfiscal year 1975. This latter information should specically pinpoint
the fiscal year involved. The 5-year projection of costs is required
by Bureau of the Budget instructions. It is imperative that this
material be in the hands of the Administrative Division by the March 21
deadline.
' The material submitted by the divisions -is-the ba.-sic material
used to determine and justify our appropriation request. Accordingly,
it should contain any data relating to your division which you feel
would be of value in determining and presenting our budget request.
_ This would include such things as work load trends, effect of any new a'1 "legislaon work,_.1'z;ajor issafiesfor progl-ains may, aefct -
future manpower needs, and the like. Include, where possible, work
load statistics to support your justifications and projected whereverpossible by scal years through 1975.AU_
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Memorandum to All Assistant Directors
Re: Budget Estimates
Fiscal Years 1971 through 1975_
For the information of those contacting other agencies in
regard to fingerprint and name check estina tes, you should be aware
of the volume of work along this line an agency is submitting to the
Bureau at the present time, as well as the agency estimate to the Bureau
for the scal year 1970. In addition to obtaining an estimate for thescal years 1971 through 1975, the estiinate for the""sca1 year 1970 A - "
Should be checked with the agency to determine if -it should be revised ..3' light of current work load trends." If the agency estimates that the F '~ 1 ' - --Volume bfsuch work for the scal years "1970 and .1971 andfor *
subsequent scal years will increase or decrease from the present
volume, obtain the details as to the reason for the increase or decrease
so that we will have complete information available to fully justify our
total name check and ngerprint work loads. This is needed since the
anticipated volume of such work to be handled by the Bureau is primarily
determined by estimates submitted by agencies outside the Bureau.
Using a tabulation in the format attached, show the number of
your presently assigned staff giving date of the cotmt! by sections
except that the Administrative Division and the Files and Communications
Division should show number by sections and units! and the number of
employees you feel will be necessary to handle the work of such
organizational units during the scal year 1971 and subsequent fiscal
years, broken down as to clerical and agent positions in both instances.
Show the reason for any proposed increase. If reimbursable work is
performed, all information on personnel should indicate the number
of employees assigned or required for such work included in the total
personnel figures as a one -line entry at the bottom. Major equipment
needs, if any, should be set out specifically by sections except that
the Administrative Division and the Files and Communications Division
should show needs by sections and units! and must be fully and
completely justied. In addition, any alterations or repairs of oice
"space or furniture contemplated shouldbe indicated .in the same manner
as for equipment with full and complete justification.
From the latest available information, it appears that the new
quarters at Quantico could be ready for occupancy during scal year A _1971. With "r'es"pect"to the'iiew' FBI b1ldi'ng,'the'General Services ' i '
Administration has not given an estimated occupancy date, but for
purposes of maldng your projected estimates, assume that occupancy
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will be in the fiscal year 1974 . Your projections should show by
each scal year what eifect these moves will have on work loads.
personnel, and major equipment items supported by a full a.nd '
complete explanation.
" ' Should s;n'y'question arise wi'th""regai-a 1:o"u1epr'epa}auen or
these data, -contact should be made with the Budget Un.it11i~the'~ ~ ~- »"""AdministrativAeADivision." " ' v = "- J "
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SUMARY TABULATION -- PERSONNEL REQUEST DIVISION i.¬_.__?-i-
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I returned an earlier call from Mr. Henry B. Montague, Chief
Postal Inspector. He said he just wanted to let me know that his retire-
ment papers are in to be effective as of the close of business today. I
told him I was sorry to hear this. Mr. Montague stated he would be
around two or three weeks in sort of an acting capacity until the new
man takes over, but he wanted to take the opportunity to thank me for
all the cooperation they have received from me and my men. I told him
it was mutual as we have also received great cooperation and, in fact, I
took occasion when I saw the Postmaster General before he was confirmed,
to advise him that of all the investigative agencies in the Government,
Mr. Montagues had been the most cooperative and Mr. Montague particu-
larly had been helpful to us in the work which we have to handle.
Mr. Montague expressed his appreciation.
Mr. Montague said that I could understand after my years in
Government that the Postmaster General is under pressure where he has
to do certain things and this happens to be one of them. I commented that
I thought it is unfortunate because I think experience often is more valuable
fthan expediency. ' Mr. Montague said he has always tried to do the job -
impartially, but he just wanted to thank me. Itold him it was nice of him
and if I can be of service to him officially or personally in any capacity,
to call upon me. Mr. Montague thanked me.
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-Ii--' ' Deputy Attorney General Richard G." 'Kleindiens't called. He
Q advised that before he joined the Government, one of his clients was' ' the Associated General Contractors, a national organization of general
contractors. He stated they are having their annual convention in' ' ' ' Washington, D. C. , starting Monday, the 17th. He said he told them
because of his past relationship with them he would ask me if I would. . . . ..» consentand be able to appear at tour o'clock Monday afternoon to re-
ceive a citation of appreciation from the Association.
I told Mr. Kleindienst that this was kind of them but I havehad to make a rule not to make any public appearances that might involve
making a speech or take time away from the office,. and we are in the
midst of appropriations hearings now. Mr. Kleindienst said there would
be no speech and take about thirty minutes. I told him I was sorry I
cannot do it; that I would like to and asked ii he would express my appre-
ciation to them.
Very truly yours, -
Q, &_ Johnkdgar Hoover _- ' Director - '
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A» Assistant to the Director Cartha D. DeLoach called. He
advised that we were notied about five minutes ago that the Identication
Oicer for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Identication had received some
ngerprints this morning on a Donna Wills. We had an Agent nearby
who is a fingerprint man and who checked the fingerprints with the Identi-
cation man and they are the prints of Ruth Eisemann-Scheir, who is wanted
in connection with the Mackle case. She had applied for a job with the
Central State Hospital in Norman, Oklahoma, which is a small town where
the University of Oklahoma and this mental hospital are located. The age
she gave is about eight years off, but the physical description matches
well. She gave an address and we have sent a squad of Agents under the
supervision of the Special Agent i.n Charge there immediately. I stated
this is fine.
Very truly yours,
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I called Mr. Robert F. Mackle, father of the girl in the Mackle
kidnapping case, and told him I wanted to let him know that we had just
arrested Rith Eisemann-Scheir and we had arrested her in Oklahoma. I
told him that she has admitted her identity and we will, of course, bring
her back to Georgia where she will be tried. I told him I wanted him to
know about it first and there will be a press release, and I did not think
there was any need for worry on his part as she is out of circulation and
cannot retaliate. Mr. Mackle said that is wonderful.
I told Mr. Mackle that she was trying to get a job as a nurse in
a hospital; that we have been watching the place where she lived for some
hours and when she came back to her residence, we arrested her and her
fingerprints are the same as we had on file and had issued and she admitted
her identity. Mr. Mackle asked if this means that there might be someone
else involved, her getting so far away. I told him it did not; that I think
she got away as far as she could and where she was unknown so nobody would
suspect. I said we had our whole organization throughout the country alerted
first to the possibility that she might have been killed by Krist or that she
might have gone to Mexico, but we never gave up the fact that she might be
in the United States and forttmately her fingerprints came in from the hospital
and we compared them with the fingerprints which we had and they were identical
so we located where she was living and made the arrest. Mr. Mackle asked
in what city and I told him Norman, Oklahoma.
Mr. Mackle said he appreciated my calling as they had some concern
in the house. I told him I thought they can be completely relieved and I thought
there would be a trial in Georgia as soon as the local authorities can move and
we will be pressing for that and I thought his worries will be completely over.
Mr. Mackle asked if I had any suggestions if the press calls him.
I told him he did not know anything except what he reads in the papers; thata release is being made now.
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Mr. Mackle said this is wonderful; that I know what a wonderful
organization he thinks I have and he never lost condence in the least, but
he just hoped, as he told me and the President, that some day this whole
thing is told, and he mentioned the California kidnapping and the Sinatra
thing, but he thought the three were tied up. He said my men will have a
lot less kidnapping in the United States to contend with for quite a while.
I said I thought so due to the mere fact that we were able to apprehend the
kidnappers, as in the case involving Barbara Mackle!, the Sinatra boy,
and the Stalford case, as in all instances we got the money back and the victim
back safe. Mr. Mack].e said it is just wonderful. I said it throws the fear
of God into the heart of any individual who might plan the same thing.
I continued that Krist admitted he had killed four people, but he never gave
the identity of the fourth one and we suspected it might be the girl, but it
was not.
Mr. Mackle said that now that we have her, it is again indicative
of what a wonderful organization I have. I told him I wanted him to know
about it before he read it in the papers, and Mr. Mackle said he appreciated
my calling.
