‘12. — 13. Fi 14. 15, Ww AS5072 .Decld: 22989529 a - . . od “ : +1 catenins ae " SECTION 107, c INFORMANT S[AND CONFIDENT, SOURCES] 1070 ‘such activities, the Bureau will consider placing him in contact with a reliable publisher, but it must be made clear to the inform ant thet the Bureau will not sponsor or endorse any book or publi- cation which he elects to write. All payments to discontinued security informants and confidential sources must be made on a strict c.o.d, basis. Obtain Bureau author- ity before making any such payments. In requesting Bureau authority for payments of this type, submit complete details as to the infor- mation furnished by the discontinued informant or source in the past and what is to be expected of the informant or source in the future, Qnce an informant is exposed in any manner whatsoever he is no longer to be carried as a concealed source in reports or mnemoranda, His true name i8 te be set forth, together with descriptive data, When an office receives information concerning,or obtains information from, an ex~informant, copies of memoranda prepared must be furnished to the office which originally handled the informant so that the file >of the ex—informant will be as complete as possible, When an informant has been discontinued for cause, such as unreliabil- ity, he should not be contacted in the future for information, If such an individual furnishes information it should be accepted, but in setting out the information in reports or communications use the individualts true name, together with an appropriate description of his reliability. Remove flash notice per section F,[6.] . Repeated use of the same @iscontinued informant as a witness at security trials and hearings should be avoided, Make. an all-out effort to develop witnesses who can furnish the same testimony as that expected of previously used witnesses, Advise Bureau of any indication by Government attorneys ’ that an informant—witness who has previously testified will be called upon for testimony at a subsequent trial or hearing and furnish your comments concerning possibility of supplanting the testimony of individual involved, Submit communication under appropriate case character. “Every effort should be made to prevent a discontinued informant from becoming involved in situations which may prove embarrassing to informant or the Government. Immediately after he testifies for the first time, a serious talk should be had with informant by the SaC in the presence of the Agent who handled the informant, This interview should be conducted in the field office and informant told that: ao He will no longer be operated by the Bureau be Since he is a public figure, he will probably be contacted by . representatives of the press, radio, and television for interviews and appearances CG. He may be sought as a witness by congressional committees, by the -. Immigration and Naturalization Service, and by state authorities a. (Firmly stress.) In connection with such interviews and appearances, informant must continue to be factual and truthful and must not build up or embellish the statements, for if he does so he will wind up in serious trouble. . Advise Bureau results of such interview and comment on its possible effectiveness. © 25 Pat 7-60 ' 3 i ‘ sep . Nai OLESEN WLS rn ROE Nene AY arnt nS SNe 9 sons Pp veetin rpa WACO Tertm he nip tet roms teers manent pre eet eee bene eeetnnen tive sd err isca te
re mee — ee 107U SECTION Lt ) SECURITY INFORMANTS AND CON}  ,ANSTAL SOURCES ‘ Ubilization a, ff confidential source is to be used for assistance in seovrity or racial investigations, seoure Bureau approval, and background data must be fuenished to the Bureau of the same type which is required for potential security and potential racial informants, b. Except in espionage and forcign nationality metters in which the frequency of contact is dependent upon circumstances of the individual case, confidential sources on whom pending files are meintained shovlé also be contacted at least once every two weeks in the sume manner as security informants. c. Records of contaots with confidential sources who have ponding files may be posted. ad, Contacts with confidential sources should only be mede by the Agent or Agents specifically designated for that purpose, e. The letter to the Bureau requesting authority to use a subject 2S a confidential source is to set out clearly the following informa.