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“aA be le me ee ie Se United States District Court, Washington, D. C., on May 5, 1964, for violation of Federal income tax laws. The conviction was upheld in the Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari. Subsequently, on May 24, 1966, United States Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall filed a memorandun before the Supreme Court advising the Court that there was an electronic surveillance of Black and that . conversations between Black and his attorney had been intercepted. As a result of Mr. Marshall's memorandun, the Supreme Court requested additional details concerning the electronic coverage of Black. Almost two weeks before Mr, Marshall's memorandum was filed, Assistant to the Director DeLoach and Assistant Director Gale had, on May 11, 1966, brought to the Department's attention the pitfalls involved in s0 advising the Supreme Court. The Department was told that the results of the conversation between Black and his attorney had not been disseminated outside the Bureau, Therefore, the prosecution was not aware of the monitoring and did not, of course, useit against the defendant. Furthermore, no motion had been made by the defense to