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a UNITED STAT oq | ‘) Memo.....- ~~ c ’ To : MR. Seven ¢’ DATE: 9/5/62 jm : LEWIS W,. OPSAL SUBJECT: NBC RADIO INTERVIEW 9/2/6277 ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT F, KENNEDY _ 7 SC ae c- oc ” ‘ “* At approximately 3:10 p.m. Sunday; 9/2/62, while i was vo on my Way to work, I heard a recorded i ew of Attorney 7 ae , General Robert Kennedy conducted by Rus&Ward over the local fo i National Broadcasting Company station.” Upon arriving at work is at about 3:20 p.m., I advised the Duty Agent in the Domestic Hi . Intelligence Division of the interview and the fact that the C Director and the FBI were mentioned. The Duty Agent suggested , that I submit a memorandum concerning the remarks made during / / ry) - the interview and refer the memorandum to the Domestic Intelli- (9- att) oman Pid ard od a Braco #47 4 AVMs ee a “ i Parts of this interview were not heard by me due to , excessive street noise; however, the following is the giettof iy the interview, Mr. Ward asked about the number of Communist & Party members in the United States and Mr. Kennedy replied tht there are about 10,000 members in the Communist Party at. th time. Mx. Ward stated that Mr. Hoover, the Director of: the PBI had recently been referred to as an "ineffective spy ‘ewatter and he inquired of Mr. Eennedy what his feelings were. Mr>~ ‘ Kennedy stated that Mr. Hoover and the FBI were very éffective . in combatting subversion and communism and without this effec- \ tiveness, communism's effect on this country would have been very great. —— a. fe p 7 a . \ tie L, * of 7) Po me - a aie ae —~_— oh DENDUM: 9-6-62 This memorandum should be referred to the Domest Intelligence Division as requested by the Duty Agent with whom Opsal discussed this matter on Sunday, 9-2~-62, , Aig t t Sef ay ca é Dp. t i RC er. SE "gre ae 4 1962 = \ I or er ee Sm a a ee eee, mE 1