“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: —-4/14/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10325-10077 \ RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: = 197-636-7 Document Information ORIGINATOR: | DOJ FROM: _ [Restricted] TO: EOUSA TITLE: DATE: 10/26/1970 “PAGES: 16 SUBJECTS : ; -HAROLD WEISBERG DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: Consulted CURRENT STATUS:  Withhold DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 06/11/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF DOJ _ COMMENTS : REFERRED TO DOJ, INC LTR, SUMMONS, EXHIBIT v9.1 2 i Docld: 3231278275 Page 1
Released under the John F. “Kennedy ‘DATE: 11- 14-2017 co =r, 4 . ‘United & District « t fo . * fv, Assistant Attor \ a By: Harland F. ~ Herol uw Ce ME D.Cee RAL SRT E PONT TT are or preter tates. Attorne £ Columbia. William D,. Ruckels ney Gen feathers Chief, General Lit A 4 . See| na rat igisberg eS 2. Civil At tention: Thank you for sending usccepies of Ans: Miss fulnes our motion in these procecdines » We sugges of these proceedings in cur Sevperber 3, 1670, jand October 9, 1970 memoranda.” As cur Cetcber ‘contizrms, please file the of ‘executed by & fibliams: shoeing that the 1 er ing to the. ue : z y ae anes * Was corsa S alse ge uve you Tile a-supplenentary ¢ statement of 5 material facts. pursuant to Local Rule $(h) ines rporating the Pacts. al, Civil Division ey Gee ' ? S$ we Mir. GrennanCD... Mr. Callahan a He oF Nt of Just tice | 2301 =7O - fe TA Act sive awd “ zs OT1 : “Er, : Asst. ene Tele, Room. vee ee rs onal reports pertaining | to. 5 ntende tO a ctect & Hoe Lit ‘oor Conte, ; s of all pepers filed and : {Ver Darecteor, Federal Ev useaw of inves A 7 Nad. 7 a (é/eoy ef Answer of Plaintiff) Lo SQ - priren eyes aie Sea be OLY ; Docld:3273127876 Page ia ed is setes is i ‘ i> ‘ . vyende t aay ion: ‘ar gE oy woo + | . : . it nye Me amy Lew wns On meenent PULPAses ay the i WeShigat.oun may proper iy gloss. with the i ‘ i ale f ed : i Py fda yay \ i i a pia — i
Released under the John F. DATE: 11- “14- 2017 | . Cy oS >i . va ; to. Ne ; bo. EEE sonic cre stars: DIstricy coun i po FOR Tia DISTRICE OF COLUMBIA ny Sees . R woo. |, BAROLD Warspsea, ’ i _ Plainti£s, $ t Me ae Civil Action : “U.S. DE “BAR RUSNT OF JUSTICE, : No. 2301-70 . “we .7 sg oo oe pate: dant t . oo ot x ee Eee eee ee ~ ~ : >“ aNevE SR OE PLAT? SPIER iO DEVEUDANT' 3 : HOTION fO Hisutss IN Sag ALTE Re ‘ TAT EV Se POR SURRY g Jupsunie _ Plainetce denies that ‘there are no iscuey of material : ‘fact and thet thore is no clain upon which relict can’ be granted. ; — Lie a ; 17; OCT 28.1970 / . Quzsrtons OF F. B | QUESVIONS OF | RAO. : Gen eval I L : In its "pre Aininacy -Stateanie ent" en pega Ox _ Kandun of Pointe und Authoritia,* Aetendane states: that pleintif£e - "has requested porniseion to Anspoet | cert ‘tain oar aphia analy 7 of bullets and bullet fragnonts “recover ed fron the Be sene of the : a@ssass ination o£ President gohn. FB, Kennedy § in Ballas, Texas on Novenbox 23, 1953," to oo. oon tk Bullets agmants may have been "recovered" . oT aU in Doewiey Plana, the "scone" oF thea assassination, Cn NoverdDer 33 1563. Hoveve LZ 20, plaintire is unavpre of then; @ fragment of fragments were yp SHOVEL aa! S & curbing beh bt de a 1 ‘y. : Le ; . Doeld:32312358768 Page 3 1 uUsC 2107 Ho K nedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Co
