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- WTIONAL 0AM NO. 10 \.- - a, - j - MAY 1962 EDITION : ) ; f OSA FPIAR 141 CFR) 101~11.6 i ’ a - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT dO ee Miri Totty, at Mr. Deb iach/ Z Mr. Mélir a “lr. Dishon.. ct. Mr. Cols P s ! : il car a Mr. colishan..— ; Memorandum NV ESERET | 7 Phos vy | Mr Fat. 4 st Director, FBI . . .- ‘. 7 DATE: = 6/2/69 y) sosen 2 wa — : “ RUF ag, re t pe, i.) Sullivan’ L ROM. SAC, Honftiu (62-00-2686) |. if gp Bete 2 Tae ot. ’ TO | ae” mo ; aoe a “Miss Holmg al ® SBJECT: MELVIN JBELLI : INFORMATION CONCERNING | 7 DEROGATORY COMMENTS MADE REGARDING * , “FBI AND THE DIRECTOR if ba : Fs : ‘As a result of information provided ithe . Honolulu . f ‘office to the effect that MELVIN BELLI had pace. Some derogatory re. 1F in contacted, e provided. a tape of ‘asa result of W 1¢ : BELLI' S: -comments on 5/5/69. -2 Enclosed for the Bureau is a copy of. the ‘tape made by the Honolulu FBI Office. Following is a transcription of pertinent portions: . "You, ‘talk to any good cop and he'll tell you that he can =? . work and live with Escobido, and he likes Escobido. ae “'Escobido being a case, of course, you' ye got to advise fi a man that he has a lawyer and doesn' t have. to say a: anything without the presence of a-lawyer, and théy'1l ° . get. you. one if. you don't. have the funds. I was over in Vietnam not long ago as a guest of the Government — r and I saw a little practice Escobido up there in the ? front lines. You have a man in combat. before the F company commander can ask that man,if: he's going to accuse 3 him, ‘why are you lagging behind,' he's got to say I'll “furnish you a lawyer. And I say I go back home and tell “this to the people and they'll think that we've carried ‘it ’to its utter sublime ridiculous. But they said that : ithirig's given us more morale over here - that due process ' ; has followed the troops. And we don't need the fellow . — A o OC.» ~~ aR Sa ees. (AP SORA tatiana eae - aan JUN 5 1969 iS “me to prove what happened - the company commander * hag eae diek! { taba seeri it. So why not stick with, our original basic . Lag premise that we're an accusatorial . society - you've / no iN cop got. to. accuse. anfi, the state has’ to ‘prove a man guilty 4 oF ; ‘12 - Bureau (Enc. y LAsU 40 “le = San. Francisco. (info)” RE. ay fo f ghpotals sy ° S17 JUNE” 1969 x 4 JUN 26 W69:rayewneg ri Hs -~ od Cosel kin Ci. + meee a