1077 -cousider subject SECTICY 107 SECURITY INFORMANTS AND CON: wp @u 5 Bs isation Tf confidential source is to be used for assistance in security Anvestigations, secure Bureau approval, and background Ga7a must be furnished to the Bureou of the same type which is ree-. ed for potential security ircormants. Except in espionage and foreign nationality masters in» -ch the frequency of contact is dependent upon circumstances of <1: individual case, confidential sources on whom pending files are maintcined should aiso be contacvas at least once every two weeks in the same manner . man tthe me SET LS, with confidential sources who have 2s security i Records of comtsoc’ may be posted, pending files Contacts with con!. .srtial. sources shonld only be made by the Agent -or Agents specifically designzt-' for that purpose. The Letver to the Bureau reques Ling authority to use a subject as a confidential source is to-set ont 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 Details of the expeoted cooperation of captioned individual as a confidential source, together with the results of any interviews conducted with him A statement to the effect subject is being considered a’ con 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, if he is connected with a lebor union he will be advised of Bureau policy on labor matters, One of the required copies of the letter reques ting 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 be returned to the field indicating that authority is granted to as a confidential source... Letters requesting such authority are not to be transmitted to the Bureav until subject is sufficiently cooperative and all necessary background informatien obtained, : security confidential sources ~ certification of. stability and payments Be Gifts Every{six]months a letter of ju tification should. be. submitted to the Bureau requesting continvatien of payments to security confident sources. See 107N, item’ 3b, for form of letter. If the security source is not being paid on Bureau authorization or if he is not an em:loyee of a foreign diplomatic establishment or an international organization and is being used regularly, the Agent handling the source must dictate a memorandum to the SAC the file containing the same certification as to stability and reliability as required by payment Letters. for if the. security confidential ‘source is: employed . “by: a foreign diplo- - matic establishment (embassy, ‘consulate, United Nations Mission, etc.) or by an international organization (United Nations Secre- tariat, Organization of American States,. International Monetary Fund, see), a letter of justification should be submitted to the Bureau every[six]months. See 1O7N, item 3b, for form of letter. Gifts should not be given to sources since such actions might be misconstrued, Discontinuance Advise Bureau of the date when confidential and NW 55072 Docld: 32989525 source is discontinued, the reasons therefor, 28 9-13~68 i Page 1620 and: arn,
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Sf e nN . Bo 4. 6b. a SECT. N 107. grees INFORMANTS AND CONPID iggy Al SOURCES , an GUENG OF ELGLALTY CATHS, AFFIDAVITS, AND STPATEME.ITS Every effort should be made to guide security informants away from situations requiring thei 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 reauired to sign such a forr.. - Advise Bureau promptly of all such situations which cannot be avoided. The Bureau will consider as a last resort advising another agency of the informans's relationship with the Bureau, together with pertinent . facts concerni: £ the informant's activity; however, such situations must be kept to a minimum in view of the obvious dangers to the jiuformant. Each such situation must be carefully considered and Bureau is to he advised as promptly as possible, together with an appropriate recom~ nmendatian for proposed action, In no instance should you permit an informant to sign a loyalty oath in the negative. Ca’ DISCONLSTNUSD INFORMANTS 1. 2. When the services of an informant are discontinued, mark the name card "cancelled." Destroy the symbol card. Never destroy the name card. Rofile the mame card in numerical order by symbol number in the symbol ntiaber 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, noté 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 sisigned, destroy the alpha- betical index card, Advise the Bureaufof the date]when a potentin ,. informant or informant is Giscontinued 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 IIT, of this Manwad ¢ Review the informant's file “to determine if any copies or sumuaries of correspondence between the Bureau and the field relating to the Depart— mentis 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 inforn-— 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 zction is completed, advise the Bureanv. 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— Sions shall be. made wher it ’appears that.such are warraated. | When the services of an informant are discontinued, maintain close con— vact with him so that the informant will look to the Bureau Tor advice aud counsel prior.to taking auy action which would be ’:gainst 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 4-13-64 HW S5072 Docld: 32989525 Page 1622
