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“HM emorandum 7 : 5 E. veli/ . . ‘ my mo . eat ELS i laa ea a A ag a Saige eee Or te a a -. 7st: PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING ow MICROPHONE SURVEJLLANCES an) NN me SENATOR_ROBERT Fs KENNEDY N“N s DECEMBER i : | : Attached is a copy of the press release approved by the Q E o - ' Director and Mr. Tolson in captioned matter. This release was furnished SS fi - <6 the news media at 2:25 p.m., Sunday, December 11, 1966. . ‘5 " ro In addition to furnishing this release to the wire services, " ZB co;-2S were sent to the Washington Star, News and Post. It was aiso given AN E ts =. 2 New York Daily News, the New York Times, the Baltimore Sun, the £ St. i.-is Post-Dispatch and to Clark Mollenhoff of Cowles Publications. 7 ~ Throughout Sunday afternoon, numerous requests were receivec | E th. this release be read for radio and television; however, all such requests f Wee refused and it was pointed out that the release spoke for itself. No fpiie ei2'.cration on the statement was made toanyone. L i "= oss= "The coverage given this statement c on both television and radio be cu. ..g the course of Sunday afternoon was outstanding-~the bulk of the programs kign lighting it as their lead ff news story. By 7 p.m., Sunday night, °- Senatir Kennedy" s statemeh SoReRD e effect that while the matter may seem i.cc..ceivable to Mr. Hoover, it was none the less true that he was not aware it 3 oi the FBI's "bugging" practices. ° 7 ewe Pf Co ly “7 Gf lo * i The above is for record purposes. and weno _ 0 Znclosure f. 441068 pg ee = Le - Mr. McAndrews ! Lass es fe .-~Mr. Jones | -. Ce Re PS