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Po 3 _ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION - =” "Ip Reply, Please Refer to ee ae File No. , - Albany, New York July-18, 1968 Bo. _ ‘THREAT AGAINST SENATOR 7 ; EUGENE MC CARTHY, MADE BY . TOM MUCHARD FROM "SYRACUSE, N.Y. JUNE 5, 1968 - _— an JOHN PAYNE, a reporter for the “Gregonian", on Portland, Oregon, newspaper, advised the Portiand Office of the FBI that he had served as Press Secretary for Senator’ EUGENE MC CARTHY during the Oregon primary election campaign. During this period, PAYNE received several telephone caiis from Dallas, Texas, from TOM MUCHARD, in wnich MUCHARD asked to be-placed in touch with Senator MC CARTHY. The requests weze denied. , On June 5, 1968, PAYNE received anocner celepnone _ c¢all from MUCHARD, hich originated from Syracuse, liew York, - telephone number NE 5-9836. In this call, MUCHARD told PAYNs he hed attempted to speak by telephone with Senator EUGENE MC CARTHY headquarters, ltashington, D.C., which requests were denied. MUCHARD requested PAYNE to do something about ae MUCHARD getting in touch,with MC CARTHY. or else, he, MUCHARD , Nani ght -do something t to mike the KENNEDY thing look Like child's i play.” - PAYNE brought the above information to the attention o£ Senator MC CARTHY headquarters in hashington, D.C., and suggested to them. the matter be brought t to the attention of the Seeret Service. _ On June 6, 1968, Mr. ANDREW G. DAIGLE, Special Agent inCharge, Secret Service Division, Federal Building, | Syracuse, N.Y., advised that he had talked wi _ He stated that TOM MUCHARD