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*. ad i oo. - * . "=, 3 * . oS a 6 e * . ” . DeLoach to Hr. Tolson 12/20/65 Re: fastallation of Wire Taps and Microphones The Attorney General stated that both Senator Long and Edward ’ Bennett Williams were somewhat confused over the differentiation between | wire tanning and laased line miscronhones, He stated that deerite this ae SS See ae ee ep ewe ee SESS SREY BV YA SS Fe \ eS Senator Long would feel that the invasion of privacy involved in the installation of microphones would be just as bad as the usage of wire taps. I told the Attorney General that while this may be true, it should be noted that no one had ever talked to Senator Long about the IE involved in installing the leased line microphones. I stated that when you consider the number of lives saved, the hundreds of thousands of dollars that the U. S. Government was being bilked out of, and the very valuable intelligence gained by the FBI in its fight against crime. than it annaarad that the invasion af nrigacees thames nalad a ——S— SS OS Tar eevee wes We Fe Yaw, awa ww Da insignificance. The Attorney General stated that he didn't think Long would understand this or go along with it at all. I told the Attorney General it was certainly worth a try inasmuch as no one had faced Long and leveled with him thus &r. The Attorney General admitted this. ay Upon leaving, I told the Attorney General that I hoped that the information furnished to him would prevent further disclaimers on either his or former Attorney Genoral Kennedy's part. The Attorney General statec ft that he had neavar attemnted to dAteclain anythine himeelf, however, fw Sw Fw ee repeated that Bobby Kennedy had distinctly told hin | he knew nothing about FBI installation of microphones. I stated that the above facts clearly brought into focus the fact that former Attorney General Kennedy did not know what he was talking about. Katzenbach asked if he could see the memorandum in question dated August 17, 1961, which Kennedy signed. f told him that I would be very happy to show him this memorandun. ACTION: ress eyeing pee Reena MIR } priced era har ad Be Sa Ft I Tae RR RN nk Rp age Fad hin Darn oe ged So It clearly seens that both Attorney General Katzenbach and ‘former Attorney General Kennedy are attempting to “leave us to the wolves” 4f allowed to do so. I think the above visit was valuable from the standpoint of putting Katzenbach on record that we clearly know the facts and will not hesitate to use them if necessary. I will show him the above-mentioned memorandum this afternoon. SEE ADDENDUM ON PAGE 4... oe ones