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nl BO —_ 7 «& rs | i nn a a nh a Sh lt en at Ne ee ce dhe ee NR: apenas poe Te oo ee e = i bo a Off Ment ondum °. UNITED sh GOVERNMENT To bs. MR. TOLSON ce pate: October 21, 1959 _ ; Tolson FROM =: - C.D. DELOACH DeLoxch 1 . 7 . . McGuire . Co, : " . . . Mohr —=~ oo 7 ot Porsons | Sunyect: = “THE UNTOUCHABLES" . or. J, Tamm 9 ~~. ‘PELEVISION PROGRAM 5, pth flr _ PRODUCED BY DESILU re Ti, loom Desi Arnaz called from Los Angeles, California, 3: 30 PM, ; October 20. He stated that SAC Burke of our Los Angeles Office was with him. ; Arnaz then read me a memorandum which he had just dictated and which specifically instructed all units of Desilu Productions that the FBI's name was not to be used under any circumstances at any time without first notifying him of the intentions of such usage and then obtaining complete clearance from either the Los Angeles FBI Office or FBI Headquarters in Washington. The memorandum also included “that the unit supervising "The Untouchables" was under no circumstances whatsoever to use any cases which b rightfully belong to FBI i history or in which the FHI has participated. Mr. Arnaz asked me to assure , the Director that he sincerely regretted this incident and that it was simply a matter of him not Keeping in personal touch with all units of Desilu Productions. . Arnaz stated that the Thursday night show, October 22, concerning a Ma Barker unfortunately cannot be cancelled; however, all TV stations are being requested by Desilu Productions to put this disclaimer in at the end of the show. . "Desilu Productions wishes to point out that the FBI, although not being featured in tonight's program, had the principal jurisdictional responsibility of the Barker case and is solely responsible for the handling and eventual solution of this case." | Itold Mr. Arnaz that I felt certain the Director would have no objections to this phraseology. (It closely follows ours with the exception that it does not mention Elliot Ness by name and the fact that he had nothing to do with the Barker case.) . 7) SE: x: came on the phone and also extended apologies. . He stated that he was certainly glad the matter had been worked out to the satisfaction . fof the FBI and that he would bend over backwards not to displease the Director, ae ~ ~ ‘The Ma Barker f program Thureda=NGk OST RE ‘monitored. . I have - : - instructed SAC Burke to follow this matter most closely to make certain there is no ° Tis in the instructions issued by 4 Arnaz in connection with future prog of 1- st. Fey a Fogg RR ot -L- Mr. Jones | oth, “CDD:ejp (4) ne rey