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4 Cal mt In his memorandum dated May 8, 1954, Mr. Belmont set forth the following analysis of the final draft for the proposed memorandum from Attorney General Brownell; ",.eethe Attorney General would be giving us the green licht for the use of microphones in internal security* cases... (he) points out the Burcau fas an intelligence function as well as a duty to develop evidence tor prosecution, In the last sentence of the memorandia it is stated, ‘I recognize that for the FBI to fulfill its important intelligence function, considerations of internal security and the national saicty are paramount and, therefore, may compel the unrestricted use of this technique in the national interest.‘ “,,erelative to crininalwcases, the Attorney General is not as strcng but he takes cotnizance of the need for microphone Burveillances in cases affectinz the national savcty*cnd indicates they should use m only the more important investirations. "...ahe Attorney General points ovt the need for discretion and intellirent restraint in use of microphones by the FBI in all cases including internai security matters and reiers to the irvine caS@€see. auc attorney General, in effect, indicates that we should not put microphones in a bedroon or some conparable intimate location but at the same tine, he points out that if dmportant intelligence or evidence relating , to matters connected with the internal security can only be obtained by such an ‘ installation, it is his opinion that under / such circumstances the installation is prcper and is not prohibited by the U, S, Supreme Court's decision in the Irvine case. *®Underlining added for emphasis i fy \ i | = 38 «