sECTLON 107- , INFORMANTS AND CONFIDEIMMAL SOURCES LO7N .4 Cae oO . ra When an informant er former informant is initially considered as a potential witness in a Bureau case, determine waether he paid \ Federal and state taxes on the income he received from the Bureau for his services. If such taxes have not been paid, “obtain all pertinent details and promptly submit recommendations for handling the situation, 7. stipulation re payments made to witnesses = a. In trials in which informants, fermer informants, or other persons who wer; paid sums of moncry are prospective witnesses, the Tureau must furcish the Department a set of photostats of the crisginal reecipts sig’ :d by the prospective witnesses, The orifgiral receipts and a set of rtotostats will be transmitted ts the field office in whese territory the trial will teke plac . The office handling prosecution ‘must determine from the Governmen? attorney which individuels are to be used as witnesses. Thervafter the office should furnish and/or cause other appropriate offices to furnish to the Bureau the follow ang information: 1 The correct, full name 2 All aliases, cco names, and symbol numbers 3 fhe first date af contact by your office 4 Tf first contac’ was prior tao September, 1944, the names of all SAs, SACs, and ASACs who contacted and may have made payments (5) A tabulation of all payments, broken down as to ‘the amount’ appli+ cable to services and the amount applicable to expenses. Although tabulations are not furnished to the Department, those prepared by your office will be reconciled with Bureau records. (6) “A listing of any advances, refunds, and outstanding halances of advances ; ; 13} The date of last contact by your office is) Whether the individual has been contacted by any other office bo Each individual and each item of information must be accounted for, If no contact was made with a particular individual, the Bureau must be so advised, ’ co Where an informant has previously been used and a tabulation of pay ments was prepared, information for items (5) through (%) need be given only from the date of the last trial from which the iné@dividual’ was , used, ad, The above information should be submitted separate and apart from . correspondence setting forth derogatory information, and should be addressed to the attention of the Administrative Division, Voucher . Unit, Interdivisional correspondence should be addressed to the . Bureau with copies designated for the interested offices, 8, Receipt of unemployment compensation - ae At times security informants and/or sources temporarily lose their jobs with private industry due to strikes, economic conditions, or similar circumstances, As a result they become eligible for unemployment “compensation, Where unemployment regulations require listing of all sources of income as a prerequisite for obtaining unemployment compensation and security informants and/or sources who : : the time are being paid by the Bureau for services rendered fail - . .omply,--.'" the situation is “potentially embarrassing, The Bureau tobe placed in the position of condoning a violation of the «-. * lew on the part of any informant or source. ‘Each field office ... | determine from state unemployment compensation officials effect of scemployment | compensation laws on paid informants and/or sources, Depending on local requirements, informants’ and sources must be alerted accordingly. ae ay 21 - 9-18-64 . MW 55072 Doocld: 32989529 Page 1623 7
OTN ~ 0 § LCTION mm SECURITY INFORMANTS AND eo SOURCES - Gb. Whinever a paid isformant and/or source beccmes unemployed or has krowledge of impending uremployment, discuss all facts with him and s ad e submit observations and recommendations to Bureau. Unles to the contzary by the Bureau, follow recommended action, Each oftice 11st assuig the responsibility of guarding against informant's acceptiv ; a Bureau payment that would conflict with unemployment - compens: vion laws. At the same time, weigh seriously-the possible need for an informant to apply and accept “anemployment compensation to protect his security. Fellow members of the pertinent subversive orien isvation may be aware of his unemployment status and would expect hiv to apply. Where a state requires notification of Bureau payments to *taformants that would necessitate disclosure of their identity, the Bureau payments should be discontinued during the period they recelre unemploy.ant compensation benefits, GS, Hemdlaug woney ang property reocived by double agents a2, Double agents must turn over to the Burean any money or property received from their principals in conneotion with the double agent intelligence operation, This shovld be made clear to the double agen’ at the inception of the operation (consider obtaining a signed staternt to this effect), Exceptions to this rule must be specifi cally «pproved by the Bureau. Entirely separate arrangements must be made for payments to double agents for services rendered to the ty a < | ok 7) aw on