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AR HOOVER ve. ROBERT FP. KENNEDY (c «wad) PF. Kennedy; James Kelly and //“cdel concerning James Hoffa. Mr. Spindel alleged (ii:che tape record- ings and filcs im the Marilyn Molroe death case contain certain facts and data ia which the names of Robert F. Kcanedy and Peter Lawford are mentioned. In the book, “The Strange Death of Marilyn Monroe,’ the name of Robert F. Kennedy is featured and Peter Lawford is shown as a character reference ty Patricia Newcomb, Marilyn's press secretary, who suddeniy went to Europe after Marilyn's death and who was put on the government payroll aller ber. return and was later assigned to an office next to Bobby Kennedy's. Miss Newcomb had claimed that she was with Marilyn most of the twenty-four hours preceding ber death and, after Marilyn's funeral, immediately flew to the Kennedy “‘compound”’ at Hyannisport before departing for Europe where she stayed forsix months uatil all official investigations had ceased conceming Marilyn’s death. Ta associating the hallowed name of Kennedy with the Hollywood star, your editor was the sub- | _ ject of much vilification, evea by the staid WALL STREET JOURNAL. However, Mr. Spindel has stated that his tapes and files (of which he still has extra copies) support the allegations in the book, and even go much further. Mr. Spindel also stated that the tape recording of Robert Kennedy, James Kelly and himself, having to do with the Hoffa Case, allegedly showa that Robert Kennedy offered him a bribe and that the facts have beea recorded in an unpublicized government hearing. ‘ James Hoffa waa convicted in Tennessee for allegedly having tampered with a jury. There are in existence gumcrous affidavits showing that employ- ees of the Department of Justice allegedly tampered with the jury that waa hearing the Hoffa case. The Congressional Record of May 4, 1964, Page 9699 shows the statcment of Congresaman Glenn Cunningham of Nebrasks in which he asked and received per- mission to piace into the record an article which appeared in the Washington EVENING STAR of See eas on ee ee =— wwe We 8 Week wee Methods ,"? by William S. White. In this article Bobby Kennedy is held responsible for illegal wiretapping and federal snoopery over the mailof private persons. Speaking of the Hoffa trial, Congressman Cunning- ham stated, ‘‘I would like to call to the attention of my colleagues the unhappy fact that a oumber of witnesses who are available to testify on pertinent facta regarding the Hoffa trial have been subjected to various pressures including threats of physical violence, economic reprisal and other forms of in- timidatioa.”* If, as appears to he the case, the trial of James Hoffa was a cross miscartiage of justice and the result of a personal vendettn of Bobby Kennedy, the truth should be made public. The case reeks of wiretapping, tampering with the jury, bribery and paid informers. Hoffa has offered a reward of $100,000 for evidence to preseat to the Supreme Conrtthat - - Committee cou . Robert Kennedy reads as follows: illegal bugeing ™ done in his case. If the Long UR ply this evidence by calling the numerous w:.! Gases available, it would be en- titled to this reward which could then be used to’ © po _. help the needy families of U.S. servicemen killed -— in Vietnam by the communist VietCoag to whom Bobty .. Kennedy ia willing to give his blood. - There ia little doubt that J. Edgar Hoover. would be willing to eppear before the Long Com- mittee to present facts under oath to support his allegations that Robert Kennedy, wher Attorney.- General, not only knew about wire taps and elec- tronic bugging, but actually increased the aumber | used and listened in on some of them. A U.S. - Government Memorandum, dated August 17, 1961, — has been made public on the subject of ‘Microphone - Surveillances.’* It reads: “The Attorney General — ; was contacted on the morning of August 17, 1961, “with reference to the situation in New York City conceming the obtaining of leased lines from the telephone company for use in connection with mi- . crophone surveillances. This matter was discussed with the Attorney General and he was shown a copy of the proposed letter which would be used. The Attorney General approved the proposed procedure in this regard and personally signed the attached memorandum evidencing such approval.” The document with the personal signature of “In connection with the use of microphone surveillances it is fre- quently necessary to lease a special telephone lina in order to monitor such a surveillance..... ln the New York City area the telephone company has over the years insisted that a letter be furnished to the telephone company on each occasion when a special telephone line is leased by the FBI. It is required that such a lease arrangement be with the approval of the Attorney General. In the past we have re- stricted the utilization of leased lines in New York City to situations involving telephone taps, all of which have been approved by the Attorney General... We have not previously used leased lines in con- nection with microphone surveillances..... If we are permitted to use leased telephone fines as an adjunct to our microphone surveillances (electronic bugging}, this type of coverage can be materially extended both in security and major criminal cases. Accordingly, your approval ef our utilizing this leased line arrangement is requested... This ‘approval was given by Robert Kennedy’ s bere coal signature. ” More information regarding wiretapping was contained in a lctter from Representative H.R. Grose (Rep.) of lowa to J. Edgar Hoover. The N.Y. TIMES of Dee. 31, 1966 reported, ‘‘In @ letter to J. Edger Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureee of lavesti- gation, Mr. Grose referred to the long pending case of Otte Otepka.....Testimony before the (Senate Internal Security) subcommittee in November, 1963. Temi oe ay, sth gt arin ER ST hi heel pa! ’ Eo aa paras,