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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)*

TRANSMIT VIA:

I Teletype

7 Facsimile

[x-Airtel

F B1

PRECEDENCE:

Immediate

Priority

Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

• TOP SECRET

• SECRET

I CONFIDENTIAL

I UNCLAS EF TO

7 UNCLAS

Date 10/6/78

TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI

(62-117290)

(ATTENTION:

CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT,

RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION)

FROM:

SAC, WFO (62-10995)

HOUSE SELECE COMMITTEEL ON

ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

"RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION

(RUC)

ReButelcal 9/27/78.

Enclosed for Bureau is original and three (3)

copies of LHM reporting interview of SA JOHN J. MCBREEN

by HSCA Staff Counsel.

248892.

протастке

REC-2

10-18-7

(2-Bureau (Enc. 4)

ENCLOSURE

1-WFO (Enc. 1).

JJM: kph

(3)

TAA610-11-78

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In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

"UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Washington, D.C.

2.0535

October 6, 1978

HOUSE SELECT COLMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS (USCA)

on September 27, 1978, SA John T. Aldhizer III,

congressional Inguiry unit, lellie, tolephonically advisec

that the llouse Aosassinations Cormittee desired to interview

Srecial Agent (SA) John J. McBreen, Washington Field

office

as soon as possible regarding investigative leads

covered by SA McBreen äuring the MUPKIN investigation

while assigned to the Miami Division.

On September: 28, 1978, lock A. Speiser, Staft

Counsel, Touso Assassination Corrittse, House Puilding

Annez 12, Vachington, D.C. (VDC), interviewed FA IcBreer.

ISter. furnishing bockeround irforratior such as name,

date of birth, hore aidress, etc., Ipeiner irquired

to the

length

of assignent in lioni enc type classifications

worked. It was pointed out to spoiser that although

he was

assigned to the Accounting Squad, SM. Mcbreen worked

exclusivoly Civil Richts Mattors, particularly "police

brutality" type violations. Liter discussing these ratters

briofly, freiser displayed

& photocopy of a Miari telctype

beering

the iritials CM.

The teletype refortod & contact

with e vI. Summerficla (ph.), who,

according to speiser,

a former Bureau and local police aupartrent informent,

now decoased. SA licErcen disclained any knowledge of

the telctype mossage enc further identified his lureau

initials is JJM.

with this disclosure, the irtorview

was terminated.

245882

2119186

This cocurent contains neither

recormendationg nor conclusions

of the FBI. It is the property

of the FTI, and is loaned to

your agenoy; it and its contents

are not to be distributed outside

your agency.

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EDERAL GOVERNHENT

The Assistant Attorncy General

Criminal Division

Attention: Ix. Robert Keuch

Director, fbI

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

1 - Mr. Long - Enc.

1

- Mr. Foster - Enc.

1 - Mr. Mintz - Enc.

October 18, 1978

2 - Mr. Coulson - Enc.

1 - Mx. Heller - Enc.

In accordance with Attorney General Order

116-56, this memorandun advises that Special Agent

John d. heireen of the washington Field Oftice was

interviewed September 28, 1978.

A Renorandun set-

cing forth Mr. McBreen's account of this interview

is enclosed for your infornation.

Enclosure

1 - Personnel file - John J. MeBreen - Enclosure

24589>

2/19180

Артастке

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm.

Dep. AD Inv.

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs.

Crim. Inv..

Ident. -

Intell.

• Laboratory

Legal Coun.

Plan. & Insp.

Rec. Mgnt.

Tech. Servs.

Training -

ublie Affs. Off. -

slephone Rm. -

rector's Sec'y

MAILED 6

1978

23

OCT

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APPROVED:

Direcior

Adm. Serv. -

Crim. Inv.

Dep. AD Adm. Jan/5

Ident.

Intell.

Lef. Al Inv.

Laboratory

Lea cou ha

Plan, & Insp.

Rec Mgnt.

Tech. Servs.

Training

Public Afrs, CiA

EX-124

REC-2

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17 NOV in 1973

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SVERNMENT

Mentorandum

The Director

UNITED STATES DEP

iF JUSTICE

FEDERA

"BUREAU UF INVESTIGATION

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv.

Asst. Dir.i

a Adm. Servs..

a Crim. Inver-

Ident. -

Intell. -

Laboratory

Legal Cour

Son. & loss

Rec. Mgnt

Tech. Servs.

Training

Director's Sec'y -

TO"'

DATE:

9-28-78

FROM : Legal Counsel Dis

SUBJECT:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ATL INFORINTION CONTATIED

FIED

1 - Mr. Adams

1 - Mr. Boynton

1 - Mr. Mintz

1 - Mr. Moore

1 - Mr. Ingram

1 - Mr. Best

1

. - Mr. Bassett

1

- Mr. Foster

1 - Mr. Colwell

2 - Mr. Coulson

1 - Mr. Heller

PURPOSE: The purpose of this memorandum is to advise of the receipt of a

letter

from captioned Committee alleging that the Bureau improperly handled

information furnished by the Committee.

DETAILS: By letter dated 9-26-78 (attached) to the Attorney General,

Attention: Judge Webster, G. Robert Blakey, Chier Counsel and Director of

captioned Committee stated that the Committee furnished information to the

Bureau concerning "possible physical harm" to two Committee witnesses

and information regarding the planning of a bank robbery. He alleged

that during the course of the Bureau's interviews with Oliver Patterson, Jr.,.

and Clarence Haynes they were advised that the Committee was the source

of the information furnished about them.

The letter from the Committee

states that Patterson alleges that he was told by the Special Agents

interviewing him that the Committee was the source of the information

that Clarence Haynes was also in danger. The Committee further

alleged that contacts were made with media representatives by the FBI

stating that the Committee was the source of the information furnished and

regarded the information as frivolous.

It is to be noted that the Committee advised Patterson that the

Bureau would contact him prior to his

Mr. Blakey believes

as that

and suggest "that serious errons

55039

in professional judgment have occurred.

24 OCT 2'8 1978

The attached letter from captioned Committee was orally

acknowledged by SA Ronald Heller, Legal Counsel Division on 9-27678

Mr. Blakey was advised that an inquiry was being made and subsequent

contact would be made with him concerning his allegations..

000.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

"1.

It is requeste

Adm. Serv.

APPROVED'M

that the atasha feetype be approved

Plan. & insp.

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Memorandum from stegad Counsel Divisloy to The Director

Re:

House Select Committee on Ässassinations (HSCA)

U.S. House of Representatives

2. It is requested that Mr. Boynton interview employees in the Press

Bureau and media representatives in Washington, D. C., regarding the

information the Committee furnished. An affidavit is requested from any

employee who was in contact with media representatives regarding the

above.

APPROVED:

pitector

Adm. Serv.

Crim. Inv. T

ident.

int:!.

Laboratory

Pian. 3 Inso.

Pec. iront.

-

Tech. Servs.

Pubic Aifs. Off.

3. It is requested that Assistant Director Moore personally interview

employees in the Criminal Investigative Division who had knowledge of

this information furnished by the Committee. Affidavits are to be

furnished by any employee having similar media contact. Affidavits

are to be obtained from Special Agents Krahling and Carey as to any

media contact on their parts and as to whether in their telephone calls

on 8-2-78 to the St. Louis, Springfield and Kansas City Offices they

orally cautioned these Offices not to attribute the information to

the Committee. It is to be noted that teletypes referencing these

telephone calls contain such a precautionary statement.

pier

APPROVED:

Adim. Serv.

Crim. Inv.

ident.

Intell.

Laboratory

P'97, P. IMOD.

Rer. Mont.

Tech. Servs.

Trona

Public Mis. Off.

in the Legal Counsel Division who had knowledge of this information.

fie

Firecter

Dap. AD Adh.

Dep. AD Inv.

Adm. Serv.

Crim. Inv.

Ident,

Intell.

Laboratory

Pia.a. Mingo

Roc, "joant.

Tech. Servs.

Transla

Public Aits. Off.

5. It is recommended upon the completion of the above inquiry

that Associate Director Adams have a conference with Mr. Blakey

regarding this matter.

APPROVED:

Director

DeD, AD Apfi

Dop, AD int.

Adm. Serv.

Crim. Inv.

Ident.

incail.

Labdratory

Legalcour M des

Plan. $ Insa.

Rec. MArnt.

Tech. Servs.

Traits

Public Afts. Öff.

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENI

Memorandum

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm. _

Dep. AD Inv. -

Adm. Servs._

TO

: The Director,

DATE: 10/20/78

Intell.

Laboratory

Legal Coun.

Plan. & Insp.

Rec. Mgnt.

FROM

Mr.

Boy

Disector's Sec'y _

SUBJECT:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON

ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

PURPOSE

To record the fact that personnel of the Public

Affairs Office that communicate with the press have been inter-

viewed in connection with an alleged leak of information.

DETAILS

I have talked to the following members of the Public

Affairs Office who deal with the press concerning the allegation

of Mr. G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director of the HSCA.

The allegation of Mr. Blakey is that contact was made between

the Bureau and what he describes as "trusted acquaintances in the

media" in Washington who informed Mr. Blakey that information

concerning a committee witness had been leaked to the media.

Thomas B. Coll

I. J. Harrington

David E. Cassens

Stephen D. Gladis

Jeffrey. W. Maynard

ALL INOREDO 092

All of the above, as well as myself, deny we leaked

any information concerning this matter to anyone at any time,

including members of the media in Washington, D. C.

RECOMMENDATION

For information.

REG+2 62-117290-1267

1 - Mr. Adams

1

- Mr.

Mintz

Mr.

Moore

1

- Mr. Ingram

- Mr. Coulson

1 - Mr. Boynton

1 - Mr.

1 - Mr.

- Mr.

• - Mr.

1 - Mr.

Best

Bassett

Foster

Colwell

Heller

24 OCT 28 1978

ABPROVED:

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DirecterisHa

Dea. AB Adm

BEB. AB InV

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CLASS.

RATE,

Adm. Serv.

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Crim. Inv.

Plan, & Insp.

Res. Mant.

Ident.

Tasi:. Servs.

Intel.

Ticking

Public Alfs. Off.

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KC0004 2962230Z

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RR HQ

DE KC

R 2322002 OCT 78

FM KANSAS CITY {175-64)

230ct 79 22

37z

RECEIVED

• FEDERE NUREAU SU

OF INVESTIGATION

COMMUNICATIONS SECTION

TO DIRECTOR

662-117290) ROUTINE

ASSOC DiT.

DeW AD AfV.

Asst, Dir.:

Adm, Serv.

Crim. Hiv.

Ident_

intell.

Laboratory

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Plan, & Insp.

ReC. Mgnt. # 012

rech. Servs

Training

Public Atfs. Off.

Telephone Rate

Director's Secy

BT

UNCLAS EF I O

ATTENTION:

CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT, RECORDS MANAGEMENT

DIVISION

HOUSE SELECI COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS.

RE FBIHO TELETYPE DATED OGI. 19, 1978--1247

BY LETTER TO ALBANY DATED OC. 28, 1977, CAPTIONED

"DESTRUCTION OF FIELD FILES AND RECORDS", FBIHQ ADVISED

ALL FIELD OFFICES THAT NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAD GRANTED APPROVAL FOR THE

• FBI TO REDUCE THE RETENTION PERIOD FROM TEN YEARS TO, •

FIVE YEARS FOR CLOSED CRIMINAL WILES MAINTAINED IN FIELD

OFFICES.

REG% 62-117210-1268

THES TIELD FILE DESTRUCTION PROGRAS WAS MANDATORY, -

KANSAS CITY, IN COMPLIANCE WITH MANDATED FILE

1 NOV

$ 1978

DESTRUCTION PROCEDURES, DESTROYED KC FILE 137-4907 ON

Dis NNY 1 A 1078

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PAGE TWO KC 175-64 UNCLAS E FT O

JAN. 7, 1978, SINCE THIS CRIMINAL FILE HAD BEEN CLOSED

FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.

SAC BILL D. WILLIAMS, NOW ASSIGNED TO MIAMI, WAS

RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSURING THAT MANDATED FILE DESTRUCTION

WAS CARRIED OUT INCLUDING THE CRIMINAL INFORMANT FILE IN

QUESTION CONSISTEHT WITH EXISTING INSTRUCTIONS.

BT

HQ FOR ONE 2962234 AND HOLD FOR TWO

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GECEIVED

FEDERAL BUREAU

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OF INVESTIGATION

COMMUNICATIONS SECTION

FM

SEATTLE (66-2948) (P)

DIRECTOR FBI (62-117290) ROUTINE

Dop. AD Adm.

Dep. AD Inv.-ia

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Serv.

Crim. Inv.

Ident.

Intell.

Laboratory

Legal Coun.

Plan, & Insp.

Tech. Servs.

Training

Pub ir Ai.s. Off.

Director's Sec'y

BI

UNCLAS

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA).

RE BUREAU TELETYPE, OCTOBER 23, 1978.

GEORGE BEN EDMOND SON INTERVIEWED IN WALLA WALLA, WASHINGION,

OCTOBER 27, 1978, AND WAIVER OBIAINED. PREVIOUS SEATTLE FILES

RE EDMONDSON 88-5458, DESTROYED OCTOBER, 1973, AS A RESULT OF

DESTRUCI ION PROJECT; AND 137-1589 DESTROYED• FEBRUARY, 1978, ON

DESTRUCTION PROJECI PER BUREAU INSTRUCIIONS JANUARY 17, 1978.

AIRTEL WITH ORIGINAL WAIVER AND FD -302 FOLLOW.

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TO

S. SEZVITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

Richard E. LoNG

:

Assistant Director

* UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

DATE: 11/2/78

TRon: Legal counsely

SUBJECT:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (FISCA)

Assoc. Dir..

Dep. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv.

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs.

Crim. Inv. =

Ident. -

Intell.

Laboratory

Legal CounCe

Plan, & Insp..

Rec. Mgnt.

Tech. Servs.

Training

Public Affs. Off. _

Telephone Rm.-

Director's Sec'y _

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this memorandum is to advise of

the request made by captioned Committee that Daniel E.

Brandt (former SA)

Investigative Division, FBIHQ) be released from their

employment agreement in order that they may be interviewed

by captioned Committee in connection with the FBI's investi-

gation into the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

DETAILS:

By letter dated 10/24/78 (copy attached),

G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director of captioned

Committee, requested that Daniel E. Brandt (former SA,

Milwaukee Office) and John I. Duffy (SA, Criminal Investi-

gative Division,

FBIHQ) be made available for staff

interview concerning their investigation into the death of

DI. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The above former and present employees, prior to

being interviewed by the Committee staff, will be contacted

by a representative of the Legal Counsel Division who will

advise them of their release from their employment agreement

and will provide them with a briefing as to the scope and

limitations of

the interview.

