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OFTOnaL , mar Pe? FROM ' 1 Gta Gin ING HO 27 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Beinn Casper a Liahan Memorandum / tae Loech = __ ro: -Mr, Belmont pare: September 21, 1964 EH. 1 - Mr. Belmont 2 nn From : A, Rosen 1 - Mr. Rosen iolmen supjecT: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; MICHAEL HENRY SCHWERNER, ARTMDUUS MrwivT as ANDREW GOODMAN JAMES EARL CHANEY - VICTIMS (DECEASED) CIVIL RIGHTS With reference to the request of Katzenbach that he be informed of the source which Jed to the finding of the bodies, I called him in response to his earlier call of Saturday evening, September 19, 1964, and told him that I could not identify the source of our informa- tion; that if we did the source would immediately be killed; that there were just too many leaks in the papers and that it did not appear essential to the cases being presented,inasmuch as they are civil rights violations,that the source be identified, It was further pointed out that if this information was disclosed we could not and would not be able to solve any of our cases in the future if we breach this ' confidence. In light of the above, it was pointed out to Katzenbach that we had an informant, that we got information from our informant, and that we paid for it. It was also indicated that if it became essential at a later time this matter could.be reconsidered. Katzenbach stated he would like to tell Burke Marshall and John Doar, who are presently in Mississippi, this information, They are assisting Departmental] Attorney Robert Owen in preparing the case for presentation to the grand jury. Katzenbach said that he felt he will have to alert them and that it would not go beyond the three individuals mentioned; namely, Burke Marshall, his First Deputy John Doar, and Mr. Owen, He subsequently changed his mind and stated that he knew that they were conferring with our representatives in Mississippi; namely, at Meridian, inasmuch as they had been in touch with Inspector Sullivan there, and he asked that this information _ be related to them in view of the urgency of the situation and in view of the difficulty in relating information to Burke Marshall, who he thought _ ARdge (6) +