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t » ALL GNqNey James Hoffa allegedly had sources inside the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice. He also learned as Mr. Hoffa, planned to be in Washington, D. C., on August 7, 1961, to meet with his “contact" in the # Justice Department. sincefffnad no known official business with the Justice Department, Mr. Kennedy felt that this would be a surreptitious conta of Mr. Hoffa's alleged sources in the Department. Mr. Kennedy requested the FBI, through Assistant Director Evans, to conduct an appropriate surveillance off enile he was in Washington in an attempt to determine the identity of any Department of Justice employee he contacted. (Exhibit 62) In a memorandum dated March 13, 1962, Mr. Evans referred to Mr. Kennedy's request for an "appropriate surveillance" offfM—MMMe explained that while “appropriate surveillance” did not explicitly describe the surveillance requested by Attorney General Kennedy, there was no question but that the Attorney General's request meant both a physical surveillance and a microphone surveillance of tote? room. According to Mr. Evans, it was understood that this investigation was to be discreet but that th