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Memorandum to Mr. Belmont Re: Attorney General's Visit to Columbia «4 f+ Ad 0 ‘Vl South Carolina ADAASY. Prsnte * The Attorney General spoke privately\with SAC Jamieson of the lumbia and asked he hold up until after th first of the year any ‘a ection law cases in Williamsburg marr | County. Inves : : ay, December 18, the request of the Civil Rights Division. Investigation is being withheld as requested. While the Attorney General did not give Jamieson any reason for his request, he later told me on the plane returning to Washington that if investigation were initiated immediately after the Attorney General's visit to South Carolina, there would be unwarranted speculation that the Attorney General had gone to South Carolina specifically to look into this case and significance would be attached to the investigation which it did not deserve. An appropriate letter to the Department concerning this election law matter is being prepared. The Attorney General met with newspaper reporters in Columbia and also taped a panel-type discussion for the local television station. There were many questions concerning both the communist and extreme right wing movements. The Attorney General handled these inquiries by indicating that the FBI is a highly trained, efficient organization, capable of handling any subversive matter; that there is no need for any vigilante-type action but that individuals having any information which they believe relates to a subversive matter should make that information available to the FBL ee The Attorney General asked if we had an office in Columbia, South Carolina, and was advised that the office was in Savannah. He did, however, meet the Resident Agentsin Columbia as well as SAC Jamieson. I returned to Washington with the Attorney Genera] in the private family plane. His health is much improved but the Attorney General said he was | not feeling completely up to par even now.