l MW S5072 be BC@TOYW 107 Os: ce THEO ‘SS ABD conn Qa SOURCLS 10763 Informants should ince rn the Lo@dy of their statesents specific Gates an@ plucess pur af the meeting or activity being related; idartities o axzers and perrons present, plus their known status in any ¢g- °; specific activity ensaged in by each sents; a7 comments made by each individual, individual frre k informant should identst ty[h nis statement]by affixing his code namefimmediately under the last written line on each page] Any corrections, erasures, changes, or additions should te identified ty informant affixing ha “gode nane or the initials of his code name, Agents! names should never appear on any page. Informant should refer to hirself in the body of the statement by his true name and he should use the third person, Agent receiving written statement shovld not make any corrections, additions, deletions, etc., thereto, nor should he place any markings thereon, such aS his initials, date of receipt from informant, permanent symbol number of informant, file numbers, indexing symbols, eto, Do not block stamp or Serialize. Receipt a"? serialization should be recorded on form FN-306 or on a | -nnelizging memorandum which should contain the applic: ¢ items set forth on form FD~306. Extraneous material should be kept to an absolute minimun, Informants should leave out such items as: {2} Any reference concerning the Director and the Bureau bd) References to other documents and statements submitted by the informant (c) Obvious administrative material, such as operational instructions given by contacting Agent to informant These data sheuld be furnished orally by informant to con- tacting Agent who will record the information in memorandum form for the informant file, . Furnished orally by informant (1) Doeld: 32989525 Centacting Agent should promptly reduce informaticn to writing so that i4 will be accurately recorded as contemporaneously as possible with the making cf the oral statement by the informant . to the Agent, The following items furnished by infermant should be left cut: - 2} Any reference concerning the Directcr and the Bureau References te other documents and statements submitted by the informant (c) Obvious administrative material, such as operational instructions given by contacting Agent to’ informant These data should be recorded in memorandum form for the inform ant file, Prepare on paper devoid of any Bureau markings or identification. Date it at the top with the date the informant furnishes the information to the Agent. No cther date is desired except the date cf the meeting or activity which shall be set forth in the body of the statement, Separate statements should be prepared for each meeting or each separate activity in which infcrmants engage and should be dictated by the Agent as if the informant were preparing them himself, . The information, after being reduced to writing, should then ve read promptly by the informant and acknowledged »y him by affixing his code name on each page. In espionage and foreign nationality matters authentication by informants is necessary only where future prosecution is possibile. Page 1553 -
107G SECYION 107, ““SBCURITY INFORMANTS AND CONFIDEwWLIAL SOURCES (6) After informant authenticates his statement, contacting Agent should prepere a cover sheet, form FD-306, which should be stapled to it and thereafter the stabement should be handled as a written one in accordance with instructions set out in 2, a, (10), end (21), (7) Oral information furnished by informant purely of lead value should be incorporated in an office memorandum by the Agent and should not be initialed by the informant or exhibited to him or treated as evidence. 3. Transmission of information , a, Statements should be personally delivered to contacting Agent by informants whenever possible. Careful consideration should be Giveu to full security of all such personal contacts, bt. Yiey should never be mailed to field office or resident agency, ec, If they cannot be obtained personally by contacting Agent, obtain confidential post office boxes for their receipt. a. Gonfidential post office boxes should be obtained under fictitious names and not under names of persons who may be Listed in post office directory. e. More than one informant may send statements to a specific post office box, but consideration should be given to obtaining post office boxes in different post office stations to prevent suspicion on part of post office employees, f. Envelope enclosing statement should have return address of another confidential post office box obtained under a fictitious name in the Same manner as 4d, g. Statements should be collected.at post office boxes regularly, but time of pickup should be varied. Work out system of rotation whereby same Agent or Agents will not appear at same post office: box for any ex xtended period of time, h. When informant receives information of vital and immediate interest to Bureau, he should furnish it as promptly as possible to contacting Agent or office by most appropriate means of communication, Office should take any necessary action without delay. ° 4. Handling of lead information a. ALL lead information obtained from informant must be run out to a logical conclusion, ’ b. If there is only partial name of individual or meager dessriptin: data, and if there is sufficient data available to do so, file s° be opened and assigned to effect an identification and to take at necessary action, -c. If there is insufficient information to warrant opening case, a tickler card should be prepared to follow with the informant and take other logical steps in an effort to obtain additional identifying data concerning the individual, Tickler cards should be restricted to information which would warrant investigation if an identity is established, This will eliminate inconsequential items, but at the same time definite steps must be taken to run out affirmative informa tion, If no identification is made after reasonable effort, prepare memorandum for informant's subfile. If an identification is made, a file should be opened and any necessary action taken in connection |. . therewith. 