107Q — S_ SECTION 107, ECURITY INFORMANTS AND comer Deas SOURCES -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 humself, 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, [16. Whenever contacting Agent feels a discontinued informant could cause embarrassment to the Bureau, arrangements should be made to have the former informant come to the field office where he will be personally met by the SAC, At that time, he should be impressed with the fact that his services were appreciated and were of considerable assistance to the security of the country and remind him that he signed an agreement when he was active as an informant to maintain his relation with the Bureau on a confidential basis. The SAC should stress the necessity for the informant to maintain this confidence. ] Mea Ae wm PURNISHING OF INFORMANTS TO IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (INS) 1. INS conducts investigations of alien communists as required under the Immigration Act of 10-16-18, as amended, INS, in order to enforce this statute, must obtain evidence to prove that certain aliens, due to ‘ their membership in certain groups, are undesirable and deportable or - subject to denaturalization.: | 2. Cooperate fully with INS in these cases and make efforts consistent with your own cases and interests ‘to make available information and witnesses where possible. 3. In this regard, if contacted by INS inquiring for informants and you have a discontinued informant or one who would be of assistance to INS 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 and advise as to whether or not his identity may be disclosed to INS. 5. Exercise care in recommending informants for disclosure to INS so that you will not find yourself without proper coverage, 6. Before any informant is turned over to INS, obtain informant!s permission, eres” S. CORRECTIVE ACTION ON FALSE INFORMATION Ll. 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 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 accordingly. 4,. All communications containing information from the informant which have been disseminated to Bureau, other Bureau offices, and to outside agencies must be corrected, 5. ITdentify the cases individually by title and character, together with dates of communications containing the information, 6. If information was used in reports, corrective letters should be crystal clear and refer to the specific report, page number, and change to be made, 7. ‘Amended pages should not be prepared unless so instructed by the Bureau in accordance with part II, section 4, of the Manual of Rules and Regulations; corrective action should be called to the attention of other Burean offices, outside agencies, and Bureau by letter, Noy? 26 NW 55072 Doold:32989529 Page 1509 1-16-61
- SECTION 107, Qpowsss INFORMANTS AND conn @ SOURCES © 1070 5. Listed below are all of the Bureau offices .and the dates semiannual letters should be submitted, This list is also applicable to the submission of semiannual letters on criminal informants,. Office Dates Albany January 15 and July 15 Albuquerque " " Anchorage " " Atlanta u " Baltimore January 31 and July 31 Birmingham " tt -Boston a nm Buffalo n " . Butte . February 15 and August 15 - - Charlotte | en rr a: - Chicago - ie ee al ~ Cincinnati . : a i" Cleveland February 28 and August 31 Dallas tt " Denver " ® Detroit " . * El’ Paso March 15 and September 15 Honolulu ; tt Lote Houston - .-. ee a . 0 7 we ' Indianapolis : - 0 an tt ~ af Jacksonville . it ft 4 Kansas City March 31 and September 30 y - Knoxville " " i L {Las Vegas " | " . Little Rock " " L Los angeles n "t * Louisville . April 15 and October 15 } Memphis " ® ; Mi ami R n Milwaukee " nm Minneapolis April 30 and October 31 Mobile 8 x Newark " nm New Haven " n New Orleans May 15 and November 15 New York tt " Norfolk " " Oklahoma City n " Omaha nt " Philadelphia May 31 and November 30 Phoenix " n Pittsburgh " " Portland tt tt Richmond tt a St. Louis June 15 and December 15 wv Salt Lake City " San Antonio " n San Diego n n San Francisco n " San Juan June 30 and December 31 Savannah n Seattle " " Springfield " " Tampa Washington, D. C, " " “eet 23 2~13-61 NW 55072 Doold: 32989529 Page 1510 7"
{LO7P ~ MW Sa072 P. SECTION or secon INFORMANTS [ AND we SOURCES] SIGNING OF LOYALTY OATHS, AFFIDAVITS, AND STATEMENTS 1. Every effort should be made to guide security informants away from situations requiring them to sign or fill out Loyalty oaths or forms. Inuformants should be cautioned to keep the contacting Agent fully advised of any situation wherein they might be required to sign such a form, . Advise Bureau promptly of all such situations which cannot be avoided, The Bureau will consider as a last resort advising another agency of the informant's relationship with the Bureau, together with pertinent facts concerning the informant's activity; however, such situations must be kept to a ininimum in view of the obvious dangers to the informant. Hach such situation must be carefully considered and Bureau is to be advised as promptly as possible, together with en appropriate recom mendation for proposed action, in no instance should you permit an informant to sign a loyalty oath in the negative, DISCONTINUZD INFORMANYS 1. 