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this equipment had probably saved 2 policeman's life. The inspector ’
commented that the account of the Ballou incident appearing in the
press was not the whole story, With the aid of the equipment the i]
! : Agency had provided, the police had intercepted a telephone call [A
from Ballou to a friend in which Ballou outlined plans to "kill a cop.™ |’
, ‘The police then staged a raid to forestall Ballou's plan, and it was i
i during this raid that Ballou was shot. . -
| ! 4, said that he has no other knowledge of the Ballou
| | | case, exXCe he has read in the newspapers, and that he has
not had any other conversations about the case with any members of |
i the Montgomery County Police. We learned nothing from our ingniries
1 that would indicate any other Agency involvement in the Ballou case. N
! 5. The following are related excerpts from the “Family Jewels"
' k submission of the Director of Security on.16 May 1973: -
’ BE During the period from 1968 to 1973, several items of
A ) positive audio equipment consisting primarily of clandestine
' 1 - transmitters and touch-tone dial recorders were loaned to
1 the Metropolitan Police Department; Fairfax County, Virginia,
or Police Department; Montgomery County, Maryland, Police
Department; New York City Police Department; and the San
. Francisco, California, Police Department, - :
| On 25 July 1968, and at the specific request of the _ - :
i United States Secret Service, this Office provided two audio
! countermeasures technicians to the United States Secret Service
in connection with the Democratic National Convention held in
1 ’ ) Chicago, Illinois. This was not an official detail although .
) both men were provided with temporary credentials identifying
} . them as being affiliated with the United States Secret Service.
On 15 August 1968, we detailed the same two men to the .
: + United States Secret Service to cover the Republican National |
: Convention in Miami, Florida. On both occasions, the team : .
H members were debriefed upon their return and it is clear that
t their activities were confined exclusively to sweeping the
: - candidates’ and potential candidates’ quarters. .
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. ‘William V. Broe
i . Inspector General
t of Je Jane 1973) . . :
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