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Melvin Belli — Part 5

40 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Melvin Belli · 40 pages OCR'd
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pee Ded ace ae ahal tl cent le ae AEE ows dne emt even in aut Cine oe teeta hie Ve La aac eet tecee coe OPNOnal (Oem NO, IC [ ie S010 106 . MAY 1962 EDITION . . an a GEA GEM. 886. MO, 27 a ; oa -o. | se ~ UNITED STATES oft Deanne eee Memorandum as _ ‘Mr. “DeLoach | ) a M: vgs oe ate oo te a DATE: 8-9-65 2 “APPEARANCE OF: F MiLYIN BELLI . _,, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ATTORNE a -ONT THE B LESCRANE TELEVISION SHOWs GHTLIFE"’ Bix 2 STDS 1 re Qu mmme om reat ogee me rarrer! oe captioned. program: is an n interview and: discussion. ‘type sh presented nationally over the American Broadcasting Company network. : ¥ il he ‘New. York Offic ce has provided a tape reflecting Melvin Be antes’ 7 ® appearing on this program on-7-20-65. Belli is, of course, the attorney who acted as defense counsel for Jack Ruby in Dallas, Texas. He i yan irresponsible individual who has made a number of ' scurrilous attacks on. aE ‘Director. and. the FBI." : : "He was interviewed by Les Cr ane, a well-known TV personalit 12who acts as master of ceremonies on "Nightlife. " A transcript of this intervif : 12 =ig attached. ; cae To summarize the tr anscript. briefly., Belli, as expected, made 4£ ; [several nasty remarks concerning the Director and the FBI He le alleged thet ; 5 ‘FBI Agents aré inclined to shade their. testimony in court.in the interest of , 29° maintaining a 90 ‘percent record of convictions."' He compared the Director t | 10 -| Chief Parker of the Los Angeles Police Department claiming that Parker has B: ee i 41° | "brochures on most of the people in the West and that Mr. Hoover has "brochur méd Si ; 12 Jon most of the people in the United States. He states "that Chief Parker. brochiged x | M4 to Mr. Hoover' S position which, I think, Mr. Hoover has held much too long.""- SAL ag: Belli further_states. that Mr. Hoover “gives. graduation addresses and tells: whe-ze : 46: | all the criminals are, -what they're dothg- now, the amount of the take and everythin ) eadadins = Ke ¢ To aScument rentiel allegation concerni irector Belli referred ited he Director made by - red Cook's book "The FBI Nobody Knows." He fof ner SA Jack Levine which were set forth in this book stating as follows:''the déology of the man at graduation. The boys having to come to him with certai=- colored stockings, a certain necktieynot smoking a cigarette, having to bov. when & = they meet him. All these sort of things remind me very much of the men i. they 3 . would go into the presence of Herman. Goerring. 1 These things a thi ene. oY sMomocracy." no z i? { v , - Mr, Delo ch - MC. 147 else and says he is powerless 10 do’ ay to. do ing Aw os OD ANN IN wT STs WI Ut Ut OV Voss
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