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. Ant 1962 Lorman 5a Otw. a0. wo. a7 > - UNITED STATES GC SRNMENT " Memorandum . — To : Mr, Wid, DATE: 6-8-66 ‘ Tolson DeLoach I= . Tes Trotter —___* in, hL os Tele, Room ——— mom Medotonds a sony Suyect: LETTER ADDRESSED TO PRESIDENT ° iy) Ute LYNDON B, JOHNSON ADVISING OF ANS \ THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW 1 Ge} b* SOVEREIGN STATE . Previous memoranda have set forth the particulars regarding - a letter which was sent to the President indicating the writers were establish-~ ing a new Sovereign state, Subsequently, limited inquiries-were made by an > Agent of the FBI and an Agent of the Secret Service who identified the writers as three 13-year-old youths in Sewanee, Tennessee. There was Same publicity, thereafter, criticizing the handling of this matter indicating the’ youths had . been browbeaten and interviewed extenSively even after it had been resolved ¢ X. that-the letter had been written as a prank, These allegations have been a > resolved to be completely unwarranted, . > & The Knoxville Special Agent in Charge has now foregarded a ~ at copy of a letter which apparently has been sent by Senator Albert Gor . : ‘| (D - Tenn.) to some of his constituents relative to this incident. In this -. N i ot a letter, Senator Gore obviously blindly concurs in the allegations apparently. x) 8% .| written to him by his constituents in that he Says: "It surely seems, however) a that after the identity and age of the writers became known to the agents, :} that in the exercise of good judgment, they should have recognized the letter | for what it was and acted accordingly. In any event, there is no excuse for E s 8 Z, verbal abuse and threats in the interrogation of anyone, much less a teen-agg Senator Gore also concludes his letter stating that he hopes that all Federal og agencies will exercise discretion and restraint in the use of their authority a and, as a member of the Senate, he will do whai he can t bps ure that this objective is achieved. 7, iy 27H I— a NOT EBrsoRDED It is noted that Senator Gore's lette: it nfidential basis by : hattanooga, Tennessee, : open letter to Senator Gore in the May 22nd issue of his publication in which 10 5 he attempted to set the facts straight in support of the FBI regarding this bID | investigation, and the Director Sent him a letter of appreciation on 6-1-66, oe BRAUN 2 (6) 7 1-Mr. DeLoach . |. ae met Fm ; a rot - Mr. ct aa oN oy \ ce ot i .CONTINUED - GVER -