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4 ahee or Pg ade ae a ee ge - els gute ss 1 a tad oe MPT gg . a aahiiaaial a le ak ee aan tt ot a ee et ab SE Sa ig AME hae ea Ee “Memorandum . oe ‘Mr. Hoover | BATE: February 30, 1961 ‘SAC Auerbach SOBERT ‘Kewseoy vu EDWIN O. GUTHMAN INFORMATION OFFICER . DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE wa NS INFORMATION CONCERNING I had lunch with Ed Guthman today since he and I have been friends for a number of years. He was the reporter from the Seattle afternoon newspapers “The Seattle Times'' and covered the FBI Office while I was there. | _* 7 ‘Since Guthman considers me an old friend, he discussed a number of things with me as follows: (i){ He is very much impressed with the suggestions and advice that he has received from Mr. DeLoach and feels that DeLoach is anxious to cooperate and help him to get established in his new job. aed A = He recognizes that the Attorney General has a very unorthodox and direct c:) | approach to everything--including the Bureau-~ but notes that "his motivatio is good despite his approach." I had no comment to make to this but cy suggested that the Attorney General's predecessors who were somewhat ‘> older than the present Attorney Generali functioned in a very dignified and - __“ sedate manner, Guthman commented that the volume of material coming into the Attorney General's office which necessitated handling was an inducement toward direct action plus the fact that the Attorney General ' was only 35 years old. He thought that this would “simmer down" as the = - newness of the situation was overcome. . “: WF (3) Guthman's main fear is that he will not be on sound ground in some of the material that becomes public and as a consequence is in a constant 3. ‘dilemma to point this up. He showed me a letter from a professor in , - Colorado to the White House protesting the Department of Defense's ‘ '.. utilization of the HCUA film, "Operation Abolition."" The letter was - 3 dated February 1, was forwarded from the White House on February 16 © — 77 and here is Guthman still holding it as of today without an idea of what to a do about it. I suggested that he talk with Mr. DeLoach'to‘check the ~:~, a . professor through our files (as it {a quite obvious from the content of the - - L- oe iW ™ iy i _— a — el a . . 1 j 7725 SE lowed st pes a - RDAEG % _yeR0d] = NOT RECORDED 9 MAE. UG | \ Fie 102 MAR . 2 a Mme or ty aay a A R @ of BOMAR 9 wei COPY HELD for MR, ToSeM i ae rere ene oo nat een cae sates ae tnt tt cee a eo ee il