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After receiving the information telephonically from Assistant
to the Director Cartha D. DeLoach, I called the Attorney General and
advised him that I thought he might like to know we have just arrested
the Scheir Ruth Eisemann-Scheir! girl who was a companion of Krist
in the Mackle kidnapping case. The Attorney General said this was
wonderful and asked where we found her, and I advised him in Oklahoma.
He commented that then the body in the swamp was not she, and I told him
we had disposed of that by reason of having her dental charts. I said we
arrested her in Oklahoma where she was applying for a position in a hospital
as a nurse and she had been working as a car hop in a drive-in restaurant
and has admitted her identity. I said we will remove her, of course, and
bring her back to Georgia where she will be tried.
The Attorney General reiterated that this was wonderful and he
congratulated the Bureau. I told him I appreciated this and that I was
phoning Mr. Robert F. Mackle to let him know because he has been rather
concerned about it. The Attorney General said he could understand that
and it is wonderful.
Very truly yours,
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Counsel to the President, phoned me from Key Biscayne. . He
stated the President had asked him to communicate with me
and to inform me that he, the President, intended to appoint
Otto F. Otepka to the Subversive Activities Control Board.
He stated the President wanted me to know of this before it
appeared in the press.
I thanked Mr. Ehrlichman for phoning this information
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men the way they documented this case and tied it down. He said it was aT I I'I " beautiful thing to watch from the p00_r lawyer who had to defend it. I told I "-him it was nice of him to make that statement. He said they had everything
so tied down, so methodical. He said there were elements that he was un-
aware of that took place during the gun play. He said I could be proud ofthem, that they risked their lives right down the line. y I
He said he understood that I am up before Congress for appro-
priations and if there is anything he could do, he was at my disposal, whetherit involved a letter or telegram or coming down and testifying, that he is
available. I said that was nice of him, but that is what he pays his ta.xes for.
P said these men did something over and beyond the
call of anyone's conception of duty and he thinks it is J. Edgar Hoover who
has laid the ground rules for this and he can only salute me and my organi-
zation and I have the eternal thanks of his wife and himself and if there is
any satisfaction in doing a job, it is a case like this coming out perfectly.
I said we we bring it to a successful conclusion in such
a short time said se people were fantastic and he must' ' mention who literally walked againsta gun pointed
at him--' he just kept this is the kind of men wehave tried to "
recruit over the years as there is a time when risis and have to
act and you have to have guts enough to do it said all do
and SAC W included
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turned them out. I told him I was glad to hear that and it was nice '
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appreciated it.
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I called Mr. Harold P. Leinbaugh, No. 2 Man, Crime Records 7"
Division. I stated I tried to get Assistant Director Bishop, who was at
lunch, and I tried to get Mr. William H. Stapleton, who was at lunch; that
they should not all take their lunch at the same time. I said that I came
in the lower entrance. a few minutes ago and there was a great deal of
screaming, yelling, and hollering going on from a tour on the first floor.
I stated I wanted that kind of thing stopped. We have had a complaint from
the Department about it and I have noticed it time and again when going out
or coming in and I hear yelling and hollering, apparently by youngsters going
through on or coming from tours.
I told Mr. Leinbaugh that the tour leaders must put an end to that
otherwise we will have to discontinue having tours and asked that he look into
this right away. Mr. Leinbaugh said he would do so immediately.
Very truly yours,
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Jo dgar Hoover
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MR. DE LOACHI____ 1-,§|;RElNlS.U,N.C.LA$$1.FlEUE 4; 4% 2, B §&L£$¢2¢.D norabx Winton Blount, Postmaster General called. He saidI would recall our visit when he came to see me before the inauguration and
"one of the things we discussed was the Postal Inspection Service. He saidone of the things that occurred to him at that time was that this organizationlooked as ii it had been too inbred and in recruiting from colleges, if a college
graduate wants to get into the Inspection Service, he has to go to work as aclerk on the night shift and work six months before his application is con-
sidered. I said that is basically wrong. He said while it is a good basicgroup of people, it is not right and he has determined that he must go outsidethe service to get somebody to head it who has had this kind of background
and experience. He said he wanted to see if I agreed with him.
I told him I thought it was a good idea because as he said, it is inbredand has been so for too long and I think this thing of taking people from withinthe service in that particular branch of the department is not a sound procedure
administratively and I think it is a thing you cant change very well unless you
go outside to get somebody to head it up. Mr. Blount said that is his view andhe wanted to check it out with me. I told him there may be some resentment
to his view because knowing it as I do, it is like a small size Balkan empire --
a law unto itself -- and it is hard to sell a new idea. Mr. Blount said that was
-his-~ide,a_and hetwas glad to hear me say it because .h_e..has.'_.t0. dothat.if one -of thethings weiare going to try to do is "coordinate all agencies who*haveres'ponsibilitiesin that area. I said it is going to require the services of the Post Office, Treasury
and all branches of the Department of Justice who have an interest and it has to
be run like one combination to get results. He said very good as he wanted tocheck -my opinion _beca_u__se it is of value to h_im__.2.nd_ I may getinvolved I ,ma_y,
him we were.
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Division, and said I wanted to make certain he received the two memoranda
today which I had sent over; one dealing with the memorandum he left with
me about the members of La Cosa Nostra, as I had sent that through this
afternoon. Mr. Wilson said he had not received it yet, but he would get it.
I told him I also sent over a memorandum relative to the New
York City Police Department and Hogan's department. Mr. Wilson said
he was going up tomorrow and needed both of them.
Very truly yours,2 , Q1. . 5L .
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QI called Mrs. Jane McHale, Secretary to the Attorney General,
and told her I wanted to give to her, so she could give it to the Attorney
General, the number to be called in case the burglar alarm system goes
off at his apartment; ii that does happen, the ADP people should call -
EXe0utive 3-7100, extension 571 or extension 591. I asked her to furnish .
that to the Attorney General so he could have it available. Mrs. McHale
said she would give him .a card. I told her there would be somebody on
duty at that number.
Since I had earlier tried to call the Attorney General and had
left word, Mrs. McHale asked if I needed a call back when the Attorney
General returned. I told her I had wanted to talk to him about the pro-
tection to be furnished by the Agents, but I could do that some other time
and I would call some other time.
Very truly yours,
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'-- -.""-T'called Audi-ne"yo General John N. "Mitche'Il s9ii_dI"ivan£éd'to"
touch base with him to find out his wishes in regard to having Agents assignedto him andthe times he would like to have them. I said I have four men,top level men, for that assignment and I had thought he would probably wantto have an "Agent join him in the morning at his apartment and drive with him '
to the otfice and probably remain in his oice during the day so that any timehe would have to leave for an appointment, he could accompany him, and thenreturn him to his home in the evening and if he goes out at night, the Agent
could also accompany him.
The Attorney General indicated he hated to get into this and asked it
I thought the President would insist upon it. I said he indicated the other day
he thought it was necessary and there is always a question in my mind, but,of course, I feel that ii anything should happen, we would regret it the restof our lives, although at the same time it is an irksonie thing. I said I knowI never do it myself. I said I thought there are occasions when he was goingto make a speech at a university or college where demonstrations might be
started an Agent ought to be along and travel with him. Mr. Mitchell saidhe thought that was appropriate. I said he had mentioned his daughter and ifit would help to take her to school and bring her home in the evening, thatcould be arranged.