Enclosure

ERCLOSURE

1 - Mr. Bassett (Enclosure)

DHTE2,918k

_вкратастя

Attention: Mr. Foster

1 - Mr. Mintz (Enclosure)

1

1

- Personnel File of Daniel E. Brandt (Enclosure)

- Personnel File of John I. Duffy (Enclosure)

- Mr. Coulson (Enclosure)

1

- Mr. Heller (Enclosure)

REC-2

(CONTINUED - OVER)

62.12290-1271

SE. NOV 6 1978

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Memorandum to the Assistant Director

Administrative Services Division

Re: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

The original of the letter from captioned

Committee was sent to. Mr. Robert I. Keuch, Deputy Attorney

General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice.

The remaining requests set out in the referenced

letter will be responded to by the Congressional Inquiry

Unit, Records Management Division, FBIHQ.

RECOMMENDATION:

None.

For information.

APPROVED:

Direcior

Assoc. Dirt

Dop. AD iN

Adm. Serv._

Crim. Inv.

- Ident.

Laboratory

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Res Mant.

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LOUS STOKES, OMO.

MICHARDION PALTER, M.C.

JAN

WALTINE.

ELL. DIVINE, ONIO

FLUNTROY, D.G.

STOWANT I. MCKINNIT, CONH.

ATIÖNNE ETATHHUTE DUAKI, CALIF.

шлякия тпонь підк.

CHHISTONHER I, DODS, CONN.

MAROLD S. BAWYER, MICH.

HAROLD E. FORD, TCMN.

FLOYD I. FITHIAN, IND.

RODERT SY, EDGAR, FIO

Ree.cIu

10-25-77

(202) 225-4626

Select Committes on Essassinations

• 9369 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDS AVN552

WASHINGTON, D.C. $675

October 24, 1978

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C. 20530

Attention:

Mr. Robert Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney Ceneral

Criminal Division, Room 2I13

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with the investigation ly this Committee

into the circumstances surrounding the death of DI. Martin

Luther King, JI., the assistance of the Fieral Bureau of

Investigation is requested in regard to the following

matters:

1) Prepare for delivery, copies o the fingerprint

cards taken during the course af the MURKIN

Investigation for the followisg:

a)

James Earl Ray

b) Gerald William Ray

c) John Ray

2) Photographic copies of the following identified

by the MURKIN "Q" numbers:.

a)

Q-405 (Indian Trails payral check)

b)

Q-398

(Indian Trails payroll check)

3) Make available for telephone interview:

a)

10)

S. A.. John I. Duffy (Racine)

S.A. Daniel

E. Brant (Milzaukee)

Your prompt attention is greatly appreciated

GRB: ghb

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Sincerely,

I not chal

Go

Robert Blakey

Chief Consel and Director

ENCLOSURE

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12 BUDED NOVEMBER 9, 1978-

BY LETTER OCTOBER 317 1978, THE HSCA, WHICH IS CONDUCTING

10_INVESTIGATION INTO THE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING. JR.

REQUESTED DELIVERY OF TANY ST. LOUIS FIELD OFFICE FILES IDENTI-

PAST THIS LINE

TYPE

8_FIED AS KING SECURITY, FOR THE PERIOD COVERING JANUARY, 1963

_THROUGH DECEMBER, 196B." ACCORDING TO A PREVIOUS INVENTORY OF

KING FILES BY FBI HEADQUARTERS EFBIHQI. ST. LOUIS FILES

4

100-17801 PERTAINS TO THE SECURITY INVESTIGATION OF KING-

ST. LOUIS PROMPTLY REPRODUCE ONE LEGIBLE COPY OF EACH

_SERIAL CONTAINED IN FILE 100-17801 FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY IT

2 19631 THROUGH DECEMBER 317 1968. FORWARD MATERIAL TO REACH

FBIHQ, ATTENTION CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT: RECORDS MANAGEMENT

DO NOT TYPE MESSAGE BELOW THIS LINE

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1978

NOV 0 7 1978,

AT, TROTTO! CONTAINED

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

COMMUNICATION MESSAGE FORM

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CONTINUATION SHEET

PAGEAMWORDE HQ 0057, UNCLAS E F T O

DIVISION, BY NOVEMBER 9, 1978. ANY ITEM CONTAINED IN FILES

20_ WHICH CANNOT BE READILY REPRODUCED SHOULD BE FULLY DESCRIBED IN

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TELETYPE FM DIRECTOR FBI

TO FBI ST. LOUIS

RE: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS ESCAT.

NOTE: ACCORDING TO INVENTORY, ST. LOUIS KING SECURITY FILE

CONSISTS OF TWO VOLUMES, 173 SERIALS. DEADLINE

ISSUED IN VIEW OF HSCA REQUEST FOR RECEIPT OF MATERIAL

PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARINGS WHICH COMMENCE 119/78.

TELETYPE CONFIRMS TELEPHONIC INSTRUCTIONS TO ASAC

JOHN SHANLEY OF ST. LOUIS AT 10 A.M. ON 11/6/78.

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FD-36 (REv. 7-27-76)

TRANSMIT VIA:

• Teletype

Facsimile

XX Airtel

-* FBI

PRECÊDENCE:

• Immediate

Priority

Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

• TOP SECRET

D SECRET

• CONFIDENTIAL

ДЕЕТО

D CLEAR

Date .

10/31/78

TO :

FROM:

SUBJECT:

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290)

SAC, SEATTLE (66-2940) (RUC)

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

BUDED:

Re Bureau teletype, 10/23/78, and Seattle teletype,

10/27/78.

Enclosed for the Bureau are two (2) copies of

an

FD-302 concerning interview with GEORGE EDMONDSON and the

original of a Waiver authorizing the release of information,

signed by EDMONDSON

2

I Bureau (62-117290)(Enc1. 3)

1 - Seattle (66-2940)

RAI: ecf

(3)

RECORDS!

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription -

10/31/78

GEORGE BEN EDMONDSON was contacted at his home,

Route 2, Box 179, Walla Walla, Washington (509-525-2126),

where he is living under the assumed name of ALEX P.

BORMANN and employed by the Boise Cascade Company.

EDMONDSON was advised of the Bureau policy requiring

its own Waiver for the release of information and that such a

Waiver would authorize the Bureau to release all information

concerning him, even that which had previously been considered

confidential. EDMONDSON

acknowledged that he understood the

Bureau policy and specifically stated that it was his under-

standing that his 1959 confidential FBI file would be released

to the House Select Committee on Assassinations, if so requested.

EDMONDSON also expressed concern that the House Select

Committee on Assassinations would not be able to maintain proper.

control of. the information in his file, pointing out that

investigators for the Committee, to whom he has spoken, appear

little young and lacking in experience. EDMONDSON

stated, however, that he would continue cooperate with the

Committee, and executed the following Waiver authorizing

"AUTHORITY TO RELEASE INFORMATION

"I hereby authorize any Special Agent or other

authorized representative of the Federal Bureau of Investi-

gation bearing this release, to furnish to the House Select

Committee on Assassinations

all information in its possession

concerning me, including those recoras pertaining to my conti- •

dential relationship with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

I realize that by authorizing this release I will disclose to

relationship I may have had with the FBI.

"/s/ George Ben Edmondson

"27 Oct 78

/s/ Witness:

Robert A. Ibbotson

Special Agent

2119/800

Federal Bureau of Investigation"

Interviewed on

-10/27/78

Walla Walla, WashingtOFile H _SE 66-2910

SA ROBERT A. IBBOISON

Date dictated -

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

10/31/78

Date of transcription ..

GEORGE BEN EDMONDSON was contacted at his home,

Route 2, Box 179, Walla Walla, Washington (509-525-2126),

where he is living under the assumed name of ALEX P.

BORMANN and employed by the Boise Cascade Company.

EDMONDSON was advised of the Bureau policy requiring

its own Waiver for the release of information and that such a

Waiver would authorize the Bureau to release all information

concerning him, even that which had previously been considered

confidential.

EDMONDSON acknowledged that he understood the

Bureau policy and specifically stated that it was his under-

standing that his 1959 confidential FBI file would be released

to the House Select Committee on Assassinations, if so requested.

EDMONDSON

also expressed concern that the House Select

Committee on Assassinations would not be able to maintain proper

control of the information in his file, pointing out that

investigators for the Committee, to whom he has spoken, appear

to be a little young and lacking in experience.

stated, however, that he would continue cooperate with the

Committee, and executed the following Waiver authorizing

release of information:

"AUTHORITY TO RELEASE INFORMATION

"I hereby authorize any Special Agent or other

authorized representative of the Federal Bureau of Investi-

gation bearing this release, to furnish to the House Select

Committee on Assassinations

all information in its possession

concerning me, including those records pertaining to my confi-

dential relationship with the federal Bureau of Investigation.

I realize that by authorizing this release I will disclose to

the House Select Committee on Assassinations any confidential

relationship I may have had with the FBI.

"/s/

George Ben Edmondson

"27 Oct 78

ALL TRIOCTO

/s/ Witness:

Robert A. Ibbotson

Special Agent

Federal Bureau of Investigation"

Mc2119186 Brpanacar

Interviewed on _

10/27/78 Walla Walla, WashingtoFile | _ SI 66-2910

by

SA ROBERT A. IBBOTSON_

Leaf

Date dictated

10/30/78

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the

AUTHORITY TO RELEASE INFORMATION

I hereby authorize any Special Agent or other

authorized

representative of the Federal Bureau of Investi-

gation bearing this release, to furnish to the House Select

Committee on Assassinations

all information in its possession

Investigation.

I realize that by authorizing this release I will disclose

the House Select Committee on

Assassinations any confidential

relationship I may have had with the FBI.

George Ben

Edmon dson

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Witness:

Ibbotson

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Special Agent.

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RE BUREAU TELETYPE DATED OCTOBER 23, 1978.

REVIEW OF ALBANY INDICES DISCLOSES THAT ALBANY FILE

(88-4373) PERTAINING TO GEORGE BEN EDMONDSON WAS DESTROYED

FEBRUARY, 1977. THIS FILE WAS DESTROYED PURSUANT IO THE

FILE DESTRUCTION PROGRAM PERMITTING DESTRUCTION OF NON-

CRIGIN CRIMINAL FILES.

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FD-36 (Rev. 7-27-76)

TRANSMIT VIA:

[ Teletype

• Facsimile

( Airtel

PRECEDENCE:

• Immediate

• Priority

• Routine

FBI®

CLASSIFICATION:

I TOP SECRET

• SECRET

• CONFIDENTIAL

EFTO

CLEAR

Date -

10/25/78

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm._

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Inte'l.

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Director's Sed'y

ТО :

CARECTOR ONGRESSLONAL INQUIRY UNIT

RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION)

FROM:

SAC, KANSAS CITY (175-64)

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

ReButel 10/23/78.

Enclosed for FBIHQ is one copy of every serial

relating to GEORGE BEN EDMONDSON retrievable in the Kansas

City Division.

The following files relating to EDMONDSON were

destroyed during mandatory file destruction:

File No.

Date Destroyed

62-8227

12/6/77

87-13195

88-8175 6л-124,

3/22/76

12/7/77

91-1505

12/8/75

137-4907

REC 1662-117280-1275

Files from which enclosed serials obtained will be

retained by Kansas City with those files for which retention

previously requested by HSCA through FBIHQ.

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RECEIVED

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OF INVESTIGATION

COMMUNICATIONS SECTION

ASSOG DiT.

DeD. AD Edm.

Dep. AD Inv.

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Serv,

Crim. Inv.

ident,

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Laboratory

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Han, & Insp,

Rec. Mgnt.

Tech. Servs,

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Telephone Rm.

Director's Sac'y

UNCLAS E FIO

COUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA), U.S. HOUSE OF

REPRESENT AT IVES.

BY TELETYPE DATED SEPTEMBER 29, 1978, THE BUREAU ADVISED AS

FOLLOWS: "REBUTEL TO ST. LOUIS AND SPRINGFIELD DATED AUGIST 4, 1975,

ENTITLED "JERRY RAY; POSSIBLE 00J."

"ALSO REBUTEL IO ST. LOUIS, SPRINGFIELD AND KANSAS CITY DATED'

AUGUSI 4, 1978, ENTITLED "JERRY RAY; NELSON STONEY, AKA; UNSUB, AÑAS

BANK ROBBERY SUSPECIS."

"ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1978, THE DIRECIOR RECEIVED A LETTER FRONG.

ROBERT BLAKEY, CHIEF COUNSEL AND DIRECIOR OF CAPTIONED COMMITTES

ALLEGING THAT THE BUREAU IN HANDLING INFORMATION FURNISHED EY THE •

COMMITTEE ENDANGERED THE SOURCE WHO

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COMMITTEE.

"THE NECESSARY BACKGROUND INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER

WILL BE FOUND IN THE REFERENCED TELETYPES.

"SACS SI. LOUIS, SPRINGFIELD AND KANSAS CITY ARE RECUFSIED IC

INTERVIEW ANY SPECIAL AGENTS WHO HAD ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION FUR-

NISHED IN REFERENCED TELETYPES AS TO ANY MEDIA CONTACTS REGARDING

THIS INFORMATION. ANY EMPLOYEE HAVING SUCH CONTACT WITH IHE MEDIA

CONCERNING IHIS INFORMATION IS TO FURNISH AN AFFIDAVIT AS IO THE.

DETAILS OF THE CONTACI.

"SACS ST. LOUIS AND SPRINGFIELD ARE REQUESTED TO HAVE AFFIDAVITS

SUBMITTED BY THE SPECIAL AGENTS WHO CONTACTED OLIVER PATTERSON AND

CLARENCE HAYES REGARDING ANY CONTACT WITH MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES.

THESE AFFIDAVITS SHOULD ALSO COVER WHETHER DURING THE INTERVIEW WITH

PATTERSON AND HAYNES THE COMMITTEE WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE SOURCE OF

THIS INFORMATION. THE INTERVIEWING AGENTS ARE ALSC REQUESTED IO

COMMENT ON WHETHER PAITERSON'S NAME WAS MENTIONED AS ALSO BEING IN

DANGER DURING THE INTERVIEW WITH HAYNES AND DURING THE INTERVIEW OF

PATTERSON WHETHER HAYNES' NAME WAS MENTIONED. IF SO, REASON FOR

DOING SHOULD BE FURNISHED.

"IT IS TO BE NOTED THAT INE COMITTEE ADVISED PAITERSON THAT

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THE BUREAU WOULD CONTACI HIM, PRIOR IO HIS CONTACI BY THE INTER-

VIEWING SPECIAL AGENTS. THESE INTERVIEWS ARE TO BE GIVEN EXPEDITIOUS

HANDLING.

"ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING IRIS MATTER ARE TO BE HANDLED TELE-

PHONICALLY WITH SA GEORGE KEENAN, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION,

EXTENSION 4195."

OLIVER PATTERSON WAS INTERVIEWED BY SPECIAL AGENTS DENNIS D.

MATTES AND JOHN P. JOYCE ON AUGUST 2, 1978, AT BLACK JACK, MO.

