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~ ' ‘ we: . a . a t ete eh pa ES - Tah: Cyan Menorancunm to it. U. 2. Wannall Re: kRaxrtin Luther King, Jr, — 100-106670 . - Department's extreme interest in this particular file and how it is visualized that the Levison investigation would have any bearing on the completeness of our investigation of the sassassination of King. lkurphy responded that its interest in the Levison casc stems only from their interest in insuring we originally had a firm basis for the King investigation, Their interest is also tied in with an earlier suspicion that Levison might have been a Bureau informnt. (This matter was covered in @ prior_menorandum reporting Pottinger's inquiry on this bee point and dispelling any euch thought to Pottinger, kiurphy incicatec that if and when tapes are to be listened to, it is their intention that it be. done only by Pottinger. ~ Murphy was advised that because the Department's _ original request in this mtter dated 12/4/75 asked for inventories “in your field offices," we had canvassed only ficld offices, to the exclusion of Legats. He was told of our Procedure on file destruction by’ Legats, but that there night be sone mtcrial “in sone Legats' offices, particularly in Lickico City. He indicated that for the tire our carvass of fielc offices only is sufficient and that we should take ro action as to inventorying Legats' offices, ee ta ie 1 7 en ee Finally, Murphy was briefed concerning certain mterial in our files in lxte 31963 and early 1964 which refer to sone differences between Mr. Hoover and the the then Domestic Intelligence Division on the King ane related investigetions, lurphy was told that some of Mr. Hoover's remarks written into the files were of a sarcastic nature and for a full understanding he should be avare of -the atmosphere then existing between Hoover and then Assistant Director Willian C.. Sullivan. in that they apparcntly disagreed on the interpretation of conminist ROCONIE NDA TION: , Anfluences in racial matters. None. Fo: infor:tation and recoreée purposes. ; f ‘b at an L 5 wey itl. fr We ye, 00 TEE Spe aera ee