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i eee ie ere -, “7. ° t i - ° 11:06AM > “Jane 49, 1969 MEMORANDUM FOR MR, TOLSON * MR, DE LOACH LR, SULLIVAN C- MR. BISHOP . M. A. L Bir. Newbold Noyes, Editor of The Evening Star called. He said Vv he thanked me very much for talking to him because he knew this was an i= nous] kind of thine to have hannen. =] mag eg et! ca gre ed? — re see Rie said he wanted to ask me very seriously, but he was sure I was familiar with this and given thought to it already, but he wanted to rczort on the Exzzic of their story that Be. run yesterday about the authorization that the Ful bad from Mir, Rovert Kenncdy, to release the King material; that. they are cotting a great deal of static from pecple who are telling them -- they Say they have this authorization, but they don't release it and don"t show =— tam twict the domimenta are and mane of these documents that hove been released in the post are fuzzy and 4 don't really show there was clear authorizationto + do this aud in general there is a ncnJicpotition on the part of the readers to acce pt tae idea that Bob Kennedy actually did authorize the tapping of King's — 2. hie said, “Now I just want to ask you as seriously as I can to release thee cocuments, You have them. They do show, I preeume, raid Want yCu say. " - 7) * _-_ se _ i told B'r. Noyes that he authorized it in his own haniwriting on . Octacr 10, 1205; it was installed Noverber 8, 1963, and discontimed Apr: cu, 1565. Z told bir. Noses that, asa matter of fact, when Kennedy we «.iboracy Goneral he requested that the telephones of Dr. King be covered by cs. ctrocie device and was persuaded by our people not to do it in view of . tc Fockinw Sopercussions, then later be chanzed his mind and delayed wlby, ng Gis matter up again unt in October the authority was signed by him in ui. owa Landwriting and it gave us the authority to do it and we discontinuad ager e ee te oy ae YF £y— BESPY SOT BS Tara hada an nk PI pA EE it oa - aril 30, 1965, under the administration of Attorney General Katzendach, ‘\ hir. ssoyes said be understood and ated if they could report this. I told him . dteus ne tould report what I have said to him, meee reason Iwas drawinga 4 —— i vd fit . _ 13°7- 3g Y “lera | aula as NED | £ Ga? oe ——_— La ; Le ¥,1 AUG 253 9686 4 369 go 2 nen = - § : crest — oy y? * : pr o wn EF AUG snail ar