~ f n -1 I '_ gThe*Attorney General said that was most kind oi me and thanked me
He asked if there wa's"0ne Agent in particular that" he mighttalk w'th and not_ . . . . U t_ have to take my time I told him I would select Special Agen
and I could arra we for him to see him at any time convenient to the Attorne"General. I sairhhas been with the léureau since 1951 and has served in
axe-,¢e92m.t1r.¥ 145 ~a>$.Pe¢ia4 Aseet en.<1.»at the Peasant a.Fi1e¢1ie,~he1:e-at headq'uarte'fs*'as one of the inspecfor"s". "The Attoniey General said this "was
wonderful and why didn't he arrange through his secretary to get in touch withhim and talk about it and work out some rational modus operandi that will satisfy
everybody. I told the Attorney General I would let the Agent know he can expect
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11:20 AM - I called Special Agent_ I told him he was
briefed the other day by Assistant to the Director John Mohr aboutthe matter with the Attorney General. I told Mr. 1e would get a call fromthe Attorney General's secretary sometime today I would imagine, for an appoint-,_ $0 meet withle N-b0.rney.General and discuss this matter with him. 'said he personally, I did, not keen the that some .. 1i*1~"~._-_§f;_l:he other "lave? -Isaid th1s*'was rst proposed at luncheon "
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_ - - - ; I said I talked with the Attorney General this morning and told himI had men briefed and wanted to know what his wishes were. I said he inquired ,whether I thought the President was going to insist upon it and I said I did notknow and I recognized it was burdensome and irksome to have somebody alwayswith him, but at the same time, I thought there were times when he had to go 5 Qplaces or make a speech where an Agent ought to travel with him. I said I toldhim we could arrange to have an Agent meet him in the morning and bring him ;to the office and stay there and then take him wherever he has to go for an 5appointments and also take him anywhere in the evening. I told Mr. hthat the Attorney General said he would like to explore it with whomever I wasgoing to designate to see if they could not work out an arrangement satisfactoryto all. I said I had mentioned him as the man to be spoken to sothe secretary will call and arrange or 1m to see the Attorney General probably 1sometime today so ishould be ready for it. I said what he wants to do,we will do; we will comp y with his wishes; if he wishes his child brought to schooland home in the evening, we will do that; if he wants a 24-hour detail, we willdo that, but I gather from his conversation he was not _too,_enthusias_tic_about a '-- --detail such as the President o_"_i-fth_e Secretary of State or Secretary ofDefense. 'I"said the 'Pres'ident the otherday was surprised when I told him theAttorney General did not have protection nor had any of his predecessors andI do not think Mitchell is too keen about it himself. I said he wanted my opinionand I told him it was up to him and I realized it is a burden to have somebody g 4Melmd -you. or with you e,11.~.tbe.-ti;ne;:ae.1 never had.'aYa$'l?i<?¢=1Y.-Wi1..nde,.b11t'~l-was -. ' i ' "iiotln the same status asrié is. ' I'tol'd'Mr._ to be prepared and he said
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MR. BISHQPSenator Charles H. Percy R.-Ill.! called. He said he just y;
wanted to report to me and I would recall he sent a memorandum to me
last June 3rd on a private talk he had with the Soviet Ambassador at his
residence. The Senator continued that he was at the White House Thursday
night and told the President about that and he, the President, asked ii the
Senator had ever invited him back to host him. The Senator told the President
no and the President said he thought it would be exceedingly useful if he would.
Senator Percy said he did call him and he is coming to his home
tomorrow noon in Georgetown and he will write up the conversation, as he
has gone to the State Department and gotten things in which they are interested
and he talked to Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, National Security Adviser, and
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I told the Senator I would be very happy to have it.
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Contact with the Civil Service Commission on April 1,1969, produced the following information as to pay and leave questionswhich have been raised affecting Friday, March 28, and Monday.
March 31.
An employee who worked a normal workday or portionthereof on March 31 is entitled only to his regular day's pay, and not
to any additional pay nor compensatory leave. There is likewise no
extra compensation for an employee who remained at his post after the
general dismissal of _March 28 and until the normal termination of his _
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leave Friday, March 28, prior to 12:25 p.m. the time of
Mr. Eisenhower's death!, he is to be charged leave on the same basisas if there had been no early dismissal. If his departure on leaveoccurred after 12_:25 p.m. , March 28, but prior to the announcementof -the dismissa-1,'Yhe"would be chargedleave mm 'th"etime he left unlthe time the dismissal tool; effect, but not__fo_r p_eiriod_a.f_ter'd_i_s_r;r_1iss:_a_._l_., t -_. _.~._"_.__ ._.__.:' y _. ~ - ;_-.-, _- ,_., .>_.;.2 ___:_ -z. -; -
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Secretary of State William P. Rogers called. He said the
reason he was calling was that he just wanted to let me know that
Mrs. Rogers and he are going to have dinner at the Soviet Embassy
tonight with Ambassador Dobrynin and his wile. Mr. Rogers said he
had talked to the President, who thought it was a good idea.
Mr. Rogers said he did not know whether they have any serious
intentions, but they figure they ought to see what they have in mind, as they
may be having so much trouble with Red China they would be willing to
help a little. Mr. Rogers said they are really having their problems in
China and everything and they seem very anxious to be a little friendlier
and we are chary and suspicious, but at least we want to nd out. I
commented just as long as we keep our guard up.
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I have noted a growing practice of memoranda from Departmental
officials to me being routed to the individual divisions before coming to my
attention. In a recent instance, the memorandum of the Department was
dated March 13th and was received in the Bureau the same day and routed
to the Domestic Intelligence "Division. It never came to my attention until
March 20th, a week later, when it was transmitted to me with a memorandum
of recommendation from the Domestic Intelligence Division. This was not an
isolated instance but has occurred all too frequently as has the practice of
teletypes which should be called to my immediate attention being routed to
individual divisions for recommendation and comment.
Henceforth I want all Departmental memoranda addressed to the
I promptly informed. -Bureau to be first routed to my office, and, likewise, I want the same practice
in the cases of field teletypes dealing with matters about which I should be
I shall endeavor, of course, to handle these promptly and route them
to the appropriate divisions for recommendation and action.
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';g'Iaid he 'wa.ntiedto ask melwhat does he sayibout law and order in the colleges. 'He said they have passed some riders to appropriation bills concerning sus-v-pending aid to -students who engage in riots, et cetera, in the colleges, but " ' he, did not s__e_e how__ the Federal Government cango into the college campuses 4 -._ _as_;such to mamtam law and order unless there is a conspiracy or a violation '
- ' I I-said I thought if the presidents of the colleges had some "guts"
and would expel these "hippies" and demonstrators when they violate the collegerules, it would put an end to it quickly. I said what happens as at Columbia,
the University of California at Berkeley, and at Harvard, these dissidents want
immunity for what they have done, and I think Congress and the Federal Govern-ment have gone as far as they can and Ithink it is proper that they should cancel
any funds being paid to these people who are not getting the education the Govern-
ment intended they should get and then the various presidents of the universities
and colleges ought to get some backbone and expel them and make it stick.I said you go to college for an education and if I had gone to college dressed
like these "hippies," the faculty would not have had to deal with me, thestudents would have done it and I would have been expelled from my college
fraternity, but these days it is the same permissiveness as you have in the home
pas; the.-.iamilie_s. are. too lanientand are raising ;"~hippies';"and then they, oi course,:'turn=out»=tn=be*=n0--good."- '1 saidthat is one-reason I'am'.opposed"tolowéringthe' c
voting age to 18, as some of them at 21 do not have sense enough to behave
themselves and I feel strongly about it. I said we are watching it as there isa law regarding inciting to riot and we have used that in Chicago in connection
,,_.with the ,D_er_noc_ratic. I}1a~ti,o_nal -Convention-and about twelve have been indicted - .
have been indicted and arraigned and it may slow them up, but I think the FederalGovernment has to be careful not to interfere with academic freedom, although
what they are talking about is academic license, but it could be handled at thecollege level if the presidents of these colleges would show some "guts" and
suspend these people and not take them back._ ; s able_ Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, on another matter, he
"of Federal statutes. Isaid this is tz-ue and we have been watchingthisl carefully.
who par'ticipat'ed'in'those demonstratio'ns"and be tried in due dine, butthey.F it ._
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The Congressman said he thought that is right and his feeling is
that probably dope is the background of so much of our trouble as so many
of these idiotic crimes that just don't make any sense from any standpoint
apparently are committed by people to continue the dope habit and he just
sort of despairs of doing too much until we can do more about the traffic in
dope among these people who are taking it. He said he has been told there are
about 1, 000 here in Washington and they have to have so much money a day
to keep going. I said $50 a day on heroin. I said that is why there is such
a rash of bank robberies in this town as most of the robbers who have been
arrested are dope addicts. I said in Chicago three-fourths of the "hippies"
involved and arrested were on dope. I said this is true all over the country
and unfortunately, it starts in high school and goes on into the colleges and
on into later life unless they are arrested and put on rehabilitation programs,
but that is the basis of most of the crime today -- the need for money to buy
dope -- and $50 a day is the minimum they can get by with, and you multigily
that by thirty days a month and you can figure out how much money is needed .
I said that is why banks are robbed of thousands of dollars because it is not
a question of $5 or $10 a day and until that racket is stopped in all areas of
the country, it will go on. I said it is very prevalent in Washington, in New
York, which is one of the worst, in Baltimore, Chicago, out in Berkeley,
California, and in San Francisco and Los Angeles. I said they first start
on marijuana and from that to heroin and when they get on that, they are
through as that is the worst thing they could be on. I said marijuana is bad
enough,_ but it is not always strong enough so they go on to the next strongest
which is heroin.
