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ee ee eee Ne ee eee III NES SS IRE J.D STATES DEPARTMENT BO nrc: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to Butte, Montana, 59701 File No. August 21, 1968 “ UNKNOWN SUBJECT; SENATOR EUGENE McCARTHY - VICTIM : | THREAT AGAINST PRESIDENTIAL .; CANDIDATE a At 2:18 a.m., August 21 telephonically furnished the following formation to the Denver Office: . At approximately 11:00 p.m., August 20, 1965, a is customer, deScribed as a white male American, age 30-40, 5' 5" tall, heavy build, balding, wearing dark clothing and a white hat, who described himself as a "killer," claimed he had been paid : $50,000.00 by the "syndicate" to assassinate Senator EUGENE MCCARTHY (D), Wisconsin, when he travels to the State of Idaho, At 4:40 a.m., August 21, 1968, the above information was telephonically furnished Special Agent in Charge Robert : F. Grube, U. S. Secret Service, Salt Lake,City, Utah, by SA PAUL SCRAGG. Mr.GRUBE advised that Senator EUGENE McCARTHY was not currently in the State of Idaho and that no plans have been furnished to him regarding Senator McCARTHY ' s contemplated travel to the State of Idaho. oa At 8:00 a.m., August 21, 1968, the information was likewise furnished to Superintendent L. CLARK-HAND, Idaho State Police, Boise, Idaho, by SA PAUL SCRAGG. This documemt contains neither recommenda- tions nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.