Buregt, be Any mriey or property receiv-i by a double agent from his principal. repres-nts possible future --‘Ldence and the double agent should execute a statement descritiig the money received by type of currency, denomination, series of issue, and serial number and appropriat tely -G@escribing any other property received, -This statement should be- signed by the double agent's code name. - Co Money ox property received from double agents should be retained as evidence in accordance with section 3, part II, Manual of Rules and : Regulations, ad, Bureau Agents receiving uch money or property from double. agents should make independent records for retention for purposes of refresh— ing recollection in the event testimony is later necessary, . " [O. [ANNUAL] LETTER f f[Annualj letter should be submitted to the Bureau by each office as follows: 1. List the. symbol minbers of all security informants. and con’ “idential sources being paid under Bureau authority (not SAC authors ty) for: services or expenses. If the. confidential source has no symbol - number, list his’ name. . . 2. Also list the symbol numbers of all security informant 3 ‘not paid under Bureau authority. 3. Set forth any comments concerning the present status of the informant : coverage of the office, together with information concer: .ng what actions are being taken to improve the security informant coverage. [. 4. As a separate section of the[annua 2L]letier,. list uader "Headquar ters . City" and each resident agency all subversive organizations broken down  -. ~ into each division and unit thereof, such. as clubs, committees, and. ; , chapters, . _ oe! Te Under each unit the approximate membership, together with the symbol numbers ‘and positions of security informants affording coverage, should ° be set out. Where no informant coverage exists or where. coverage ise - provided by informants or sources who axe’ uot members, such factors should be shown relative to each unit. { {Annuallletters may include any additional pertinent information re informant coverage that may be helpful in overall evaluation, such as informants in other divisions who are occasionally utilized and highly placed informants who furnish area-wide, national, or international information. - 22 - NW 55072 Docld: 32999529 Page 1624
SECTION 0@ SECURITY INPORMARSS AND cet @ ris. SOURCES . 107N jas jo Revidente au (~l no change since last justification Lever, merely state "no change.") . ti Cuccant membership and pos. ion held in subversive arganizations ‘ Su. uopry of information furrished and/or services rendered during pertinent peciod. [Information and/or services available only from the informant must be specifically identified (if there is vone, a statemenh to that effect should be set out. )] (5) . Amount paid for services ard expenses by month (Initial justification lettor shonl2 set forth amount, if any, ever paid under SfC author ¥ Type and number of uectings a Number of written and oral. st (bist separately.) Information furnished of unusual value Approximate numbe. of persons on whom informant furnished coverage and their importaace Steps being taken to advance informant Stability and reliability - (Set forth personal weaknesses, domestic difficulties, indications of untrustworthiness or unreliability, or other simil problems presented by informant, and steps being taken to prev...6 any such situations from later becoming source of embarrassment to the Bureau. } . (12) Indoctrination against disclosure (State whether every opportunity has been taken to- properly indoctrinate informant against makinz any disclosure of his relationship with Bureau through “an “media. ) (23 _.AlL necessary action taken on information furnished | 14 Miscellaneous (Any other matters concerning informant's operation which should be brought to Bureauts attention) oe x a Is Te pod Qo he H ra ei ct ~~ + PS cy meas rd % % ~~ ttended and other activity atements submitted Ree eee PO Of NO et ee eet (Where applicable, substitute potential informant, confidential source, panel source, or source of information for the word Ninformant.")} ( c, When payment *> an informant has been authorized for a definite period of tim, 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. [ ad. Every[six]Jmonths a letter of justification should be sukmi~ sed to the Bureau requesting continuation of payments. Follow fo : in . subsection 3b. e. Letters requesting authority to continue (increase, decor a) payments to an informant should be submitted in duplicate except t. . the copy should consist only of the first page of the letter, nen payments as requested by the field are approved; the sin, dage copy will be stamped "Approved" at the Bureau and returne. If the recommendation is not approved, correspondence will be pra, .réé and trazsmitted to the field, f. In order for this system to Function properly, . ‘Payment. letters niat be explicit. a ‘g. When payments are authorized by the Bureau; it is’ the " personal re sponsi~ pility of each SAC definitely to egsure himself that full value ic 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 infcrmants, if any extraor— dinery expenses are anticipated for which approval has not been given, obtain specific Bureau authority. 19 9~-13~68 NW 55072 Doold: 32989529 Page 1625
