ee oO Assoc.-ifir. ae NX Dep. AD Adm. ___ eee at N= - a 7 eee Dep. AD Inv. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT - UNITED STATES DEPARTMuNT OF JUSTICE Asst. Dir.: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Adm. Servs. Crim. Inv. Memorandum — cin Intell. Laboratory TO : The Director DATE: 1/18/79 Pek lay vf Rec. Mgnt. PE ae: is ech, Servs, . Training FROM : Legal Couns Public Affs. Off, Telephone Rm. Director's Sec’y ___ « SUBJECT: _HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA) The purpose of this memorandum is to advise of a contact with a Staff Director for the captioned Committee regarding the Committee's unauthorized release of informant reports and other documents. Pursuant to the request of Associate Director Adams dated January 11, 1979, Special Agent Danny O. Coulson of the Legal Counsel Division con- tacted G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel, captioned Committee. DETAILS: By letter dated December 6, 1978 (copy attached), HSCA Chairman Louis V. Stokes was furnished a copy of an FBI document dated May 26, 1971, an informant report from the St. Louis Field Office file of former informant Oliver Pat- terson. This informant report, along with three related items of correspondence, was furnished to the FBI via the Department of Justice (DOJ) by Harold Weisberg, a private ... citizen, author and self-styled assassination prober. Mr. Weisberg received the document from Patterson. The informant report in question was furnished the HSCA in response to the Committee's request dated Jan- uary 26, 1978, for all retrievable information concerning Patterson. Our letter to Mr. Stokes expressed concern that a document of this nature entered the public domain in such a manner and requested that the HSCA, in compliance with the Memorandum of Understanding, afford proper and necessary security to our documents during the course of future public hearings and the HSCA final report. GU Sno AES \ ARGLOS SURE - - Canes, fo CONTINUED - OVER 13 | | unclosare - Packet b. PREG . oa Pa . j gen 7 tf 13 i Lads prbh. i fer b 1 - Mr. Adams - Enclosure 1 - Mr. Bassett ~- Enclosure 1 - Mr. Ryan - Enclosure 1 - Mr. Foster - Enclosure 2 - Mr. Coulson - Enclosure | AN & Yeeutn Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payrol! Savings oa FBI/DOJ
Sen “we,, . Nee - Mr. Adams - Mr. M@Dermott - Mr. Bassett - Mr. Mintz ‘ttn; Mr. Coul - Mr. Ryan nuat® 0° £595 SH ere ete J G.. Robert Blakey & Counsel ané Directer ~ House\Seleet Committee on Assassinations U. S&S. Reuse of HKepresentatives 20515 Dear hr. key: “ Refwrence is made to your letter of December 13, 1978, concerning materials furnished te the Fedgfal Bureau of Investigation FBI) from Harold Weisberg.—~ You are cdxrect that the informant report in question was prepared wy Mr. Patter sor“and given the Bureau in 1971. However, the Q~-30G cover Sheet was attached by the FEI upon filing ard, erefote,; did net originate with Mr. Patterson. Further , atthe time of our release ef decu- ments to the House Select Comm tree on Assasginations (HSCA) concerning Mer. Patterson, under\the Memorandum of Understanding, these documents could net be’ publicly disclosed witheut prior approval of the PBL. Since dyis would include docu- ments stemming from Mx. Patters on, your understanding is incorrect that we de net object to ta.\Pattersen having shat he originally fini shed the Bureau. it is requested that any other FEE documents in your possession sjhich may have been similari}\provided to bir. Patterson gt any other outside party be idéati ified, along with the identities of the recipients. _ Me f Your reassurance that the Committee will ty the yew future afford FBI material all measure of confidenti ality is appreciated. ' Assoc. Dir. - - 4% 5 she pee nee ss, coop a ste rey Den. AD Adm. Sincerely yours, eet. qm cone my Dep. ADInv» 7 ” Ne 7 Asst. Dir: Ne Cs Doe Adm. Serv. —,” ; DAs Wa Ags ECORI Crim. Inv. . a Fin. & Pers. William H. Webster ver Director Laboratory a ; Legal Coun. _/ : ~ ren Sen FA ef} me SEE NOTE PAGE Two R M Sen lew (7) i "7EROVE DS Adm, Serv, - BY Vf ¢f rim. tr _ Pig 0G Tech, Servs, —_ Training AY Telephone Rm. —__. Lael wtory cece ve Director's Sec'y — MAIL ROOM [J ~—s- TELETYPE UNIT (J Ne yprp 9) rere ogi - or women FS oa » foe Fr FBI/DOJ
G. Rebert Blakey House Select Committee on Assassinations UL S&S. House of Representatives ROLE: See memorandum i. Ryan to Hr. Bassett, 1/5/79, cap- tioned “House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) ," prepared by JTA:cfb. ROVED: Adm. Serv, Crim. Inv. Pt