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ae 1/28/66 2. TOOSON: | wt of mr RE: SENATOR EDSRD V. LOXG , Subcommittee on Administrative "ff f :- Practice and Procedure f EZ : a j . Senator Edward Long called at 2 p. 1/28/66, confidentially report on his conference with the Attorney General, which was held at 11 a.m., 1/28/66 in the Senator's office. * ra Senator Long ‘stated ¢ tu238 ev uference lasted for approzxie tely 14 hours. For the most part it concerned remarks by the AG véecommending that Senator Long inject his subcomnittee into * the field of recommended legislation, rather than continuing hearings zegarding the invasion of privacy. Senator Long stated he merely lissened to the AG in this regard. . 4 . . . . ’ . . Biles Ne OM TT Wa ON Te ey 2 Bae gee ea rake ng Ck re AE we ee The Senator stated that he had an opportunity to “neediet , the AG during the conference. He advised that he told him point {blenk “I have been receiving a number of runors which indicate — that Bobby Kennedy signed a nenorandum sanctioning the usage of microphones on the part of the FBI--do you know anything about this?" {Senator Long stated that the AG replied that he had never heard i sf such a mecorandum. . Ey ‘O aed - 46 ” sea Soe laren an da ap tie dang g re re Senator Long then told the AG that the rumors he had heard =ust be true because of the frequency with which such rumors had been repeated and the fact that a number of them had cone fron ,,fairly substantial sources. The AG replied that the rumors jcould not be true and that if the FBI had felt that“Kepnedy had - [gourd not microphone usage, the FEI had completely misinterpreted { {forner AG Kennecy!s understanding of the situation. Li The AG told Senator Long that he personally was maintaining Ae tig.t control over the usage of electronic devices. He stated that ne kad decided on a firm policy of not approving any request for °- ra: \jusege of microphones unless this request concerned security cases. j, Senator Long told me that the AG, when speaking about this matter, (iwes attempting to boast of his tight control of ie of electronic ‘, - Covices st oo ; yy 77-51. 5) 2% 1- IV, a Ss I thanked the Sens tongs AEA OE81 L fe sid bia “SppFe— _ Mnelosure - —_——_ MoLMVED « OVan~ — AX _. .2: 2SE (7) . . oo 3 <r.DeLoach,Mr.‘ohr, Vow ee ee ee ne rad i Peavy SLM. i In ToLS es BT MAREE Tae S2ren, jeory SS