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.- Al 708m HO. 10 7™N, * «(9010-106 + ae Ot 6 w' @ i we ow UNITED STATES GO’. RNMENT - A Memorandum — gr? : Mr. Bisho uf DATE: 8-13-70 :2eROM M. A Japhgs py” 14 ~ psuayect: MELVIN vps .9 CRITICISM OF DIRECTOR IB. AND FBI | | | , : | re als: i 20°" _ By letter dated Agusut Sth, Mr. SianestCovin, Radio Station WKAT)” OF: 3 ~ Miami, Florida, forwarded a tape of an interview of Melvin Belli by an unidentified >< WKAT announcer which Mr. Levin considered a personal attack on the Di oa he offered time for the Director to reply to these charges. aes a ee 75° A review of this tape indicates it was a telephonic interview of Belli i. ;®. concerning the remarks by President Nixon concerning the Manson murder trial:.{? .). ig " Belli was extremely critical of the President's remarks and said the explanation ‘}"% 19 Offered by RongldZeigler was ridiculous. He said that Nixon had come from behind” :9.~ his mask and revealed that it was he, and not Mitchell, who was attacking the judicia !) system and attempting to downgrade our institutions. He said that one is not suppose ‘2 to talk about Mr. Hoover and motherhood, but Mr. Hoover is doing more to damage a ‘3 Country than anyone he could think of with his attacks on the Supreme Court. He said he realized that the Director had taken over a corrupt organization and built it into a fine one but this was exactly the danger because he now thinks his word is Jaw. He ‘9 7 referred to the "villainous semantics" of the Director in saying that justice’ was not a g part of law and order. ALL INFCRNST~" ComTATNep 2 eg? 8 9 INFORMATION IN BUFILES: DATE is IED a Belli, a San Francisco attorney, is considered one of the ‘most notorious | charlatans of the legal profession. He feeds on publicity and has provoked much. fo ‘controversy by his repeated attacks against the FBI as well as a number of other *' - prominent National officials and institutions. In the past we have not digni charges with a reply and it is felt we should not do so in this instance. - ’ Z~Ow nd nua WN re Oo Enclosure/” |. eo ae “oy. -1-Mr. Sullivan - Enclosure / 1- Miss Holmes - Enclogyre _* v ry tae 5 1 - . Va UG by ° 7 1-Mr. Bishop - Enclosure - 1 -M. A. Jones - Enclosure /u 3 1 - Miss.Gandy - Enclosure | mau Ee Phe xpnag “OR APPROVAL {asst SLs Lipaa (7) aye 21 19 g many fo Nee, ee ar io we, 4 nop mee 27, a BE. PEM ge oS rg a RT ge: