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. ° U Porn er ~) >) Dz LESLIE M. WHITTEN “Werld Journal " WASHINGTON, Dee. 31—A | former tcp aide to Altomcy General Robert F. Kennedy Triguag Social RECAL L§ MEETING Silberling, who served in aszic today he disiinctiy re- hats key post from Feb. i. is eye} Hos aC =. eee we FGI to use more “tecn- ~ ‘clear he fe nob taxing the mical equipment’ ‘te fight or- FBI's side agtinst Xcnnedy. ‘The ganized crime, Tne slatenicnt of Edwyn : H Siverling, former chief of ganized crime "and racketeer= ing section, is Linportant be» eaus2 it is the first break in’ tae piciansx of Sen, Kennedy and ais former aesistants alee _ VO af nghe wnat Kennedy had, ns xnowledse of FSI “buge: Suid. 4 éloouth “technical equip.; menz” docs not mean “bug-|- weg” in the dictionary sense, | ois as much o euphemism | for aiectronic snooping de-} vices ag “passed away” Ls rer “dled.” Siibering in an interview, | 8..d “everybody at the meet-} ing aagw he UXcnnedy) was. tavsing about electronic sure . te.Jance—parasoli¢ micro-: paones, spike “ micropaones, ' buzs—that is micro-transe : milters—the whole thing.” This statement appears to! Tun counter to a staicinent Dx. ll by Nennedy that "I wa. not aware of the ‘bus- , mint pradiiees of the Fal j during my term as aormey general.” FBI Director J. Ed- : aif ligover has said buszing wnect ccvd at the insistence af | Menucdy. .. The Hoover-Kennedy cons!" traditcions rem ain unre-. solvec, but Son. Edward ¥.! Long, D-Mo. nas sald “he- plans :6 ask both men %o tes- tify cefore his subcommitice which -Ls investigating elcce trone snooping, = : Facveteering. FBI, said Sitberling falled to cooperaie with his ‘own elforls to bring the nae tion's tap hoods uw bar by refusing to tell kim wheth- er information they got came from bugging or in- formers. ~The question Is veal to a Prosccutor who must csier= | Kennedy pressing 961, to Feb. 1. 1963, Taade | mine what ts evidesce ard? what is “hearsay.” Tae PEI’ deciined cxmuancut. Silberling, now ja private . practice iit ifinro‘a, N. Y.. recalled that the crucial meeting with Kennedy toox place in 1564 and that the, FSI agent in charge of lai- - son with Kennedy, Courtney: A. Evacs, Was presen’ sions: Dipatimens of! . Made pisin in his intervicw* with ovher Justice ofiicials. , The cenicrence, tn xenne-' ! day's fith floor ofsice at the. depariment, was calied to - discuss progress of the anti-- program Acad- ennedy statins ed by Silas rling. | was concerned over the lack i_of solid information on the “ton hoods,” said Silberling. The “top hoods” are leaders } of the Cosa Nostra, sometimes called the Aiafla, the mob or . the syndicate, WROTE LETTYER Silberling recalis (hat Kens snedy Wanted faster results In the ancl-gangster procram and told Frans wilhout qual- * ification that he wanted tne, FBI to use more “iccnnical _ equipment” ta a get Loe tion +‘ ENCLOS! = CLOSUBE January 1, 1967 ae S136 ca JOD hoa, . eo . . . 7 - Pd ty i 4 ‘s Tac’ -recollection of the? ‘ . kh. fo.mer Justice Department: : _o r aide is strikingly similar to! , i & memo in 1981 from FBI! ; a Agent Evans to his superior ; . a ja the FBL In the menw' : aaicd July 7, i961, Evans‘ nd ‘ said iss had : Kennedy and that the attor- : . ° ney general “would like to: . se a list of the technical ° surveillances now in operas ; tion.” Kennedy had made! ’ soe observations "as to the, “ possibllity of utilizing ‘elece é tronic cevices’ In organized: crime investizations.” Almost} tive years later, Evans wrote ,°~ Kennedy 2 letter saying he? * “aid nos Ciscuss the usa of: buss" with Kennedy. . Silberling quit the Justice Departinent to take up pris, va'eé practice: During Silberling’s stray ab Justices, a number of majo: wangsters were convicted of . feceral crimes. Silberiing a eee tecay that he has no bad / s2a.lgs against Kennedy and | was. only enswering a report . ér's ‘cirect questions. : tile BEG Ameen [- F-E7 . GEM +p, 2A vee o- ; ie I arte taal "World Journal Tribune" New York, New York - Pe ee ee eye F . acs ad ta te . . , + oe eae “contacted” - rt of