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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) (Mount Chipping in Space aanlle WAN Reb. 4 (NYT). --The former No. 8 man in the FBI testified under cath in 1973 that the bureau investigated Spiro Agnew, at the request of nt by neon Johnson, 1068 election. in the heretofore unpublished testimony, Cartha DeLoach, for- merly assistant to the director of ae FBI asseried that shortly Agnew was clected vice. presi lent, Mr. Johnson asked the bureau to investigate Dim on a _yoatier of “the gravest national Vsecurity’ and thal an inves ga tion was conducted, The testimony Was taken by Sen, Howard Baker jr, R-Tenn, and Genale Watergate Committee staff investigators. OF the lovesuiealion, Mr. Oe- Loach said: “The reason this was being done was because they felt the Mepublicans—and this was. their [the While House's] stale ment-—the Republicans were at- tempting to slow down the Sduth one they visited the elly several days prior fo Mat! - Mr. DeLoach said tab the Inte J. Bdeard Hoover, the PBI dires tor, authored an iny uh and that the domestic inte pence division of the PRL had obtained , the toll-call receipts. of persons on Agvew's slafl to discover if Chennaull pew n Was Probed i in 19 1% _By Nicholas M. Horrock epee from going fo the Albuguerjue: oe L | anyone hed called Mrs. Anna BE AUG 20 9/5 Mrs. Chennault, widow ot the eommander of t ie r ‘ in World War 11, have been an tween the South Vie the Republicans. White one staff in 1968 dispute the origins of the investigation. (They say it was. the FBI that _ ist suggested Republican. links to the South Vietnamese, Mr. DeLoach also said in his testimony that Mrs. Chennault’) Had been the subject of Piysical surveillance” by the FBI Accordine to sources who were | with the bureau in 1968, it was Mr Johnson's concern over op- ponents of his Vietnam policy that resulted in a team of agents belne assigned to prepare reports for the White House on any political figures who entered the Soviet Embassy, Published veports have long noted that the bureau maintain- ed a constant. physical surveil- lenee of the embassy and filmed all persons who entered or left. Testimony Pending ‘The bureau bas declined com- ment on a number of allegations — that it entered into widespread political activity in the last de- cade for its own purposes or at _ te behest of Presidents Johnson 9 and Richard Nixon, pending the _ upcoming congressional testimony of Clarence Kelley, the FBI ai reelor. : Mr. DeLoach has denied that he was a protégé of Mr. John- son's bub he has acknowledged that the lormer president asked yim to assume laison duties with — the White House because Mr. Johnson had known him while a senator. Mr. DeLoach has also acknow!l- : edged that Mr. Johnson ordered 8 direct telephone line to the White House installed in the bed- room of his home. : White House aides from the _dolmson era said that an enor-_ mous amount of PBI intelligence flowed between 1964 and 1968 and was handled wilh the ubmost re Sec cy. bé6 b7c {indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) "International Herald Tribune" Paris, France Page 3 Date: February 5, 1975 Edition: International Author: Editor: | Title: ae: “a Character: or Classification: 62-546 Submitting Office: London [__] Being Investigated