AFFIDAVIT HAS BEEN SECURED FROM SA MATTES AND WILL BE SUBMITTED TO

FBIHO VIA AIRTEL. SA JOYCE CURRENTLY ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT AT

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SAC LOUISVILLE REQUESTED TO SECURE AFFIDAVIT FROM SA JOYCE AND

SUBMIT SAME TO FBIHQ

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DIRECTOR

CROUTINE) (72-2549)

.T

' UNCLAS

CHOUSE SELECI COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA), U. S.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

RE BUREAU TELETYPE TO ST. LOUIS, SPRINGFIELD AND

KANSAS CITY SEPTEMBER 29, 1978.

#SUPERVISOR JAMES V. LAUGHLIN, SPECIAL AGENT PARNELL

MILES, JR. AND SPECIAL AGENT LARRY D. FINK, BANK ROBBERY

COORDINATOR, KANSAS CITY DIVISION, WERE MADE AWARE OF

INFOR ATION CONTAINED IN BUREAU TELETYPE TO ST. LOUIS,

SPRINGFIELD AID KANSAS CITY, DATED AUGUSI 4, 1978, ENTITLED,

"JERRY RAY; NELSON STONEY, AKA; UNSUB, AKA JEFF ZOOPS;

BANK ROBBERY SUSPECIS," NO DISSEMINATION WAS MADE OF

THIS INFORMATION TO ANY SOURCE OUTSIDE OF THE KANSAS CITY

FIELD OFFICE, INCLUDING THE MEDIA.

EX-124,

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PRECEDENCE:

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• Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

• TOP SECRET

• SECRET

• CONFIDENTIAL

JEFTO

• CLEAR

Date 10/3/78

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

OM :

SAC, SPRINGFIELD (72-69)

SUBJECT:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA),

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Re Bureau teletype, 9/29/78.

Attached are the original and three copies of

affidavits taken on 10/3/78 from Special Agents PAUL BABUCHNA,

JR. and JAMES

T. MC MANUS.

By way of summary, both SA BABUCHNA and SA MC MANUS

deny that they had any news media contacts whatsoever regarding

this matter at any time and deny that they disclosed the

source of information of concern to this matter during their

interview of CLARENCE HAYNES.

were also known to SAC EDWARD D. HEGARTY, ASAC JOSEPH E. ONDRULA

and Supervisory SA EMMETT A. SCHMITT.

I had no contacts

whatsoever with the news media regarding the contents of the

8/4/78 teletypes and I have discussed this matter with both

ASAC ONDRULA and Supervisor SCHMITT and both advised me they

have had no contacts with the news media whatsoever regarding

the contents of the 8/4/78 teletypes.

For the additional information of the Bureau, on

8/22/78, the U. S. Bureau of Prisons declared JOHN LARRY

RAY, an inmate of the United states Penitentiary, Marion,

Illinois, as an escaped Federal prisoner.

During the period

9:50 AM to 3:45 PM, 8/22/78, the Springfield Divison

intensively attempted to locate JOHN RAY.

JOHN RAY surrendered

Louis, Missouri.

hell during the Minen of 8122/18 at Dismas Eouse, i

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2

- Bureau Enc.

2 - Springfield (72-69)

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SI 72-69

I was notifled at 9:50 AM, 8/22/78, Of JOHN LARRY

RAY's escaped Federal prisoner status and I

recalled the

contents of the 8/4/78 teletype from Director to SAC, St. Louis,

Springfield and. Kansas City.

I subsequently advised SA ELYON H.

DAVIS of the Quincy Resident Agency, SA ROBERT DALE SCHULER O1

the Alton Resident Agency, SA DONALD REX EGELSTON of the

Belleville Resident Agency and SA EVERETT A. STEWART of the

Carbondale Resident Agency of the possibility that JOHN LARRY

RAy could join up with his brother JERRY RAY and persons identified

as NELSON STONEY and JEFF ZOOPS (phonetic). I also advised each

of these Resident Agents that they should be alert to the

possibility that JOHN RAY, joined with one or more of these

three persons, could rob a bank or commit an armed robbery

in our territory.

Today, 10/3/78, I spoke with SA's ELYON H. DAVIS,

and they all assured me quite emphatically that they did not

DONALD REX EGELSION and EVERETT A. STEWARI

discuss this matter with any member of the news media.

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMEI

Memorandum

# UNITED STATES-DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

• FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

TO

Assistant Directost

DATE: 10/6/78

Legal Counsel

FROM

: Danny 0. Coulson

SUBJECT HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

*Assoc. Died

Dep. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv. -

Asti. Dir.:

Adm. Servs.

Crim. Inv. -

Ident. _

Intell. -

Laboratory

Legal Coun PA

Rec. Mgnt. -

Tech. Servs.

Training

ublic Affs. Off. _

Telephone Rm.

Director's Sec'y _

stay

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this memorandum is to advise

of my knowledge of contacts with captioned Committee

regarding information supplied to the FBI by G. Robert

Blakey.

DETAILS:

On 8/2/78 I was contacted by G. Robert Blakey,

Statt Director, captioned Committee, who advised that he

had some information that a brother

of James Earl Ray

was going to commit a bank robbery and that the Committee

had further information regarding an obstruction of

justice matter. He requested that 1 or an Agent in my

Unit meet him in his office on that. date.

I instructed

SA Ronald Heller of the Legal Liaison and Congressional

Affairs. Unit to have the Criminal Investigative Division

assign an Agent to

go with him to see Mr. Blakey on that

date.

1: - Mr. Adams

1

• Mr.

Bassett

1

- Mr. Colwell

1

- Mr. Moore

1

2

- Mr. Mintz

- MI. Coulson

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Memorandum to the Assistant Director

Legal Counsel

Re :

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

I know that subsequent to this contact,

instructions were sent to the field regarding the

robbery and the obstruction of justice matter. I know that

instructions were given to the field that the Committee

was not to be revealed as the source of the information

with regard to the obstruction of justice matter. I

have received no information from the field or

Headquarters to indicate that the Committee was mentioned

by special Agents of the FBI as a source of this intorma-

I have received no inquiries nor have I contacted

anyone in the media regarding this or any other matter

concerning this Committee.

RECOMMENDATION:

None.

For information.

APPROVED:

Director

Assoc. Dir 271R

Dep. AD Adm

Adm. Serv.

Crim. Inv.

Ident.

Intell.

Laboratory_

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Plan. & Insp.

Rec Mgnt.

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TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

FROM: SAC, SPRINGFIELD (72-69)

SUBJECT: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA),

U, S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ENCLOSURES FOR THE BUREAU:

Original and 3 copies of affidavits taken on 10/3/78

• FrOm SA'S PAUL BABUCHNA, JR, and JAMES T. MC MANUS.

SIairtel 10/3/78,

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...

10/3/78

Springfield, Illinois

October 3, 1978

I, JAMES T. MC MANUS, having been duly sworn by

Special Agent in Charge EDWARD D. HEGARTY, make the following

I am a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation and have been employed in that capacity since

October 17, 1977.

On August 2, 1978, Special Agent PAUL BABUCHNA, JI.

requested that I accompany him on covering a lead of his

in

Granite City, Illinois.

SA BABUCHNA told me that he was

telephonically contacted by Supervisor EMMETT A. SCHMITT

and that Supervisor SCHMITT requested that he, along with

another agent, was to expeditiously contact CLARENCE HAYNES

at the Kirkpatrick Homes in Granite City, Illinois.

SA

BABUCHNA told me he was to inform HAYNES

that his life might

be in danger.

Being a high crime area, SA BABUCHNA requested

that I accompany him in case any trouble developed.

While accompanied by United States Parole Officer

(USPO) JAMES PARKER, SA PAUL BABUCHNA, Jr. and I contacted

CLARENCE HAYNES at 4205 Kirkpatrick Homes, Granite City,

Illinois. SA BABUCHNA told HAYNES that as a result of

his

(HAYNES) testimony before the House Select Committee on

Assassinations (HSCA) there was a possibility that he would be

"hit".

HAYNES stated he never testified before the HSCA but

he was interviewed by PETE BAETZ, an investigator for that

Committee.

SA BABUCHNA then questioned HAYNES in regard to who

would want to "hit" him and HAYNES responded that he did not

know who would want to kill him.

Shortly thereafter, SA BABUCHNA and I proceeded to

the Granite City Police Department and contacted Detective

ANTHONY ECK.

Detective ECK was advised by SA BABUCHNA of

the possibility that HAYNES would be "hit".

At no time did I discuss the above matter with anyone

except SA BABUCHNA and USPO PARKER. More specifically, I never

discussed the above matter with any representative of the news

media. I never mentioned the name "PATTERSON" to CLARENCE HAYNES

and I have no recollection of hearing SA BABUCHNA mention that

name to HAYNES.

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At no time did I tell HAYNES or anyone else that

the source of the information pertaining to the "hit" on

HAYNES was in any way associated with the HSCA.

Upon sworn oath, this statement is true and correct

to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Jame T. Me Panca

Sworn to and subscribed before me

October 3, 1978, at Springfield, Illinois

EDWARD D.

HEGARTY, Special Agent in Charge

Federal Bureau of

Investigation, Springfield, Illinois

OSPH E. ONDRULA,

Assistant Special Agent in Charge

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Springfield, Illinois

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Springfield, Illinois

October 3, 1978

I, JAMES T. MC MANUS, having been duly sworn by

Special Agent in Charge EDWARD D. HEGARTY, make the following

statoment:

October 17, 1977.

On August 2, 1978, Special Agent PAUL BABUCHNA, JI.

requested that I accompany him on covering a lead of his

Granite City, Illinois.

SA BABUCHNA told me that he was

telephonically contacted by Supervisor EMMETT A. SCHMITT

and that Supervisor SCHMITT requested that he, along with

another agent, was to expeditiously contact CLARINCE HAYNES

at the Kirkpatrick Hones in Granite City, Illinois.

BABUCSNA told me he was to inform HAYNES

that his life night

be in danger.

Being a high crime area, SA BABUCINA requested

that I accompany him in case any trouble developed.

While accompanied by United States Parole Officer

(USPO) JAMES PARKER, SA PAUL, BABUCINA, JI. and I contacted

CLARENCE HAYNES at 4205 Kirkpatrick Homes, Granite City,

Illinois.

SA BABUCHNA told HAYNES that as a result of his

(RAYNES) testimony before the House Select Connittee on

Assassinations (HSCA) there was a possibility that he would be

"hit".

HAYNES stated he never testified before the HSCA but

he was interviewed by PETE BAETZ, an investigator for that

Committee.

SA BABUCHNA then questioned FAYNES in rerard to who

would want to "hit" him and HAYNES responded that he did not

know tho would want to kill hin.

Shortly thereafter, SA BABUCHNA and I proceeded to

the Granite City Police Department and contacted Detective

ANTHONY ECK.

Detective ECK was advised by SA BABUCHNA of

the possibility that HAYNES would be "hit".

At no time did I discuss the above matter with anyone

except SA BABUCHNA and USPO PARKER. More specifically, I never

discussed the above matter with any representative of the news

media.

I never mentioned the name "PATTERSON"' tO CLARENCE HAYNES

and I have no recollection of hearing SA BABUCHNA mention that

name to HAYNES.

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At no time did I tell HAYNES or anyone else that

the source of the information pertaining to the "hit" on

HAYNES was in any way associated with the SCA.

Upon sworn oath, this statement is true and correct

to the best of my knowledge and belief.

October 3,

EDWARD D. HEGARTY, Special Agent In Charge

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Springfield, Illinois

JOSEPH E. ONDRULA,

Assistant Special Agent In Charge

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Springfield, Illinois

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2/19/80.

spinaspire

Springfield, Illinois

October 3, 1978

I, JAMES T. MC MANUS, having been duly sworn by

Special Agent in Charge EDWARD D. HEGARTY, make the following

statement:

I am a Special Agent of the lederal Bureau of

Investigation and have been employed in that capacity since

October 17, 1977.

On August 2, 1978, Special Agent PAUL BABUCHNA, JX.

requested that I accompany him on covering a lead of his

Granite City, Illinois.

SA BABUCHNA told me that he was

telephonically contacted by Supervisor EMMETT A. SCHMITT

and that Supervisor SCHMITT requested that he, along with

another agent, was to expeditiously contact CLARENCE HAYNES

at the Kirkpatrick Homes in Granite City, Illinois. SA

BABUCHNA told me he was to inform HAYNES

that his life might

be in danger.

Being a high crime area, SA BABUCHINA requested

that I accompany him in case any trouble developed.

While accompanied by United States Parole Officer

(USPO) JAMES PARKER, SA PAUL, BABUCHNA, JI. and I contacted

CLARENCE HAYNES at 4205 Kirkpatrick Homes, Granite City,

Illinois. SA BABUCHNA told HAYNES that as a result of

his

(HAYNES) testimony before the House Select Committee on

Assassinations (HSCA) there was a possibility that he would be

"hit",

HAYNES stated he never testified before the HSCA but

he was interviewed by PETE BAETZ, an investigator for that

Committee.

SA BABUCHNA then questioned HAYNES in regard to who

would want to "hit" him and HAYNES responded that he did not

know who would want to kill him.

Shortly thereafter, SA BABUCHNA and I proceeded to

the Granite City Police Department and contacted Detective

ANTHONY ECK. Detective ECK was advised by SA BABUCENA of

the possibility that HAYNES would be "hit",

At no time did I discuss the above matter with anyone

except SA BABUCHNA and USPO PARKER. More specifically, I never

discussed the above matter with any representative of the news

media. I never mentioned the name "PATTERSON" to CLARENCE HAYNES

and I have no recollection of hearing SA BABUCHNA mention that

name to HAYNES.

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At no time did I tell HAYNES or anyone else that

the source of the information pertaining to the "hit" on

HAYNES was in any way associated with the HSCA.

Upon sworn oath, this statement is true and correct

to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Sworn to and subscribed before me

October 3, 1978, at Springfield, Illinois

EDWARD D. HEGARTY, Special Agent in Charge

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Springfield, Illinois

JOSIPH E. ONDRULA, Assistant Special Agent in Charge

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Springfield, Illinois

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Stone 202 1971313701s

October

I, PAUL, BABUCHNA, Jr., having been duly sworn by

Special Agent in Charge EDWARD D. HEGARTY, make the following

statement:

I am a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investi-

gation and have been employed in that capacity since December 1,

1969.

supervisor EMMETT A. SCHMITT, FBI, Springfield, Illinois.

• BAREN

On August 2, 1978, I received a telephone call from

SCHMITT directed

to contact CLARENCE HAYNES, Granite City,

Illinois, since his life could possibly be in danger.

Special Agent JAMES T. MC MANUS and I contacted U. S.

Probation Officer (USPO) JAMES PARKER at his residence in

Granite City, Illinois, in an attempt to determine the whereabouts

Of HAYNES.

At this point in time PARKER was apprised of the

possible threat against HAYNES.

USPO PARKER accompanied interviewing agents and pointed

out the residence of CLARENCE HAYNES, 4205 Kirkpatrick Homes,

Granite City, Illinois. Agents attempted to contact HAYNES at

his residence with no response.

Neighbors in the immediate

vicinity of the HAYNES residence advised HAYNES was at his

residence.

PARKER knocked on the residence door and verbally

identified himself. The door opened shortly afterwards and

HAYNES

acknowledged PARKER and PARKER in turn acknowledged HAYNES.

