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SE achasiiulin, Ms iuiuieteptieal Aapesultmmncbenayaslipesnng?y puter Saaaa ae al aera aa eel a SEES ae 9 Be nie PaCS ROME 5: mr ui mene a a Memorandum for Mesara. Tolsoz, DeLoach, Bullivan, Bishon: June 19 ieso | allowed under the McClellan Bil, 1 continued that the Rowan article indicated We ware promiscnausly continuing this sort of thine without rezard to restrictions 2 SSS Sy Seren, SSS SSS SS SSS SSW Fe ME SY 6 tebe SWEET, or rezard t to authority, so the truth of the matter is, I have never ever authorized the irstalletion of a technical electronic device except with the approval of the Attorney General in writing and we have on file the original docuisents that sapport thaé statement, Mr. Noyes sald that when he first asked me, I said it was all right to cite the Burcan for the authority and then J indicated I would rather have it m —_— ov. 2 aa £8 87 in mene bn tere BLE bbe eed ew the BA come from them directly. He said if,in OrGer 6.0 {ive was ts authority x chould have, it is necessary for him to cita me for the authority for some of - this, is thato.k. with me. I told him that normally I would say no; that I would defer to his judgement because he knows more about the matter of poulic relations and public reaction, 1 told him i have been astounded at the - reaction on this thing. I said some ol these magazines, liko Newsweek, . waich is owned by the Washington Post, carried the Cassius Clay testimony in Tcxas where he is on trial and where the use of the electronic device was exposed, and they stated the Agent testified the taps were continucd until liing's death, I said that is untrue and the Agent did not so testiiy. I said in the King case, it was discontinued April 30, 1965. Itold Mr. Noyes that if he thought it would be to the best interest of public relations in clearing Up any really serious doubts newspaper people have, I would have no objection to being quoted. - \ar. Noyes said he thanked me and ho thought 1 vas making a wise | decision in letting it come out. He said he thought i may be one of the most ; in. portant stories of the year. I told Mr, Noys that when I read the Sunday paper and Rowan's article I thoucht here is an individual who is a Messiah of the dissident left, . cf which Rowan is a part, and yet it was done at the instance of ete who liter became a great friend of King’s, notwithstanding he knew all the. facts, as I kept him advised az well as as every Attorney General since. - ! : ! | | |