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Attorney General and consulted with the Department regarding the use of these surveillance techniques, the Departmental representatives stated that the Bureau was already complying with the Presidential memorandum and that it would not be necessary to submit an inventory of equipment, Attorney General Katzenbach Prepared to Stand Behind FBI During December, 1965, newspaper and other sources brought to the attention of the Bureau that former Attorney General Robert F, Kennedy had allegedly stated that he never authorized the use of microphone surveillances in FBI investigations of organized crime, By memorandum from the Director to the Attorney General, dated January 5, 1966, reference was made to state- ments in the press which indicated that former Attorney General Kennedy and Departmental officials had not been aware of the FBI's use of microphones in the investigation of ‘organized crime. (Exhibit9]) The Director then set forth facts which illustrated that if, Kennedy and Departmental officials were on notice that the FBI was utilizing