On August 4, 1978, at T p.m., CDT, interviewing agents

identified themselves to CLARENCE EDGAR HAYNES, 4205 Kirkpatrick

Homes, Granite City, Illinois, by a display of

credentials. I

advised HAYNES that

there might be some sort of retaliation taken

against him (HAYNES) in the form of a "hit" against his life due

to his testimony before the House Select Committee on Assassinations

(HSCA), Washington, D. C. HAYNES advised he did not appear or

testify before the HSCA,

Washington, D. C. HAYNES advised he was

interviewed by one CONRAD "PETE" BAETZ, former Madison County

Deputy sherill, currently associated with the hucA, washington,

D. C., and he (HAYNES) has not talked with anyone since that

time.

HAYNES advised he related to BAETZ that he (HAYNES) and

JOHN RAY robbed several banks years ago and split the bank

robbery loot. HAYNES advised BAETZ that he (HAYNES) has not seen

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RAY since he (HAYNES) was sent to the penitentiary. HAYNES

advised he has not received a request to testify before the

HSCA or any other group. HAYNES advised he is unemployed and

drawing Social Security.

HAYNES was again advised at this time that some sort

of retaliation might be taken against him due to the interview

with CONRAD "PETE" BAETZ and JOHN RAY's parole revocation;

also that the FBI could not protect him.

HAYNES advised he

did not know who would make a "hit" on him, however, he did

not trust one ROBERT "BOB" MC QUIRE (phonetic) who shot his

(MC QUIRE) best friend and was sent to the Missouri State

Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri. HAYNES advised he has

not seen MC QUIRE for eight years.

During the course of the interview with CLARENCE

HAYNES there was one other individual in attendance at the

residence. This was a 10-year old girl visiting CLARENCE HAYNES.

On August 2, 1978, at 7:40 p.m., CDT, Lt. ALBERT DIAK,

Patrol Division, and at 7:55 p.m., CDT, Detective ANTHONY ECK,

Granite City, Illinois, Police Department, were apprised of

the above situation.

At no time since the interview with CLARENCE HAYNES

has interviewing agent discussed this matter with anyone with

the exception of Special Agent JAMES T. MC MANUS and USPO PARKER;

nor has interviewing agent discussed this matter with the news

media.

At no time during the course of the interview with

HAYNES was the HSCA identified as the source of the information.

During the course of the interview HAYNES was asked

If he knew one OLIVER PATTERSON, Jr., St. Louis, Missouri.

HAYNES indicated that he did not

and no further questions were

asked regarding PATTERSON.

PATTERSON's name was mentioned to

HAYNES in an attempt to determine a common bond (connection)

between HAYNES and PATTERSON in an attempt to determine or

develop a suspect in this matter.

Upon sworn oath, this statement is true and correct

to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Paul Bebuchna.f.

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Sworn to and subscribed before me

on October 3, 1978, at Springfield, Illinois

EDWARD D.

HEGARTY, Special Agent in Charge

Federal Bureau of Investigation,

Springfield, Illinois

Witness:

E. ONDRULA,

Assistant Special Agent in Charge

federal Bureau of

Investigation,

Springfield, Illinois

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Прітасткі

Springfield, Illinois

October 36

1978

I, PAUL. BABUCHNA, Jr., having been duly sworn by

Special Agent in Charge EDWARD D. HEGARTY, make the following

statement:

I am a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investi-

gation and have been employed in that capacity since December 1,

1969.

On August 2, 1978, I received a telephone call from

Supervisor ENMETT A. SCHMITT, FBI, Springfield, Illinois.

SCHMITT directed me

to contact CLARENCE HAYNES, Granite City,

Illinois, since his life could possibly be in danger.

Special Agent JAMES T. MC MANUS and I contacted U. S.

Probation Officer (USPO) JAMES PARKER at his residence in

Granite City, IIlino1s, in an attempt to determine the hercabouts

of HAYNES.

At this point in time PARKER was apprised of the

possible threat against HAYNES.

USPO PARKER accompanied interviewing agents and pointed

out the residence of CLARENCE HAYNES, 4205 Kirkpatrick Homes,

Granite City, Illinois.

Agents attempted to contact HAYNES at

Neighbors in the immediate

vicinity of the IAYNES residence advised HAYNES was at his

residence.

PARKER knocked on the residence door and verbally

identified himself. The door opened shortly afterwards and

HAYNES

acknowledged PARKER and PARKER in turn acknowledged HAYNES.

On August 2, 1978, at I p.m., CDT, interviewing agents

identified themselves to CLARENCE EDGAR HAYNES, 4205 Kirkpatrick

Ilomes, Granite City, Illinois, by a display of credentials. I

advised HAYNES that

there might be some sort of retaliation taken

against hin (HAYNES) in the form of a "hit" against his life due

to his testimony before the House Select Committee on Assassinations

(ISCA), Washington, D. C.

testify before the HSCA, Washington, D. C. HAYNES advised he was

interviewed by one CONRAD "PETE" BAETZ, former Madison County

Deputy sherilI, currently associated with the asca, washington,

D. C., and he (HAYNES) has not talked with anyone since that

time.

HAYNES advised he related to BAETZ that he (HAYNES) and

JOHN RAY robbed several banks years ago and split the bank

robbery loot.

HAYNES advised BASTZ that he (HAYNES) has not seen

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RAY since he (HAYNES) was sent to the penitentiary. HAYNES

advised he has not received a request to testily before the

ESCA or any other group.

HAYNES advised he is unemployed and

drawing Social Security.

HAYNES was again advised at this time that some sort

of retaliation might be taken against him due to the interview

with CONRAD "PETE" BAETZ and JOHN RAY's parole revocation;

also that the fbl could not protect him.

HAYNES advised he

did not know who would nake a "hit" on him, however, he did

not trust one ROBERT "BOB" MC QUIRE (phonetic) who shot his

(MC QUIRE best friend and was sent to the Missouri State

Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri. HAYNES advised he has

not seen MC QUIRE for eight years.

During the course of the interview with CLARENCE

HAYNES there was one other individual in attendance at the

residence. This was a 10-year old girl visiting CLARENCE HAYNES.

On August 2, 1978, at 7:40 p.m., CDT, Lt. ALBERT DIAK,

Patrol Division, and

at 7:55 p.M., CDT, Detective ANTHONY ECK,

Granite City, Illinois, Police Department, were apprised of

the above situation.

At no time since the interview with CLARENCE HAYNES

has interviewing agent discussed this matter with anyone with

the exception of Special Arent JAMES T. MC MANUS and USPO PARKER;

nor has interviewing agent discussed this matter with the news

media.

At no time during the course of the interview with

HAYNES was the HSCA identified as the source of the information.

During the course of the interview HAYNES was asked

if he knew one OLIVER PATTERSON, JI., St. Louis, Missouri.

HAYNES indicated that he did not and no further questions were

asked regarding PATTERSON. PATTERSON's name was mentioned to

HAYNES in an attempt to determine a common bond (connection)

between HAYNES and PATTERSON in an attempt to determine or

develop a suspect in this matter.

Upon sworn oath, this statement is true and correct

to the best of my knowledge and belief.

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Sworn to and subscribed before me

on October 3, 1978, at Springfield, Illinois

EDWARD D. HEGARTY, Special Agent in Charge

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Springfield, Illinois

Witness:

JOSEPH E. ONDRULA, Assistant Special Agent in Charge

Federal Bureau of

Investigation, Springfield, Illinois

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2/9184

spinacinie

Springfield, Illinois

October 3, 1978

I, PAUL BABUCHNA, Jr., having been duly sworn by

Special Agent in Charge EDWARD D. HEGARTY, make the following

statement:

I am a Special Arent of the Federal Bureau of Investi-

tion and mate been entered ta teet capacity since December 1,

On August 2, 1978, I received a telephone call from

Supervisor EMMETT A. SCIMITT, FBI, Springfield, Illinois.

SCHMITT directed me

to contact CLARENCE HAYNES, Granite City,

Illinois, since his life could possibly be in danger.

Special Agent JAMES T. MC MANUS and I contacted U. S.

Probation Officer (USPO) JAMES PARKER at his residence in

Granite City, Illinois,

in an attempt to determine the whereabouts

of HAYNES.

At this point in time PARKER was apprised of the

possible threat against HAYNES.

USPO PARKER accompanied interviewing agents and pointed

out the residence of CLARENCE HAYNES, 4205 Kirkpatrick Homes,

Granite City, Illinois.

Agents attempted to contact HAYNES

his residence with no response.

Neighbors in the immediate

vicinity of the HAYNES residence advised HAYNES was at his

residence.

PARKER knocked on the residence door and verbally

identified himself. The door opened shortly afterwards and HAYNES

acknowledged PARRER and PARKER in turn acknowledged HAYNES.

On August 2, 1978, at T p.m., CDI, interviewing agents

identified themselves to CLARENCE EDGAR HAYNES, 4205 Kirkpatrick

Homes, Granite City, Illinois, by a display of credentials. I

advised HAYNES that

there might be some sort of retaliation taken

against him (HAYNES) in the form of a "hit" against his life due

to his testimony before the House Select Committee on Assassinations

(ESCA), Washington, D. C.

HAYNES advised he did not appear or

testify before the

aSCA, Washington, D. C. HAYNEs advised he was

interviewed by one CONRAD "PETE" BAETZ, former Madison County

Deputy Sheriff, currently associated with the ESCA, Washington,

D. C., and he (HAYNES) has not talked with anyone since that

time.

HAYNES advised he related to BAETZ that he (HAYNES) and

JOHN RAY robbed several banks years ago and split the bank

robbery loot, HAYNES advised BAETZ that he (HAYNES) has not seen

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RAY since he (HAYNES) was sent to the penitentiary. HAYNES

advised he has not received a request to testify before the

ESCA or any other group. HAYNES advised he is unemployed and

drawing Social Security.

HAYNES was again advised at this time that some sort

of retaliation might be taken against him due to the interview

with CONRAD "PETE" BAETZ and JOHN RAY's parole revocation;

also that the FBI could not protect him. HAYNES advised he

did not know who would make a "hit" on him, however, he did

not trust one ROBERT "BOB" MC QUIRE (phonetic) who shot his

(MC QUIRE) best friend and was sent to the Missouri State

Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri. HAYNES advised he has

not seen MC QUIRE for eight years.

During the course of the interview with CLARENCE

HAYNES there was one other individual in attendance at the

residence. This was a 10-year old girl visiting CLARENCE HAYNES.

on August 2, 1978, at 7:40 p.m., CDI, Lt. ALBERT DIAK,

Patrol Division, and

at 7:55 p.m., CDT, Detective ANTHONY ECK,

at 7785

Granite City, Illinois, Police Department, were apprised of

the above situation.

At no time since the interview with CLARENCE HAYNES

has interviewing agent discussed this matter with anyone with

the exception of Special Agent JAMES T. MC MANUS and USPO PARKER;

nor has interviewing agent discussed this matter with the news

media.

At no time during the course of the interview with

HAYNES was the HSCA identified as the source of the information,

During the course of the interview HAYNES was asked

if he knew one OLIVER PATTERSON, Jr., St. Louis, Missouri.

HAYNES indicated that he did not and no further questions were

asked regarding PATTERSON. PATTERSON's name was mentioned to

HAYNES in an attempt to determine a common bond (connection)

between HAYNES and PATTERSON in an attempt to determine or

develop a suspect in this matter.

Upon sworn oath, this statement is true and correct

to the best of my knowledge and belief.

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Sworn to and subscribed before me

on October 3, 1978, at Springfield, Illinois

EDWARD D. HEGARTY, Special Agent in Charge

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Springfield, Illinois

Witness:

JOSEPH E.

ONDRULA,

Assistant Special Agent in Charge

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Springfield, Illinois

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

TO

FROM

: Assistant Director off

Legal Counsel Division

:

Ronald Heller

DATE: 10/6/78

SUBJECT:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE. ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

*Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv. -

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs.-

Crim. Inv..

Ident. -

Intell. -

Laboratory

egal Lau

lan. & Im

Rec. Mgnit.

Tech. Servs.

Training

Public Affs. Off. -

Telephone Rm.

Director's Sec'y

Say th

ALL INFORMATTON MANTAINED

PURPOSE:

The purpose of thie moan a care

advise of the

results of an interview conducted by Assistant Director John A.

Mintz with Special Agent Ronald Heller, concerning allegations

made by captioned Committee that the Bureau improperly handled

information furnished by the Committee.

DETAIIS:

On August 2, 1978, accompanied by Special Agent

James D. Carey, Bank

Robbery Unit, Criminal Investigative Divi-

sion, FBIHQ, I

met with G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and

Director and Michael Eberhardt, Assistant Deputy Chief Counsel,

Captioned Committee, concerning information on a possible Ob-

struction of Justice violation and information on a planned

bank robbery which had been furnished to the Committee by a

confidential Committee source.

On my return to FBIHO I briefed Special Agent

Joseph A. Krahling, Governmental Fraud Unit, Criminal Investi-

gative Division, concerning this information and advised him

to take the necessary precautions to insure that the Committee

was not divulged as a source of this informationed-

1/7=7012722

I at no time furnished tiREl lormation to anyone..

outside the FBI and I have had no contact with any mers NOVi6 1978

resentatives concerning this matter.

• RECOMMENDATION:

None. For information.

file

APPROVED:

Adm. Serv.

Crim. Inv._

Ident.

Intell.

Laboratory

Legal Cour

Plan, & Insi

Rec Mgnt.

Tech. Servs.

Training

Public Affs. Off.

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FD-36 (Rev. 3-24-77)

• TRANSMIT VIA:

• Teletype

[ Facsimile

Airtel

PRECEDENCE:

• Immediate

Priority

• Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

• TOP SECRET

7 SECRET

CONFIDENTIAL

EFTO

• CLEAR

Date

10/3/78

MET. B

I. 211818e Bapmacate

TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI

FROM: R

SA

ST. LOUIS (62-5097)

SUBJECI: HOUSE SEEN CONE

ON ASSASSINATIONS

(HSCA) ,

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Re Bureau teletype to SL, SI, and KC đated 9/29/78.-

All Special Agents who had access to information

furnished in Bureau teletypes described in referenced teletype

advised they had no media contacts regarding that information.

OLIVER PATTERSON, JR. was interviewed by Special

Agents DENNIS D. MATTES and JOHN P. JOYCE, both St. Louis

Division.

Enclosed herewith is original affidavit of SA

MATTES.

SA JOYCE is currently on Special assignment

Louisville Division.

By teletype dated 10/3/78 to FBIHQ and

Louisville, SAC, Louisville, was requested to secure affidavit

from SA JOYCE.

S°-113

PEC9 62-112290-727714

2O OCT 5 1978

Bureau

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TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

FROM:

SAC, ST. LOUIS

(62-5097)

SUBJECT: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA) ,

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Re Sh airtel to Bureau, 10/3/78.

Enclosure:

Original affidavit of SA DENNIS D. MATTES,

st. Louis Division

i win?"

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185-10107

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Cictate 2,1978

st. Fervis, In.

