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giving me the information, confidentially, knowing that I would not disclose how they got it.

In the case of this girl, I had to tell Harry Mitchell what the nature of the evidence was--I mean, why they knew that she was in contact with the Communist Party. They knew it because they caught her on a telephone tap. It was that sort of thing that made you finally respect the F.B.I.'s method of procedure.

They're very cautious. It's awfully hard to say that you just love'em, you know, because of course they're dealing with a very unpleasant subject today. They began, as you know-they were organized originally to catch up with kidnappers who were kidnapping across state lines. Little by little, one thing and another that was a problem to the police of various localities has been handed to the F.B.I. Now the police of various localities could no more cope with the idea of Communists in the Government having a double loyalty and perhaps betraying the Government--I mean, they couldn't. The police of New York never knew about Marzani, you see. I mean, they didn't know he was down here.

Did C.I.A. play any role in this?

No, not at the beginning, except that of course there would always be cross-references. Yes. I mean, the