Released under the John F. Kennedy’ Assassination Records" Collection Act of 1992 44 Use 2107 ‘Ho DATE: 11-14- 2017 - sok . a - a . ; a 5 \ ee The bullets and. bullet feagsonta, epactogeaphie anal . ty of which axe sought PY plaintife, wore “racovered"” petuarity on, Hoveuber 22nd, éha date of the asuausination, birt gona werd “reco -vered" on Rovenber 23x and at later. times. it ney WOre "recovered generally not at. the "scene" but. at ballast” poxkcland Hospitals Bethes 5aa Raval Hoxpital in Hatyland, and at other plac een, ineludi gs - Washington, | De Ce “Kore “Amportant, defendant states ag a matter of fac (888 page ons’ Of is ‘staténent of satertal Fact) that the records sought “are part of | an  nvestigat ory ‘file conpiled, fox Law en- . for coment purposes." Tt is plaintiss'a contentin that this ig incorrect and ‘that: the records. in fact were not ‘compiled tor any. law enforcencitt: purpose “but exclanively as ; part of an investiga tion reciested by, Pre ceident Lyndon Be ‘Johnson § on Movenbor 24, 196 ¢ Bxocutive order 1190; and 8. J. Res Se 337, “88th Congress... none of. which tnvolved “Law enforcement," wae xonainde ex. of this answer will’ acai with ‘thie Latter question which " sppears to ba a nixed question of! “fact and aw, cad nee . “2 On pege 0 of ite Herorandum ‘of Points and Authorities dogendant propexily cites ‘exemption 2) 7) convectly aa “inves atin gatory files compiled fox “law enforeanont purposes Ge cept to ths extent available by la ay to a party other than an’ y agency." Plain- tise then adds “The thiuct of ths e: senptiton ds to. protect. from disclosure all files which the government compiles in the course of law enforecnent inves ‘gations which may or may y not b Lene rq to , ' ; - : : . . Page 2 | Docld: 32312828 Page 4
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of. 1992. (44. Use 2107 Ho DATE: 11-14-2017 — . ; . : ‘ . . . f te . ; > . - 7 . ” . ~ : ee fo _. yrs coe | formal pro dings.” [underscoring ndded.]J. ‘the thrust may ‘Or : may not be in accords ance with the undors scored claise bet Li Ae. t = . - . : ' i ; . clear. ‘that. the fe are~ tw 0 ouplicit 1 tatd one on whe | ex so investigatory files": ra oo we aoe oe ; aye they are > exept only ig compiled fox Daw enfore cenient ; : 7 _PAEpOsesy and wise Te os : : a _they are “extent ‘only if thoy would. not be evadlable “ by, dow to. a private pa srtys oes ‘ \, as to ‘uhethor™ ‘there was a a a enforcement purposs": ‘dn [7] coxpilation of. the sought epectographie. anal: j5c8y no better witne! can. be found than FBI. pixector Tek gar Hoover. in tes bancony befor 4 thos Warren Commission on Hay Ma, 1964, the FoLlow win a collewuy, tool. place between Mey ‘Hoover and Mr. Te ee Ran ding ¢ General ‘Conngel't t the Comasss sions ere “ mr. Rankin. You ‘have provided | many things to us) _in assisting the Commigsion in connection with: so dnvestigation and I assume, at least in a general WAY, you axe fandliar with the investigation of the ass aanie nation of President Kannedy, is that correat? - tix, Hoover, “fhat is correct, When President ohneon |. redux ened J? Washington hea communica ea with ine within '- the fix 24 hours, and asked tha bureau ip: pick up: - . the, investijation of the assaseination he 202USS ad you are avaere, thers is no Fc slon fox couch an. an investigation, - Tt J5 not a Federal crine to KALL or attack the President or the vies president or ony of the continuity of officers who would succeed to the preside SnCY « . es “However, the president has @ right to request tho ‘Rurean to make