LO7N SECTFOU a ie SECURITY INFORMANTS AND oer" SOURCES . t 4, [Siseronthlevaluation of infeormants not naid on Bureau authority El the an ormant is not being paid on Burean authorization, a communi - [ ‘oxution must be transmitted to the Bureau every[six]months after the ~ date of. dasignation containing the same information set out above in subrcet oa 3b except those items concerning payments. Recommendation of OC «garding or nee snce of informant should also be set fcrth UACE, nm ° plonadge and Je-eign nationality cases comment is necessary regarding o-’.. Shose applic.5le items in subsection 3b. 5. Ro: u.awts Wir. . .ayments are made to anyone for information or assistance on security mati vs, either on the SAC's authority or on prior Bureau approval, receipts must be obtained in every instan:e in which it is possible to do so. If a. receipt cannot be obtained for «a particular payment, complete circumstances should be set fortn on the blue slin at the time veiuburs enent is claimed. a. Receipts should be of such e nature that they will bs 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 should clearly show: “{1) ‘Date on which payment was made ; 2) Period for which made 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} Rame of Agent making payment: 5 Signature of person receiving the money c. Receipts are not to be witnessed by another Agent. a. If necessary to make corrections on the receipts, such corrections must be initialed by the informant and not by the Agent. e. When transmitting receipts and itemized statements of expenses to the- Bureau, they shovld 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 v'th the Acco fastener punch. The staples should be Placed in such . manner that the @.v.e or other data appearing on the receipt will ne: 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 contaix.ed in Bufiles. 6. Income tas returns : a. Informants who receive: compensation for their services to-the Burean should be advised that such compensation must be reported as income when filing an income tax return, ” b. Bureav income should be set forth on the Federal income. tax return, form 1040, as income received from other sources for personal services rendered through a private enterprivse or similar general term applicable to informant's position and station in life. ce. If the informant is self-employed and files a schedule C as a self~ employed individual, it may be possible to include his Bureau income with his self-omployed income fre. other sources: Without revealing | . connection with the Bureau, d. Effective 1-1- ~65, in those instances in which the. informant cannot report payments Peceived ‘from the Bureau for services without jeop- ardising his security as an informant, such payments will be subject fo a 20 per cent withholding tax, There are four categories of circumstances in which taxes will not be withheld, Taxes are not ta be withheld from payments made (1) to other than security informants and sources, (2). for reimbursement of expenses, (3) under SAC authority, or (4) to informants who have been able to report Bureau income on their Federal tax returns without jeopardizing their security or without challenge from the Internal Revenue Service, - Fach office. has detailed instructions and exhibits concerning the procedure to be followed in the handling and control of money withheld. 20 9-13-68 NW 35072 Doold: 3259595259 Page 1626
onsidered for use in espionage and Foreign nationzlity Ss Otes.4t soeciol problems which Limit or govern the scope investigation, (See instructions re timtact cases and rere section 105K, 6b and 6h, volume IV, +“ this manual.) Erevexar, where practicel the above items should be. ered. ~ 9. Leeds to ebtain background data must be handled by © .iliary offices . within 30 Gays. 10. Invectigation as outlined above must be completed prior to any request to - guide, direct, or desigrate an individual as a potertial security informant, D. APPILOVAL, INDOCTRINATION, DaVELOPMENY, AND CO7TROL OF VOWRRTIAT SECURTIY 1. When background information .vbained us described undor subsection C, trunsmit results to Bureau 1. tbe sane numerical sequence as set out in subsection C, and request -uthority to dvsignate individual as a Bureau~ approved potential security xnformanit and to proceed with his development. Do not submit on a UACB basis. Include a physical description. [ [2-3 After designation as a Bureau-approved potential security informant, the a following matters should be made clear to him: . . a. His assistance is strictly voluntary and he is to understand that there is no coercion or intimidation involved. Db. He is not and cannot.consider himself a Bureau employee, or "undercover Agent" of the FBI. In this regard, the seriousness of violating the impersonation statutes must be impressed wpon him. . ¢. His cooperation must be strictly cerfidential at all times and if he should feel he cannot maintain t).* confidence, he should so advise. There. should be no doubt left in -..