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UNITED STA‘ "ares ( _2RNMENT > / q LD) 4 Memorandum TO : Mr, DATE: July 30, 1964 Trotter Toy Be i@ie. nom —__ FROM K Holmes ; > Gandy SUBJECT: 7E BIRMINGHAM DIVISION Previous memoranda have reported discovery by the telephone compariy employees of a Microphone Surveillance (MISUR) on 7/25/64 in the Birmingham Division, & ff eat faa a Age aad SAC Ing¥ath advised at 3/56 PM, '1/30/6 t an editorial appeared foday, « 1/30/64, in the ¥ lontgomery Advertiser". enined fon The Air," The majofity of 8 the editorial was taken up by comments concérnin entire field of modern’ ~ electronics in wire tapping, setting out all sorts of methods believed to be used such as infrared,closed circuit TV, miniature transmitters, etc. The editorial also quoted a recent ''Time" magazine article relating to “bugging."' As a part of the over-all general editorial article, there was included, according to Mr. Ingram, a reference to the fact that the newspaper, ''The Advertise" had chanced to learn of two telephone bugs recently found in Alabama. It related that telephone experts had found one of them clamped to a telephone wire in the basement of a residence, It pointed out that the installation undoubtedly was made by entering the residence by means of a key and that the bug was capable of transmitting conversations to a receiver, The manufacturer of the device was unknown, A photograph captioned. "Type of Wire Tap Device Discovered in Birmingham Basement'' was included with the article, This photograph was said by the SAC to be our device. However, no accusation or inference was made in the article as to the identity of persons who made the installation, 4 e Mr. Ingram further stated that it appeared that the woman in whose hom this installation was found might very possibly be an informant of state authorities in that her name was carefully omitted in the article and that the state authorities seem to be somewhat agitated about the find. Ga» A REC» 124 , 1 + Mr, Belmont ant LAE _ . 12 Mie Beton ee 5 La Lor 107 0 1-Mr. R ° sea! Li - Mr. Conrad . BS 2 ie 4 1964: h Pie yi] i / w 1 ROAUC 1 31964