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DEPARTUENTAL POLICY ON MICROPHONES Review of Bureau Policy, October, 1964 In the interim period from the resignation of Attorney General Kennedy on Septenber 3, 1964, to the swearing in of Attorney General Nicholas deB. Eatzenbach on February 13, 1965, existing Bureau policy concerning special investigative techniques, including microphones, was reviewed. The results of this review were set forth in a memorandum from former Assistant to the Director Belmont to Associate Director Tolson dated October 6, 1964, (Exhibits) | In regard to microphones, Mr. Belmont stated that they were being used in security cases and crininal intelligence matters and that each installation had to be approved by Mr. Tolson. He also said that microphone surveillances had been a primary source of information on organized crime, particularly in regard to La Cosa Nostra. He added that thie information had enabled the FBI te infiltrate, penetrate, and disrupt organized crime. Moree over, it had also provided leads for the development of live informants.