The Congressman said we talk about sweeping the streets clean
and doing something major about law enforcement, but, of oourse, most
of this has to be done by the city and state and local officials. I said this is
true and that is where the Law Enforcement Assistance Act comes in as
many grants are being made to local authorities in order to get them to do
something in regard to crime. I said we, of course, are doing a great deal
here in the Bureau in connection with La Cosa Nostra. I said they are the
ones who control the bringing of dope into this country; that the_/don't peddle
it but large amounts are brought in through New York and other ports of
entry and then they disperse it through the peddlers who go around to the
schools in various areas of the country selling it at enhanced prices, but
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La Cosa Nostra has made tremendous sums of money running into the millions
by bringing these narcotics into the country and it ought to be stopped at the
port of entry either by Customs or the Narcotics Bureau. I said the local
authorities have a big job to do, too, but it is also a Federal job there.
I said if you can knock off these people who bring it in, you can put a stop
to it pretty quickly because that is the only place it can come from as
heroin cannot be made in this country whereas marijuana will grow in your
backyard, but a lot of it comes in from Mexico and there are a number of
runners who bring it back into the United States. I said, of course, the border
is wide open from the Paci fic to the Gulf and it would take a small sized army
to put a stop to that, but I think much progress is being made and I know we
are making progress in regard to La Cosa Nostra as we have convicted a number
of the leaders and we have pending at the present time 831 cases in which we
have indictments on La Cosa Nostra members but we can't get them to trial.
I said I think sometimes if the judges took shorter holidays and
spent more time in court, it would be a good thing as they take long vacations
and recesses, and, of course, I think the courts need to have no re judges
appointed. I said at the local level again I think they take long recesses and it
starts with the Supreme Court as they go away for months at a time and it
goes right down the line. I said we do need more judges in all areas, but they
also could work longer hours and not take such long vacations. I said they
ought to start to work at nine o'clock and work through to five o'clock just
like the Government agencies.
The Congressman said to let him ask me this, and none of this
is for quotation, but here he was in his district last week and he will be there
again next week and people ask if there is any hope that something dramatic
and encouraging will happen in the field of law enforcement, and he asked if
there is some hope and are we going to be able to cope with this and improve
the situation. I told him I thought so, and he asked what was going to bring
it about.
I told him that in the first place, the bill passed last year gave
$3, 000, 000 for training purposes and we have intensified our training of
local police, thus making them professional officers _in how to handle crime
locally and the things they should do locally, and we also have the National
Academy to which there come twice a year now two groups of officers fromvarious parts of the country who have tlgeir expenses paid by the Federal
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Government and we train them like we do our own men. I said we are building eQA.antijo0.>t0 enlarge -the Academy and when-that is" fmished,i "we -will'be' able A i_to graduate ,2, instead of 200 men. The Congressman said that will be a , .big leap forward. II said -it will bethe West of law enforcement. ' '
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" T said in afddition to u1at;'t1ie courts have to be improved in regard 'to more judges. The -Congressman said in regard to grants, "in the budget there is $300, 000, 000 plus for grants to states for law enforcement. I saidthat isbeing administered by the Justice Department. - He asked if I thought »this would be of assistance, and I told him I did if it were properly directed.
{said when you get into handing money out, everybody wants as much as he canget and you have to have some pretty tough administration as you have to sayno sometimes and yes sometimes and I think if it is properly directed, and itis just getting started, and handled correctly it will be of great assistancelocally. I said I thought it ought to be followed up by the branch of the Departmentthat handles it to see the money is being properly used, and not handed out for
political purposes locally. I said the grants are made to the various cities andstates as such and they, in turn, decide what programs they want to inaugurate.
I said I think there are three things that have to be done and the firstis prompt apprehension and that is actually happening at the present time aslaw enforcement has improved in making prompt arrests in bank robbery andkidnapping, et cetera, and that has a salutary effect. I said secondly thereought to be quick trial as this thing of having to wait a year after arrested beforebeing tried is terrible as b ggiat time the witnesses have disappeared and thedefense counsel comes in/ta; es a plea and gets continuances and will "cop"a plea to have a felony reduced. l said third, you have to have real sentencesfto a penitentiary of people who -are" convicted of serious crime. ' I said too oftenthis is not done. I said this bail -bond situation is bad or releasing on their own
recognizance because the law says you can't hold a man in jail indefinitely andthat is, I think, true, but at the same time you have many cases here in theDistrict where a bani; robber is out on his own recognizance who has committed
two or _tlu*ee._,more ,r.obb_e__,ries .whi_le he,i_s out. _,I.s,aid._that iscinexcusable. w » - ._» ._ ..- ._ . _ .. _ _
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the curve down a little. I told him I am optimistic about it because I do see
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material improvement in the caliber of the police officers. I said for instance,
in our own Agents we are getting a great many men as new Agents who have
served their tour of duty in the armed forces as Captains, Majors, et cetera,
and have their college education or gone through West Point or Annapolis
or the Air Force Academy. I said they know discipline and leadership and
have initiative and imagination and we are trying to get the local people to
follow the same line. I said I think there was a mistake made here in the
District of Columbia recently as I read where the Mayor was lowering the
physical qualications so they could get more Negro officers in the police.
I said I do not believe in that; that we have Negro Agents, but they have to
meet the same qualifications; that we have Indian Agents, Chinese, et cetera,
but they all meet the same qualifications physically and mentally. I said I
think it is important that a man have a good personal appearance as he has to
go on the witness stand and convince twbive persons he is telling the truth.
I said he has to have a good education and be of good character and if he does
not have those three things, he has no business in law enforcement. I said
we have been able to adhere to those for many years. I said our turnover is
lower than any Government agency and lower than any private industry. I
said we have had men in the Bureau up in their 80's, but they have to take
a physical examination every year and if thqrpass we keep them, if not, they
are retired.
I said I think it might be a good law to have all judges take a physical
examination and the Congressman agreed. I said they ought to be in good
condition mentally and physically because you have fellows like Douglas,
who has no business sitting on the highest court of the land, and the Congressman
agreed. I said there are many judges at the Federal level who are deaf and
cannot hear at all and still sit. I said they have the right to retire at 70, but
they can still sit beyond 70, but I do not believe ag_d should be the criteria, but
the physical and mental capacity.
The Congressman said he is encouraged by what I say and if we
can't do something about crime, then this comitry is definitely on the decline.
I said every civilization that has failed, such as Rome and the great empires,
has started with demoralization of the community through increase in crime
and we are in that area at the present time that if we can't stop it, this country
is down the drain. The Congressman said he was afraid I was right. -
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» .I returned an earlier call from Honorable George H. Mahon .- D. - Texas!, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. He
said that_as I know, they have a man from my department, Robert G. _Kunkel, "who is completing histhree-year term with them and they havebeen very much pleased with "him. He saidthey have had a lot of activity '-_in recent months and he thought they have done an excellent job and my ~men have been real good. I told him I was glad we were able to be of
assistance. Mahon continued that they were accused of having the _FBI investigate hunger at one time, but this was because of a misinterpretation of what was being done and now in view of the fact they are approaching
a change of time, he wanted to alert my people that they are in need ofsomebody to step into the place of the third man, Cornelius R. Anderson,so if I would have a good hard look and try to keep up the quality of these
fellows as in the past, he would appreciate it.
I told the Congressman I would personally handle it and see that
the best man is sent to him to take the place of the third man and we would
move Paul J. Mohr up to the top man. The Congressman said he was en-
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The President called and said he was sitting there thinking about
d he incidentally had talked to Attorney General John N. a few things an , ,
Mitchell over the weekend about the crime message, narcotics, and the rest,
' ' th nalland it seems to him that they have a pretty good package which ey y
came up with but he is concerned about the riots. He said they do not haveanything on that and frankly, it gives nothmg in a legislative way. He said
he was reading his news summaries this morning and when you look at Cornell
d and and CCNY City College of New York! and what has happened at Harvar
look at their lans it is bad. The President said that Sunday he had a visitiromt and had a talk, a whole 5
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what re for this fall and he put it directly; first
thought Communism was passe and their heroes are Che Guevara,
t a d what they wanted to do and intended to do was to carry Mao, et ce er , an
this to a ~41-evolutionary point and then he said now the good people, the law
' ' ' ' ' d h saidabiding ones, will be locked in their rooms looking at television an e
th lice will be there and that is what they want -- a confrontation with the 9 P0
d t said the Attorney General told him over the weekend police. The Presi en
that my people don't go on campus but apparently keep a close check on them
and he, the President, wondered if it is as bad as that.
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into with the_Negroes_ with _r,1fles._, I said appa.rently_th_e__ faculty as pa body_liked 'e'iren'U10'92i'8h may repudiated the agrsemem he z',n'ade,i they = I * ,
were "sorry to see him resign so aspecial faculty meeting was to be called
today it which, Iunkrstand, theywould retract whatithey shad donenand ~- ~
supporthim in agreement. I said if that happens, it bean Qpen . . __i',nvi.tation_for-these .dis,sid_ents_in other'_c_o1le_ge'_s to go in with arms, such as _ ,' ~-'1-mes} and shotguns.""Ihe"Pre'si'dent said the report he mid is that the faculty" '
did overrule it and have gone back and sided with the dissidents. '_I'he Presidentsaid that Dr. Henry Kissinger tells him that basically the faculty does not have
any guts. I agreed and added that the Presidents don't either.