2. When the services of an informant are discontinued, mark the name card "cancelled," Destroy the symbol card. Never destroy the name card. Refile the name card in numerical order by symbol number in the symbol number index, The symbol numter shall not be subsequently reassigned to another informant. If a discontinued informant or a discontinued potential security informant or confidential source to whom a symbol number was once assigned later is reactivated, remove his name card from the symbol number index, mark it reactivated with appropriate date, note thereon type of information he will now be furnishing, and refile it alphabetically in the name card section of the index. When a potential security informant or confidential source is discon- tinued and a permanent symbol has not been assigned, destroy the alpha— betical index card. Advise the Bureau when a potential informant or informant is discontinued and the reason therefor, Advise the Bureau as to whether or not the informant is willing to testify in open court or before administrative hearing boards. The identity of all cases of security of Government employees type in which the informant has furnished information must be ascertained and the Bureau advised in compliance with section[69F, volume TIT, of this manual,] Review the informant's file to determine if any copies or summaries of correspondence between the Bureau and the field relating to the Depart— ment's interest in using the informant for testifying when he becomes available as a witness are contained therein, In those cases in which it is evident the Department has indicated a desire to consider the inform— ant further when he becomes available, advise the Bureau in each such substantive case, except in those cases in which it is obviscus the statute of limitations has run or the case has been adjudicated, This exception does not apply to security of Government employees cases. When all above action is completed, advise the Bureau, A statement shall also be made to the effect that the measures to con trol informants, set out in 8 below, have been considered and recommenda— tions shail be made when it appears that such are warranted, When the servives of an informant are discontinued, maintain close con- tact with him so that the informant will look to the Bureau for advice and counsel prior to taking any action which would be against the Bureau's best interests, When an informant is discontinued, determine whether he has plans for writing a book, magazine or newsp2per article, or other- wise publicizing his activity. If so, he should be impressed with the desirability of coming to the Bureau for assistance and guidance rather than making other arrangements, If an informant insists on engaging in 212-60 BDoeld: 32969529 Page i511 Neo “? veo”
Coon 0 ee oe ee ee [6. ll. SECTION 107. Weconzrs INFORMANTS AND conrro Ma 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 infcrmant 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 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 sopies of FD~306 as needed for dissemination and staple one copy to each ‘xy of the informant'!s statement being channelized, Channelization sl. .1d be noted on original FD-306 and on all copies under "Remarks," Channeliging memoranda — destruction of following submission of reports in security, cases For instructions concerning the destruction of channelizing memoranda in security cases following submission of reports, see volume III, section’ 87D, item 7g, of this manual.]_ 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. 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, Maintenance of files a, Ali 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 described in subsection K, b. Sudfiles containing written statements may be maintained in the open files section, provided there is no disclosure of the informant's identity on the statements, ec. 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, Use of informant by Department - filing correspondence re From time to time, the Department expresses an interest in using a partic-— vlar informant for testifying when he becomes available 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 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-238 (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 of 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 3-13-61 HW 55072 Doold: 32989529 Page 1512 at fee,
