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oo [~ January 26, 1935 MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR I galled Mr. Connelisy at Chicago in connection with the possibility that the gShicago~american has a tap on the Chicago Office telephone, and suggested that whenever anything of a ¢onfidential nature was to be furnished to Washington it would be well to go outside and call. I suggested that it might be well to make some startling announcement over the telephone, such as atating that they have Kerpis in custody, in order to see if the Chicago-american gets it; that, although the telephone company had informed that no taps were being, maintained, information had also reached the Division to the effect that they have five or seven tapping telephones all the time. I requested advice as to the possibility of making it look, particulerly in connection with the stenographers and clerks, as though Perkins was Karpis, advising that my only worry ih this eonnection would bs that if we did get Tarpis we would not know how to say over the telephone that it was genuine. Mr. Connelley suggested that we could use the expression "Karpis K?" meaning that the conversation was "phoney" I advised that this would be fine, and suggested that we should talk about him over the telephone as though he were there, for the next day or sc, and Connelley stated he we would do this. & CGonnelley further advised that they alac have Fish Johnson, Dillinger'sa contact, up there too. I cautioned Connelley against letting the Agents on routine assignment, and the stenographers and clerical personnel, know just who they have in custody, advising that we would under- Btand that when he saya "Karpis K 7" it will be*phoney". Respectfully, (5) E. A. Tarm. Loe “UST tae abe bee oe