5. Handling documentary material furnished by informants 2. Pamphiets and similar documentary material furnished by informants [ should have placed thereon the informant!s code name, b, Informant should affix date he received the material. If informant cannot recall date of receipt, the date he furnished material should be affixed. ; e¢. No additional markings of any kind, such as initials, date received, permanent symbol number of informant, file numbers, indexing symbols, etc., should be placed on documentary material by Agents or clerical personnel, : 12 . 6-13-61 NW 55072 Docld: 32989529 Page 1554
h. : , ° SECIrION 107. @ our: INFORMANTS AND CONFIDE AT SOURCES 4, Sudbfiles : a, A subfile is required on each informant who submits statements, written é 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. 5. Channelization ; Excerpts from the informantts statement are to be included 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 informant!s statement being channelized. Channelization should be noted on original FD-306 and on all copies under "Remarks, ‘ { °6. Channelizing memoranda — destruction of For instructions concerning the destruction of channeliging memoranda, . ft o- see Manual of Rules and Regulations. 7. 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 subject matter of the information, 8. Correspondence Correspondence submitted in security informant and potential security 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. 9, 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 wIhaintained and aesoribed in subsection K, ° b. Subfiles containing written statements may be maintained in the open files section, 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 and without the necessity ~ : of conducting extensive research, oy ., 10. Use of informant by Department — filing correspondence re From time to time, the Department expresses an interest in using 2 partic— ular informant for testifying when hé becomes availatlé as a witness, As a result, there will be correspondence showing this situation between the Bureau and the field. Place copies of all such correspondence in the informantfs file. Occasionally such correspondence may be volu- . - ® minous and apply to more than ene informant. In those cases, summarize the information concerning each particular informant and place the summary in the appropriate informant'ts chile. ll. Form FD-238 Form D~238 (printed on pink paper) has been approved for use in seoucity informant and potential seourity informant files, It is-to be used in the nature of a table of contents or as an index to show where in the file par tioular data can be found, This form is te be kept as the top ws, 17 - 4m 15—_6 3 } MWSS07S Doeld: 32959529 Page 1555
ma 107M ~ WN SECTION eo SECURITY INFORMANTS AND a SOURCES document in the pertinent informant file and is mot to be serialized, If a particular section of this form is not applicable, such should be fs noted thereon, If it later becomes applicable, the serial number can be f : noted at that time. { [212.1] 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 FPD-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. Pee nara 7 N. PAYMENTS TO INFORMANTS AND HANDLING MONEY RECEIVED 1. No gifts to informants a, Gifts should not be given to informants since such actions might be misconstrued, b. Relationship between Agents and informants shall be maintained on _ @ businesslike basis, c. Expenditures for gifts to informants will not be approved as blue : slip items. ; . : Jf &. Investigative employees must not approach, directly or indirectly, . representatives of companies, private industries, or insurance companies ! and request assistance regarding payments of “money, gifts, or products of such companies to informants. 2. SAC authority to pay informants @. In specific instances in which it is necessary and expedient to expend money te 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 a c.o.d. 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 authorizat..., regardless of the amount, this authority of the SAC may not be uri.ized, b. Individual who is paid on SAC authority should not be described in corréspondence as an informant or source who is being paid on a2 "regular basis” or on "Bureau authorization," c¢. 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... a. Prior Bureau authority must be obtained to make any additional payment to an individual who has received payments totaling $200, 3. Payments on continuing basis ~ Bureau authority a. To pay anyone on a continuing basis, obtain specific Bureau authors za~ - tion. b. In requesting this authorization, .a justification must be set forth containing the following items and using the subheadings shown, 2 Cin espionage and foreign nationality matters, use subheadings where applicable.) - _(1) Recommendation - . ‘Use following wording as nearly as possible: Se, . "E recommend that -authority be granted to vote . . continue (increase, decrease) payments to the above informant up to $ (amount) per__ (month, week) for services, plus up to S_ {amount) per (month, wees. =: for expenses actually incurred for a period of __ months, effective _(date).") 18 3-13-61 I NW 35072 Doold: 3259595259 Page 1556