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DeI.cach to Mohr 6~4~64 | Re: Wjiliam-Manchester, Author of Kennedy Book To Be Published in 1969 a. —~ #8 £-_- $k —_#i1L Fat _ ALIA Fi Ba #PPVUIDLIeh Will Director, iu. 71 Ge Mey G~-4-54 him to go to hell; however, he had recognized the obvious necessity and logic of such instructions and had complied, The Director explained to Manchester at some length the necessity to keep physical evidence confined prior to the prosecution of an indivicual, The Director told Manchester that on Saturday evening, November 23, 19€2, our Dallas Office had received an anonymous telephone call indicating that plans nac. >een made to murder Oswald when he was removed from the Dallas City Jail. The FB! informed the Dallas Chief of Police immediately. The Director told Manchester that original plans for removal of Oswald had been made for 10:00 p.m, that Saturday right, Tae Chief of Police, however, changed these plans by acceding to the pressure ci the press that Oswald be removed at a convenient time so that communications media could cover the event. Our Dallas Office again called the Dallas Police Department on siday morning, November 24, 1963, and reminded that Department of the same anonymous telephone call, At ‘that time the Chief of Police assured our Dallas Office e that 20] precautions were being taken to protect Oswald, The Director informed Manchester that following the President's call 2t 7:25 p»m., November 22, 1963, he gave specific instructions that the FBI do everything possible to thoroughly investigate this case. The Director stated that additional ~ersonnel were immediately sent to Dallas, He told Manchester this was necessary snasmuch as our Dallas Office and FBI Headquarters, as well as other offices, received hundrecs and hundreds of phone calls, telegrams and letters setting forth leads in this case, Manchester inquired as to whether the Director placed any significance to ‘the anonymous phone call concerning the plan to murder Oswald, The Director replied nat we had no way of knowing at the time whether any importance should be attached or not; however, we did have the responsibility to immediately notify the Dallas police, which we did, The Director characterized Jack Ruby as somewhat of 2 “police buff." 435 a result of his friendship with a number of police officers he had easy accessibility to the Dallas Police Department, The Director stated that he did not know whether Ruby's reported insanity was of the sincere or faked type inasmuch as We were not psychiatrists, He stated that Ruby had given the excuse that he had killed Oswald because of his obvious affection for the late President and the fact that he wanted to prevent any further sorrow to Mrs, Kennedy inasmuch as she would necessarily have to return to Dallas and testily azainst Ocuntd «- ee eres TT eee