10, il. 12. - 13, ( “ [ f | Nw 55072 14, SECTION 107. Oocssx INFORMANTS AND CONFIDEN TAL SOURCES 1078 —~ 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 in~ 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 requested to submit summary letters show~ ing what corrections have been made, , It is imperative that all information from the informant be correctly labeled and great care must be taken to see that this is done. Occasionally, an ex-informant through his speech, writings, or actions raises a doubt as to his reliability subsequent to the time he was an informant. It is not necessary to go back and change 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 information from sources of questionable reliability and known unreliability should be made in accordance with part ITI, section 5, of the Manual of Rules and Regulations, | ~ CLASSIFICATION ~ 134 CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES 1. 2. Doold:32989525 Page i557 Definition Sée 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, . b. 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, ce. The abbreviation "CS" may be used in intra-Bureau communications for confidential source, Communications relating to espionage and foreign nationality matters should in addition have a character indicating the country involved; e.g., IS ~ R for Russia, ad. 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—5, , ; : a e. Symbol numbers assigned to confidential sources are to be taken from™ ; the series of-symbol numbers used for your security and criminal informants, Index a. Index cards [on form FD-348] like those prepared for informants mu:’ be made up and filed as an adjunct to the oriminal informant inde or the security informant index, depending on the type of informati.n furnished. b. The symbol index- is. handled similarly to the symbol index on inform— ants. ° c. Duplicate: confidential source cards may be maintained with the oriminal informant index and the security informant, index. if the source furnishes information of value in both types of investiga tions. Files When active investigation is initiated relative to an individual whe has potential as a. security confidential source, a 134 classificat file should be opened and maintained in a pending status until «2° . to develop the individual are discontinued, The same procedure shrald be followed concerning racial confidential sources, the classification being 137. Files may be opened on confidential sources in criminal matters in a manner identical with that for handling criminal informant files in the discretion of the SAC, 27 5-18-62
LO7T SECTION 1@ SECURITY INFORMANTS AND com@veran SOURCES 5, Utilization . a, If confidential source is to be used for assistance in seourity or racial investigations, secure Bureau approval, and background data must be furnished to the Bureau of the same type which is required for potential security and potential racial informants, b. Except in espionage and foreign nationality matters in which the frequency of contact is dependent upon circumstances of the individual case, confidential sources on whom pending files are maintained should also be contacted at least once every two weeks in the same manner as security informants. c. Records of contaots with confidential sources who have pending files " may be posted, a. Gontacts with confidential sources should only be made by the Agent or Agents specifically designated for that purpose, e, The Letter to the Bureau requesting authority to use a subject as 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 record, if any _(2) Details of the expected cooperation of captioned individual . as a confidential source, together with the results of any interviews conducted with him ; (3) <A statement to the effect subject is being considered a oon~ fidential source and that he will be advised he is not a Bureau 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 to 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, £, One of the required copies of the letter requesting authority to use a subject as a confidential source should consist only of the first page of the letter, If the request is approved at the Bureau, a - stamped notation will be placed on the single—page copy and it will pe returned to the field indicating that authority is granted to consider subject as a confidential source, Letters requesting such authority are not to be transmitted to the Bureau until subjeot is sufficiently cooperative and all necessary background ‘information obtained. 6. Seourity and racial confidential sources — certification of stability and payments a, Every four months a Letter of justification should be- -aubmisted to the Bureau requesting continuation of payments to security and racial confidential sources, See LO7N, 3b, for form of letter, b. If the security or racial source is "not being paid on Bureav authoriza- tion and is being used regularly, the Agent handling the source must dictate a memorandum to the SAC for the file containing the. same certification as to stability and reliability as required by payment letters, 7. Gifts . ce ke ee [ ' [Gifts should not be given to sources: since such. actions “might be ; oN [, misconstrued. ] Loe 8. Discontinuance favise Bureau when confidential source ‘is discontinued, “ana the reasons herefor.. : ‘ _—_ 28 7~15-—63 B5G72 Docld: 39589529 Page 1558
, MW S5072 LO7M — WN SECTION | SECURITY INFORMANTS AND conrr@eran SOURCES N. 12, PAYMENTS TO INFORMANTS AND HANDLING MONEY RECEIVED 1. document in the pertinent informant file and is not to be serialized, If a particular seotion of this form is not applicable, such should be noted thereon. If it later becomes applicable, the serial number can be noted at that time. Bulky material submitted by informant Where informant or source submits bulky material other than a statement and same pertains to a specific investigative matter, bulky material may be filed in the investigative case file, together with a copy of executed form FD-306 or a channelizing memorandum containing all applicable items set forth on form PO-306. In such a case, the original form FD-—306 or channelizing memorandum should be filed in the subfile of the informant or source and the file and serial number where the bulky material is located should be noted thereon. No gifts to informants a. Gifts should not be given to