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QINITED STATES Gus ean MENT M emorandum TO: - Ma, “TOLSCN pate: 1/21/66 SUBJECT: LETTER TO SENATOR EDVARD V. LONG DATED 1/60/22 PROM DERDOTOR RE USAGE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE ces” EL, fo CLEARANCE BY ATTORNEY GENE WG, My memorandum of 1/20/66 reflected that the Attorney Gene Faigaa cleared the captioned letter. The Attorney General called for me at 9:08 a.m. on this morning. He askec thatI come around to his office, ae went tree Maen anenl he + 1 Upon seeing the Attorney General, he told me that he had lain awake :} part of the night thinking about the letter that he had cleared last night. He stated | that uvon giving the matter second thought he felt that there was one provision in the letter that would infuriate Bobby <ennedy. He then told me that he needed a . Bobby's support for two bills in the Senate. He stated that if Bobby became angry om ; ti about the proposed letter he no doubt would be against the Justice Department, I asked the Attorney General what he had objection to. _He stated ae | I told the Attorney General that I was just as sorry as I could be! fhow ever, this letter had been mailed out iast night and no doubt would be in the shenes of "Senator Long either this morning or early this afternoon, I told the j ‘ittorney General that if he insisted I would be glad to go up and see Senator Long = -and tell him that the Attorney General hac desired the recall of this letter becaus eons lot the possibility of making Senator Kennedy angry. The Attorney General stated - {that under no circumstances did he want this done. He stated he would just haveto . wait and hope that Senator Long did not attempt to pick on Senator Kennedy as a result of the letter. oY ~ The Attorney General told me that he hoped that the Director's > Letter would not cause a "dog fight" between the FBI and Senator Kennedy. I told ; aim that we shared the same iope, however, the FBI was prepared to defend itself SEIT CAPR Th piling eM tem a ath eye I Ate! CUES ws Hit eed . ee aT ghetto, . . . . poet ‘ ae ‘he event Senator Kennecy § started afight. 1 told the iat ov that it g _ a fo 1g 2S 4a | WV c L-Ne © Mohr oS oy get qT A > _ceontinte ds r next Dageseoe FS = Rix, Gale ¢ an ORD 3 x= hor. —- thé awe mae Dr in rs Alaa ~ RS i. . M, A. Jones ae Sha ee e pce & _ 5 og ueiCzD:ame (7) md Eg. 21s onat cageete tyne