I told the President that I testified the other day before the Appro-
priations Committee and the matter of these disturbances came up and I was
asked by Congressman John Rooney, and Congressman Geo ge Mahon wassitting in also, about the disturbances and I said then that/the Presidents ofthe universities showed more guts and expelled the individuals when theyviolated the rules of the campus and became demonstrative in a violent way,
the thing could be shortly ended, but they did not and the only one I saw wasDr. Hayakawa at San Francisco State and he brought order out of chaos by
firing a number of the faculty who had been sparking the demonstrations. I
said the letter the President of Notre Dame wrote was good, but he later tried
~t0_.paJJ.iate.it..= The Presi_dent_ commented gthat he took it baki 1hat~h@»had writtenhim a letter about his letter and he turned around and took it back. I said it
made me sick because I knew him when he was in Washington on this civil rights
thing and he showed some guts and being Catholic, I thought he would back up
some of these others, like Catholic University here in Washington, but this
weekend Villanova had quite a disturbance and that is a large Catholic university
I said my feeling is that we are going to be in for a very hot summer so far as
disturbances are concerned.
1 told the President that the story_ told him about their H
wanting to confront the Police is true and is why they are armed. I said they
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are inviting more trouble. I said this applies to all law enforcement astyou have __to'enf£orce't.he'*law vigorously, "arrest promptly, and ti-yproniptly and give"sentences commensurate with the crime involved. '
_ '-._ _ .__ _ _> .>__ ._.. __. .-_ _ _ ,. _ . - . - _ , - -'_ Q iesident asked if it would be any use at all to me, ifthe . Ahexttime is in towniif he would come by and tell me about 7 ,6/,this and fill me in as he sat and talked with these fellows awhole eve" l ' ' "and they have the "damnedest"_plahs. I said as a matter -of factatried to make an appointment with me the other day but I was in ew Yorkand he was told I would not be back until the middle of the week, but I wouldlike to see him. The President said he would appreciate it as he wants himto read me the letter, or he will give it to me, as this kid up there saidthey were going to get arms and take to the streets and they wanted a fightwith the police and they were going to break the law and other things.
The President said another thing that worries him is what theyare doing in regard to the draft. He said Dr. Kissinger was in today and toldhim he was concerned because if it gets going in this country, we might havesome sort of breakout in Viet Nam. The President said if that happens, thatis what brings down governments. for example, the Russian revolution as Iwould recall, when the troops turned on their commanders.
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of Defense Melvin Laird about this, but he would assume we are watching thatbecause it does involve direct Federal violation of law. I said yes and they
are getting bolder in every respect as it has even come to the extent that atsome of the court martial hearings at the Presidio in California they are
carrying on picket lines outside protesting the action of the Army in courtmartialing some of them who are in the Army causing trouble. I said theyhave appointed a committee now, which I don't think highly of, at the Pentagonon which there are some of these bleeding hearts to inspect the military
prisons in this country. I said they have on there some of these penologists
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who have bleeding hearts toward making it easier in the prisons for the
criminals. I said I believe prisoners should be properly treated, but not
live in country clubs and they ought to be made to work and realize they
are being penalized for the offenses they have committed if found guilty
by proper proceedings. i
I said the problem of the draft is a serious one and, of course,
the Supreme Court says the police cannot arrest a person and take his finger-
prints because if they do, they are violating the Constitution. I said that
is an unheard of thing as many times you solve a crime through fingerprints,
but the decision was 6 to 2 against fingerprinting. I said it is that kind oi
thing we are getting, not only at the local level but at the Federal court level,
which makes me at times almost be despondent whether anything can be done.
The President said it is going to take at least four years or more to get the
courts changed. I said I thought he was going to have the opportunity to make
progress on the Supreme Court as there will be four vacancies. The President
seemed surprised and asked ii there were four. I said I understand the
fellow from New York, and the President said Harlan, and I said, yes, that
I understand he is deaf and can't hear anything and is planning to retire and,
of course, Warren will be going off and Black's health is getting worse. The
President commented that Black is 80 and I said he was 82. I said Douglas,
of course, is crazy and is not in too good health. I said that makes Harlan,
Douglas, Black, and Warren.
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ma»!three or our prominent peop e who bought a b
which was rented to the Government through the General Services
tration GSA!. I said while that is not a violation of law, it is a tax dodgebecause they can claim depreciation and I think people w
ought to have enough sense not to do that. The President sai
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typical as they can write it off as depreciation but at the same time they are
tt asubstantialinco fo th t t I dth e me r m e enan s. sai ere are many buildings which are being rented by the Government through the GSA.I said the mg ave been checkins to find out what pressure, if any, L Qhas been brought to bear on GSA by or anybody in his behalf to get thosebuildings rented to the Government. I said if there is any indication, it is ,a conict of interest and I am hoping to dig something up. The President said
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were keeping a close enough track of this that when this starts to blow we
will have information that we can talk about as we may have to take some
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statute which Ramsey Clark would never use regarding inciting to riot asyou violate a Federal statute if you travel interstate to incite to riot. ThePresident commented then that we are watching it and can use that statutefor one. I said we have six indictments in Chicago returned a couple ofweeks ago against the Students for a Democratic Society, which is thecause of a great deal of disturbances on campuses and they will be triedin a Federal Court before Judge Hoffman, who is a good Federal judge onthe District Court. I said also I have been trying to get the Departmentto move against the Black Panthers, as that is one of the most vicious
organizations, and the President asked what and I said the matter
to riot. I said as a matter of fact
if I hadrtment. I said I had and they were considering it.
sput it up to the Depa
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trying to get more andmore facts instead of moving. I said I understand the powers- that-be do notview him with any particular pleasure, but they still have not moved him.The President said'all right, I get the message. "
The President said in regard to if he does ask, he ,thinks I might pick up information that is very current on what these people Iare up to. I said I will be glad to see him at anytime convenient to him
and I will be in town now for some time.
The President said it was good to talk to me.
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Judge Irving Kaufman called from New York. He said he called Q
because there is a show which is open in Cleveland and he was a little ,92f/"54
disturbed as he had not heard about it. It is "United States Against Julius />' Y 92
and Ethel Rosenberg. " Judge Kaufman said the New York Times did some-
,thing he has never seen them do in the history of the paper. He said for.- I { two weeks straight, Sunday April 20th and April 27th, they did a review
on that show. The Judge said he had never seen the Times do this even with
a smashing Broadway hit. He said the first review was in the theatrical
Q section and last Sunday Clyde Burns phonetic! did one in the news section:~ °92
Q1%. and it was a long article. He continued that each article had such things as
they felt they were innocent, a great play although poorly done but it is
N. I9 important to tell the story, where were we when this happened and how
could it happen, and did they have to be executed. He said this is playing
in Cleveland and has been there for three weeks or a month. I told him Il//92would have one of our people cover this.
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"* whandled and he is not equipped because he is a Judge. He said he was
=. . -I-getting an able fellow to write a letter to the Times citing a history of the
I Qreviews and how dare the drama critic encroach upon our system of justice
TI ._as he would resent it if he tried to tell him how to review a play. I said it
1 has been reviewed plenty of times and clear up to the Supreme Court. The
~'~92"5 :Judge said he understands it is critical of me, the prosecutor, and himself.
'3 925 ' He said it starts off on the assumption that they are innocent, but he wanted
&5<;92_1ne to know about it. I told him I was glad to know about that. I asked the
9292Judge who the producer is and he said it is a man by the name of Fried phonetic!
>-.~92"»92L92whose name did not mean a thing to him, but he is commended highly for havingQ; the courage to do this. Judge Kaufman said he could see this gaining momentum
B. and coming into New York and Washington and he could see all these bleeding
hearts who forget the facts. I commented it would be another Sacco-Vanzetti
case. I told the Judge I would get to work on it and let the Attorney GeneralU know about it also.
Very truly yours,
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I called Assistant Director William C. illivan and told him 11:36 AM
. _.._....___ithere was something I wanted him to get to work on r ht away and to-' 3 /, 'handle it himself. 1 told him tl was with me in. ' 44my office and he is going to begin to m e a series of public speeches and
addresses and will be on television which will cover the entire country over
a period of time. I said that he feels strongly and is very much concerned
about the matter of the New Left and communists and their plans for taking
over this country, particularly th and the more militant
groups. I told Mr. Sullivan that has received over some
period of time threats against 1 said he has not done
anything in regard to having personal bodyguards, but he has taken steps
at home to have he necessar electrical equipment put in for protection
I c t d th st ts th ai n th threats are on inue a ar e cam
goi to increase e is going to speak at 92I/ . .1920 ® , of course, there will be broadcasts; that there hasIo, I een an in ication from the police that some of the groups may try to dis-
rupt the meetings or actually shoot him. I said this could be done in view
of the bad lighting of the streets up there.