> mind of the informant that bis relationship must remain on a con.:2ential basis and if he violates the confidence he will be of no value znd by so doing the Bureau's investiga— tive activity may be jeopardized. If he has 2 special problem which would require revealing his assistance to his wife or other pertinent indiv>2u:k, this should be ascertained and an appropriate recommendation made to an Bureau. The special circumstances will be taken into consideration b, Buréauv and you will be advised accordingly. If the potential informant is connected in any manner with a labor union, inform him that the Bureau is not interested in employer-er:loyee relationships as’ such and is only concerned with obtaining “nformetion on the infiltration of labor unions by subversive elemens” e. If the potential informant is a studer', teacher, or has - similar relations with a scheol, college, or i...versity, in the ia. ial interview and subsequent handiing, be sure to foliow current instruciions con-— cerning investigations on the campuses o. colleges and universities.: [3.] Do not interview female potentials in their on homes or apartments unless i ' necessary and all such interviews in their re.idences should be conducted by two Agents after specific approval of the saperior in the field office responsible for development of informants. This instruction is not applicable where active investigation has established that the potential informant is of good character, there is no indication of affiliation with subversive groups,.and there will be no embarrassment to the Bureau. ‘ oo, . . . [ [4, ]-5xcept in espionage and foreign nationality matters where contact is '. . Maintained on a periodic basis dependent on the circumstances of the case, povential infurnants should be contacted personally at least once every two weeks in the same manner as informants. st [ {[5.] Advise Bureau of progress being made at least every{six]months, Letters concerning potential informants who are not being paid on Bureau authorization should be submitted on a UACB basis, shovl& contain ° - [ informative summary of information furnished during past[six]months, and must include certifications regarding potential -informant's stability and reliability and his indoctrination against disclosure. These letters ¢hould follow the form indicated under section 107N, 3b, but should omit item (5) concerning payments and reword item (1) to omit reference to any payment recommendation, ‘ sé fu . Fae} apheresis opp See TARR WAAR OY BT Te irra a TET ' Lt Anon Fa ROS \ 9-13-68 ( nw 55072 Doocld:32999525 Page 1627
| MW 55072 [ ti [92 J £10. J SUOTT OY "ee INFORMANTS, AND CO ~e SOURCES . ° Fost records of contacts with potential informants 30 that the cases wiil not become delinquent. Durtag contacts with potential informa. :., if i¢ develops individual . dass not have the necessary capabiliti . discontinue efforts. { During initial stages of development a: on occasion active informants mey raise c personal question concerning their own position if it becomes kzu.own publicly that they are affiliated with a subversive organization. In the event a potential informant or informant inquires as to what can be done for him in such a case, ‘2 may be told that - his cooperation is a matter of record in the F “ and if some question arises concerning his loyalty we will consider -:king the facts of his = cvoperation with the FR known to his employer .r to the responsi ole individuals. It should be pointed out that this action may make it inpossible for him to continae on beralf of ths FBI and the service which he is pexforming for his country may be terminated. Before taking steps to advise anyone of a potential informant's or informant's cooperation, prior Bureau authority must be obtained. From the first interview with a potential informant through his develop- ment and until he is discontinued, extreme caution should be tsed at all times to be certain he is not a plant. When potential informant begins to furnish current information and otherwise qualifies for designation as informant, assign permanent symbol number and advise Burean, This communicatic~ must be personally initialed by SAC or ASAC acting in his absence; ir: -‘idual's background must also be thoroughly reviewed at this time, kee, 28 in mind possibility of using infozrsant as a witness. If individual has any weaknesses, set forth safeguards being followed to insure security and to prevent embarrassment to Bureau. - BUREAU POLICY i. 2e Development of military perscanel Do not develop informants among military personnel on military reserva— tions, establishments, etc., unless specifically approved by the Bureau. Contacts by designated Agents Contacts with an informant or potential informant shoyld only be made by. the Agent or Agents specifically designated to contact him. . Divulging information to informant - . No information should be divulged to a potential informant or an informant concerning any of the Bureauts investigative activity other than that which is essential to his proper operation. - 9-13-68 BDoeld: 32969529 Page 1626