emcrandum to Mr,lialla gher 0111,4 Re: Report of thrDepartmen t of Justice Tali". For ce :r .0'4" ■ *. 1'. .'" The Task Force discussed the public dispute bet King and Mr. Hoover con ween cluding that this persis tent controversy was a major factor in the Bureau's to discredit King and determination ultimately destroy his leadership role in the Civil Rights mov ement, (Page 126). 1• With respect to electr onic surveillance of Kin the Task Force report g, alludes to findings of the Senate Select Committee On Int elligence (SSC), which compiled a list of telephone and microp hone surveillances aga inst King. The OPR report names five additional instal previously reported by lations not the SSC since, according appeared to have been to OPR, they unproductive either bec ause King did not reside at the hotel as planned or tha t the recordings made did not pick up any significant information, The Task Force reviewed selected portions of tra (Pages 126-127). electronic surveillance nscripts of s of King and reviewed several tapes to check accuracy of transcrpts with the ori ginal tapes. The Task Force concluded the transcripts were basica accurate, although som lly e material was not put on the transcripts because that portion of the recording was garble or it was considered uni d or unclear mportant, (Page 130). CONTINUED - OVER -i• 4/4,1- Y ••• mor,,ncium Re; to Mx oalla g he r Report of tt.a Depa rtment of Justice Tas,.-Force (Confidential). The Task Fo security investigat rce report notes that the continui ng ion of King also re flects that the AG Justice Department and Di vi si on ch ar ge d with responsibili . internal security ty for matters, failed ba dl been firm supervis ion of the FBI's in y in what should have (Page 142). ternal security ac tivities,. RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO THE SECURITY IN KING: Charged to VESTIGATION OF address itself to whet the relationship be tween the Bureau an her the nature of prosecution of disc d King called for recommendations, (P iplinary action the Task Force issu criminal ed ages 145-149), whic follows: h are summarized as six .4 (1) Criminal prosec ution of Bu present, responsibl e for possible crim reau personnel, past or was not recommende d because the five inal harassment of King -year s expired. No evid ence of a continuing Statutemedujimitotions conspiracy was f• d. CONTINUED - OVER• • ."1"! , . •-• -• - . • •- MUT t