107M ~ N- . SECTION 107 orn INFORMANTS AND conn SOURCES dosument in the pertinent informant file and is not to be serialized, If a particular section of this form is not applicable, such should be noted thereon. If it later becomes applicable, the. serial number can be _--_ noted 4t that time. { [12.] 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 FD-306, In such a case, the original form FD~-306 or channelizging 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, 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 a businesslike basis. co. Expenditures for gifts to informants will not be approved as blue slip items. d. Investigative employees must not approach, directly or indirectly, representatives of companies, private industries, or insurance companies and request assistance regarivuing Payments” of money, gifts, or products of such companies to informants. -..-: : 2. 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 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 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, c¢. The blue slip reclaiming any of these sayments 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 authoriza~ tion, b. In requesting this authorization, a 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 (Use following wording as nearly as possible: "Il 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 inourred for a period | of months, effective _(date).")- 18 3-13-61 NW 35072 Doold: 32999529 Page 1513 ye seen ae
107P -~ & P, Nw 55072 SECTION 107, , INFORMANTS AND consi are SOURCES SIGNING OF LOYALTY OATHS , AFFIDAVITS, AND STATEMENTS 1. Every effort should be made to guide security informants away from Situations requiring them to sign or fill out loyalty oaths or forms. Informants should be cautioned to keep the contacting Agent fully advised of any situation wherein they might be required to sign such a form. Advise Bureau promptly of all such situations which cannot be avoided, The Bureau will consider as a last resort advising another agency of the informant's relationship with the Bureau, together with pertinent facts concerning the informant's activity; however, such situations must be kept to a minimum in view of the obvious dangers to the informant. Each such situation must be carefully considered and Bureau is to be advised .as promptly as possible, together with an appropriate recom— mendation for proposed action. In no instance should you permit an informant to sign a loyalty oath in the negative, DISCONTINUSD INFORMANTS i. 2. Doeld: 32989529 Page 1515 When-the services of an informant are discontinued, mark the name card "cancelled." Destroy the symbol card. Never destroy the name card. Refile the name card in numerical order by symbol number in the symbol number index. If a discontinued informant or a discontinued potential security informant or confidential source to whom a symbol number was once assigned later is reactivated, remove his name card from the symbol number index, mark it reactivated with appropriate date, note thereon type of information he will now be furnishing, and refile it alphabetically in the name card section of the index. . When a potential security informant or confidential source is discon-— tinved and a permanent symbol has not been assigned, destroy the alpha-— petical index card, . Advise the Bureau when a potential informant or informant is discontinued and the reason therefor. Advise the Bureau as to whether or not the informant is willing to testify in open court or before administrative hearing boards. The identity of all cases of security of Government employees type in which the informant has furnished information must be ascertained and the Bureau advised in compliance with section 69F, volume III, of this manual. Review the informant's file to determine if any copies or summaries of correspondence between the Bureau and the field relating to the Depart— ment's interest in using the informant for testifying when he becomes available as a witness are contained therein, In those casesin which it is evident the Department has indicated a desire to consider the inform— ant further when he becomes available, advise the Bureau_in each such substantive case, except in those cases in which it is obvious the statute of limitations has run or the case has been adjudicated, This exception does not apply to security of Government employees cases, When all above action is completed, advise the Bureau, A statement shall also be made to the effect that the measures to con- trol informants, set out in 8 below, have been considered and recommenda— tions shall be made when it appears that such are warranted, When the services of an informant are discontinued, maintain close con- tact with him so that the informant will look to the Bureau for advice and counsel prior to taking any action which would be against the Bureau's best interests, When an informant is discontinued, determine whether he has plans for writing a book, magazine or newspaper article, or other-— wise publicizing his activity. If so, he should be impressed with the desirability of coming to the Bureau for assistance and guidance rather ‘than making other arrangements, If an informant insists on engaging in 24 S~12-61.
