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@uaress of the Gnited St Bouse of Representatives Wy Sg Sy Se Ot . ._. oo < * tot one soe ee ee a rn ee ne - gt Mie. J. Edgar Hoover - - Director - . Federal Bureau of Investigation whe & - . Washington, D. c. _— ° Dear Mr. Hoover: ’ Thank you for your prompt response to my letter of December 5, 1966, in which I asked for any documentation you might have int? ° ‘connection with Federal Bureau of Investigation use of wiretaps. and microrhones on the authority of the Attorney General of then Mibaia ee A Wr RRR Wk ke SNe sa ee 8 ee a Se United States. aN : of vn a Oud ¢ 6c. Your letter es it completely clear that former Attorney Gener- al Robert F. Kennedy was fully aware of the surveillance that was \practiced”< during his administration of the Department of Justice. . Incidentally, I call your attention to the fact that there was wiretapping and eavesdropping during the Kennedy administration that had no connection with the operation of the FBI, but apparent- ly did have the approval of the highest political appointees of the Kennedy administration. I refer to the wiretapping and eavesdrop- ping in connection with the efforte to oust Mr. Otto Otepka from; lamp ee ee ee EO oe ee whee ep adhe, athe a ig, Se i ie ae fie S oe employment in the State Department. ° / co . Kaa ORIGINAL FILED IN EA DERI MTL fiprteh yb a RR Cee ey rH a Fen an El SecA aS be aed ) .)Y In this case there was no question of national security or crime, areantzgad ar amarganizad Thea fact thar thie waa aither approved FF sn iy Se Bh lr St Ta te i NN a fs, a er Se eee oe Be Oe See ee eee or condoned in early 1963 by the Kennedy administration would seem to give further support to your statements “7/72 /. Jt f= q 3 a NOT RECO her do cumeith tis =ba! may be con= abe ae ee pleas ga aan mae aduiesnd af anew fur £60805 AGS MS GM ASS we ST eh t trained to make public in connection with the controversy involving ormer Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. My Itlterest “In this mat-_ [Rex today, as it was | initially, is ‘to see to it that the public ‘is Wh Bayt baie petri ey . o- oe 7 Ay ws rte wa . °