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Mr. Belmont also pointed out in his memorandun ge ay that the FBI had discontinued dissemination of information from microphone surveillances to the Department of Justice and United States Attorneys, except when an impending murder was involved. This policy had been adopted following “the leak of information from the Department, which exposed the FBI microphone surveillance at the Fremont Hotel in Las Vegas in March, 1963. The Director approved the policies outlined by lr. Belmont. Mr. Katzenbach to Approve All Microphone Surveillances Attorney Goneral Katzenbach, in a conversation with the Director on March 30, 1965, stated that he would like to set up a procedure, similar to that in effect concerning technical surveillances, whereby he would be advised by the Bureau of microphone surveillance installa- tions. (Exhibit §3) On the same day, the Director sent a memorandum to the Attorney General which contained the following: “In line with your suggestion this morning, I have already set up the procedure similar to requesting of authority for phone taps to be utilized in requesting authority for the placement of microphones.