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Memorandum to Mr, Tolson from L. B. Nichols RE: SENATOR ALBERT GORE |]e20ve -mentioned wild accusations and the Senator said he hada very flagrant case in mind that a very reliable source gave him. DeLoach asked for facts, The Senator said he had forgotten the facts of the case, as well as the names involved, He Was asked if he could Produce them, The Senator then replied that he felt it unnecessary to produce any facts concerning this case to the FBI, He was then advised that common decency would seem to indicate that if he were going to make such accusations that he would Produce facts to back up his statements, The Senator then sidestepped the issue by g0ing off on another ‘tangent that the FBI should be an agency of evaluation; that we should not furnish information concerning an applicant or a subject of any case which concerned that applicant's or subject's father or mother; that this was merely another instance of guilt by @8 sociation, DeLoach told the Senator that obviously he knew very little about the FBI's activities. It was Promptly indicated to the Senator that we @re not an evaluation agency; that we look into all matters thoroughly when called upon, and that we disseminated information to authorized authorities, il did not care about the relations of any individual, just so the individual him- they may. The Senator was advised that we deny emphatically that we trade in Tumor-mongering and 80ssip, but that we thoroughly investigate matters and refer the results of our investigation or to authorized Federal agencies, It was once again emphasized that we are not an agency of evaluation and that Congress had not intended for the FBI to be an agency of evaluation, TAS bias date ate. ba ayy gee