AFFIDAVIT

I, Dennis D. Mattes, being duly sworn, execute the

following affidavit:

I am a Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation,

St. Louis Division, St. Louis, Missouri.

On August 2, 1978, along with Special Agent John P. Joyce,

Federal Bureau of Investigation, St. Louis Division, St. Louis,

Missouri, I interviewed Oliver Patterson, Jr. at his residence,

12350 Old Halls Ferry Road, Black Jack, Missouri.

I had no contacts with media representatives about the

above interview.

During this interview with Patterson, I did not identify

the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) as the source

of any information.

During this interview with Patterson, I asked him if he

knew one Clarence Edgar Haynes. Patterson

replied in the negative.

Patterson was

asked if he knew Haynes to determine possible St.

Louis,

Missouri employment of Haynes in

order

that

appropriate St.

Louis,

Missouri

law

enforcement authorities could be

advised of

possible retaliation attempts against Haynes. I did not mention

Haynes' name as being in danger of retaliation to Patterson.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this

P day of October, 1978 at St-loris, Misours.

John to Stanly

assistant Special Agent in Charge

Withers i famed Fest, Irin Gent, Ilois, no, 143/78

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TO

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 .

JULY 1973 EDITION

GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11,6

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

-Memorandum

: Mr. Boynt

FROM : T. J. Deakin

DATE: 10-13-78

SUBJECT:

Assoc. Dir. Ti

Pep. AD Adni. -

Dep. AD Inv. -

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Sorv. I

Crim. Inv. -

Fin. & Pers. -

Ident. -

Intell..

Laboratory _

Legal Cour.

Plan. & Insp. -

Roc Mgnt. -

Spec. Inv.

Toch. Servs. -

Training -

Public Affs. Off.-

Telephone Rm.-

Director's See'y-

-TOD

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS

10 winnin bed

Landa.

PURPOSE:

To request Legal Counsel Division turnish to the

Department attached letter requesting payment for legal

counsel be provided by the Department in connection with

anticipated appearance before the staff of the House Select

Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) •

DETAILS:

I have been advised by Legal Counsel Division that

the staff of the HSCA will seek a deposition from me in the

near future.

This appearance relates to my knowledge of

Counterintelligence Program matters relating to the late

DI. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A letter to the Attorney General requesting payment

for legal counsel in connection with any such appearance or

testimony is attached which identifies the attorney I have

selected, who is representing other Special Agents in regard

to this same matter.

RECOMMENDATION: That this memorandum and enclosed original

letter for the Attorney General be sent to Legal Counsel

Division for referral to the Department.

Enclosure

Detache,

APPROVED:

Dinater

rin

Adm. Serv.

Crira. lav.

1.105

"Op. AD liv.

1 - Mr. Mintz - Enclosure

1 - Mi. Bassett - Enclosure

(Attention:

SA J. Aldhizer)

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1 - Personnel file, SA T. J. Deakin - Enclosure

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5010-110

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Date 10/3/78

AssoC. Dir.*

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Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Serv.C2

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dated 10/3/78.

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SA JOHN P. JOYCE as requested by referenced communication. '

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ALEIDAVIT

I, John P. Joyce, being duly sworn,

execute the

following affidavit:

I am a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of

Investigation (IBI), St. Louis Division, St. Louis, Missouri.

On August 2, 1978, along with Special Agent Dennis D. Mattes,

FBI, St. Louis Division, St. Louis, Missouri, I interviewed Oliver

Patterson, Jr. aï his residence, 12350 Old Halls Ferry Road,

Black Jack, Missouri.

I have never had any contact with any media representatives

concerning the interview with Oliver Patterson, Jr., nor did I

reveal to Patterson that the House Select Committee on Assassinations

(HSCA) may be the source of any information concerning the interview.

During the interview with Patterson, I did ask him if

he was familiar with, or have any knowledge of,

a man by the name

of Clarence Haynes.

This question was directed to Patterson in

order to ascertain Haynes' whereabouts in order to inform Haynes

and local. law enforcement agency, as expeditiously as possible,

that retaliatory action may be taken against Haynes.

I did not inform Patterson directly that Haynes may be

the victim of a retaliatory act, however, due to the line of

questioning, I belleve Patterson came to this conclusion.

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AFFIDAVIT

I, John P. Joyce, being duly sworn, execute the

following affidavit:

I am a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of

Investigation (FBI), St. Louis Division, St. Louis, Missouri.

On August 2, 1978, along with Special Agent Dennis D. Mattes,

FBI, St. Louis Division, st. Louis, Missouri, I interviewed Oliver

Patterson, Jr. at his residence, 12350 Old Halls Ferry Road,

Black Jack, Missouri.

I have never had any contact with any media representatives

concerning the interview with Oliver Patterson, Jr., nor did I

reveal to Patterson that the House Select Committee

on Assassinations

(HSCA) may be the source of any information concerning the interview.

During the interview with Patterson, I did ask him if

he was familiar with, or have any knowledge of, a man by the name

of Clarence Haynes. This question was

directed to Patterson in

order to ascertain Haynes' whereabouts

in order to inform Haynes

and local law enforcement agency, as expeditiously as possible,

that retaliatory action may be taken against Haynes.

I did not inform Patterson directly that Haynes may be

the victim of a retaliatory act, however, due to the line of

questioning, I believe Patterson came to this conclusion.

worn to and subscribea, betore

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Benjamin H. Cooke,

Special Agent

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Edmund V. Armento 10/3/78

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

TO

DATE: 10/11/78

1

Mr. Adams

ROM : D. W. MOOse

- Mr. Moore

SUBJECT S

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS. (HSCA) ,

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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- Mr. Ingram

- Mr. Mullen

- Mr. Henehan

- Mr. Keenan

- Mr. Mintz

- Mr. Boynton

1 - Mr. Colwell

PURPOSE: To advise of the results of interviews of

pertinent FBI personnel of the Kansas City, Louisville,

St. Louis and Springfield Divisions in this matter.

ATTACHMENTS: One copy of Legal Counsel Division,

memorandum to the Director dated 9/28/78, for backgrot ze

information and sworn affidavits from Special Agents

Paul Babuchna and James I. McManus of Springfield and

Dennis D. Mattes and John P. Joyce of St. Louis, with

cover airtels.

RECOMMENDATION: None. For information. Results of

interviews of FBIHQ personnel forthcoming.

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G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director of the

captioned committee; to the effect that the Committee

was revealed to certain individuals during the course

of their being interviewed by the FBI as the source of

the information pertaining to them, and that news

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Memorandum to Mr. Adams

RE:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

Sworn affidavits have been obtained from the

four FBI Agents who conducted the interviews of

Committee witnesses Oliver B. Patterson and

Clarence Haynes, namely, SA's Paul Babuchna and

James I. McManus of the Springfield Division, who

interviewed Haynes, and SA's Dennis D. Mattes and

John P. Joyce of the St. Louis Division, who

All four denied

revealing

the Committee as being the source of the pertinent

information or of furnishing information in this

matter to any outside source.

SA Joyce is now on

special assignment in the Louisville Division.

In addition, the SAC, Kansas City,

forwarded a teletype to the Bureau on 10/2/78, in

which he advised that Supervisor James V. Laughlin,

Relief Supervisor Parnell Miles, Jr., and

SA Larry D. Fink, the Bank Robbery Coordinator,

were the only employees of his office who utilized

information furnished by Blakey, and that all

three merely read and did not disseminate the

information outside the Kansas City Office. It

should be noted that the information furnished to

Kansas City was for intelligence purposes and

required no action.

Interviews of Division 6 Supervisors

Joseph A. Krahling, James D. Carey and others are

being held in abeyance pending

• the return of

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FADIRAL GOVERNENT

Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

Attention: Mr. Robert I Keuch

Director, FBI

October 17, 1978

1 - Mr. Mintz

Attn: Mr. Heller

1 - Mr. Bassett

HOUSE SELECE COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

1 - Mr.

Foster

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

Reference is made to the letter to the Attorney

General from G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director,

HSCA,

dated October 11, 1978, which, in connection with the IsCA'g

investigation into the

assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.,

requested delivery of certain serials from files of FBI Head-

quarters.

Enclosed are an original and one copy of a memorandun

in response to referenced HSCA letter. "It is requested that you

furnish a copy of the enclosed memorandum to the HSCA.

Enclosures (2)

(6)

NOTE:

Three of the memoranda requested by the HSCA are contained

in the King assassination June file, which was processed

previously for HSCA access.

The fourth, Brennan to Sullivan

dated 6/10/68, was referenced in the King assassination June

file. All information in this memorandum, other than that

pertaining to the King investigation, has been excised.

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October 17, 1978

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (ESCA)

Reference is made to the letter to the Attorney

General fron f. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsol and Director,

Isch, dated October 11, 1970, Which, in connection wiüh the

ISCA's Investigation Into the assassination of Martin Luther

King, Jr., requested dellvery of certain serials from files

of FBI Headquarters (FBIHQ) •

This letter 1s to confirm that material requested

in referenced HSCA letter was delivered to HSCA representative

Barbara Robinson on October 12, 1978, at FBIHQ. Where infor

mation 1s not provided, it is either not retrievable or 13

not being furnished pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding.

ORIGINAL AND ONE SENT TO ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL,

CRIMINAL DIVISION, ATTENTION: MR. ROBERT L. KEUCH.

NOTE: See Director, FBl, letter to Assistant Attorney General,

Criminal Division, Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch, dated

October 17, 1978, captioned as above.

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

: Mr. BasseteM/a

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Assoc, Dir.

Dep. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv.

Asst. Dir.:

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SUBJECT

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

DATE: 10/27/78

1 - Mr. Mintz

(Attention:

Training

Mr. Heller)

Public Affs. Off.

1 - Criminal

Telephone Rm.

Investigative

Division

(Attn:

Mr. J. J. Jamar)

1 - Mr. Bassett

1 - Mr.

Ryan

1 - Mr. Foster

PURPOSE.

To furnish status of HSCA request for identity of a

Memphis informant; to obtain authority for FBI Headquarters

(FBIHQ) Supervisor to accompany Deputy Assistant Attorney

General Robert I. Keuch to Memphis at his request to discuss

this matter with Memphis personnel; and to get approval

• for

attached teletype be sent to Memphis outlining this informant

situation.

ATT0'

SC WATHED

BACKGROUND.

In connection with the HSCA's investigation into the

assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and beginning in

April, 1978, the HSCA has submitted a series of requests to

obtain access to five (5) former Memphis informants and their

files.

The HSCA is trying to resolve an allegation that paid

FBI informants reporting on the Invaders, a Memphis youth gang

acted as

"Agent provocateurs"

and instigated violence in Memphis

during the Sanitation Worker's Strike, which caused King to

return to Memphis where he was killed.

In response to these requests, FBIHQ and Memphis

Field Office files of these five informants have been processed

for HSCA

access with all identifying data excised: Access to

these files was restricted only to G. Robert Blakey, Chief

Counsel and Director, HSCA. When contacted in July, 1978, and

asked if they would

agree to interview by the isCA, all five

of these informants declined.

After Mr. Blakey completed review of these informant

files on 10/6/78, he wrote the Attorney General a letter dated

10/17/78 (copy attached) requesting the name of one of these

informants be provided incorder that the HSCA could interview

him to resolve

"serious allegations involving the FBI and the

death of Dr. King. "

Basedson information in this letter, the

informant in question is former ME 338-R (Bureau file 137-4885

and

Memphis file 170-70).

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HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

This informant was operated as a PCI during 1958-1960,

and was reopened in 1963 as a racial source. He later became

an informant reporting on a wide range of racial activities

and organizations in Memphis and for a time was adult advisor

to the Invaders.

He was closed 9/29/76 as there were no

Extremist organizations in Memphis to target informant against.

In discussions concerning Mr. Blakey's request con-

tained in HSCA letter 10/17/78, it was agreed by representatives

of interested Divisions at FBIHQ and Mr. Keuch, that we should

not provide informant's identity. However, in order to

avoid a confrontation with the Committee and possible Congress-

ional subpoena for his identity, it was decided another effort

should be made to contact informant to determine if he was

willing to be interviewed by the HSCA. Mr. Keuch asked the

Committee to provide additional details stating circumstances

of the interview and any other information the Committee may

desire the informant be furnished at the time of FBI contact.

This additional information was received in HSCA letter to the

Attorney General dated 10/19/78 (copy attached).

A copy of both HSCA letters mentioned above was

furnished the Memphis Office by facsimile on 10/24/78.

CONFERENCE WITH MR. KEUCH 10/26/78.

On 10/26/78, a conference requested by Mr. Keuch was

held in his office, attended by SA D. 0. Coulson, Legal Liaison

and Congressional Affairs Unit, Legal Counsel Division,

SA J. J. Jamar, Top Echelon and Criminal Informant Unit, Criminal

Investigative Division,

and SA's T. W. Brekke and J. I.

Aldhizer,

Congressional Inquiry Unit, Records Management Division.

Mr. Keuch agreed that the points in HSCA letter of

10/19/78, as outlined in attached teletype to Memphis, should

be brought to the attention of the informant when contacted by

the Memphis Office.

He further agreed that the informant's

decision in this matter should be entirely his own. However,

Mr. Keuch believed this issue to be such a crucial one that he

should be present in Memphis on the day of contact. His purpose

there would be to brief contacting Agent on HSCA's position in

this matter, provide information concerning HSCA rules and

procedures,

and discuss HSCA interest surrounding interview of

informant if he agrees to same. Mr. Keuch believed that by

being present in Memphis at the time of informant contact, he

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HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

could answer any questions which arise during interview.

Mr. Keuch stated he has no desire to meet the informant or

to be present during contact but merely be available to answer

questions which may arise.

Mr. Keuch requested that an Agent

from FBIHO familiar with the individual informant situation

accompany him to Memphis to assist in introducing him to

appropriate personnel at the Memphis Office.

Mr. Keuch ex~

pressed the desire to travel to Memphis during the week of

10/30/78, and most likely on 10/31/78.

Mr. Keuch also agreed with instructions to Memphis,

as outlined in attached teletype, concerning actions to be

taken in this matter if informant consents or refuses to

cooperate with the HSCA.

MEMPHIS OFFICE CONTACT.

On 10/26/78, SAC Joseph H. Trimbach and ASAC

Richard H. Blay, were

telephonically furnished details as

outlined above.

They advised that appropriate personnel of

the Memphis Office and former ME 338-R would be made available

as requested.

OBSERVATIONS.

Since informant refused once to agree to HSCA inter-

view, it is unlikely he will change his mind. We must not

furnish his identity to the HSCA unless informant approves

of such action. It is also not desirable to confront the HSCA

on this issue. Therefore, the solution is to determine if

informant on his own will agree to interview by the Committee.

Prior to making this decision, he should be furnished a complete

balanced prospective of the issues involved.

This would include

information about the HSCA and all points the HSCA specifically

wants brought to his attention.

Depending upon informant's

attitude and decision, alternatives, such as an anonymous

telephone interview, or a seperate

room interview can be

discussed and subsequently presented to the HSCA for its con-

sideration.

