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7 * -_ a Off Ce Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ro Mr. Tolson pare: 8-2-57 4 ; Tolso , hole (fo From L. B. Nichols ardman —__ In connection with the American Bar Association neh Convention in London, Mr. Cimperman, pursuant to my instructions, ie made arrangements to hire a car for the use of the Attorney General. We went down to thampton to meet the Queen Mary on its arrival on the evening of July 22. The State Department sent cars down for the Chief Justice : and Justices Harlan and Clark. The Attorney General was most appreciative. We got him off the boat about 10:30 p.m. and got him back to London shortly after midnight. The other Justices followed shortly thereafter although some of the people did not get back to London until Tuesday morning. A a ° Tuesday afternoon we learned that the Chief Justice and the Associate Justices had no transportation and considerable confusion had developed . a8 a result. I told Cimperman that we had better try to get three extra cars for ad them in the event they did not have transportation. That evening the Attorney ,, General went to the theater and on the way asked the driver to call us and say | the Chief Justice did not have transportation and request that we endeavor to arrange something for him. This we were already doing. By this time cars — were hard to get and Cimperman did succeed in getting three cars which he bired 4 | and we called the Justices and told them about the c TS; The Chief Justice was - most appreciative as wre Clark and Harlan. | 24 = ie jf | NOT RECORDED be ) On Wednesday morning we told the AttABGGeneWAT we had 7 : iGone this and he inquired if we had gotten his message and I told him we had and had taken steps before we got his message. He stated fe Wa because the Embassy had fallen down and under the circumstances he didn't see that there was anything else we could do. The Justices were most appreciative and on several occasions commented on their appreciation and that they couldn't understand why the State Department had not made arrangements. We later learned that on Thursday night, July 25, the Embassy had called the British Law Society and stated they had now secured author ) rs for the Justices. T Drninte: ctrten td thant than wre th me rhe Law Society stated that ney had gotten some cars for the American Bar Association officials and this was not a matter for the Law Soclety. Tey af-torrse, is atrocious that the State Department fell down. I think our agtiongwil PAY vidends. \ cc - Mr. Mohr ee { Q Wena 7 Ans wate tr Oo 4 7 ‘ an) . LBN:nl 7 / ah , 24 O4AUG {8 ~~ a onic!