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and asked if he might see me early this morning about a matter of much im-
portance. I asked him to breakfast and he reached the apartment around
eight o'clock.
He says Tumulty had been indiscreetly telling his friends that the
State Department has tapped the wires of the German Embassy, both in New York
and in Washington. Gregory knows of six people he has told and concludes this
is only a small <add>part of the</add> number. He is alarmed and, after a conference with Frank
Polk, decided to come to New York and advise with me. He says Tumulty is
trying to exert pressure upon the Department of Justice to drop its investi-
gation of one of the members of the Excise Court of the District of Columbia;
an Irishman who is a friend of Tumulty's and who was appointed upon his recom-
mendation. It seems that this man's wire has also been tapped and Tumulty
heard of it through Swazy of the Telephone Company who is another Irishman.
I advised Gregory to take the matter up with the President. He is the
only man I thought who could come reasonably near making Tumulty hold his
tongue. I also advised that the tapping be discontinued immediately. It
is one thing to be able to deny that the wires are tapped and another to have
to admit it. There is no need for Polk to hear what happened in the past if
he can only truthfully say that the wires are not tapped.
Gregory has been with me most of the day, having taken breakfast,
lunch and dinner with us and tonight we go to the theater. I invited Bain-
bridge Colby and Raymond Fosdick to lunch. Gregory desired to offer Colby
the U. S. District Attorneyship here when Marshall resigns.
We had a delightful time at lunch and I was pleased with Colby. It
was the first time we had met. Much to my surprise, he is considering the
appointment. Gregory had not made much headway when I entered the discus-
sion. The point I made was that it would identify him, Colby, with the
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and asked if he might see me early this morning about a matter of much im-
portance. I asked him to breakfast and he reached the apartment around
eight o'clock.
He says Tumulty had been indiscreetly telling his friends that the
State Department has tapped the wires of the German Embassy, both in New York
and in Washington. Gregory knows of six people he has told and concludes this
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