In this regard, Mr. Keuch's presence in Memphis

could be of further assistance.

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HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

RECOMMENDATIONS.

(1) That approval be granted to send attached

teletype to the Memphis Office outlining above details con-

cerning purposed contact with ME 338-R.

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Sorlert Committe an Assassinations

HIb. House & soprescuiatives

WHaTON D.C. PABL

October 17, 1978

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Hashington, D. C. 20305

Attention: Mr. Robert I. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Dear MI. Attorney General:

In connection with this Committee's investigation into

the death of DI. Martin Luther King, JI., I write to reguest

that you make the name of a former Security informant available

to the Committee so that the person sight be interviewed in

order that serious allegations involving the Pederal Bureau of

Investigation and the death of Dr. Jing may be resolved.. The

Committee has had access to the relevant Bureau personnel and

the Headquarters and Pield Office files of the informant, duly

excised to protect the informant's identity; and it also con-

ducted extensive Interviews among others who are also the subject

of this aspect of the Committee's investigation. What the Com-

mittee now desires is to determine if the oral testimony of the

witnesses support or refute the written record as well as

Information obtained during previous interviews.

the person, whose identity the Committee seeks, was 8880-

ciated with the Invaders, a Black silitant group in Memphis,

Tennessee during 1968, who were apparently involved in the

violence that occurred in Memphis one week prior to DI. King's

He was an older person, and he had apparently been a

Bureau source since 1958. As a recognized community leader the

was able to move about freely within the Black community.

Committee knows independently that in the early months of 1968,

the Invaders were attempting to obtain influence in that same

community, and they initially attempted to do so, in part, by

approaching established organizations. They even went so far

as to Invite special agents of the lemphis office to meet with

them early in 1968, at which time they delineated their goals

and objectives. It the Bureau sought to shape the actions of

these individuals in ways detrimental to DI. King in connection

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The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

October, 17, 1978

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With the counterintelligence program being waged against him,

It would appear that this particular informant would have been

a logical vehicle for that effort.

As you know, with respect to the king investigation, the

Committee is, in effect, performing for the death of DI. King

the same function that the warren Commission performed for the

death of President Kennedy.

One of the most frequent criti

cisms of the Warren Commission is that in attempting to resolve

the issue of whether or not lee farvey Oswald was an FBI in-

formant, the Commission accepted suor affadavits from the

BureaU.

The Committee feels, therefore, that It would be

dereliet to rely on anything less than an opportunity to examine

and CrOss-eXaMine relevaNt MItMesses on this crucial Issue.

The Committee is not unmindful of the sensitive nature of

its request.

Throughout the effort to resolve this issue, the

Committee has attempted to move with restraint. It was not

until our field interviews with former members of the Invaders

ana people present in Memphis at the time of the March 28, 1968

march revealed, (1) that the Invaders were in fact a proximate

cause of the violence, and (2) that it is aniversally believed

that the Invader followers who caused the violence were paid

FBI operatives, that the Committee requested access to any

Informant files.

By that time, the Committee had revieved the Sanitation

Strike, Invaders,

Ring and SCLC substantive files.

It had also.

reviewed the Memphis Police Department files, and it had inter-

viewed its undercover operative within the Invader organization.

The Committee had Initially hoped that the answers it

porner agents revealed, additionally, (1) that the Memphis Field

Office had prior knowledge of the impending violence (a fact

readying weapons from signposts la fact testified to under oath

by these agents.)

Further, while the Committee has insisted that the files

of all five of the informants said by the Department of Justice

to be involved with the Invaders should have been made available

to its staff pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding, it

made a good faith effort to work out a compromise proposal that

- permitted my exclusive review of the excised files. The

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The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

October 17, 1978

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Committee has now reached a point, however, where the balance

between maintaining the integrity of the Bureau's informant

progian and the resolution of this critical issue rust be struck

in favor of the Committee's receiving the identity of that one

A request is not being made for all five, and absent

new developments, this request should resolve the outstanding

The burden of the Committee's mandate is largely a

reflection of the desire of the American public to learn the

true facts concerning the death of DI. King. Mat burden 15

perhaps never more apparent than in connection with the issues

that the Coumittee is now attempting to address here. The claim

that an FBI/Invader connection resulted in the violence on April

28 and contributed to DI. King's death has nou received nation-

wide attention.

It is recounted in existing literature and nas

broadcast nationally in a dramatic account of DI. Jing's life.

The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, close friend and successor of DI. King,

testified in public under oath and before Members of the Com-

mittee and the national news media, that he recalled members of

the Invaders acknowledging that they had caused the violence

on March 28, in return for compensation from the FEI. Indeed,

an inalvidual who was a recognized leader of the 1968 Sanitation

Strike and made the invitation to DI. Ring to come to Memphis,

is a leading exponent of the theory that the fEl, through its

informants, had a direct role in DI. King's assassination.

Finally, the Committee's Investigation has revealed that

the Bureau recommended that informants be used with or without

their knowledge to implement counterintelligence proposals

directed against DI. Ring, in 1968. With this backdrop, it is

clear that the committee has no choice but to satisfy itself

concerning the events which took place in Mempiig.

The public

interest in the death of DI. King cannot be met by less than a

full investigation.

Talking with this individual is essential

to the fair resolution of these most serious questions.

I would hope that it sight be possible to secure the

identity of this informant, either through his consent or para-.

graph I. B. (1) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the

Department and the Committee.

Nevertheless, I am authorized

to inform you that the Committee is prepared to seek this

Information through formal process 1f all other avenues are of

no avail.

Finally, I would note that this issue must be resolved

-well before the resumption of the Committee's pablic bearings

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The Honorable

Griffin B. Bell

October 17, 1978

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In the Ring Investigation, now scheduled to begin on November

9, 1978.

Sincerely,

1.Ro6s 3e5t

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Comsel and Director

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3591 HOUSI ONCE LUNDING ANNIKI

MANHINGTON, DIS 29518

October 19, 1978

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C. 20530

Attention: MI. Robert I. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with the investigation of the House

Select Committee on Assassinations into the death of

DI. Martin Luther King, JI., I write to request that

you make the name of the former Security informant

available to the Committee so that the person might..

be interviewed by the Committee in order that serious

allegations involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation

and the death of DI. King may be resolved. The Committee

has had access to the relevant Bureau files concerning

this informant, but the files were duly excised to pro-

tect the informant's identity. The Committee now desires

to interview this informant to deterine if his oral

testimony would support or refute the written record.

In addition, the Committee would expect to obtain other

information from the informant to corroborate or refute

information the Committee has obtained from its other

BOUICES.

The Committee is extremely sensitive to your

concerns about preserving the confidentiality of your

informants. In addition, the Committee can certainly

appreciate the desire of most security informants to

remain unidentified.

Should the Carmittee learn the

identity of this informant, it will be used at the cur-

rent time solely to have counsel on the staff interview

and perhaps depose the informant. This would be done in

the Committee's offices in Washington, D.C. and without

the knowledge of any member of the pablic.

Indeed, not

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even every member of the Committee staff will become aware.

of the informant's identity. The Committee is primarily

interested in the information the informant may provide

the Committee.

The Committee tas no desire to have the

informant's identity needlessly pablicly exposed. Absent

extraordinary circumstances, the Committee would not divulge

in its hearings or its final report the name of the informant.

As you are aware, the Committee has extensively pur-

sued its investigations into the Invaders.

The claim that

an FBI/Invader connection contributed to Dr. King's assassi-

nation has received nationwide attention. We have held

field interviews with many members of the Invaders and Ie-

viewed numerous files on them. In addition, the Committee

has interviewed current and forer agents of the Department

and Bureau on this issue. Our Committee has been mandated •

to conduct a "full and complete" investigation into the

Talking with this informant is

essential to enable us to fulfill our legislative mandate,

and our responsibilities to the American people. As I indi-

cated to you, I hope it will be possible for us to secure

the identity of the informant through his consent, or pur-

suant to Paragraph I, B. of our Memorandum of Understanding.

Nevertheless, I must inform you that the Committee is prepared

to seek the information through formal process if all other

avenues fail.

This latter alternative, in the event litigatio

ensued and the Committee won, night publically disclose the.....

identity of the informant:

Indeed, litigation would. only

attract undue attention to this issue, and the participants

involved.

I believe if you adequately express to the infor-

mant our sincere desire to avoid unnecessary disclosure of

publicity, he will consent to his identity being disclosea

and an interview with the staff.

Sincerely,

Stor Blabe

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

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MI. Ron Heller

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NATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING. JR. THE HSCA IS ATTEMPTING TO

'DETERMINE THE POSSIBLE DIRECT OR INDIRECT RESPONSIBILITY OF ANY

ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING THE FBI. IN THIS CONNECTION, THE HSCA

LIS TRYING TO RESOLVE THE ALLEGATION THAT PAID FBI INFORMANTS

REPORTING ON THE INVADERS A MEMPHIS YOUTH GANG ACTED AS

"AGENT PROVOCATEURS" AND INSTIGATED VIOLENCE IN MEMPHIS DURING

THE SANITATION WORKER'S STRIKE, WHICH CAUSED KING TO RETURN

TO MEMPHIS WHERE HE WAS KILLED.

IN COMPLIANCE WITH PREVIOUS HSCA REQUESTS, FIVE 253 FORMER

MEMPHIS INFORMANTS WHO REPORTED ON THE INVADERS WERE CONTACTED

BY YOUR OFFICE IN JULY? 197B, TO DETERMINE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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BE INTERVIEWED BY THE HSCA. ALL DECLINED. IN RESPONSE TO

COMMITTEE REQUEST TO REVIEW INFORMANTS FIELD OFFICE FILES.

ROBERT L. KEUCH, DEPUTY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, CRIMINAL

DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, RENDERED THE OPINION THAT FILES

SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ONLY THE HSCA'S CHIEF COUNSEL AND

DIRECTORY G. ROBERT BLAKEY. INFORMATION IDENTIFYING INFORMANTS

LAS WELL AS THEIR IDENTITIES WAS TO BE EXCISED. ON OCTOBER LI

1978, MR. BLAKEY COMPLETED HIS REVIEW OF THESE EXCISED INFORMANTI

"FILES.

BY LETTER DATED OCTOBER 17. 1978, TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

TOLECOPY FURNISHED MEMPHIS BY FACSIMILE ON OÇTOBER 24, 19787- THE

LASCA REQUESTED THE NAME OF ONE OF THESE INFORMANTS BE PROVIDED

SLIN ORDER THAT THE HSCA COULD INTERVIEW HIM TO RESOLVE SERIOUS

ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND

THE DEATH OF DR. KING." BASED ON INFORMATION IN THIS LETTER

LINFORMANT IN QUESTION IS FORMER ME 338-R EMEMPHIS FILE 170-703.

OFFICIALS AT FBI HEADQUARTERS EFBIHQ} AND MR. KEUCH HAVE

_CONCURRED THAT THIS INFORMANT'S IDENTITY SHOULD NOT BE REVEALED

-ITO THE COMMITTEE, BUT, TO AVOID CONFRONTATION AND POSSIBLE

¡CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENA FOR HIS IDENTITY, ANOTHER EFFORT SHOULD

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BE MADE TO CONTACT INFORMANT AND DETERMINE IF HE WOULD BE

WILLING TO BE INTERVIEWED BY THE HSCA. MR. KEUCH REQUESTED THE

ILHSCA PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE

INTERVIEW AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE COMMITTEE MAY DESIRE

LUL THE INFORMANT BE FURNISHED AT THE TIME OF FBI CONTACT. THIS

_ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED IN HSCA LETTER TO THE

•LATTORNEY GENERAL DATED OCTOBER L9: 1978, A COPY OF WHICH WAS

FURNISHED MEMPHIS BY FACSIMILE ON OCTOBER 24, 1978.

IN SUMMARY, THIS LETTER CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING POINTS

_WHICH SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO INFORMANT'S ATTENTION UPON CONTACT:

{1} THE HSCA IS TRYING TO RESOLVE SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS

INVOLVING THE FBI AND THE DEATH OF KING AND HAS EXTENSIVELY

PURSUED ITS INVESTIGATION INTO THE INVADERS.

{2} THE HSCA HAS HAD ACCESS TO HIS INFORMANT FILE EWITH

IDENTITY EXCISEDE AND NOW NEEDS TO DETERMINE IF HIS ORAL TESTI-

_MONY WILL SUPPORT THE WRITTEN RECORD.

£3} HIS INTERVIEW MAY CORROBORATE OR REFUTE INFORMATION

I THE HSCA HAS RECEIVED FROM OTHER SOURCES.

147 THE HSCA IS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO CONCERNS OF THE FBI

IN PRESERVING HIS CONFIDENTIALITY AND APPRECIATES THAT MOST _

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INFORMANTS DESIRE TO REMAIN UNIDENTIFIED.

{5} IF THE HSCA LEARNS HIS IDENTITY, IT WILL BE ONLY USED

ISLAT THE CURRENT TIME TO INTERVIEW AND PERHAPS DEPOSE HIM.

EL} INTERVIEW WOULD TAKE PLACE IN WASHINGTON, D. C-T AND

WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.

E7} HIS IDENTITY WILL NOT BE DISCLOSED TO EVERY MEMBER OF-

THE HSCA STAFF.

{B} THE HSCA HAS NO DESIRE TO HAVE INFORMANT'S IDENTITY

_NEEDLESSLY PUBLICLY EXPOSED AND ABSENT EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUM-

STANCES, THE COMMITTEE WOULD NOT DIVULGE, IN ITS HEARINGS OR

_FINAL REPORT, THE NAME OF THE INFORMANT.

{9} THE HSCA IS MANDATED TO CONDUCT A FULL AND CÓMPLETE

INVESTIGATION INTO THE ASSASSINATIQN OF KING AND HIS ITERVIEW

_IS ESSENTIAL TO ENABLE THE COMMITTEE TO FULFILL ITS LEGISLATIVE

-MANDATE AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE•

&L0} IF INFORMANT REFUSES, THE COMMITTEE IS PREPARED TO

_SEEK INFORMATION SHIS IDENTITYS THROUGH FORMAL PROCESS

_{SUBPOENAJ AND SUCH LITIGATION COULD EXPOSE HIM PUBLICLY•

THEREFORE HE MAY DESIRE TO CONSENT TO INTERVIEW TO AVOID

•UNNECESSARY DISCLOSURE.OR PUBLICITY.

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IT SHOULD BE STRESSED TO ME-338-R AT THE TIME OF CONTACTI

THAT THE ABOVE POINTS ARE REASONS THE HSCA DESIRES HIS IDENTITY

AND INTERVIEW. HE SHOULD BE TOLD THE FBI IS NOT ENDORSING ANY

OF THESE POINTS AND WILL IN NO WAY ENCOURAGE OR RECOMMEND HIS

COOPERATION OR LACK OF COOPERATION WITH THE HSCA. IT IS

'ENTIRELY HIS OWN DECISION.

