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f PAGE FOUR AT (7a-1835. .) :UNCLAS E F TO ( INTERVIEW BY SAS (INTERVIEW TERMINATED 11208 A.M., MAY 05, 19 31); HOWEVER DEPUTY CHIEF MORRIS REDDING, HEAD OF TASK FORCE, aDVISED AT 3:30 A.M. MAY of, 1931, NOT ONLY OF INCIDENT BUT OF PROPOSED INTERVIEW wITH wILLIaMs. FURTHERMORE , AT REQUEST OF ATLANTA, DURING THE 8:38 A.M. CONVER SAT ION WITH REDDING IT waS REQUESTED THAT HE INITIATE DRAGGING OPERATIONS aT THE PERTINENT BRIDGE WHICH HE DID CONTRARY TO THE ALLEGATION THAT THE FBI HAD THE RIVER DRAGGED PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION OF THE TaSk FORCE (GEE PaRa- GRAPH 531), 3) PARAGRAPH 58 ALLEGES THAT "ALL THE SURVEILLANCE waS PERFORMED BY FBI AGENTS” WHILE IN FACT EaCH SHIFT HaD ONE TaSK FORCE OFFICER ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE SURVEILLANCE. THE EXTENT OF TASK FORCE PARTICIPATION waS wiTH FULL AGREEMENT OF CHIEF REDDING IN THAT REDDING WAS CONCERNED THAT GREATER PARTICIPATION WOULD RESULT IN “LEAKS” OF THE SURVEILLANCE TO THE MED IA BY TASK FORCE OFFICERS. IN FACT, THE TwO OFFICERS SELECTED BY REDDING WERE CHOSEN NOT BECAUSE OF THEIR SURVEILLANCE EXPERTISE, BUT BECAUSE THEY COULD BE TRUSTED NOT TO “LEaK” TO THE MED IA.