Representative Ford. Is this tape recording of that conversation?
Mr. Lane. Precisely.
Mr. Rankin. Can you tell us where the tape recording was made?
Mr. Lane. I can tell you, but I will not tell you.
Mr. Rankin. Do you have any other reasons for not disclosing this information to the Commission except your statement about the attorney and client relationship that you describe?
Mr. Lane. And the sanctity of working documents of an attorney. I have no other reason whatsoever.
Mr. Rankin. Mr. Lane, the Commission has asked you a number of times to disclose to it the name of the informant that you said told you about having seen certain persons in the Carousel Club. Are you ready to disclose the name of that informant now?
Mr. Lane. I am ready, but as I told you when I gave you that information at the outset, I gave my word of honor to that person that I would not disclose his name unless he gave me permission to. I have gone to Dallas on two separate occasions to try to secure that permission. I have not been able to secure that permission. Nothing would make me happier than giving you the name of that person; but I have given my word of honor and, therefore, I am unable to give you that name.
Mr. Rankin. Do you claim any attorney and client relationship with regard to the name of that informant?
Mr. Lane. I think there clearly exists an attorney-client relationship, but that is not the motivating factor in my telling you that I will not disclose the name.