IF INFORMANT AGREES TO INTERVIEW, HE MAY DESIRE TO INITIATE

TELEPHONIC CONTACT WITH THE HSCA, DISCLOSE HIS IDENTITY AT THAT

TIME AND MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR INTERVIEW. THIS COURSE OF ACTION

• CAN BE COORDINATED THROUGH FBIHQ. IF INFORMANT AGREES TO

_INTERVIEW AND PREFERS THE FBI FURNISH HIS IDENTITY TO THE HSEAT

_THEN A SIGNED WAIVER SHOULD BE OBTAINED WORDED SO AS TO

•LAUTHORIZE THE FBI TO DISCLOSE HIS IDENTITY TO THE HSCA.

IF INFORMANT AGAIN DECLINES TO INTERVIEW WITH THE HSCAT HE

_SHOULD BE TOLD THE FBI WILL DO ALL WITHIN ITS POWER TO PROTECT

HIS IDENTITY, HOWEVER, HIS FILE COULD BE SUBJECT TO SUBPOENA.

•LOBTAIN FROM HIM WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES, IF ANY, WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE

TO HIM FOR INTERVIEW BY THE HSCA. IF HE STILL PREFERS NOT TO

IBE INTERVIEWED UNDER ANY CONDITIONS, OBTAIN THE BASIS FOR HIS

CONCERN AND ADVISE FBIHQ IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT OF

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JUSTICE EDOU} AND FBIH& IN RESISTING DISCLOSURE.

ON OCTOBER Z6 1978, MR. KEUCH ADVISED THAT PRIOR TO

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INFORMANT CONTACT, HE DESIRED TO TRAVEL TO MEMPHIS AND MEET

CONTACTING AGENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE MEMPHIS PERSONNEL TO

_ DISCUSS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE HSCA'S POSITION

_IN THIS MATTER, ITS RULES AND PROGEDURES, AND CIRCUMSTANCES

1. SURROUNDING INTERVIEW OF INFORMANT IF HE AGREES TO SAME.

MR. KEUCH, AS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, HAS

SERVED IN LIAISON CAPACITY WITH THE HSCA SINCE ITS INCEPTION

LAND IS THOROUGHLY FAMILIAR WITH THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

"WHICH EXISTS BETWEEN THE HSCA AND DOJ.

MEMPHIS REVIEW MATERIAL CONCERNING THIS MATTER AND INSURE

_APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL AND INFORMANT CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE

DURING WEEK OF OCTOBER 30. 19781 MOST LIKELY OCTOBER 310 1970.

IN YOUR CONTACT WITH INFORMANT- DO NOT DISCLOSE TO HIM THE

_NATURE OF THIS MATTER PRIOR TO MR- KEUCH'S ARRIVAL IN MEMPHIS.

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Assistant Attorney General

Civil Division

Assistant Director

Legal Counsel Division

Federal Bureau of Investigation

ANDERAL GOVERUMENT

REPRESENTATION FOR FORMER

SPECIAL AGENT THERON D. RUSHING

DURING HIS INTERVIEW AND ANY OTHER

APPEARANCES BEFORE THE HOUSE SELECI

COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (FSCA)

Enclosed for your information is a letter from

former Special Agent Theron D. Rushing, requesting that

the Department provide legal counsel for his interview

and any other appearances before the HSCA.

HSCA staff advised that former Special Agent

Rushing will be interviewed during the week of

November 6, 1978. Your expeditious handling of this

request would be appreciated.

Enclosure

1 - Mr. Bassett

Attn :

Mr. Foster

1 - Mr. Mintz

November 2, 1978

1 - Personnel File of

2 - Mr. Coulson

Theron D. Rushing}

1 - Mr. Heller

APPROVED:

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Dayst. Oustice

Die Ms. Sachick,

i am a former a gant f the. 8 F and.

have decisits in formation that I may

he called before the blous Committee on

assinatine in Connectione with the Martin

Luther King matter.

Became y contain sensitive masters,

See that is should he represinted by an

atteney, which undenstand may lee

provided ly the Dipt. I Justice.

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he Frank W. Muldong, aloo an

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attorney at have in Pittston, Fee.

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at this, saint. I tram had no

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Sincerely,

Thom de en bing

TherarD.Poshing

Box 3901 MENDR.

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BENNARNT

THAT WAS ROT IRIS. EDERKARDI ASKED IF SYERS HAD PROVIDED INFORMATIO:

IO THE FAI AN BYENS TOLD ERIARDT THAT HE HAD BEEN IMERVILMDE

, MOY 13 1978

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FRI MANY TIMES. BYERS EXPLAINED TO INTERVIDHING SA THAT JYLA: HAD

AVO? ACCEPTE: ANY MONEY FROM THE FSI ALTHOUGH IT WAS OFFERED AND

CONSIUGRED HIMSELF A "SNITCH" OR "INFORMANT." EBERNARDT ASKED EVERS

IO SIGN A "FORM 59" SO THAI EBERNARDI COULD OSTAIN BYER'S FBI FILES.

BYERS REFUSED TO SIGN THE FORM AND GAVE EBERHARDI NO INFOR ATION RE-

GARDING COLIACIS BY THE FBI. BYERS TOLD EBERHARDT HE WOULD CONSIDER

SIGNING THE FORM IF EBERNARDT WOULD GUARANTEE BYERS WOULD NOT HAVE TO

REAPPOAR IN TASHINGTON, WHICH IBERHARDI WOULD iDI GUARANTEL. BYORS

SAID MO DID POT READ THE FORK AND ASKED INTERVIZWING SA WHAT FONG •S

WAS AND IT WAS REQUESTED BYERS REFER INAT GUESTION TO EBRIARDT. BYSRS

IN 'ICATO THAT WE DID NOT WANT TO SIGN ANY FORY WICH MAY CALEE II:

IO DE INVOLVL IN FURTHER TESTIMONY IN THIS HATIAR. DIERS VOLUME REL

THAT HE HAS RECENTLY BEE: SUBPOEMAED TO REAPPEAR BOTORE TIC ASCA I:

LAls iOVENDER.

BYERS SAID HE HAS RESIDED AT 9329 FREDRIC COURT SINCE APPACAI ALY

1907 AND AT 9832 MADISON (1 ILE FROM CURRENT RESIDENCE) FOR ASOUI 4

YEARS BEFORE THAT.

INDICIES AND FILE REVIEW AT SL FAILS TO DISCLOSE BYERS FURNISHED

ALY INFORIAIION TO FBI EXCEPI AS NOTED IN SL 137-15541 (FSIHO NAS COPY)

AND INTERVISW OF BYERS ON 9/29/75 IN SL 92-2144.

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ADDENDUM: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION

MVH: cmf

11/8/78

In view of the nature of the House Select Committee

on Assassinations (HSCA) interest in Russell George Byers

and the available facts concerning this matter, the TE&Cl

Unit, Organized Crime Section, Criminal Investigative Division,

does not interpose an objection to a review of the St. Louis

Field Office 137 file for Byers by a representative of the

HSCA in FBIHQ space.

It is recommended that at the time of the review

of this file, that G. Robert Blakey or his designated

representative be advised that Byers was not a paid informant

of the FBI, as well as the nature of the contacts with him

by Agents of the St. Louis Division. CID also recommends

that if not already done, that a determination be made as to

the relevance of the allegation involving the offer made to

Byers as cited in instant file, as well as his association

with any persons having any relevance whatever to the entire

matter pertaining to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

200

APPROVED.

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Assoo. Dir.

Dep. AD AdI.

Dep. AD Inv.

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.

WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.

YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN.

HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.

ROBERT I. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4524

E, OHIO

STEWART B. MC KINNEY, CONN.

CHARLES THONE, NEBR.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.

O House Silert Committee on Assassinations

M.S. House of Zepresentatives

3369 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

November 3, 1978

Rec. d0.

11-3-78

FADKRAT GOVERMENT

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C. 20530

Attention:

Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with the investigation by this Committee into

the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr. Martin Luther King,

delivex serials H944-1114-606 and 44-1114-636.

, it is requested that the Federal Bureau of Investigation

44-38861-4594 and 44-33861-4595 and Chicago

Field Office File

Your prompt attention to this matter will be greatly

appreciated.

Sincerely,

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.

SAMUEL I

CARME, OHIO

WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.

YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF.

STEWARTE

KINNEY, CONN.

CHARLES TA i NEBR.

CHRISTOPHER J. CODD, CONN.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.

HAROLD E, FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

Selet Committe on Aisastinations

M.5. louse of kepresentatibes

3369 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

November 6, 1978

INDIRAL GOVERNIENT

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17.

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C.

20530

Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

As part of its upcoming hearings into the death of Dr.

Martin Luther King, JI., the Committee intends to publish

the

attached staff report on the Justice Department's post-

assassination investigation.

The anticipated release date

is November 27, 1978. Pursuant to our memorandum of under-

standing, I

am sending a copy to you in advance, so that the

contents of the report can be reviewed by appropriate offices

of the Justice Department.

Unless we hear otherwise during

the next five days, we shall assume that the Department has

no objections to the publication of the document in its

entirety.

Sincerely,

I Aux Blackes

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

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61 DEC 41978 •

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

FSCIATROSON PREYER, M.C.

SAMUEL L.

LE, OHIO

WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.

STEWART BI

KINNEY, CONN.

YVONNE BRATHIVAITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHARLES THE "NEBR.

CHRISTOPHER J:DODD, CONN.

HAROLD S, SAIYYER, MICH.

HAROLD E, FORD.-FENN.

FLOYD J, FITHIAN, IND.

ROSERT W. EOGAR, PA.

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11-2-78-

(202) 225-4624

Select Committee an essassinatioris

M.S. House of Representatias

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING. ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.G. 20515

October 31, 1978

61 DEC 41978

FEDERAL GOVEREMENI

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C. 20530

Attention:

Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with the investigation by this Committee

into the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr. Martin.

Luther King, Jr., the assistance of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation is requested in regard to the following matters:

1) Prepare for delivery the London Legat Memo

re: Alexander Anthony Eist.

2)

Prepare for delivery any St. Louis Field Office

files identified as King Security, for the

period covering January 1963 through December

1968.

3) Prepare for delivery, from the New Orleans Fiela

Office File captioned MURKIN: 157-10673

From: ASAC Sylvester

TO: SAC, New Orleans

Date: 4/15/68

Re:

Instructions

From Assistant Director Rosen -

re Garrison 'singerest in MUrKIN investigazion.

REC-60 62 - 11770.

4)

Prepare Ior delivery, also from the New Orleans

1288

Field Office File captioned MURKIN: 157-10673-258

TO: SAC, New Orleans

MESSE

From: ASAC Sylvester

Date: 4/17/68

5)

ITE NOV & 1978 .

Prepare for delivery;

from the St. Louis Field

Office File captioned MURKIN: 44-775-1142

FrOM: Memphis

To:

Director

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The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Page Two

6) Prepare for delivery, from the Los Angeles

Field Office File captioned MURKIN: 44-1574D-397

The materials requested herewith, are for potential

use as exhibits in the upcoming public hearings, therefore,

it is requested that the Department of Justice as well as

the Federal Bureau of Investigation, make the appropriate

review in accordance with the Committee's standing agreement.

The Committee will reconvene with hearings into the

circumstances surrounding the death of Dr. King on November

9, 1978, therefore, expeditious handling of this request

would be greatly appreciated.

Very truly yours,

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRM

RICHAROSON PREYER, N.C.

SAMUEL L.

JINE, OHIO

WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.

STEWART B. MCKINNEY, CONN.

YVONNE BRATHYAITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHARLES THONE, NEBR.

CHRISTOPHER I. DODD, CONN.

HAROLID 5. SALYYER, MICH.

HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA.

172-78

(202) 225-4524

FECERAE GOVERNENT

Select Committee on Assassinations

A.S. House of Mepresentatines.

3359 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

November 1, 1978

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C. 20530

Attention: Mx. Robert Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with the Select Committee's investigation

into the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr. Martin Luther

King, Jr., this letter formally requests that the Department of

Justice seek a modification of the court order entered by Judge

Smith that sealed both the inventory and the actual items of

the surveillance that was conducted by the FBI on Dr. King..

By formal resolution, the Committee has decided that it is

necessary for the Committee to examine some of these items dur-

ing the course of the investigation to fulfill its legislative

mandate.'

In particular, the Committee would like to examine at

the current time the complete inventory that has been sealed

ard the logs of the surveillance that was conducted.

It is my understanding that the logs will not reflect the

content of any conversation that was overheard. If the logs

contain transcripts of or notations about the content of the

conversation, the Committee would want these deleted from any

logs the Committee is given access to at the current time.

The

Committee would, examining the logs, expect that the place, time,

date and the names of the parties to the conversation would be

information that the Committee

1s Intereste

EX-114 REG47 02/

12909

As I have previously indicated to you, time is crucial tor

the Select Committee; we are interested in obtaining access to

the above materials as soon as possible.

Thank you for your

continuing cooperation.

62-112290

Sincerely,

Been: 30

G.

• NOV 9 1978

Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director -

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRM

HICHAROSON DREYER. MC

WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.

YVONNE BRATHIVAITE DURKE, CALIF.

CHRISTOPHER J. DOOD, CONN.

HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT. W. EDGAR, PA.

STEWART' B. RICKINNEY, CONN.

CHARLES THONE, NEBR.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.

House

11-6-76

(202) 225-4624

Select Committee on Assassinations

rao .S. Januse of Representatines

3369 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

November 2, 1978

FEDERAL. GOVERNWENT

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C: 20530

Attention: Mr. Robert Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

This is in further reference to ny letter to you of

November 1, 1978 in connection with the Select Committee's

investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of

DI. Martin Luther King, Jx., and its request for access to some

•of the materials concerning the FBI surveillance on DI. King

that has been sealed pursuant to court order.

will

The Committee

only allow the 12 Members of the Committee, the Chief

Counsel, and

five Committee staff members (to be designated

in writing by the Chief Counsel to the Archivist access to

the materials..

I understand

' that the Department will file for access to

these materials within the next two or three days.

This is

very important in order that the Committee may obtain access

to the material while it will still be useful - during the

hearings that are scheduled to begin on November 9, 1978.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Sincerely,

8. Notes Bestes

G.

Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRAAN

RICHARDSON PREYÇR, N.C.

SAMUEL LIFTVINE, OHIO

" WALTER E, FAUNTROY, D.C.

STEWART

CKINNEY, CONN.

YVONNE BRATHVIAITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN.

CHARLES

E, NEBR.

HAROLD &

VYER, MICH.

HAROLO E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD I, FITHLIAN, IND.

ROBERT W. FOSAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

Select Committee on Assassinations

C.S. House of Representatines

3359 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

November 9, 1978

11-9-78

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C.

20530

Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with the investigation by the House

Select Committee on Assassinations into the circumstances

surrounding the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jx.,

I have enclosed pursuant to the agreement between the

Department of Justice and this Committee, copies of

materials which may be referred to, and consequently made

public during our upcoming hearings, which reconvened on

November 9, 1978. This deliveryis in addition to those

items previously transmittede Jand two documents

from the St. Louis MURKIN Field Office File (Number 44-

775) The enclosures are twelve documents from the June

Mail Volumes of the King and SCIC Security Files,

It would be appreciated if the Department of Justice

would review the enclosed and inform the Committee by

November 12, 1978, if there are any objections to the

release of any of

Thank you for your cooperation.

