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CA 67-1545
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264391
November 3, 1967
Melvin M. Belli, Esquire
The Belli Building
722 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California 94111
Dear Mel:
Last night WDSU-TV, a local television station which
has been very active in attempting to obstruct and
obscure our investigation of President Kennedy's
assassination, announced that I had gone to see you
about suing Life Magazine. Inasmuch as this was not
a true statement, I presume that this was just another
instance of WDSU-TV bending the facts in order to create
a desired impression or to attain a desired objective
of
its own. At all events, I would appreciate hearing
an expression from you as soon as possible concerning
the reasons for my visiting you.
=
I am sure you will recall that I visited you on a social
basis in response to your request. As you know, I had
work to do in San Francisco in connection with the Kennedy
assassination and my visit with you had nothing to do with
that nor did it have any connection with any plan of mine
to
file a suit. I do recall that the libelous nature of
the Life articles came up and that, speaking as two lawyers,
we discussed present trends of the law of libel today.
At
no time, however, did I ask you to file a suit for me
against Life Magazine.
The reason why I hasten to clarify this is because of my
personal conviction that Dick Billings, the editor in
charge of the Life project concerning organized crime in
Louisiana, is a man of integrity who will undoubtedly
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