- tion: _ (1). Background information, including date and place of birth, . citizenship status, residence, employment, credit and arrest record, and service recerd, if any (2) Details of the expected cooperation of captioned individual as a confidr itial source, together with the resvuits of any interviews conducted with him (3) A statement to the effect subject is being considered a con- fidentiel source and that he will be advised he is not a Bureav employee and of the confidential nature of his relation— ship with the Bureau, In addition, a statement should be made that you will be alert te be certain subject is not a plant, and if he is connected with a labor union he will be advised of Bureau policy on labor matters, 153} ° [ £,.[One of the required copies of the letter requesting 2° hority to use [ a subject as a confidential source should consist c of the first i page of the letter.] If the request is approved at.t. - ‘ureau, a E stamped notation will be placed on the[single-pagelea: «anafit will { bejreturned to the field indicating that authority is gvanted te consider subject as a confidential source, Letters requesting such authority are not to be transmitted to the Bureau until subject is sufficiently cooperative and all necessary background inform.i' on obtained, 6. Security and racial confidential sources - certification of stab y and payments a. Every four months a letter of justificatir should be submi.' - the Bureau requesting continuation of pay: -%8 to security veal . confidential sources, See 1lO7N, 3b, for #.7m of letter, be. If the security or raclal source is not being paid on Bur. thori za tion and is bein¢ used regularly, t.: Agent handling the s .3.: must dictate a memor: “im to the SAC for tne file containing th: same certification as -o stability and reliability as required by payment . . " Letters, . . . ° 7. Gifts Gifts to sources shall not be reclaimed as blue slip items. -, 8. Discontinuance . Advise Bureau when confidential source is discontinued, and the reasons therefor, . . me 26 MW S5072 Doeld: 32959529 Page 1453 . 3-16-50 . x
= = — = SS Sa [1072 ~ § SECTION 107, SECURITY INFORMANTS(AND CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES] an .. 4 @:) , 4 Be alert to the possibilities of former informant being contacted by | representatives of publicity media and as a witness by congressional | committees, INS, and state authorities. It will be the SAC's respon~ sibility to know when a former informant is scheduled or is likely to i appear at a hearing or make a public appearance of any kind, Prior | thereto in each instance, former informant must be contacted and instruce i tions above set forth reiterated by Agent who handled the informant. Emphasize to former informant that he must stick to the truth and make “ certain he can back up what he says, and if there is any deviation he will be subjected to harassment, criticism, possible libel, slander, or other criminal actions. If he inquires as to whether he should appear or testify or otherwise cooperate with any public or private individual or agency, advise him he must make that decision himself, but if he has appeared as a Government witness in a case which has not been finally _adjudicated and decides in the affirmative, he should contact the USA for instructions, Advise Bureau of any such situations and the results ". of any interviews conducted. . ~ | , i Fi i i : R. FURNISHING OF INFORMANTS TO IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (mms) 1. INS conducts investigations of alien communists as required under the H Immigration Act of 10-16-18, as amended. INS, in order to enforce this H statute, must obtain evidence to prove that certain aliens, due to i their membership in certain groups, are undesirable and deportable | or i “ . subject to denaturalization,. . i - 2, Cooperate fully with INS in these cases and make efforts consistent with your own cases and interests to make available information and i witnesses where possible, 3. In this regard, if contacted by INS jnguiring for informants and yow i have a discontinued informant or one who would be of assistance to i IWS and whose loss would not affect your work, furnish his identity to the Bureau,together with your recommendation, 4, The Bureau will then review all of the facts concerning such informant i . and advise as to whether or not his identity may be disclosed to INS. } i 5, Exercise care in recommending informants for disclosure to INS so that , H - you will not find yourself without proper coverage, i 6<e Before any informant is turned over to INS, obtain informant's per- i mission, : Sot, } Its. CORRECTIVE ACTION[ON FALSE INFORMATION] | “ 2, When it is determined that an informant or ex-informant furnished false ; information while an informant, advise Bureau by airmail of complete facts. 