~ AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — .124-10182-10310 RECORD _ SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 62-11 7290-1439 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: RYAN, D. TO: BAILEY TITLE: DATE: 06/20/1979 PAGES: 14 SUBJECT: HSCA, ADMIN, PROCEDURES DOCUMENT TYPE: ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION: ~” REVIEW DATE: STATUS COMMENTS: Docld:32175577 Page 1 ~ PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 05/01/1997 Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) NEW CLASSIFICATION: UPDATE DATE: 02/12/2001
DATE: 11-14-2017 a a 9 Sg a " "Dep. AD fav. = “ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Asst. Dir: . _ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION: ~~ = Adm. Servs. Memorandum tI Es J+ J. Mepermote(s” —— A. Boynton, im, 1 - Mr ~ W . Ow. Cr egar Laboratory o g Legal Coun. 6/, 0/7 9 Plan. & Insp. D. W, Moore, driv; Mm- B. BP. Her ndon Training — W. A. Bayse Public Affs. OH, TO : Mr. Bailey(y FROM; D, ryan lores: oses35 ~~ ON : - J. A. Mintz pacteone Re. —— “ Gq 1 - Mr. N. F. s€ames’— suBject; HOUSE_SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASS SSINATIONS . s ect", S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA) 1 Mes Ps Ryan ark l=- Mr. J. fT. Aldhizer SYNOPSIS: The HSCA material (approximately 4,463 pages) was received by the FBI on 6/12/79 and reviewed in accordance with the 10/5/77 mu. Review by FBI Headquarters (FBIHQ) Records Management Division (RMD), Intelligence Divi=<~ sion (INTD), Criminal Investigative Division (CID), Labor o tory Division (Lab), Technical Services Division (TSD), Legal Counsel Division (LCD) was completed on 6/15/79. } of information to be disclosed which constituted permissible? 7/ Sg objections under the MU or factual errors were discussed W _HSCA former Chief Counsel G. Robert Blakey on 6/15/79, = Blakey resolved the matters raised by accepting certain alter- ° native language. Any objections or suggestions rejected by Blakey did not go to the merit of a permissible objection . under the MU. Details of the matters discussed with Blakey a are set forth. Certain matters were coordinated with the Cen- ran tral Intelligence Agency (CIA) as required. The Department of Justice (DOJ) was advised by letter on 6/18/79 that the ~ FBI review had been completed and that Blakey had resolved the permissible objections by accepting certain changes. The FBI review, just concluded, concentrated on infofmation con- ja stituting a permissible objection under the MU or a substan- BN tive, factual error. This memorandum should not be construed = pin) aS a definitive commentary on the HSCA material. Committee : gt > Praise ‘for the 1978 FBI leadership is set forth, as well as two Committee quotes from Director Webster's testimony Siw gS before the-HSA. Hy iQ NI BGO = JLXy : shat S od RECOMMEND Gor informatio 194 Oe ee, De" OTT Pet) euechemens . CONTINUED - OV Eye 7 20, SERS DEIDAIRE sg 2 al Coun, _— FRI/pO04 Doctld:
PReleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Use 2i07 DATE: 11-14-2017 e eS CONFIPENTIAL Memorandum D. Ryan to Mr. Bailey Re: House Select Committee on Assassinations RE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SA Aldhizer discussed the following matters with Mr. Blakey: , Item 1: On page 156, paragraph 5, the report states, - + - "the committee was able only to review the files of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)." [the FBI objected [u because this wording implies the HSCA m have obtained RCMP information from FBI files|/)ur Blakey agreed to the follow- ing revised wording: . .“* "the committee was able only to review the files of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), obtained by committee subpoena from local authorities." . Item 2: On page 159, paragraph 6, the report states, "In a conversation with a female acquaintance later reported to the FBI, Jerry's response to a general question concerning his brother's involvement in the assassination was:" |’ (lk ‘(The FBI objected to this passage because it tended to identify an FBI informant.. Mr. Blakey agreed to the revised wording of "In a conversation with an acquaintance, Jerry's general response to a question concerning his brother's involvement in the assassination was:" > Item 3: On page 195, line 2, it is stated that/"One of the informants was dead and the other, when contacted by the FBI at the Committee's request, refused an interview, \ fearing his life would be endangered if his identity was r evealed] (KS )" The FBI objected to this passage because it tended to identify FBI informants. , ? Mr. Blakey agreed to a substitution of this sen- tence, which is as follows: "The informants were either. unavailable or uncooperative. (26)" ~ CONTINUED - OVER cones Docld: 32175577 Page 3