I told Mr. Sullivan I would likeihim to send me information which
is the latest and most up-to-date in a monograph on this New Left as to
exactly what it is, what they have done, and_what they are planning to do.
I said we also have some of those circulars about going into business along
the lines of his Sullivan's! talk the other day before the Chamber of Commerce
and I would like to have a copy of that speech sent over along with the monograph.
I asked Mr. Sullivan how long it would take to prepare this. He said we have
one now on youth and rebellion which is comprehensive. I asked him how old
it is and he said not more than a couple of months and he could add to it in a
separate memorandum to bring it up- to-date. I suggested he send that over
to me right away as I remember it is comprehensive together with a copy of
his speech the other day before the Chamber of Commerce and in the meantime
t tb ' n it to-dat with an th r memorandum which will not be s lo:.saEhe oigongyoutgi-and reliellion wI!iicl¬i I can send on toj so nghe " he ALL INFORMATION cawmnwtn
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I told Mr. Sullivan tha_is pretty well informed
on the situation as he has been in contact with some individual high in the
Students for a Democratic Society who is getting a little disillusioned but
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-a roof andashoot a jet down when it is coming into the airport, I said VI.» -
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to me. V
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and a copy of Mr. Sullivan's speech were .
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I called
I told him there was a matter I
told was with me and he is
as he is
and he is go
about the de on the campuses, among other subjects.
gets many threats and letters from
nuts, a public figure, but s is going into this new field and
going to take a strong stand, he will probably get a great deal more of the
nut letters, and there may also be an attempt to disrupt the meetings. I
said these people can crash a place
and they can throw picket lines of course
himself can be harassed at his hotel ian
ho looks after these matters is
the office is in the name
a_s the man to be contacted to give
to any potential any information we get from our informant sources as
danger in addition to notifying the police. I said we mayfrom these dissidents before the time_goes
and I want this given prompt priority '_'admittance will be by card only,lg!9/
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; I 4 I to the matters covered with me by Mr. Lodge because I told Mr. Farrington
-P" ' ' '1 wanted a letter to go forwardlto our'Lega1 Attache in Argentina as to .
what the and wants
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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.
Very truly yours,W,,,EJP:H92%" Bx,a.92=a,.~" '3J;/<:92bl>92 Jo d.gar HooverDirector ,
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May 16, 1969
MEMQRANDUM T0 MR. TOLSON X
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RE: ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 1969Mr. Poison?-
Mr. DeI.oach._.
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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.
ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
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RE: ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 1969
New areas of FBI jurisdiction and summaries of signicant cases
which best illustrate the extent and importance of our work should
be given special attention.
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- "A = Alldata must be thoroughly documented and carefully
' ' ~ " ' 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 depictFBI 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 Division do its utmost to see that its performance is reported
in an informative and interesting manner.
Very truly yours,
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that he had received a call from Mr. Egil Krogh in the office of John D.Ehrlichman, Counsel to the President, at the White House. Mr. Kroghsaid 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 Anniversaryin the Bureau on May 20th and he would like a letter from the President Lto 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 thiand Mr. DeLoach said he is_in 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 necessaryand 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,, ' V $ .
Jo Edgar Hoover
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.
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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June 2, 1969
/MEMORANDUM TO MR. TOISON
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MR. ROSEN
MR. SULLIVAN
MR. TAVEL
MR. TROTTER
MI$ HOLMES
RE: HOUSING OF NEW EMPLOYEES
METROPOLITAN 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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; New employees -arrive'fromrural areasconfronted with problem ofsecuring housing, with good neighborhoo'ds 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 two
months 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 has 'been vigorously engaged in seeking new housing accommodations and renewing
our 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 towards
other residents, the number of these incidents is obviously magnified due to fact
we have so many employees in established projects. Usually complaints are of
loud, rowdy parties with people coming and going at all hours, and generalnuisancetype 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 arrange
with others to swap roommates. Although in violation of leases, most resident
managers allow it as they have knowledge, through our liaison, of these problems
v In allowing it, however, they stipulate that employees notify of changes and make
appropriate 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 same
is 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_air_. Again, done without knowledge or__co_n_sen_t,of the management or
leasing 'c'o'riripany*, 1'-it causes ebiifusioh.*Residént'"inanaéers point out that although
leysvalvvaze uwiihiaet was numbers. <1 emP1Q¥eeS.re1=1mins lwmeiei from misi-'nlght'wo1l!shift"a'ré gust beginning m¢1r"~aay,*-u1¢~¢'c>ns1a'ntsntimnnag or doors, " * i
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is a-constant sourceof cotnplaints. Although resident managers concluded they
realize majority of complaints result from normal, healthy youthful exuberance
and inconsiderateness, the increasing number of complaints from other residents,
including older couples who constantly threaten to move, naturally causes an
increasing reluctance on their part to continue to house our employees. They
appreciate the prompt and thorough handling of any complaint by our Housing Offict
have been guaranteed continued assistance of this sort, and, with this understandin
will 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 adznonitions, it is felt imperative that contents of memorandum
be furnished each Assistant Director and SAC, WFO, to reiterate to our employees
the need for their proper conduct during off-duty hours.
RECOMMENDATlON:
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 "'_C'.2l 1 would like to ha , L4 ve a memorandum on what we know about this. , ._'_ 0
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called. He saidhe thanke me very much for talking to him because he knew this was anunusual kind of thing to have happen.
He said he wanted to ask me very seriously, but he was sure I wasfamiliar with this and given thought to it already, but he wanted to report onthe basis of ut the authorization that the FBI had rom r. obert Kenne y, to release the King material; thatthey are getting a great deal of static from people who are telling them --Ithey 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 'do this and in general there is a nondispction on the part of the readers toaccept the idea that Bob Kennedy actually did authorize the tapping of Kingsphone. He said, "Now I just want to ask you as seriously as I can to release 1ghose documents. You have them. They do show, I presume, exactly what-=1 ou say. "1-___ .
1 told_ that he authorized it in his own handwriting onOctober 10, 1963; it was installed November 8, 1963, and discontinuedApril so, 1965. 1 told that, as a matter of fact, when Kennedywas Attorney General he requested that the telephones of Dr. King be covered
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 delayed__ bringing the matter up again until in October the authority was signed by him______ fin 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. I told himhe co d report what I have said to him. I told lin 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.
Q 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.
He said it was his understanding that in June, 1963, Mr. Kermedy ll édid suggest through a liaison man that he had with me, that I should keep aneye on Martin Luther King because of his assoc 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 t ah d d d t d that New York and if he authorized it, I was prepare o go ea an o 1 ancame 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. I tol a was correct.
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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<.;
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reason Why he happened to be interested in this thing. Iksaid 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 dknow whether they had read Rowan's 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 on
a minute, that it was his understanding that the Bureau had been checking on /
King because there had been allegations that he had been in touch with /Q
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 King's :
position. He 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 told that 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.
Fsaid that when he first asked me, 1 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 i.f,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 J! é
exposed, and they stated the Agent testified the taps were continued untilKing's death. I said that is untrue and the Agent did not so testii . I saidin the King case, it was discontinued April so, 1965. 1 told humif he thought it would be to the best interest of public relations in clearing
up any really serious doubts newspaper people have, I would have no objection
to being quoted.
E "an thnkd an thou htlwasmakingawise sai e a e me an e gdecision in letting it come out. He said he thought it may be one of the most
important 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- every 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.
I told him I would have to get the authority of the Attorney General for that.bald 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 I
sent to the Congressman Xerox copies of the authorization ' ned by Kennedy,as he being a Congressman, I felt he was entitled to it, and/%n Attorney
General approved. I said in this instance, if we get a request from a Congressman
or Senator along the lines he indicated I would submit it to the Attorney Generalwith my recommendation. Paid 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.
I returned a call from d 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. King1:08 PM
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I have noted numerous instances where incompetent empl e s
rt ul 1pa ic ar y in the Identification Division and in the Files and Commimications
Division, have been retained in the service for many months even thou h8their ability and competency were in question. I refer in art ul p ic ar to acase m the Files and Communications Division in which Mr. Tavel just
r tl ° 'ecen y suggested that the employee's resignation be obtained. The
employee had been in the service of the Bureau for fourteen months and
there certainly had been sufficient information concer ' her ' bilrung 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 ca abilit'p iesof a new employee and if they are not average or above, then their resig-
nat'ions should be promptly requested We should not palliate incom eteI . p ncy
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With regard to the technical surveillance and investigation oi the 4late Martin Luther King, Jr. , I note that copies oi the material were s t Q9 -'en .
to Cari T. Rowan, then Director of the United States Information Agency.I further note that the material, particularly the over-all summary memo-randum of December 21, 1964, was widely distributed to representativesin the Government agencies. I think there should be greater
note the sameof the National Science Foundation I do not d t d . un ers an why heshould have been included on the list for dissemination, as certainly King'sact. it. . . . . iv ies did not fall within the area of his Foundation.
