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* . =~ ‘Pirie, Ween woh. 18 © ”, S sme-tos . _ . rd tat tet SoeOT : : , _- Gon G00, 088. HO. 29 ; oe ne . ‘ OM iment foo ) , UNITED STATES -" Memorandum I / 7: te vo, ; MR. TOLSON aark 7/22/65 V: Para cc Mr, Belmont rrom ; A. H. Belmont Mr. Mohr 0 - r oO f Mr, DeLoach Jben Af. Kw fs Mr. Gale SUBJECT: Kote . Ke pret Oe Zz 7 Mr. Rosen NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE, 7/18/65, Mr, McAndrews CONCERNING ORGANIZED CRIME On the morning of 7/22/65, Assistant Director Gale andvt talked with Section Chief William Hundley of the Organized Crime Section of the Department, in my office, with reference to the NY Times article of 7/18/65 which makes false and vicious statements concerning the Bureau's activities in the field of organized crine, “sy I outlined to Mr. Hundley the sustained, vigorous, campaign which we ‘have conducted arainst elements of organized crime, and particularly La Cosa Nostra, looking toward a breakdown in thé discipline,.efficiency and control of La Cosa Nostra, so that we could infiltrate it and ultimately destroy it. I pointed out that this has been a sustained, hard campaign, and tnat we are being successful, as shown by the results _ so far against top nen of La Cosa Nostra and the results in local ; \y. communities throughout the country, such as Chicago and Youngstown, , where we have- provided information permitting local authorities to take * action. Gir. I told Mr. Wundley that, in the face of the terrific effort we | 7 have put into this work, an article such as that in the NY Times, and g 2 ae Oo Sere My nha" ati ny ppt 9 the subsequent interview with the press by the Attorney General, are in effect a, “knife in the back" to the FBI, and I wanted him to know that the Director and all of us are outraged by this. a I referred tu the Times article statement that a young Justice Department. lawyer stated the FBI stopped sending information on the Bobby Baker case and, by inference, on organized crime to the Department immediately upon the death of President Kennedy. I stated this.was absolutely false, and I asked Mr. Hundley if he knew who this lawyer was. Hundley said he did not know. He said he had talked to reporter Grahan, as Graham wanted to do an article on the Internal Revenue: Service difficulties before the Long Committee, and that his conversation had been primarily dealing with these IRS difficulties. Hundley said he knew nothing about the bobby Baker investigation, and when Graham asked about this investigation.he so advised Graham and told him it had nothing to do with organized crime.’ He did not know whether Graham had talked to Someone cise ou the Baker investigation. He said he asked Graham if he wanted to talk to other members of his section, and Graham said it gi) - was not necessary. ao F7- oy 2 Ph 7 — ‘| | & rm hy Nal a Die a 4 . : - - - ro ANBICSH (7). pmsl. LSU or PaCHRRERR URE OER "ie ee et Se ln GLAM AUG 1g ge F es. og Vy ) i -~ £ A~- & A = ) a ' i _~ ~ . f i pee TT: vee TL