special investigatioeas, and in this jnotence he anked that this investigation ke made. I immediately ussigned a speelal foxes headed by the _ special agent in charga at Hallas, Texas, ‘to initiate the investiqation, and to get all details and facts concerning it, which we eptainsd, and then prepared a ’ 4 ate report which we submitted t the Attorney Genoral . for transmission to ‘the ? genidant. me {earings before the. Yarren Cor maisaion, vol. 5, p. 93. Underscoring added. ] ; wo a a _ thus, “eccording to the PRI's } Direc SOM, thex @ wag no aw and, hence, thera could be no “Las , enforeenont purpose.” ir: fact page .3  Docld: 32312828 Page 5
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 DATE: 11-14-2017 i : : ee eee ee according to Mr. Hoover, when the investigation was undextaken, _ ee ; there wad, ‘RO federal jurisdiction for tt 2 at ally except a reques .& . by the Preside eMbe a a ae . est tha argument be made that perhaps ‘the mdeoing Jaw: Was a daw of the Beate of Texas, it should be noted thot the: epe Fa tographic analyses ee ere Rot given’ to ‘either the Texas or - Dallas - authorities. in pried, the spactographic ‘analyses were made | as 2 part £ an investigation requested by tue Preside ent and by the pBE aa th investigative arm of the Warren conntestony Backing, bp the lack of any av enforcement purpose" As the following quote from the "Foreword xo the. Comm siasion' Re eport fat pe aay) + ie he ‘Comiséeion hae ‘gunetd oned ‘neither. ‘as 5 a court ~ presiding over an adversary proceeding nor ag a © “2'.. ‘prosecutor aetersined to prove a case, but as a ' "fact £inding agency comuttees to the ascertainment 7 of. the truth." alae ce OS : - weet “ y his contention, Ag further strengthonea by the comniscich's Te onth Recommendations . ares 2 eos be vs cog we, OT a ms op # She , Comaiasion recomnonds ts congress that ie adopt legislation which would neke the assassination of the os “  prasident and Vice. president a Fedoral crimes. A state oe of affairs where U.S, authorities have not clearly - . @efined jurisdictica ta investigate the assassination, - Of, a President is anomalous. [Page 26 of the Report] “thaw ‘entorcene ent paxposes® requires , & yew of some » Keind. : - s ’ - roy The erefore,: the: burden is on. the ¢ lat endanity Le be | wh shes. to. avail, ption OUy, to state spocifteally “(whth citation nd imsel£ of, exes - the law ox laws. in purenance of which the pac tograyhic enalyees: “ware made. £6 ) fare, “he has not net ‘that: burden. To ' DocId: 32312828 Page 6
‘Released under the J _ DATE: 11-14- 2017 ohn F. Kennedy | Assassination R oa : ; ecords : - se , : A C) yt. of SENCKS < F} “? . ‘ ¥ ’ : ‘he ‘gacond quelizi ication in (0) (7) is cnet  sgaventigater fies" cannot able by ‘Law £0 a porty | ot “Plaint ard is. not ® “ ghat ander. “gencke “pen avattaphe £0 Lee waevey Osa gala.” pel “Exo. plain vise . As ‘the Wasson ‘con nad saved} no tice whore ne would | nave been ‘able, ywnder the haw od As placed in and puthoritiee to the ORD ecially ay cote of explant on (Report Ld. 197 3 ‘House , of Re ‘ond session, at ped), ae oe 3. . ouyooes except to the extent . private partys SLs / giles related to © yabor and 4 ghis would 3 inclu’ with releted Gove. “procecdh ngs. ‘Be . . , private pity iF wi recur h.