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. > / 4‘ * \y “and i heard him ask, ‘is this the best equipment we have?‘" 1 += Mr. Tolson “ ? a 1 - ir. DeLoach. cont aNUED - OVER a wa 1 - tir, Gale ~ 0 aid oo i 1 = ir. McAndrews ~) : ra’ on Tor _—_——— toe Le ur. Baker a A a | nT annem by. : : y WPS :dsn-! 7 hod NOT RECORDED ~ " L 15 1855 ay. ‘ (6) 2s wes 167 yut 15 1966 aa a. Sos TS jand the frequent whispered conversation employed, These comments ] erronet oreo ~ oy oft vin es. om. 07 . ; } "UNITED STATES GO" NMENT — ‘ we) Memorandum Nr. DeLoach DATE: July 1, 1966 ~- *- J. H. Gale | 3 ROBERT » Qexecror : on fihe BUREAU MICROPHONE SURVEILLANCES (* [’ . a oe a oe Information has been received confidentially that with regard to ths microphone tapes that former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy heard in the New York and Chicaro Offices, that Kennedy contemplated saying he thought they were police department tapes, not. FBI tapes. In order to refute such a statement by Kennedy, effidavits have been taken from “fifteen investigative employees who were key personnel engaged in the Criminal Intelligence Program and for this Teason Were present me briefings given Kennedy in the New York and Chicago Offices. The affidavits taken from New York Office personnel clearly indicate that a conference was held on November 4, 1963, in the New York Office attended by former Attorney General Nenredy and other Department of Justice officials,” at which | time the organized crime program was discussed. These affidavits < reveal that in order to demonstrate to Kennedy the type of informa-./ tion obtained in this program a tape recording of a conversation ~ between Qi PEN .s picyed. a Kir. Kennedy was advised that this conversation was obtained by \\ the FBI from "one of our highly confidential sources." According ~ to affidavits submitted by the Agents, at the conclusion of the playing of that tape, Mr. Kennedy commented upon .F =e poor quality | of the recording and asked, "Js this the best equips.ent we have?" ‘_ He was then advised that the difficulty in uncerstanding this ~ conversation was not due to inferior equipment but resulted fron 7 e . pres eae CTMTEN TM ERE CUS hie Me ane iy AEN Tae LR ld a ee rn nr nS ire an Ae a jthe accompanying street noises, the rough quality of the voices _ by Mr. Kennedy were described by different Special Agents. For L. ‘example, one Arent noted, "after listening to the taped conversa-~ tion, Mr. Kennedy commented about the poor quality of the recording |