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| Memorandum to Mr. Belmont The Attorney General was further informed that if we sent our Negro Agents to the South, the situation would be even worse. I had the Attorney General's complete attention, and there is no question he heard what I said. Nevertheless, he only remarked "Yeah" and immediately followed by saying, "I think Senator McClean is interrupting Valachi too much in his testimony. " I returned to the situation in Birmingham by reiterating the fact that as the Attorney General was aware, we had been conduct ing the most exhaustive and intensive investigation possible; that we had been keeping the pressure on and had handled many interviews with the Chambliss group, using the polygraph where consent was secured. Chambliss himself was reinterviewed on Saturday and others of his associates on Sunday. Obviously these interviews have become known, as the subjects themselves must have told others they had been contacted by the FBL The Attorney General said he appreciated this and asked that we continue to keep him informed, I left him with the remark that I persona}ly hoped this action by the State Police, which appeared to be premature, would not ruin | completely the possibilities of getting substantial information through hard intensive investigation. He said he hoped so, too. y UW