DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LAUNCH SERIES OF INVESTIGATIONS, GETTING
INTO THE SAME ACT THAT SENATOR FORD WAS INITIATING AT FEDERAL
LEVEL. SOME TREASURY PEOPLE, PIQUED BY SUBJECT'S HAVING
OBTAINED A LICENSE TO MANUFACTURE, APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN WILLING TO
ASSIST STATE AND COUNTY AUTHORITIES. UP TO THE TIME OF THE RAID,
THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S STATION DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SUBJECT.
3. THE 26 MAR 65 RAID WAS UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE CALIFORNIA
(STATE) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THE GUNS WERE BOOKED INTO THE
LOS ANGELES SHERIFF'S OFFICE. PRESUMABLY TITLE IS STILL IN
SUBJECT. DISPOSITION WILL PROBABLY BE DETERMINED BY THE COURT,
AND MAY WELL BE RETURNED TO SUBJECT.
4. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE SEIZURE WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT.
HOWEVER, WHAT SEEMS TO BE POSSIBLE BUT NOT SIGNIFICANT CONTACT WITH
SEVERAL RIGHT WINGERS IS BEING BLOWN UP INTO JUSTIFICATION FOR THE
RAID, WITH OMINOUS REFERENCES TO PRIVATE ARMIES, AGAINST WHICH THERE IS
A BILL IN THE STATE HOPPER.
5. IN LIGHT OF SOFTLY WORDED RUMORS OF AGENCY INTEREST (GUNS FOR
ANTI-CASTROISTS, JURE, ETC.,) WE HAVE WALKED VERY QUIETLY, BUT WILL
KEEP YOU POSTED. PHOTOSTATS OF CLIPPINGS BEING POUCHED.
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NOT ALTOGETHER LYNCH POSK DODD DIDN'T KNOW 26 MAR 65 NOT APPEAR
NOT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-CASTROISTS JURE
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