AIRTEL 1 -Mr. Mintz 2- Mr. Coulson 1-Mr. Heller 1/2/79 To: SAC, Albany From: Director, FBI HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINA TIONS (HSCA) eurcal to FBIHG 12-14-78. Enclosed is one copy each of pages 269 and 270 requested by ASAC, Albany consisting of comments made on 11-17-78 by Chairman Stokes of captioned Committee concerning testimony of SA Rose given on that date. Enclosures (2) “SNM “She Sparen NOTE: On 12-14-78 ASAC Bob Olmert requested comments made by ua“: Chairman of captioned Committee describing SA Rose of that office as a "Racist. "' The attached comments were made by the Chairman during testimony of former Assistant Director Charles D. Brennan on 11-17-78. g ml oD fea rea) If oom at is = Assoc. Dir. ys Dep. AD Adm. “tk q i Tota, Dep. AD Inv. __ Asst. Dir.: i # ef Adm. Servs. } Crim. Inv. Ident. \ntell. Laboratory Legal Coun. Plan. & Insp. oN Sti Re CERTAIN ees cqensm wicca Rec. Mgnt. it gs Tech, = AS Gu vee Training 5 — - e oy : Public AffsgOff. = * ; R ore Se Cs RY oo 7 Telephone Rm. Sau led § o 42. oN Sete - Rirector's Sec'y_—. «MAILROOM 3 ww Ferree
NAME: -HAA321000 PAGE 269 7 ’ ~~ — 4929. as the leader of the civil rights movement. 4930; The Chairman. And what was there, given the kind of tone 4931) that was set from the top by Mr. Hoover, the realization 4932, that he wanted Dr. King destroyed, and with that notion | i i 4933 | being prevalent throughout the entire bureau, and trickling i HOSE | all the way down to men like Rose who came in this afternoon i 4935 5 and admitted under oath that he was racially prejudiced, | | : 4936; with the knowledge existing throughout the entire bureau } : 4937 | that Hoover wanted him destroyed, what would stop some agent 4938 | Erom feeling that he could with impunity kill Dr. King? | 4939) Mr. Brennan. I think that is an extreme supposition. I 4940 think that the people in the FBI, at least on the basis of 4941 my personal experience over the years that I worked in the 4OuZ . FBI for more than 26 years, were men of great dedication and 4943: integrity, and I would say that that would be a £far-out “#944, extreme case. Now I am not saying that we never had any bad apples in 4946 i the FBI, and that somebody would not consider doing a bad HO87 thing, but I would be shocked and amazed if any individual Be - 4 SAC, CM onnrieg fee G uo Poe és —— fo “¢ i os Pe) ef om pear SPRY TRA Magee cae ance crep rent REY SIR ETB aaa er aR ath RM mc RI Spee: fre myc teques anon tat ott
HOU 4949 4950 4951 4952 4953 4O5y 4955 4956 4957 4958 4959. 4960 | uO61 | 4962. 4963 4964 4965 4966 _— . wee in the FBI ever did consider such a step. The Chairman. Were you shocked and amazed that it was testified to here that when Mr. Rose heard Dr. King had been Killed he expressed joy, and used the term ''They got the SOB''? Did that shock and amaze you? Mr. Brennan. That shocked me, yes. t don't see how any man, particularly the men of the caliber, of the type that we try to get into the FBI, would be joyful over that type of assassination. The Chairman. Regrettably, Mr. Rese is still with the FBI. Mr. Brennan. Well, sir, that is not of my doing. The Chairman. Ido not fault you for that. I fault the system for keeping him. The gentleman from the District of Columbia, Mr. Fauntroy. Mr. Fauntroy. Mr. Chairman, IT have no questions. r am exhausted. The Chairman. The gentleman from Ohio, Mr. Dévine. Mr. Devine. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
a 1 - Mr. Long - Enc. Nd bes 1 ~ Mr. Foster ~- Enc. UV) the Assistant Attorney General 2 - Mr. Coulson ~ Enc. Criminal Division . December 22, 1978 Attention: Mr. Robert Keuch FEDERAL GOVERNMENME 1 - Mr. Heller - Enc. Director, FRI HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS In accordance with Attorney General Order 116-56, this memorandum advises that Special Agent Thomas J. Deakin, Public Affairs Office, FBIHQ, was interviewed on December 14, 1978. A memorandum setting forth Mr. Deakin's account of this interview is anclosed for your information. Enclosure SAG ENG Sprinernten 1 + Personnel file - Thomas J. Deakin - Enclosure MAILED 6 DEC? 6 1978 | Assoc. Dir. Dep. AD Adm, “ Dep. AD Inv. Asst. Dis.: Adm, Servs.  € Crim. Inv. } Ident, Intell. V . PETER, Leborotoy VL a Legal Coun. —yes H:ldr \ 4 & Plan. & Insp. _— (10) \ Rec. Mgat. oa Tech. Servs. veo Va Training Lf é ‘ we ey OE Public Affs. Of. A ‘ * Q _ Telephone Rm. , 2, 7 Director's Sec'y MAIL ROOM a co. UNE. gawidte
Assoc. Dir. Dep. AD Adm. Dep. AD Inv. _ ___ Asst. Dir: Adm. Servs. Crim. Inv. Ident. Intell, Laboratory Legal Coun. Plan. & Insp. Rec. Mgnt, Tech. Servs. Training Public Affs. Off. ___ Telephone Rm. Director's Sec'y ___. December 15, 1978 INTERVIEW BY HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS On December 14, 1978, Special Agent Thomas J. Deakin, Public Affairs Office, FBIHQ, was interviewed by Messrs. McHargh and Webb of the House Select Committee on Assassinations regarding the Racial Counterintelligence Program which Special Agent Deakin supervised for a period of time in 1967 and 1968. The questions asked by the Committee staff related to the justification of selecting Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference as targets of the Counterintelligence Program and at what level of the FBI this selection was made. General information on the method of originat- ing and handling Counterintelligence Program suggestions was explored, as was the particulars of the Counter- intelligence Program aimed at the Poor Peoples Campaign. The Committee investigators were particularly interested in the amount of counterintelligence sugqges- tions generated by former Assistant Director W. C. Sullivan and whether these were on his own initiative or by oral instructions from J. Edgar Hoover. This last area was, of course, beyond the knowledge of Special Agent Deakin. A final area of inquiry was what was described by the Committee investigators as factionalism within Bureau Headquarters between C. D. LeLoch and W. C. Sullivan. This interview was not under oath as Mr. Webb explained the Committee only planned to take a deposi- tion if new information was obtained from Special Agent Deakin. TID: daw." SAX Ge Yanga ( 4 ) ioe, see MAIL ROOM [J FBI/DOS