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prime importance in the Bureau's over-all efforts to combat organized crine, During the time that Mr. Kennedy was Attorney General, information was developed that Washington lobbyist Fred Black, because of his known connections with individuals who served as couriers in the "skimming operation," appeared to be personally involved in this flow of funds to La Cosa Nostra. As part of this investigation, a microphone surveillance was instituted on Black at the Sheraton-Carlton Hotel, Washington, D. C., on February 8, 1963. (Exhibit 78) During an interview with Bureau officials on June 2, 1966, former Assistant Director Evans stated that while Mr. Kennedy was Attorney General he had briefed Mr. Kennedy on the Black investigation. Mr, Evans further stated that on one occasion he furnished Mr. Kennedy information which could only have come from a microphone. He added that the Attorney General could well have inferred the usage of microphones as a result of receiving this information. (Exhibit 98) On the basis of an investigation conducted by the Internal Revenue Service, Black was convicted in the