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Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO 36: Mr. Tolson Ke DATE: Decende}’1, . ad A INFORMATION CONTAINED = = 998 IN 1S UNCLASSIF 3 ¥. t mom tL. Be Nichols)" tueg/goiep s Liisa & z a (7 7] \ Sunyecr: SENATOR ALBERT GORE (D-Tenn) % ABP Ey th o SenatonGore, called my office. at he was personally curious about several.,, ~press releases regarding the apprehension of the Smith Act subj “Junius Scales; whom we recently arrested. : De .:.:-: he understood” that Seales *had been Chatrtman ¥ i of the Communist Party in North Carolina and Tennessee. He then stated | We he thought it was terrible that there were Communists in Tennessee. He then posed the question as to whether the FBI could tell him if ¢ were any Communist Party members in Memphis, Tennessee. He was advised that the files of the FBI are confid se we could not be of any assistance to him. He'in, ted that he ¢ nderstood this fact, however, he was just curious. ii: pie indicated that Senator Gore's Office had received Communrs ar literature from Tennessee. He stated that the name of the Communist Party was listed as the forwarding organization, He then stated that he wondered if the Communist Party had actually been brazen enough to forward such literature to Senator Gore. -He was advised that apparently the name of the Communist Party being on the literature spoke for itself. -:: overly polite and courteous. He stated several times during the conversation that we should drop in to see him and the Senator the next time there was a reason for being in the vicinity. He. was told we would keep this in mind. You will recall chat ED 0:0 the individual who apparent. hid behind the door and took notes when Senator Gore recently criticized the FBI by telling Deloach it was ridiculous to assume that our files wer. confidential, furthermore that we are "rumormongers" and that he, hinself. had seen FBI files on many occasions. We, of course, strongly rebutted his wild statements at that time. During the same interview, Senator Gor spoke of his displeasure about the Director testifying before the Jenner, Committee regarding the Harry Dexter White Case. He was informed of th a true facts in this matter. , GY- i TEP nl FB IWDEXED - 7% ACTION: RECORDED - 4° a i For record purposes. / ECO ; ye _ ere + on smb