Please initiate immediately a're- evaluation of the disseminationn of our highly sensitive and confidential information.
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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.§
The Attorney General said there may be some mistake, but this
1S the wa put it to him I told the Attorney General I would checky know I lcnow- and have associated with him, andI 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.
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told me
I told Mr. Mitchell that I seriously doubted this to be the fact, butthat 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
instructed him to call by long distance the Special Agent in Charge at NewOrleansland make inquiry concerning this. Mr. Gale called me back and
advised that the New Orleans Office knew nothing oi 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 Serviceat the White House who had told Mr. Elulichman of this instance. I stated thatwas 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 the situationand I understood that he, Mr. Ehrlichman, was taking this matter up withthe Secret Service representative at the White House who had conveyed theinformation to him about the FBI having such a room at the New OrleansAirport. 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.
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1 General. Mr. 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 Kleindienst, the marihuana
in use in this country largely comes from Mexico, being brought across the
border either by peddlers of 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 ior implementing the order of the President. He stated that several
months ago he visited Mexico City and conferred with the Mexican authorities
and iound 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 bf; the Ltited States.
He stated that one of the matters that he had considered was the
closing of the border for 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 articularlv in San Die 0 where theitogether alibiin San Diego, have extensive interests to ether ' ' ' d.States, and the A
_ Mr. Kleindienst stated he thought that it might be possible to require
" anyone under the age of 21 to be accompanied by his or her parents ii they
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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 device .rvhich will locate marihuana if it is on a person or in a vehicle. I stated that I could __see where this would be possible if the marihuana were being _ -smoked because ithas a peculiar sweet odor, but I did not know such a device U
was in existence.which.would_1ocate marihuana in its form before it is used i =for 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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Honorable David M. Kennedy
Honorable Melvin R. Laird
.Honorable John N. Mitchell
Honorable Clifford M. Hardin
Honorable Maurice H. Stans
Honorable Robe rt I-I. Finch
Honorable John A. Volpe
Honorable Robert Kunzig
RE: "Action Task Force"
Narcotics, Marihuana and Dangerous Drugs
On June 3, 1969, Secretary Kennedy and Attorney General Mitchell
subrnitted 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 consumption in
the United States. Some 23 persons representing ten Departrnents
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.
I.n 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
guidelines:
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In concultation with the respective Cabinet Officer
or Agency head, and the Deputy Attorney General,
there will be ininiediately appointed one person to
serve on the task force from the following Departments
or divisions thereof:
a! Customs
b! Defense
c! BNDD
d! Criminal Division - Justice
e! FBI ' A
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, .
l hereby designate John Ehrlichman, Counsel to the
President, with the authority and responsibility to
either consider and resolve any problems which
might 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 1, 1969, to the President and
the Attorney General. -
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and any and all publicity with respect to its work and
accomplishments shall be released only by the
White I-louse.
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's 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 Agency'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 appointingqto a very sensitive advisory board in the Defense Department. saiwhen I learned that I a letter to the Secretary of Defense advising him A Qof the background oland advised him of the attack on the Bureau andme and the Attorney neral and I sent a copy to John Ehrlichman. The
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since he breached it
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JQWhile talking to the Attorne General on another matter, I asked. if he had found out anything from regardi.ng our con-" ducting an investigation of him.! The ttorney General said he h d talked to him a.fter 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 provide . 11 to me, but he has not heard fromg commented that 1 would
surmise it could be somebody down ere w o is trying to get somethingon End indirectly embarrass the President. The Attorney Generalsai at could be the purpose and he so advised! -and that he should éget to the bottom of it. I said I would like to na' 1 down. 6
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Internal Revenue or the change Commission had some
kind of an inquirjv going on about me nmths ago but that is a valgnie
recollection since I it over. The Attorney Generalsaidhad that there where he went in totry to he p them put but the poor ' as clean as the driven snow as he was d ' to help the
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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Judge Ingraham has ruled in our favor and has denied all the defense motions
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_ I While talking to the Attorney General on another matter, he ' __
mentionedthat he had responded tomy memorandum on the Black Panthers
and he wanted me, ii 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
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_ _ . _ Mr. B Q I "- .. I,-. ., On Simd-ay, =§epte:mber 7, -Dr~. Arthur F.» Burns, the Economie? Advisor to the President, called me by telephone and stated that he had , _ _, _ 1 _ ._ _befor him the letter whic Bureau had addressed to the Whi e' House "former associated with the and nowsome He stated that he understood,in addition to the letter, repr e at the White Hou ad beenbriefed about the fact that the FBI could not recommendiflor anyap mtment and he wondered what the facts were that led to this conclusion tashad already been offered the position and had accepted and that
e rwith the appointment or canceling it.h . Ll1l'lS, was now in the embarrassing position of either going ahead
I told him that had been quite a controversial figure whenhe was associated with the and he had also indulged in excessive useof liquor at various p é
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indicated he would be able to arrange for a staff himself
roug ot er sources
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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 t
. 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..1
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
find out whether she left Atlanta on the 4:30 PM Eastern Airline flight, as
I would check with our Atlanta Office.
Mr. Kleindienst said he would he either in his office or in the Attorney
General's Office.
Mr. Beaver in Mr. Tolson's 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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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. Kleindienst thanked me.
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they can, to find out whether the plane is to land at Friendship or National
Airport. Mr. Kleindienst said that if we find out and he is not in the Attorney
Generals 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 yGeneral's office, and advised him that Mrs. CorettaKing 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 at6:15 PM at Friendship. Mr. Kleindienst said that was fine, 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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MR. CALLAHAN
I want to express my extreme displeasure at the
manner in which summaries are prepared for me upon Agents
and employees who ask to see me.
I note that no indication is given whether the Agent has
attended language school nor is there any indication of his office
of preference nor in what languages he may be particularl ualified.The last one that you prepared on Special Ag b Q
was completely unsatisfactory, but it was typica 0 e many
previous memoranda of the same character that you have
prepared.
You will henceforth give more attention to the preparation
of these summaries for me so that I may have a complete picture
of the background of an employee before I see him.
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Mississippi, before heleft. I told him we have interviewed the ofcers 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
when the wire left this morning as it was sent morning and they had not
-Ed.-word atthazt time.;that_;-he was coming -in. »-I"told'=iiim~Ij-cm11d~nd'mit ~-j
quickly by calling our Agent in Charge in Jackson who was on vacation -
Attorney General. I said I would call him and then call the Attorney Generalback. » ' " ' A " '
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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_ may try, see _ _ said all thebig television stations in the country are there with their crews tolm
what takes place today and tomorrow, but they do not know the time theAttorney General is cominginor leaving here. p ~ - -- '
~ _ I told the Attorney General I have 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 into
Jackson 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,
n Edgar Hoover
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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
twors . 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-
ment 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 Stat e
University as to the shooting and, as always happens, we found a considerable
t famoun 0 firearms in the dormitories and rooms of the students, whether they
used them or not is a question; some say there was sniping and some say there
was not. I said the same is true at Jackson as there are alle ation f ' g s o sniping
at the troops before they red and denials. We are interviewing all the indi- .
dvi uals 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 l 'na 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 memorandimi 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, 'Racial Matters," prepared by JCT:1jz.See neaorandum G.C. Ioore to I.C. Sullivan, date ,"___/
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Memorandum for Messrs. Tolson, DeLoach, Rosen, Sullivan, Bishop
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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S88President, gets the details even before wenish the report.
The Vice President said he would like to be thoroughly conversantwith all of that because if the crisis comes where we need to throw it, hewill. I told him I would get it over in the next 24 to 48 hours as to the high-
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.After the ceremonies at the White House this morning when the
President set up a Council to formulate a national campaign against organizedcrime, he asked the Attorney General and myself to come into his private
office.