SEOTION 107. Qo NF i : FIDE LO7N Residence and employment (rf no change since last justification Letter, merely state "no change.") Current membership in subversive organizations Summary of information furnished and/or services rendered during pertinent period Amount paid for services and expenses by month (Initial justification letter should set forth amount, if any, ever paid under SAC authority.) Type and number of meetings attended and other activity Number of written and oral statements submitted (List separately.) Information furnished of unusual value Approximate number of persons on whom informant furnished coverage and their importance [Steps being taken to advance informant] Stability and reliability . (Set forth personal weaknesses, domestic difficulties, indications. of untrustworthiness or unreliability, or other similar problems presented by informant, and steps being taken to prevent any such Situations from later becoming source of embarrassment to the Bureau. ) Indoctrination against disclosure (State whether every opportunity has been taken to properly indoct:"~ate informant against making any disclosure of his relati.  ilp with Bureau through any media, )- AlL ne "wary action taken on information furnished Miscell: ..ous {Any other matters concerning informant's operation which should be brought to Bureau's attention) (Where applicable, substitute potential informant, confidential source, panel source, or source of information for the word "informant.") . _ ¢G, When payment to an informant has been authorized for a definite ‘ : period of time, advise the Bureau at least two weeks in advance of the expiration of the period for which payment has been authorized as to whether the services of the informant are to be continued, a. Every four months a letter of justification should be submitted to the Bureau requesting continuation of payments. Follow form in subsection 3b. e. Letters requesting authority to continue (inorease, decrease) payments to an informant should be submitted in duplicate except that the copy should consist only of the first page of the letter. When payments as requested by the field are approved, the single-—page copy will be stamped "Approved" at the Bureau and returned. If the recommendation is not approved, correspondence will be prepared and transmitted to the field. £. In order for this system to function properly, payment letters must be explicit. g. When payments are authorized by the Bureau, it is the personal responsi- bility of -each SAC definitely to assure himself that full value is being received. > h. Discontinuance of payments If at any time it appears the information being produced by the informant is not commensurate with the payments being made to him, ~ the payments should be immediately discontinued or adjusted accordingly and the Bureau promptly advised. i. Extraordinary expenses In connection with the operation of paid informants, if any extraor— dinary expenses are anticipated for which approval has not been given, obtain specific Bureau authority. 19 5—12-61 NW 35072 Doold: 32999529 Page 1516
SECTION "o INFORMANTS AND an i SOURCES 4. Four-month evaluation of informants not peid on Bureau authority If the informant is not being paid on Bureau authorization, a communi~ cation must be transmitted to the Bureau every four months after the date of designation containing the same information set out above in ) subsection 3b except those items concerning payments, Recommendation [ of SAC regarding continuance of informant should also be set forth(UACB.] In espionage and foreign nationality cases comment is necessary regarding only those applicable items in subsection 3b. - 5.° Receipts . When payments are made to anyone for information or assistance on security matters, either on the SACfs authority or on prior Bureau approval, receipts must be obtained in every instance in which it is possible to do so. a. Receipts shonld be of such a nature that they will be self-sufficient so that, if it becomes necessary to introduce the receipts in evidence during the course of a trial, the receipts will not relate to other documents or files. ; b. Receipts shovld clearly show: , iB Date on which payment was made 2 Period for which mede when informant is paid on a period basis 3 Total amount paid broken down into separate amounts for services or expenses where these items are pertinent {3} Name of Agent making payment 5 Signature of person receiving the money c. When transmitting receipts and itemized statements of expenses to the Bureau, they should be stapled directly to the blue slip, leaving a margin-of at least one inch to one and one-half inches at the top to avoid contact with the Acco fastener punch. The staples should be t placed in such a2 manner that the date or other data appearing on the receipt will not be mutilated and all information on the receipt can be easily read without detaching it from the blue slip. Care must be taken that receipts are of such a nature that they clearly show payment of money and do not refer to any other documentary material contained in Bufiles. 