◆ SpookStack

ee a ee — =a? HS ff . ¢ ct oom, we, ae 1? - Tolan —— ——> UNITED STATES covment CS) DeLoect a % 1 - Mr. DeLoach eed Memorandum 12 Mr. Wick jf) potlem 1 - Mr. Gale a f ra * ; fe , LO . 1 - Mr. parte Trotter ee . . 1- Mr. AL Jones Sooty — sccayect: ROBERT F“KENNEDY " zo° ; DENIAL OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING USAGE OF MICROPHONES BY THE FBI; CALL FROM COMMISSIONER SHELDON COHEN, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, 12/13/66 Saeldon Cohen, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service (IRS), -ovllcd me at 6:15 p,m., 12/13/66, He stated he wanted to tell me that he was acwpietely sympathetic with the FBI's position in the feud with Bobby Kennedy. Vonen stated he hoped that we won the battle and frankly he felt we were far ciead at this stage of the game. - Cohen advised that he almost did the same thing a year ago that -... Hoover has now done, i.e., to blast Bobby Kennedy because of his lying. ... Said that the only thing that held him back was the fact that he was not Commissze of IRS at the time Kennedy was Attorney General. “He said also ‘that he does not have access to the considerable proof that Mr. Hoover has incainst Kennedy. - i O1tGu Cohen told me that the Kennedy statements were "unconscionable," a2 siated that the American public obviousiy will realize that Kennedy is lying. I told Cohen that I certainly appreciated his calling, however, I in.. oren wondered in my own mind why IRS had not come out and told the-truth | about Aennedy pushing them into the usage of microphanes. He stated for the ¢asons previously mentioned he could nd affordto do this. He also told me ‘ that Xaplan, his predecessor, had left IRS administrative affairs in pretty much ix ‘eS : ofa shambles, He stated that Kaplan had claimed to him that he honestly did - j: zo. know what field offices in the IRS were utilizing electronic devices. Cohen /S..ted that Kaplan was a viz friend of Kennedy's and would no doubt defend +i iXennedy if called upon, “7 7 SUF IF 7 ch . _ OT RECOETED _- ee I received tie disting- iWprévsionwhile talking with hat. 4 uncouscediy he had received a call fron the Whites-House with ins} Acting n that “et: ot alt touch with us and offarany-pass-b.s-suggestions for assistance-He, © of CqUEsey7 cis wot reveal this fact, - GON? {For record purposes. pe cal 1967 , Ue “? aw : —— eran SRE _—