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j off the record and then intimated that the Department had told him that me ieee ee ° . a ee - os mom “vr =). oon, ane. a, . 7 "~- “UNITED STATES NMENT ~ Memoranda um fo vs - olson, DATE: 12/20/65 MM suycct: INSTALLATION CF WIRE TAPS AND’ EICROPZONE 7 DISCLAIMERS EY LTTORNEY GSNERAL KATZENBACH AND FORLER ATTORNEY GENERAL KENNEDY The "Washington Post™ of 12/20/65 reflects an article entitled "iccusations Over Electronic Spying Place FBI in Awkward Position." This escicle originally appeared in the “Los Angeles Times." The article includes the paragraph: "The strong indication is that Attorney General Kicholas deB. Katzenbach and his predecessor, Robert F. Kennedy, were unaware of the FB] bugging in these so-called organized crime cases." The author of this article, Kraslow, called me during the after- noon of 12/20/65. He stated he wanted the FBI to know that the “Washington;. Post™ had taken several paragraphs of his original article rather than including the entire thing. He stated his article, as it appeared in the “Los Angeles Times," was much broader and justified the FBI's position as to the placing of wire taps and microphones, - Kraslow asked to speak to ne ~- RR PS hale Sal chek deh aera neither Kennedy nor Katzenbach had ever approved FBI microphone installatiqe 7 % gfter mentioning the above matter to Mr. Tolson telephénically 12/20/65, I went over to see the Attorney General at 2:30 p.m. this date. I made reference to the "Washington Post” article and additionally told him that.I had heard from other sources that former Attorney General Kennedy: had disclaimed approving FBI microphone installations. I told ~ Katzenbach that obviously this was no time for feuding in the family and that I: wanted3to make certain that he fully understood the approval that fccmer pied General Kennedy had given with respect fo | y mtorophopese r Any: ZOLOY Oia Katzenback that Kennedy had appréved!! é2 28 Individual eae te 25, wire taps. J then added that insofar as microphones tae aaerepiane : ennedy had read and signed a memorandum dated August 17, 196ly/in which [ se procedures to be used in the installation. of microphones ere fally » cetlined. I stated that while this pertained to microphone: surveillances in the Xew York City area, nevertheless, this was approval of ‘microphozs wih. 5 procedures which easily could be construed by anyone as fult,authority - * insofar as such Procedures were concerned regardjéss of_t @;location. ”. Pal i SENT ep mee ~ Ja.—20-6 hee pnt it mee ae €7' a-t-i ~It should also be noted that Senator Edward Long told uf Be D: 2 ‘s fis Nichols last week that Katzenbach had advised him that the FBI had never ™,:.. {braceived the-.approval of Bobby Kennedy to install microphones. rh