informants since such actions might be misconstrued. bd. Relationship between Agents and informants shall be maintained on a businesslike basis, : c. [Deleted] : a, Investigative employees must not approach, directly or indirectly, representatives of companies, private industries, or insurance companies and requést assistance regarding payments of money, gifts, or products of such companies to informants, SAC authority to pay informants a. In specific instances in which it is necessary and expedient to "expend money to obtain information concerning matters or persons under investigation, which is not otherwise obtainable, or to advance expense money to enable an individual to obtain such information, SAC may approve payments of amounts up to $200 and totaling not more than $200 on 2 c.0.4. basis regardless of the number of payments. This applies only to individuals who have never been regularly paid for services or expenses on Bureau authorization, In other words, once an individual has been paid on Bureau authorization, regardless of the amount, this authority of the SAC may not be utilized, b. Individual who is paid on SAC authority should not be described in correspondence as an informant or source who is being paid on a "regular basis" or on "Bureau authorization," ec, The blue slip reclaiming any of these payments authorized by the SAC must clearly and accurately explain the circumstances and summarize the information obtained so the Bureau will be in a position to pass intelligently such blue slips for payment; ad. Prior Bureau authority must be obtained to make any additional payment to an individual who has received payments totaling $200, Payments on continuing basis ~ Burean authority a2. To pay anyone on a continuing basis, obtain specific Bureau authoriza~ tion, b. In requesting this authorization, eae justification must be set forth containing the following items and using the subheadings: shown, (In espionage and foreign nationality matters, “use subheadings where applicable.) (1) Recommendation i : - ~ (Use following wording as nearly as possible: . , . "I recommend that authority be granted to continue (increase, decrease) payments to the above informant up to $ (amount) per_. (month, week) / for services, plus up to $§ (amount) per (month, . week ) for expenses actually incurred for a period of ___months, effective  (date).") . oo 18 7-15-63 Doold: 32589529 Page 1559
—, 10. SECTION 107. NGURITY INFORMANTS AND CONFIDEMMRAL SOURCES 107M Subfiles . a. A subfile is required on each informant who submits statements, written or oral, except in espionage or foreign nationality matters where a subfile is necessary only in those instances involving possible prosecution, The original of each statement, whether personally written by the informant or furnished orally and reduced to writing by contacting Agent, should be filed in this subfile. Executed form FD~306 or a channelizing memorandum containing all applicable items set forth on form FD~306 should be stapled to the original of each such statement. b. Holes may be punched in original statements of informants for secure filing, but care must be taken to prevent obliteration of any portion of statements or notations thereon, , Channelization . Excerpts from the informant's statement are to be inoluded in the regular investigative case report when information of value is submitted. Form FD--306 may be used to disseminate this information to the case file in lieu of a channelizing memorandum if desired. If so used, prepare copies of FD-306 as needed for dissemination and staple one copy to each copy ,of the informantfs statement being channelized. Channelization should be noted on original FD-306 and on.all copies under "Remarks," Channelizing memoranda ~ destruction of Por instructions concerning the “destructisn: of’ channelizing memoranda, . see Manual of Rules avid Regulations. ‘Dissemination of information Information submitted by informants, potential informants, confidential sources, or sources of information should be reported to the Bureau and interested offices and other agencies’ whenever necessary by the appro= priate means of communication under captions showing the sul..ect matter of the information. Correspondence Correspondence submitted in security informant and potential seourity informant matters should be strictly limited to the administrative handling of the informant and should not contain information more prop erly furnished to the Bureau under a substantive case caption, Maintenance of files” a, All pending files on security informants shall be maintained under ; lock and key under the personal supervision of the SAC, ASAC, or field supervisor as the informant indices are maintained and desoribed in ~- subsection K, ‘b. Subfiles-containing written statements may be maintained in thé ‘open files seotion; provided there is no disclosure of the informant's identity on the statements. - 6, <All informant files should be maintained in such a manner as ‘to insure that all information furnished by a particular informant will be immediately available upon the request of the Bureau, ad. In addition, these files should be maintained in such a fashion that the identities of the cases in which an informant has furnished competent evidence can be furnished immediately to the Bureau by simply referring to the file of the informant ahd without *re necessity of conducting extensive research, : Use of informant by Department ~ filing correspondence re From time to time, the Department expresses an interest in using a partic-— ular informant for téstifying when he becémes available as a witness. As a result, there will be correspondence showing ‘this situation between the Bureau and the field. Place copies of 211 such correspondence in — the informant's file. Occasionally such correspondence may be volu- minous and apply to more than one informant. In those cases, summarize the information concerning each particular informant and place the summary in the appropriate informant's file. Form FD~238 . Form FD—-Z238 (printed on pink paper) has been approved for use in security informant and potential security informant files. It is to be used in the nature 6f a table of contents or as an index to show where in the file particular data can be found. This form is to be kept as the top 17 4-15-63 j NW 55072 Doold: 32989529 Page 1560