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te ne ee een ne ne lene ee ee, bere vee eee ed Fela lO Pewee aes OPTIONAL FORM MO. 10 ” 5010-196 oe . pe mar 1962 EDITION . . a GSA GEN. 8t6. WO. 27 { : . UNITED STATES GUvVERNMENT Memorandum -7o .:, Mr. DeLoach ~~. pate: 5-18-65,. — .- ao y mre UN ae th tree .2FROM : M. A. ODED G Mg SMPOII "SSUBJECT MELVIN BELLI DA Sep ee WA oe TUNE oon? "PLAYBOY", MAGAZINE 6 E 9. 0% poe the Director receiving top billing. The article is attached. % 4 - 25 ; , ‘In the interview, conducted by an unidentified ''Playboy' Cricoviel »6 commented-he did not believe that the FBI suppressed any knowledge it had: cof any} te assassinate the President althcugh he could not understand why the. Bureau dis 1s give. Secret Service the file it had on Oswald. The Director is mentioned unfa: ent in. passing at several points, however, Belli's first real criticism occurs when h2° as Sees oat he thinks of the FBI's reputation for scientific crime detection... He repliec éhati the> Ve ‘{itine s technical expertise is more impressive than its reputation. He says figppendy, es its-time and the taxpayers’ money Chasing 'two-bit car thieves and looking for c: amit spies"'’ while organized crime continues to prosper. He claims there is no reasea wh yo. ‘Sthe FBI could not have broken up the syndicate long ago "if Hoover really wanteé to." &He said "syndicate bigwigs" are so good at covering up their tracks it is aifficult to get * ' Tconvictions and.the Director wants to keep the FB?'s reputation 'unbesmirched by failur 3" gue suggests that the interviewer read Fred Cook's book 'The FBI Nobody Knows" to gel.. qo cold, hard facts about the FBI. He claims that the Director has done a gre: job in-3 making his position more secure but that his "dictatorial ideas and ideology have no place : jin a position of such power in a democracy." Belli-describes Mr. Hoover's ideology: ages | :4fascism and he wonders why so many ex-FBI men are members of the John Birch Society: | i He%Said that the Director is an "archreactionary autocrat, "who believes that.the people’ j 5 ire not fitto'govern themselves. He describes Mr. Hoover as 2 "dangerous, dangerous} if ®man whom wé should have gotten rid of a long time-ago,'' and given full rein, in the AB! cgname. of law and order, he would have completely abandoned the constitutional, due pro ye #gProtections guaranteed to every citizen. When asked if he was not going too far, Bell*, “Bi ‘oresponded "I probably am--because I'm telling the truth."' Then he says he fully 2 xpecis | 414 call from one of Mr. Hoover's "gray-flannel minions" because the Bureau has < rez adyge: }2tried to tap his phones and interfere with his mail. He said if visited he is ready. b ia ‘3the question ‘is “are they ready for me? REC. yi 13% ~ “TE - eo 33H closure . ra XEHOX ” AP 361 ~ Mr.‘ DeLoach ye ° ‘31 - Mr. Roseh~ S ra 14 1965, of - ot - > Mr: er {Comme on next page).