2. Set forth your suggestion relative to wording to be used in describing i the informant in future, such as: “informant of known unreliability*® or *informant who has furnished both reliable and unreliable information } in the past," . : } 3, Bureau will advise which designation to use. Then proceed with a review { of all data furnished by the individual and label information from him i accordingly, | 4. All communications containing information from the informant which have | | been disseminated to Bureau, other Bureau offices, and to outside agencies i must be corrected. H 5, Identify the cases individually by title and character, together with i dates of communications containing the information, 6. If information was used in reports, corrective letters should be crystal i " glear and refer to the specific repert, page number, and change to be made o | 7, Amended pages should not be prepared unless so instructed by the Bureau in accordance with part IZ, section 4, of the Manual of Rules and Regulations; corrective action should be called to the attention 3 of other Bureau offices, outside agencies, and Bureau by letter. ; } . a 8 gs we aR i hee aS! who RE Awe NW OS5072 ‘“Doocld: 32989525 Page ‘1454 vot Bees ane ee a. a oo tae a sea
10, 11. 12. 13. 14, SECTION 107. Y INFORMANTS AND CONFIDEN.. y SOURCES 1075 - U Instruct each interested Bureau office which has made further dis- semination of such information to follow the instructions set forth above. . Also set up a control file regarding this corrective action, and upon completion of same submit to the Bureau a final letter under the ine formant's caption identifying each case by title, character, Bureau file, where known, and date of communication, This letter will be used to check all pertinent Bureau files to see that necessary corrective action has been taken in each instance, If necessary, other field offices which have received information from the informant should also be recuested to submit summary letters show ing what corrections have been made, Tt is imperative that all information from the informant be correctly Labeled and great care must be taken to see that this is done. Occesionally, an ex-informant through his speech, writings, or ections raises a doubt as to his reliability subsequent to the time he was an informant, It is not necessary to go back and che .ge the evaluation of the information attributed to that individual in the absence of a definite indication that the informant furnished unreliable information to the Bureau while he was an informant. Dissemination of inforination from sources of questionable reliability and known unreliability shovld be made in accordance with part ITI, section 5, of the Manual of Rules and Regulations, fT, CLASSIFICATION - 134 U. CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES 1. 2. C. C : = { 3.. 4. Definition See page 3 of this section, Assignment of symbols a. A symbol number may be assigned if an unusual security problem exists, or if typing would be saved. bd. Advise Bureau by letter giving name, address, business affiliation, symbol number, reason for assigning a symbol number, and a brief statement concerning type of information furnished. c. The abbreviation "CS" may be used in intra-Bureau communications for confidential source;[e.g., "Richard Roe, CS."] Communications relating’ to espionage and foreign nationality matters should in addition have a character indicating the country involved; e.g., IS - R for Russia. _a4,.: When a permanent symbol has been assigned to a confidential source, the abbreviation "CS" is to appear before the symbol number; e.g., CS NY~000-—S “ e. Numbers ass ignea to confidential sources are to be taken from the series of numbers used for your security, racial, and criminal informants. Index a. Index cards on form FD-348 like those prepared for informants must be made up and filed as an adjunct to the criminal informant index, racial informant index, or the security informant index, depending on the type of information furnished. a b. The symbol index is handled similarly to the. symbol index on inform ants. : so c. Duplicate confidential source cards may be maintained with the - criminal informant index, racial informant index, and the security informant index if the source furnishes information of value in these types of investigations. ° Files . When active investigation is initiated relative to an individual who has potential as a security confidential source, a 134 classification - File sheuld be opened and maintained in 2 pending status until efforts to develop the individual are discontinv2ii, Piles may be opened ial sources in criminal mat irs in a manner identical with on conftiden? that for handling criminal infermant files in the discretion of the SAC - ‘ wa 27 -MW 55072 DocId:32989529 Page 1455 7-14-64 va a . * a. ’ 7 rete eS) DOSE CDS RIPPERS TERY VITRTaUTL Wan WUT SIAATY SNe MARU re Sent YoY YOu Fe VOE Harstertyr Wen frit pevds Matern veNrnUre yD od Mae Bese Oe TENE Yt PSUR NITE PS CAT EGE ICONS Ch Hine me seanere