®t files pre ae RY goubigetcry suc on: ehgation c , Doeld: 32312828 Page 7 be withheld | from the public 4€ thes 4 or than an agency an nagency” ‘and se is: pis contentic on ‘ghe * ppsctosrazhic analyse as’ “Hongo o onniseton sald in “its protect * ‘could. pave nad a,  tedah b Y: pmexiean, stander aa of jus +, exercise nis, son rights gVE Ht ORY. ‘ox “ PRISSDOH OH! nC! cr 48 SUSE: [ oh gotonzent# ‘pororand®| of pods £5 josiaiative | bistory of exemption ‘(p) (We t in the oure: of < ropresentativdes hon gis en ain the House . Roport on res: antatives Be  envestigatory eiles cow’ evonptica covers gavegtigatory nforcement, of all }inds of Less as, Lew 25 well as “ox dink Lows sarod dn connec tion - went veeigaeion and orale c -——__ Collection Act. of 1992 (44 would. be « avail p would cor tainly ‘pave , they ‘cannot he vith “x8 oswala $22). Quoted | nerehth 4g tae this exer mee oth congeenss Led for ‘Lew ent rorcoment availaple py 200 ta ae yhendad to give Fe arlies Of ould ave *funectl7
2Released under the Joti | F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act ‘of 1992 (44 uUsC 2107 Ho DATE: 11-14-2017 os ne - . me] he re is also considerable reforence in the defendant's Nemoran= sl (din to, debate on the floor of the House. - “The quotations are ine a . one ryt ; complete, out of context xt, and ‘gonorally Azvenevant in vi Sad of the _text Of penption ©) (7). “the debate ie not. very helpful in’ ase cortaining legislative intent. - qe is true that song | nenbere ett > prefered ts ondt () (7) in its ontizety or ‘to amend it in, parts oe ax tay : ] _ However, they did: not prevail, te) (7) stayca Sy as 5 reported by ’ | “the Comittee and it Stayed in in its present testes the, ‘exemptichs - : . are earezully ‘arava nm in epecitic terms, aid the xo ia no > loose “ewe tion: for “eonsitive" g goverment infornation as such, - vag 5 hinted by defendant. “in ‘thi. regard, FBI files: are Like those of any other “agency. Mhothor 2 pertdoular 1 PBI file ta exempt ‘Exom eieclosure depends on vhether At fo116 within one of the nine pectic Oxeny it is "sen itivess ‘Porenthetically, wnat cou . ectogra phic analyses’ of bullets and bullet} fragnants. marie in: a fact. finding investigation in 1963? anna ~F Te -“speatog raphe an ralyses, Like other scientific pioces of evidence, are not, gar nsit tive a and should 1 never Be withhold. Te ppectogra phic a analysés can be withheld fron a de fondant in a ~~ erininal Casa, other scientific evden co, such as. autopsies and | fingerprints, could also ba withhold. hie would lesd to absurd : ° . ; ; bgt a i! Sp oes and patent ely ungaiz results... es 7 | hod re Mp CASS LAY The privary allusion : in defondant's quotation from Barenlonsta Shoes Corn, Vv. Compton en Be sump, S91) ds to ‘the : Doeld:32312876 Page 3
Tit Seassination Records Collection Act wt 1997 (44 USC 2107" Hetey™ ‘DATE: 11-14-2017 | . is — Jane, 19674 | a OF ens wom, 0.00 En addition, the House report: males “ht clear - " " that litigants are not te obtain Special benefits “> from this provision, stating that 9.1169 is not: intendad to give a private: party indirectly any earlier ox greater access to investigatory files. than he would hava directly in puch: iitigation ox proceeding, a -Report diy" 1 following sentences, fron Attorney ¢ Ga sneral Clark' oy Henorandun of - = the (sense. ‘that the Attox zney General « wag eps stking, the  "beiga would be Lee ‘Hoevay Oswald, _ The plaints in the present: cus N wanta no tearlior or gree ater neces" than would haye been granted) to Oswald, had. he ‘Vived. ‘to be tries? conversely, he “we ante | ex actly) the BawEe: right of &SCCes8 us “Oswald, And under doncksy oawade WOURG ‘nave » be: en entitled to the  spectoyrashtc analyses. 