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Joseph P Joe Kennedy Sr — Part 7
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ae rn re "Reference is made to my memorandum a, Holloman
*pecomber 18, regarding information Special Agent of the arr
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Boston Office received from former Ambassador Joseph nnedy rela
to observations made by Kennedy's son Teddy concerming ai an “FBI speaker t
appear before the University irginia Law School at some future date.
Since © Kennedy was in New York, I had SAC Powers
: "Powers reported telephontcall y the cember 19,
he had talked’ “to Kennedy and ascertained hie wo a Edeard also known as Te
is a second-year student at the University of Vir w School and is one/ ._
of five studests ‘on a wtudent committee handling invitations to prospective ~!' = °”
speakers to Address the Law School student body. The Committee of students... : 4
Is headed byt the: son of “of former Governor Battle ‘of Virginia. | og Bee Ss , 7 ”
Sue ““ , AmbaWsador Kennedy advised Powers that Supreme Court Ry
y ' Douglas had not yet addressed the student body but would do so sometime next ~ U
{ spring and that he, Kennedy, had arranged for Douglas to make this talk. _~ “<4
Kennedy statéd, while: he did not agree with Douglas’ decisions in every case, ?
he did not believe Douglas would be making uncomplimentary statements about ou
the FBI. He explained that the student committee likes to get speakerg on both ==
sides of current questions and Douglas is known to be a dissenter; Accordingly, 4
while he arranged for Douglas’ appearance, he did not believe the Justice would S
be anti- FBI‘ | ce wo EY are
~ Mr. “Kennedy ¢ stated he understood from his son 1 that Edward Bennet?’
lee Williams hid | talked to the students and that his boy felt there were some —. k
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possible inferences made by Williams which might have been interpreted as.
being unfavorable to the Bureau. He then advised Powers that Teddy would be
in New York later in the day and he would have Teddy call: P ie ae ae a ose
as 8 he, Mr. - Kennedy, did not know the ‘specifica: x . *
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Mr. Kennedy then told Powers that his son could Page for : ; ot
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ureau speaker by writing to the Director and Powers concurred, “~~. 2£° 72 ~
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r. Kennedy observed that the audience would not be receptive to the usual
ry Club type of talk but would be interested in the postion and ree
eory of FBI investigations and that By would be a”
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