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- “] OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 @ 5010-106 : MAY 1962 EDITION a GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 Pn Tolson. UNITED STATES Covent 6 Mehr og Bishop - ; nb ’ Casper Memorandum ~ cai ate. Conrad Felt Mier pare: _ 8/12/69 Mees Kt Tavel of . - Trotter . 9, + ‘Tele. R FROM : T. E. Bishof fi = ZZ Gai i | SUBJECT: \EALSE NEWS ITEM, CONCERNING. ALLEGED FBI [INVESTIGATION INTO KENNEDY INCIDENT AT EDGARTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS Sale en oe é On 8/11/69 Miss Gandy adviseéd:that on a radio report, over WAVA Radio: Station,. Arlington, Virginia, sometime between. 11:30-a.m; and 12:30 p.m.,, Sunday, 8/10/69, there was broadcast an item to the “effect that the FBI had. entered the investigation of the "Kenne tt b6 in Edgartown, Massachusetts, It.is also: noted that on 8/8/ > : of the Hearst Corporation sent Mr. DelLoach an undated clipping trom the well known. "hippy" newspaper "The Village Voice" of Gréen- wich Village, New York. City,. making the samie allegation, ‘The Director ‘has requested that Bishop "nail this lie. Contact was made on 8/. 11/ 69 withL sd coordinator of local news at Radio. Station. WAVA,- Arlington, Virginia, who advised that the broadcast on. that station on 8/ 10/69 was based on a story put out by United Press International (UPI) Radio. News. Service late on 8/8/69. The UPI Radio News Service item stated along the following bE lines: "Thére are reports circulating in. Washington that the FBI has b7c entered the..investigation of the accident of Senator Edward Kennedy, {on the instructions of J. Edgar Hoover. It is reported that Agents have been dis hed to Edgartown, Massachusetts, to assist in the investi- gation. "L |stated that the item was broadcast by the station as received, that is, as an uncredited rumor or report, and no additional elaboration was made on it and no attempt was made to. verity its accuracy. He was advised that there was. absolutely no truth to this story and that the FBI is not conducting investigation into the "Kennedy. incident.'' He advised that immediate steps would be taken by him to kill the use of the soy ine "REL: station. qu 6 6 7 6 a _ | 43 EawarcQ Komen aa eee? SS en Bishop also contacted Assistant News Chief, UPI, Washington, D..C., on 8/11769.. advised that UPI Radio: ‘News Sérvice put out thé above story, with Boston. origin, late.ons === 1 - Mr. DéLoach io AUG 14 1969 1 iss: Gandy . aie: Jones \ | ema amend ie ME: Bishop ‘ V/ AGA /; ~ . CONTINUED - OVER CRIME RESEARCH TEBmlsy (5)