eae Teen nnn nr ee TnIEEEnnannnenennmennnnnaannl LouIs STOKES, OH. RICHARDSEN PREYER,, N.C. TR ~areVINE, OF. ~~ a L acst. Dirt ‘MWALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C. STEWAR. 2. MCKINNEY, CONN. ; 4 WIE YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, GAkIF, CHARLES THONE, NEBR. : Adm. Sor CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN. HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH. ; . Crim. Inv. HAROLD E. FORD, TENN. . Select Committee on Assassinations — FLOYD J, FITHIAN, IND. ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA. — GE : ce ~G# (Sol ot (Ce wa bel Ke G.&. Bouse of Representatives 3369 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-4624 p OTr ae b pub'ic Afis. Off. f Telephone Rm. | f Director's Sec’y FEDERAL GO Vite sumzcgyg December 13, 1978 PENI BAO William H. Webster “Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D. C. 20535 + on, we ws Dear Mr. Director: ; a Chairman Stokes asked me to respond to your letter of ‘December 6, 1978 in reference to materials furnished to the “Bureau by the Department from Harold Weisberg. I, too, share your concern that materials that are of a isensitive character not enter the public domain. My letter to Mr. Weisberg, of course, is not sensitive, ‘nor are his two letters to me, both of which he apparently re- tained copies of. The other material, a copy of which was attached.to your letter, constitutes the typewritten notes that one Oliver “Patter- son gave to the Federal Bureau of Investigation while he was serving as an informant for the Bureau, providing the Bureau information on J. B. Stoney#eEdward Fields, and the National States Rights Party. I do*not know if Mr. Patterson retained ( copies of the materials he provided tpg gureau- — ; /40: pez AS es In any event, in the course of this Committee's investi- gation of the possible involvement of Stoner and the National States Rights Party in the assassination of Dr. King, Oliver Patterson was identified as a possible witness. He was inter- viewed by staff investigators and he acknowledged that he had been an informant for the FBI. He also provided to the Com- mittee a waiver of his confidential relationship with the Bureau. It was based on this waiver that my letter of January 26, 1978 requested access to Mr. Patterson's informant files, in order that the Committee could verify Mr. Patterson's present recol- ~~" lection of events of a number of years ago. I understood, at the time, that your release to the Committee of these matérials: . was done with the understanding that since they stemmed from / «of! Mr. Patterson, it was contemplated that there was no.ebjeetion to Mr. Patt¢@rson having what he had originally given to the Perea. 1 jf 3 0# ere treenecuRr on ae ott
Director William H. Webster December 13, 1978 Page 2 7 As you may be aware, this Committee's relationship with ‘Mr. Patterson parallels that of the Bureau's. To put it mildly, iit has not been wholely satisfactory. Mr. Patterson provided ‘information to the Committee under a promise of confidentiality. ‘He was not a Committee informant in the sense that he received _compensation for the information. Only witness fees were paid ‘to him. Nevertheless, that he was cooperating with the Com- ‘Mittee ultimately came to the attention of the Ray family and ‘“Mark\Lane. Apparently, out of a concern for his personal safety, ‘he reptdiated his relationship with the Committee and has been- a source of a variety of false charges against staff employees. T have to assume that the materials in the possession of (Mr . Weisberg were obtained from Mr. Patterson. If I am correct in this assumption, what was seemingly a release of sensitive materials to the public by the Committee can be placed ina proper context. I regret that this instance may have caused you any con- cern. If my understanding of the facts are correct, in fact ‘nothing has gotten into the public domain through Mr. Patterson's ‘actions that he was not capable of releasing independent of the ‘Bureau's or this Committee's actions. You may rest assured that the Committee will in the weeks lahead continue to afford that material that you have made avail-~ ‘table to it all measure of confidentiality. As I am sure Danny Coulson and the other men working with the Committee will assure ‘you, every step is being taken in the development of the final “report to see to it that the spirit, as well as the tenets, of ‘ithe Memorandum of Understanding are adhered to. Sincerely, Be G. Robert™Blakey Chief Counsel and Director GRB:dm cc: Mr. Robert L. Keuch Deputy Assistant Attorney General
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(Rev. 6-15-79) D’ = RTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERA = sREAU OF INVESTIGATION NAME/TITLE/ORGAN maT ?2N Mr. Farrington __ Miss Ross Miss Southers | Civil Litigation Unit | Legal Liaison/Congressional Affairs _ Legal Research Unit - | Mail Room | Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Reading Room _ Special Case Review Unit Special Projects Review Unit Mr. + INTcreAL ROUTING/ACTION SLIP Tof_si0e. [” ROOM | ___NAME/TITLE/ORGANIZATION 470, BLDG. | eee 7162 | Director oe ee van __ | #235 7142 | Associate Director : | #235 7110 _| Assistant to the Director - Adm. __ | #235 7110 | assistant to the Director ~ Inv. #341 | 11255 | Identification Division | Quantico _ | Training Division #234 | 6012 {| Administrative Services Division | #211 5829 | Records Management Division + __. |_ #232 | 4026 ‘lntelligence Division __ _ #233 | 5012 | Criminal Investigative Division _ _-_ #241 _| 3090 _| Laboratory Division #213 | 7159. i Technical Services Division | f#245 7427 | Legal Counsel Division #213 7125 | Planning and Inspection Division #245 | 7222 | Public Affairs Office Ms. Lahti big Yay a = 4- LA net : fave a — a. 7 ae ik hl Ad , —— 3 Che ftp ft Ke Spare () RECOMMENDATION/COMMENT C] [1] NECESSARY ACTION C] SEE REMARKS ON REVERSE O [ COORDINATE (1 MAKE COPIES (NO. ) | C1 PER INQUIRY C]_ RETURNABY, P ) Oo C1 INFORMATION FROM iv / ; ROOM LEGAL COUNSEL " DATE - 1979 FORM DOJ-359A 8-1-74 ror
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