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~ wr * ert “Ween Cote we. 18 e menses - wet ved "on ' é eta dom. ae. we. OF . “) UNITED STATES GO¥ MENT Memoranaum From : J. H. Gale suECT: ROBERT F. KENNEDY BUREAU MICROPHONE SURVEILLANCES yt ran) Information has been received confidentially that 1 with regard to the microphone tapes that former Attorney General . Robert F. Kennedy heard in the New York and Chicago Offices, | that Kennedy contemplates saying he thought they were police _* department tapes, not FBI tapes. In order to refute such a statement by Kennedy, | he were have been taken from fourteen investigative employees Wen Roaritecias oRAI, who were key personnel engaged in the Criminal Intelligence Program and for this reason were present at briefings given j Kennedy in the New York and Chicago Offices. The affidavits taken from New York Office personnel NY clearly indicate that a conference was held on November 4, ™~, 1963, in the New York Office attended by former Attorney General ‘ Kennedy and other Department of Justice officials, at which ei time the organized crime program was discussed, These affidavits y reveal that in order to demonstrate to Kennedy the type of informa- “. 4 tion obtained in this prozram a tape recording of a conversation b between was played. : ee Kennedy was advised that this conversation was obtained by the FBI from “one of our highly confidential sourc.s." At the conclusion of the playing of that tape, Kennedy inquired, "Is jthis the best equipment that you have?" These affidavits also qrefer to the fact that because of the difficulty in understanding every word on the tape recording a verbatim transcript was given to Kennedy so that he could follow the conversation by rcading [: as well as listening to it. No mention was made at this ' : [{ conference that this information came from the police or from wire tapping procedures. Enc. ; ¥ : 1 = Mr, DeLoach : ; . 1 - Mr. Gale E ck —_—— i, l | Mr. McAndrews l- Mr. Baker ; . (\) WPB: bsnlwaw/ (5) ayyeeeo 53 JUL2? 2k qwiaaun my 6 - 6 fA)s— . - we wr