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Hoover's orders, the coverage was maintained and a good deal of intelligence on King’s personal activities was obtained and transcribed. These activities are reflected in a six page mesorandm. (HQ 100-106670-4048.) Irrespective of the level of Bureau approval which was required for electronic surveillance installa- tions during the King years, om review reinforced the conclusions of the Senate Select Committee that the purposes behind this intelligence gathering became twisted. Several instances of Bureau correspondence are instructive. Section Chief Bumgardner in recommending coverage of King in Honolulu urged an exposure of King's "moral weakness" so that he could be “for the security of the nation, can- pletely discredited" (HQ 100-106670 Ame File, Mem Bamgardner to Sullivan, January 28, 1964). Ina similar mem fron Sullivan to Belmont recommending coverage in Milwaukee at the Schroeder Hotel, the expressed purpose was to gather information on “entertainment” in which King might be engaging similar to that "\mcovered at the Willard Hotel" (HQ 100- 106670 Ame File, Memo Sullivan to Belmont, Jamary 17, 1964). Director Hoover, upon being informed of the results of the surveillance, ordered that they all be inmediately transcribed despite DeLoach’s recommendation that the tran- scribing be done later (HQ 100-106670-1024). As each of the -129-