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Memorandum for Messrs. Tolson, DeLoach, Sullivan, Bishop ” - Jane 19, 1969 asked immediately to release them textually. He said he thought I ought to do tt. I told him I would have to get the authority of the Attorney General for that. Air. Noyes said that is another problem, but the text ought to come out. He said it is very well for me to say what is in them, but the text ought to come out, I told him I realized that, He said he thought once before we had put out pbotostais. I told him a Congressman, Gross, made inquiry in regard to some of Kennedy’s authorizationsbefore he died and after he left the Attorney — Gencralship. I sald he denied he had approved certain authorizations and I sent to the Congressman Xerox copies of the authorization iened by Kennedy, as he being a Congressman, I felt he was entitled to it, and/ti En Attorney General approved, I said in this instance, if we get a request from a Congressman or Senator along the lines he indicated, I would submit it to the Attorney General with my recommendation. Mr. Noves gaid I was going to get an immediate request -- Within the next coupe of hours or a5 s00n as as he can get this ont «eo from every news media for the text. J told him these were confidential . documents of the Department and cnonly! be released as to the text by the. Attorney General. . ; a -: Mr, Noyes thanked me. ‘ ee ee . I returned a call from Mr. Newbold Noyes and he told me he very much appreciated my calling him back, He said he realized after we were . finished talking that there was this one rather crucial question that he had not ~~" asked nme and he did not know whether J could comment on it or not, but it seemed necessary to ask it; namely, whether the investigation of Dr. King did or did not reveal any suspicion of Marxist character. J told him I could not answer that question to be quoted. itoid him i couid say to him off the record ané for his own information it did but I could not be quoted on thet, Mr. Noyes said he understood and that I understood the thing that most concerned him was the possibility that it cleared him in which case it seemed to himessentialh . - that they put it in the story, but they will handle it exactly as itis. Isaidit — - did not clear hic at all, but J cannot mention that because it would reveal the confidential character of the investigation we made. Mr, Noyes again thanked - me. Very truly yours, - < Sohn Edgar F Hoover _ ; oP ve cers ane RSET mane, BOE te SERN Das ot he a i Fo a TE Be Rg RE I ERE ek ow ae AE atk” 9 Ea SS Ee Si eee eee re Sears . . bard = mt ae as ” . ee os st 4 ’ -_-«@ ipa . . ‘ . . i A Sg Gace RAPA ERNE SoA OS SNE aS Satna li RE CIS Aes bag ek MM: cated Sate beep anit He el. . fe, ' ut 28 Nar an NE Ach SE AES