Conversation No. 3169

Date: May 28, 1971

Time: 9:34 am - 9:43 am

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with J. Edgar Hoover.

[See Conversation No. 50518C]

An Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] investigation

Harrison Williams statement

Richard G. Kleindienst's response

White House response

A November directive

Killings of policemen

FBI role in New York, NY investigation

Local police role

Schweiker bill

Administration position and strategy

Results

F.B.I. role in investigations

Factors

Possible directive

Attorney General

Content

-Law enforcement

Black Panthers, Students for a Democratic Society

Equipment

Possible public statement

New York, NY investigation

FBI role

-Local authorities role

Commissioner Patrick V. Murphy

A murder of a black girl

Local authorities' action

FBI role

Ronald L. Ziegler's possible statement

New York, NY investigation

Williams

FBI role

FBI role

Possible directive from President or Attorney General

Bills in Congress

Hoover's meeting with police chiefs

Meeting with President

Williams bill and other bills

Possible statements to press

"The 100"

Meeting with President

Bills in Congress

Hoover's forthcoming meeting with sheriffs and police chiefs

Possible press statements

Sheriffs and police chiefs

Administration

Williams bill

Compared with Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., kidnapping

Williams and Richard S. Schweiker

Views on Vietnam, law and order

Williams

Possible statements to press

White House

Hoover and John N. Mitchell

Police chiefs

A November 1970 directive

Publicity

Hoover's meeting with Mitchell