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DeLoach to Mohr 6-4-64 Re: William Manchester, Author of Kennedy Book oo, . Ta Be Published in 1969 rcs 2 Appointment with Director, 10:10a.m., 64-64. et fe . The Dallas Office additionally advised the Director shortly after 2: 00 Pe THe that cay that the President had died. The Director immediately called the Attorney General once again and told him of the death of his brother, At this time the Director incuired as to whether the Attorney General planned to go to Dallas, The Director stated tha: he had advised the Attorney General that if such plans were in the making he wouw.d facilitate his departure and arrival, The Director told Manchester that shortly thereafter cur Dallas Office called once again to indicate that the President*s body would be immediately flown back to Washington anc that the Vice President had already been sworn in as President, The Director later called the Attorney General once again and told him that the FRI was moving into the investigation, The Director advised Manchester that the FI tcok this action despite the fact that there was no law making it a Federal violation to assassinate the President, At this point the Director gave Manchester a brief history of the &ssassination of SAC Shanahan in Chicago, Dlinois, in the middle 1920's. There was no xecésral law against assaulting or murdering an FBI Agent at that time. The Director iLold Manchester he initiated action to make it a Federal crime to assault or kili an Fal Agent sc nat proper action could be taken in Federal court rather than a local court in ae: “Ak matrtcare wu rhh Shi Ghee dk 1 The Director told Manchester that if the FBI had taken custody of Lee Earvey Oswald, Jr., Oswald would never have been killed by Jack Ruby. The Director stated that the murder of Oswald by Ruby naturally gave rise to considerable ; Speculatic: and rumor, Ali of this could have been avoided had the Dallas police taken . proper aciion to protect Oswald. The Director told Manchester that the FBI I immediately entered the case, despite non-jurisdiction, and that we interviewed Oswald as soon as he was made available. The Director stated that on the evening of November 22, 1963, at approximately 7:25 p.m., ?reside:.. Johnson called him at his home and requested that the FBI take complete charge of the case involving the assassination, The Director stated he advised the President the: the FBI had already entered the case and that we would, of course, go all out in this matter, The Director also told the President that he was cencerned about the great amount of publicity coming out of Dallas, . The Director then told Manchester that the Dallas police had given cut considerable information received as a result of FBI findings, particularly from cur “Laboratory. He added that on the 4th or 2th day following the assassination he ins:rucied our SAL in Dallas to contact Chief of Police Curry and order him to make no further statex.snis to the press with respect to the evidence or investigation surreunding the assassiration, The Director told Manchester that this Chief of Police could have to:d