The President stated that in a recent check or poll which they hadmade, crime was the number one item of concern of the citizens of the country.The Attorney General expressed surprise about this as he thought probably theCambodian situation would have been in that category. The President indicatedvery emphatically that something must be done now to press for action againstorganized crime. _
The President stated that Congress had failed to enact one pieceof legislation which had been recommended and suggested by the Administra-
tion on the matter of crime and that he was considering asking the VicePresident to make some speeches placing the responsibility directly on
Congress for its failure to function in this eld. g
The President asked my opinion on this, and I told him I thought
it was an excellent idea. I stated that there was no doubt in my mind butthat crime was the number one concern of the American people and that untillegislation was enacted giving the Federal authorities wider powers, theaction that the President desired to be taken could not be fully carried forthwithout such legislation. The President stated that there seemed to be no
one in either house of Congress who was pressing vigorously for the en-actment of the crime legislation which he had recommended. The AttorneyGeneral commented that members of both houses had been briefed byrepresentatives of the Department, but when the time came for debates onthe subject, the individuals briefed had little or nothing to say.
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I stated that unless real progress was made against organized
crime in this country, it was reasonable to expect that the opposition party
would lay the blame on the present administration and it was for this reason
I felt that Vice President Agnew should take a particularly strong position
against Congress for inaction in this eld.
I want to emphasize the top priority of our investigations in the
field of organized crime. I think it would be well to send to the Attorney
General each month a memorandum indicating the cases which have been
completed in the eld of organized crime and are ready for trial but have
not yet been called for trial due to inaction upon the part of United States
Attorneys offices or the insufficient number of Federal Judges who could
hear these cases.
The President asked me to supply the Vice President with any
material which the latter could use in speeches on organized crime, and
I told him that I would. I told him I had aLready supplied the Vice President
with material dealing with the violent activities on campuses and also activities
of the Black Panthers.
The President inquired of me about the incident which had occurred
at Knoxville when he spoke there last Thursday night at the Billy Graham
Revival. I told the President that I had sent over to Mr. Haldeman on last
Monday a memorandum on this matter which gave all of the details, and the
President said he would get hold of this memorandum. As the Attorney General
and I were leaving the President's private office, Mr. Haldeman was coming
in and I spoke to Mr. Haldeman and told him that the President had just asked
me about the report upon the individual Bible who had led the disturbance at
Knoxville and Mr. Haldeman stated he would see that the President got a copy
of the report which was sent over to Mr. Haldeman last Monday.
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is the death penalty for the hijackers. I told him there is, I think, a death
penalty if there is bodily harmto an individual. The President said that is
not enough and shouldn't there simply be the same thing that we have in
the Lindbergh law -- death penalty for anybody who hijacks a plane. I told
him I would be in favor of it, but as he knew, the Lindbergh law has been
declared unconditutional by the Supreme Court so we no longer have that.
The President said, put it on this and let the Court declare it unconstitutional
I said I have felt so long that what we do so often in the Executive branch,
is to try to read the mind of the Supreme Court and we ought to take some
of these cases to the Supreme Court when they occur and let them take the
responsibility. ,
The President said the thing now is -- if they do bodily harm --
but of course, this character is crazy, he understands, but nevertheless
we should certainly ask for the death penalty. I said I would think so, and
let his own attorney plead insanity and let a psychiatrist examine him and
the court dazide. The President said the whole thing of the death penalty is
they would not be doing this if this hung over them and it takes the court a
few years to declare it unconstitutional.
I said I have been strongly in favor of capital punishment and the
President said he was with me. I told him the Solicitor General told me the
other day that he received a call from the Chief Justice asking him to prepare
a brief on capital punishment to be submitted to the fall term of the court. I
said the court has several cases involving capital punishment and I would
imagine the court is going to be 5 - 4. The President said, "To knock it
out completely?" I told him I would not be surprised unless we can get
another vacancy to be filled by a real man. The President said if we get one,
we will do it.
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I said we have had the same problem in obscenity; the current court
-will not declare obscene even that which is raw obscenity. I said we made
several raids in Washington and New York and got some of the most extreme
obscene material ever seen and these will be tried locally. I said thea Solicitor General is anxious to have one of those cases carried to the mpreme '
Court. .The President commented they might reverse one of the other cases.I said cases lnve gone up before from Customs or the Post Office Department
of the Inspectors sending money and buying material themselves and the Court
frowns on this as entrapment. I said these things we_had were forsale in
stores or being brought down to Washington from New York and I am urging
prompt trial in the District Court and then it can be appealed to .the"Supreme
Court. The President said to tell the people in Justice to get some publicity
out on that; that the country is sick of that crap they see in the newsstands. l V '
The President said he is no prude, but "my God, " this stuff they are doing
now -- that's what is getting kids on dope and everything else. The President '
continued that Justice! Douglas had an article in one of those magazines.
I said he did - a magazine that is pornographic. I said the attitude of
Justices! Douglas and Black is they won't look at a pornographic motionpicture like "I Am Curious - Yellow. " The President asked if he had Jerry
Ford call me, would I ll him in on this; that he is a good man. I told him
I would. . '
The President said on the capital punishment thing, he is for it, -
if I am asked, and he is going to tell Egil! Krogh and the "legal eagles" to
get hold of Justice and get something up; that the way he _B'"1es it, you
should have capital punishment for anybody who hijacks a plane as that is
no prank, and "if they commit bodily harm" that is not going to do the job. _
I agreed with him. The President continued that the way it is, if they do
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appealed to the Judge for leniency and the United States Attorney later went
into court and repudiated the appeal of the Assistant United States Attorney,
but we have some Assistant United States Attorneys who are not worth a
damn, and my feeling is the only deterrent is tough law enforcement. The
President said he could not agree more. I said like cases where policemen
are killed in a shoot-out and they generally end up with 1i.fe sentences and
in Federal Court that means 4 U 5 years. The President said "or 7, " and
I said they are released for parole in 1/3 of the term. The President com-
mented that when he sees that motion picture of ours, "Tim FBI Story, " and
they say they get life, it means 7 years.
The President said if I could stir up this thing on capital punishment
and obscenity, he is for it and if I see they are not doing something, to let
him know, as he is going to ride herd on these.
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At the end of the ceremonies in the Cabinet Room this morning at
the White House when the President set up a Council to formulate a national
campaign against organized crime, he turned to me before he left the
Cabinet Room for his private office and inquired as to when the latest report
on Uniform Crime Statistics would be available. I told him that I hoped to
have this report for him within the next several weeks.
I want this given immediate attention. I cannot understand why
the report for the first quarter of this calendar year, namely, January,
February, and March, has not been compiled into a final report by this
time, June the 4th. I recognize that many cities and towns are sometimes
delayed in getting their report in,:1 but certainly a maximum of thirty days
should be the limit for the receipt of these reports, which would mean that
we would have had them by the end of April, and I further believe that now
that we are in the month of June, we should have been able to have analyzed
these and to have a report available for release by this time. _I1v_<_>_gl§_ like to
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The President further stated to me in the Cabinet Room before
leaving for his private office and in the presence of the news reel cameras,
newspapermen, et cetera, that he assumed that the figures would show a
decrease in crime. I told him. that I seriously doubted that this would be
true, but that they would probably show an increase in crime, but that in
any event, he would be supplied with the accurate figures. The President
- replied that crime had decreased in the District of Columbia in the firstlfew months of this year and it was for that reason that he assumed it might
gshow a decrease in other parts of the country. I told him that the District of
Columbia had not used the accepted procedure of comparing their volume of
crime with the same period in the previous calendar year, but had only
compared it with the previous month and it was well established that in the-
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early part of a year crime would always decrease in volume, whereas in the
summer and fall there would be substantial increases, and I said that I
assumed this same trend would show in the forthcoming release by the
B1u'eau on crime statistics.
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between the President and myself by either the news reels or the press
since all, as above indicated, were present during this discussion which
the President had with me.
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on the matter of "obscenity" and his desire to bring before the Court some
case which will involve extreme obscenity and pandering of the same. He
stated that the Customs Service have had several cases before the Court
dealing with obscene matter seized at the ports of entry, but the Court
members are not favorably inclined to support the contention of the Govern-
ment in those cases as it feels that the matters dealing with such obscene
matter should be done by the states under state legislation. He stated also
that the Post Office Department have had cases in which Post Office Inspectors
have through the mail solicited obscene publications and the Court has viewed
dimly this type of procedure in obtaining evidence.
Following the adjournment of the Staff Meeting, I talked with the
Solicitor General and told him that we had recently had a number of cases
involving raw obscenity which had been seized in raids made in New York
City and in Washington, D. C. , from stores and publishing concerns in-
volved in the distribution of this obscene material. The Solicitor General
stated this was exactly the type of case he wanted to ultimately bring before
the Supreme Court. He stated that he did not believe that the First Amendment
protected obscenity to the extent of such raw material as I indicated and the
type of evidence that the Bureau could obtain.
I want very special attention given to these recent cases that we
have had and have them placed for early trial so that they can be appealed
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It was also announced yesterday that the Sta Meetings for July
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