232 F _ supp. 540. Unfortunately, | Aote ndant omitted what is probaly: the most important parggvanh in the decigion,. the one - drmediately preceding the three cuoted; « the Court nist agrea that the doternainatd ion of tha Court in barcelonat ung, though not controlling (on this Court, In addition to the common sens neces— sity of prot: seting the dnvestiagary function and LE Om cedures of the Board, the. legislative history of the. Act itself mn e846 clear that the exemotion in question is’ not linited ‘solely to criminal bw enforcement but ‘yathex-ap plies: te law enforeewent activities of all- "natures." ne wT Roe oo Sa, uv n 2. ‘Conced dug, augtente, that. this ds , rus, pot! v Barcelonata ‘and Clermont are irrele evant’ in the presen nt ease vher @ there : is no Law enforce nents verininal or. otherwise, “Further, , there § is no “comaon sense | - ~~. L necoseity" | in protecting ociestitie: tests puch as. epoctographic oes a3, ‘conpared to protect! ng witness statements before the ° Pusolingly, eof endant goss ony "In the instant casa, sinde tha regords plaintice weeks havenot been nade pox ‘ of any record Darn TF Docld: 3231278275 Page 93
Released under the John F. Kennedy “Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotere DATE: 11-14-2017 oo So a a oo 7 Nt se a ; in any agency proceeding he may not: stain then fabgent, such us x thoy had boen part of any record in apy agency proceeding they would sutguatiently: be available. Also, the enalyses: wate pyt . are to intense use by Warren contesions (as ee “plained below, ‘they wer a Koy to the | Comnbenton' & ba nike concius ion of a "single, Jona os ‘the last case cited by the éefendant is Black ww " Shorato: Corp. 50 EF. RDe 130-133 © Dice 2970)4 | Again, the not red passages od are nde leading. In ‘the first place, the ase concerns - the breadth of Rule 26 of ‘the 3 Federal ‘ules of civil Procedure, and touches oi & US... 552 only in passing. Sscond, when Gomenting on 5 U.S.C 852, ‘the court: repeats. the Language | of the ‘Congreesional exenpticy aie i. Bee "investigatory: files. ¢ coupdled for law entores enon purposes: “except t6 the extont ‘available by ‘Law to a party other than. the agency." Third, ‘the following telling paagrdph in t the Court's opinioa was not quoted: ne a - ce oe he - As background for the: present motion,. the Court  glotes that the Undtcd States hag previously made available to the plaintiff copies of all cocunents - in the Pet files which contain infornatien fron | re tho. suyveillance, ~thesd include: (1) all legs of ne -, the surveillance, which axe the ectnal handwritten . Rotes of the agents who monitored the bugging ‘“@evices (2) all sincsary airtels prepared frem the. woe logs, which ara typ mitten’: wunmaries of ths infor- To mation in the loys; (3) cooles of all portions of . ,8oports which. contain. infomation obtained fron tha surveillance and (4) two m oranda from the ‘pirector of “the ‘PAL. €0. the Aitorfisy General advis the lntter of the information vhich Bad baen ‘opte "Ero the surveillance . a sing | ined ghus, there. is cortainty. no sanctity enveloping all PRT files | as: implica by defendant. In fact, to the extent that Black is rele- vant to the present-cese at aus i would appear. to weigh heavily in favor cf plaintifé.- what was “being held back hy the Court in Black wore certain additional trans ered conversations fren : an , DocId: 32312626 Page 10