6. Income tax returns : a, Informants who receive compensation for their services to the Bureau should be advised that such compensation must be reported as income when filing an income tax return, b. Since all informants are considered independent soontractors, the inoome they receive from the Bureau is self-employment income but, since the Bureau does not consider their activity as the carrying on of a trade or business, they may consider dispensing with the filing of a schedule GC as part of form 1040 if they so desire. ec. The informantfs own personal situation, however, should be taken into consideration as he may receive income from other sources as an inde— pendent contractor which would require the deduction of self-employ~ ment tax, regardless of any Bureau income he may receive, ad. In considering the filing of a tax on self-—employment income, such a return is based upon net earnings from self-employment of $400 or more, If an informant receives less than $400 from the Bureau and has no other self~employment income, this money in any event is not subject to the self-employment tax. If the informant re- ceives $4800 or more from outside employment subject to Social Security tax, again the self-employment tax requirements do not apply. e. Bureau income should be set forth under item 10 on page one of the - Federal income tax return, form 1040, as "Other Income" and explained ee under schedule H(3) on page three of the return as income received from other sources for personal services rendered through a private enterprise or similar general term applicable to informant!s position and station in life, oer 20 5~12-61 [pce tele ae ey NW 55072 Docld: 32909529 Page 1517
_ He i i Tt. [ ~ t [ [ ) MW Sa072 * SECTION 107. Qu INFORMANTS AND CONFIDENT SOURCES 107G —~ TI d@, All suoh material’ should be transmitted in the same manner as statements furnished by informant. e. Receipt of such material should be recorded on form FD-306 or on a channelizing memorandum containing all applicable items set forth on form FD~306. See section 107M for filing instructions. PASSING INFORMATION IN DOUBLE AGENT OPERATIONS 1. Carefully handle and create basis for acquisition a. <In double agent operations information requested by the principals is frequently passed either to build up a double agent's stature or as evidence of espionage activity. b. Each case must be carefully evaluated to make certain that a net gain ascrues to the U. S, c. The information which is passed should be carefully handled and appropriate explanations created for its acquisition by the double agent to avoid his compromise. 2. Locating information to pass Wherever possible the field office handling the double agent should Locate appropriate information to be passed; however, the Bureau can assist in fulfilling requests for information in possession of Government agencies, 3. Obtaining Bureau authority Bureau authority must be obtained to pass any information in a double agent operation except: a.. Newspaper articles b. Magazine articles . c. Pamphlets, brochures, etc., prepared by a private company or corporation for distribution or gale to the public. (This does not include highly technical pamphlets, even if unclassified, which are prepared for limited use by engineering staffs and not intended for release to the public.) 4, Retention of copies of passed material ; a. ‘rue copies should be retained by the office of origin of any documents or material related to the national defense which is passed in double agent operations, b. Such'material should be appropriately identified by the double agent, c. Bureau Agents should not place identifying data on such material but should preserve any notes made by them in connection with the passage of such material, a, Similar action should be taken with regard to any material which is passed which is considered evidentiary although not clearly related to the national defense., e. It is not necessary to retain copies of build~up material obviously | not evidentiary in nature where there is assurance that copies can be obtained at a later date from the Government agency or private concern having custody. SYMBOLS 1. Assigning numbers &@. All informants should be designated by a permanent symbol number of which the Bureau must be advised. [Once a symbol number is assigned, it must not subsequently be reassigned to another informant, ] b. Potential security informants and confidential sources whose ids mA must be protected may be assigned permanent symbol numbers if they 3 producing svfficient information to warrant the use of such designations. ec. Individuals to whom permanent symbols assigned are not to be advised : of such symbols, ad. An additional cover name Should be used by informant in signing his statements and in communications between the informant and the field office. e. Bureau should be advised of this cover name in addition to the per- manent symbol. 13 9-12-61 BDoeld: 32969529 Page 1516 pene,