* Not dope C-1662-172/0=1291

Sincerely,

41 NOV 14 1978

Blafg.

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and

• Director

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMA

RICHARDSOM PREYER, N.C.

January

NE. OHIO

WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.

STEWART B. IS KINNEY, CONN.

YVONNE DRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHARLES THONE, NEDR.

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.

HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

RODERT W. EDGAR, PA.

11-13-78

(202) 225-4628

O Select Committee on Assassivations

U.S. House of Representatines

3369 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

November 7, 1978

UNDERAL GOVKRAMES

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C.

20305

Attention: MI. Robert I. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with the investigation by this Committee

into the circumstances surrounding the death of DI. Martin

Luther King, Jr., the assistance of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation is

requested in regard to the following matters:

I. Prepare for delivery from the St. Louis

Field Office file captioned MURKIN, the

following;

a .

44-775-243

b. 44-775-562

2.

Make

available, the names and current

assignments of the Special Agents who

were assigned to the Legal Attache's

Office in London for the period May

through July 1968.

As per our request of October 30, 1978, enclosed are

additional materials the Committee anticipates using in the

upcoming public hearings, therefore, it would be appreciated

if the Federal Bureau of Investigation would make the appropri-

ate review of the enclosed EX-109 REL-isible.

Your continuing cooperation is greatly appreciated.

tea. 7270-12%2

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EncLosures

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Sincerely,

2066e Blahs

18 NOV 14 1978

G" Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel, and Director

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.

SAMUEL L

"'INE, OHIO

STEWART

CHARLES

#KINNEY, CONN.

E, NEBR.

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN.

HAROLD S. SKIYER, MICH.

HAPOLD E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

Rec Clie

11-13.75

Select Committee on Assassinations

4.S. House or Representatives

3369 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

November 7, 1978

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C. 20530

Attention:

Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

This letter supplements the request of this

Committee by letter of November 6, 1978, for all

information pertaining to Dallas Sebastian Barr, aka

Jerry Miller.

Information has been received by the Committee

which clearly reveals that Dallas Barr was a federal

narcotics informant who subsequently testified at

the trial of John Kauffmann and others in federal

court, Kansas City, Missouri in approximately 1967.

Barr's role as an informant was obviously disclosed.

Since the Committee is investigating the allegation

that John Kauffmann was the source of an offer to

Kill Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

in 1966-1967, it is

significant to determine what, if any, information of

this nature was possessed by Barr and related to law

enforcement authöritigx-109

Therefore, the request of the Committee for all

FREE COMe 507221 - 1293

files of Dallas Barr should result in the provision

of all materials pertaining to him regardless of any

otherwise limiting provision of the Memorandum of

Understanding

between the FBI and the Committee.

Sincerely,

1 Poliss Bleel

G.. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

ITT: NOV 14 1978

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(Rev. 3-24-77)

TRANSMIT VIA:

• Teletype

Facsimile

Airtel

a:".

FBI

PRECEDENCE:

• Immediate

• Priority

• Routine

CLASSIFICATION:*

[ TOP SECRET

I SECRET

• CONFIDENTIAL

DEFTO

I CLEAR

Date _

11/7/78

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

(62-117290)

(ATTN :

CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT,

RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION)

FROM: KN

SAC, ST. LOUIS (62-5097)

SUBJECT:

HOUSE. SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

BUDED: 11/9/78

Re Bureau teletype to St. Louis, 11/7/78.

Enclosed herewith is one copy each of Serials

14

150 inclusive and one copy of Serial 1A-1, all from SL

100-17801 captioned "MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.; SM - C"

fife

A review of the enclosed serials will reveal that

several permanent charge-outs are in this file revealing

the

fact that certain serials have been previously furnished to

FBIHQ and are no longer available, nor are copies of those

serials available, to the St. Louis Office.

The following additional' comments are offered for

Serial 35 is SL airtel to the Bureau dated 3/25/64 captioned

"COMMUNIST PARTY, USA, NEGRO QUESTION, COMMUNIST INFLUENCE

IN RACIAL MATTERS, INTERNAL SECURITY - C". Between these two

serials is a form captioned "Metropolitan Police Department,

This accident

tion information appears on the reverse of page 1of this.-

report and is not reproduced in the enclosure.

(2) - Bureau

2 - St. Louis

5 Get 12) A first ate

6088

(1-62-5097 & 1- 100-17801)

JES: kmt (4)

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7 4 *378

4- сіті

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Approved:

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Transmitted

Per

(Number)

(Time)

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SI 62-5097

Serial 52 is missing. St. Louis cannot determine

at this time whether Serial 52

was inadvertently skipped in

the serializing process or was permanently charged out and

sent to the Bureau without a permanent charge-out being

submitted to the file.

Between Serials 55 and 57 is a photograph over

which the following headline

appears "MARTIN LUTHER KING …..

AT COMMUNIST TRAINING SCHOOL"

.. This is Serial 56 which was

blockstamped and serialized on the reverse side and is not

reproduced herein.

Between Serials 125 and 126 is an unserialized

memorandum dated 6/23/66 from SA RICHARD BOYD SMITH to the

SAC captioned "A Citizen's White Paper; Info Concerning".

This memorandum was apparently inadvertently skipped in

serializing.

Serial 131 is Chicago airtel to the Bureau dated

3/28/67 enclosing an LHM.

That IHM is dated 3/28/67 at

ChAGAIN LUTHER KEE DESCA MALON DEMONSTRATIONS,

CHICAGO FREEDOM MOVEMENT

(CEM) - SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADER-

SHIP CONFERENCE

• (SCIC), CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, RACIAL MATTER".

That IHM is Serial 130; however, is blockstamped and

serialized on the reverse of page l and is not reproduced

herewith.

Serial 134 is St. Louis airtel to the Bureau

dated 7/18/67 captioned "CP - USA, POLITICAL ACTIVITY, IS - C,

CINAL".

That airtel enclosed an LHM dated 7/18/67 at St.

Louis, Missouri captioned "NEW POLITICS".

serialized separately in this file as it should have been

and, therefore, bears no serial number.

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• OF INVESTIGATION

COMMUMICATIONS SECTION

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Dep. AD Inv.

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13, 1978

RE BUREAU TELETYPE TO MEMPHIS AND OTHER OFFICES NOVEMBER

3, 1973.

A SEARCH OF INDICES AND REVIEW OF FILES OF THE MEMPHIS

OFFICE REVEALED NO INFORMATION IDENIIFIABLE WITH JAMES COOPER

GRAEM, AKA, JIM GENOVESE, BASED ON INFORMATION SET FORTH IN

RETAL.

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Dep. AD Inv.

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DRELICE

HOUSE SELECI COMMITTEE ON ASSASCINAIIONE (HSCA),

PUDES NOVEMBER 13, 1975.

RE FIHO TEL IO CHICISO AND OTHER OFFICES,

NOVEYBER ?, 1973.

REVIE. OF CHICACO OFFICE INDICES REFLECTS NO

DENTIFIAPLE INFORMATION RECARDINE DALLAS FARF, AYA

'JERRY MILLER, DATE OF BIRTH FERRUARY 1, 19?E, OP

JANUARY 1, 1929, FOI NUMSEE 5 PAI 966.

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Date _11/9/78

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290)

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(ATTN:

RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION,

CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT)

FROM:

SAC, SPRINGFIELD (62-2567)

SUBJECT: 'HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS (FSCA

ReBuairtel to CG, 11/8/78.

Enclosed for the Bureau is one photocopy each

of 35 pages reflecting all information available in Spring=

field files relative to DALLAS BARR, aka JERRY MILLER.

Springfield indices negative regarding JAMES

COOPER GREEN.

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HSCA, BY LETTER DATED NOVEMBER bO 1978, REQUESTED THAT ALL

LFBIH& AND FIELD OFFICE FILES BE PROVIDED ON THE FOLLOWING

4_SUBJECTS:

TYPE PAST THIS LINE

2

H3/DR/1922

1 - MR:

1 - MR. FOSTER

I - MR. BREKKE

AF JAMES COOPER GREEN, AKA JIM GENOVESE

DOB: JANUARY 7, 1947

ADDRESS: ROUTE 22 CARUTHERSVILLE, MISSOURI

DO NOT TYPE MESSAGE BELOW THIS LINE.

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BE DALLAS BARR- AKA JERRY MILLER

DOB: FEBRUARY L 1928 OR JANUARY LI 1929

FBI NUMBER 5 041 866

ON NOVEMBER 8, 1978, MICHAEL EBERHARDT, HSCA, ADVISED THAT

THE COMMITTEE WANTED THE FIELD OFFICES IN CHICAGO, KANSAS CITY,

_SPRINGFIELD AND ST. LOUIS* CHECKED FOR MATERIAL ON BARR.

14 LEBERHARDT REQUESTED THAT THE FIELD OFFICES IN MEMPHIST

_NEW ORLEANS AND ST. LOUIS BE CHECKED FOR MATERIAL ON GREEN.

12

ABOVE-NAMED OFFICES SHOULD REVIEW INDICES AND ANY MATERIAL

-FOUND IDENTIFIABLE WITH JAMES COOPER GREEN OR DALLAS BARR, IN

10_THE APPROPRIATE FIELD OFFICE, SHOULD BE DUPLICATED AND ONE COPY

_FURNISHED BY COVER AIRTEL TO CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT. RECORDS

_MANAGEMENT DIVISION, FBIHQ, BY NOVEMBER 13, 1978. ANY POTEN-

-TIAL PROBLEMS IN COMPLYING WITH DEADLINE SHOULD BE TELE-

6_PHONICALLY RESOLVED WITH CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT.

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RECEIVED

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IF IRVESTIGATION

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Laboratory

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Plan. & Insp. #

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DE NO 00D3

Training

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Director's Secy

FM NEW ORLEANS: (66-2878) (RUG)

TO DIRECTOR

(62-117290)

BT

BREXICE

UNCLAS

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ATT: CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT, RECORDS. MANAGEMENI DIVISION

HOUSE SELECI COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINAIIONS (HSCA), BUDED NOV. 13, 1978

RE BUTEL NOV. 8, 1978•

A REVIEW OF THE INDICES OF THE NEW ORLEANS OFFICE HAS BEEN

CONDUCIED AND NO INFORMATION IDENTIFIABLE WITH JAMES COOPER GREEN

AKA, JIM JENOVESE, DOB, JAN. 7, 1947, WAS CONIAINED THEREIN.

BT

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• CONFIDENTIAL

EFTO

O CLEAR

Date.

11/8/78

IT

Director's Sed'y

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290)

(ATTN :

CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT

RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION)

FROM:

SAC, KANSAS CITY (175-64)

QUOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

BUDED 11/13/78

ReButel 11/8/78.

Kansas City indices contain no information

identifiable with JAMES COOPER GREEN Or DALLAS BARR.

VIRENCE.

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Reo.ciu

11-140-7-538

LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.

SAMUEL L. DEVINE, OHIO

WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.

STEWART B. MCKINNEY, CONN.

YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHARLES THONE, NEBR.

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.

HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

SADARAL ROVI

Delect Committee on Assassinations

M.S. House of Representaties

3369 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

November 13, 1978

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney Genexal of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C.

20530

AttentIon: Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal DiVISIOn, RoOM 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with the investigation by the House Select

Committee on Assassinations into the circumstances surrounding

the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, JI., I have enclosed

pursuant to the agreement between the Department of Justice

and this Committee, copies of additional materials which may

be referred to,

and consequently made public during. our

reconvening hearings which began on November 9, 1978.

It would be appreciated therefore if the Department of

Justice would review the enclosed, and inform the Committee

at least by November 15, 1978, if there are any objections

to the release of any of the information.

Thank you for your continuing cooperation.

sincerely,

So Beaten

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

Enclosures

CC:

Ron Heller

GRB: gh

ST-113

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1 - Mr.

D. Ryan

1 - Mr.

W. A. Harwood

1 - Mrs. J. R. Millet

Novembor 13, 1978

62

The attorney Genocal

Attention:

SIr. i, llichack Felly

David Ryan, Security Oilicer

FBI

REQUEST FOR DICLASSIFICATION ROVIEW

Attached is i copy oi i monorandan fron Ransoy

clarli, Attocney Genocal, to it. John Ligar Hoover, Director,

renoral surcau of Investigation, unted Jonuasy 3, 1958, cup-

tionco "Communist Infiltiation, Couthuca Chesstian Eszverchap

Conference," which has been classifiod "Seoret."

The rouse sclect conniitee on Ascastinutions hac

roccutly

ecquested this cocumnt;

"among" others Falating to

inquiry rogording the lartin luther king, Je., assasai-

nution, be revicuou for declassitication und possible public

cloclosure.

the Connittoe has requested it bu udvised by

November 17, 1978, regarding classification und if eny

objection is interposed to public releuse.

As & nattor of

intornation, this bureau has provioualy acclassified sinilar

docurents relating

to telephone surveillunce on the Southern

Christion Luadership Conference and it would appuar the

classification ol the attachoa document is derivel fron

Au the offies

iccument, in accordance with cristing procedures, it is

requested I be espeditiously advised if declussification

anú public disclosure ot the attuched documant is varranced.

Enclosuro

SECHLI HATCRIAL AILACILD

62-116065

^ 52-117290 (HSCA)

Spinachte

(7)

NOIL:

кстати

This matter referred to Department Attorney-Advisor

Jerry Schrader on 11/9/78 based on an expeditious

request by the House Select Committee on Assassinations.

Mr. Schrader brought the document to the attention of

Mr. Kelly, Counselor to the Attorney General on 11/13/78,

and the latter requested an FBI request for declassifica-

tion review be submitted in writing.

Xi 5 1978

OT RECORD

NOV 14 KRA

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мо, но

LOUIS STOKES, OHIO

AIRMAN

RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.

SAMUEL L. DEVINE, OHIO

WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.

STEWART B. MCKINNEY, CONN.

YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN.

HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT VY. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

FINAL COVINASS

O Select Committee on Assassinations

нотокіпін

U.S. House ot Representatives

2969 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C, 20515

November 13, 1978

10-14-78

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of

Justice

Washington, D.C.

20530

Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with the investigation into the circumstances

surrounding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,

we request that you provide the Committee with the names of

all agents who were assigned to the Security Squad of the

Atlanta office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation during

the period between January 1967 through May 1968.

In addition,

to the extent possible we request that this list also include

indications of supervisory positions held by members of the

squad.

Due to the urgency of this request, we respectfully request

your immediate attention to this matter.

GRB : kmh

Sincerely,

So Holar Blab

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

62-117290

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REGS

11 NOV 16 1978

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO CHALKIEN

RICHAROSON PREYER, N.C.

I51-L.

¡E, OHIO

WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.G.

LENT B. NIGKINNEY, CONN.

YVONNE BRATHIMITE BURKE, CALIE.

CHARLES TRONE, NEBR.

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.

MANOLO E, FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J, FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4524

Select (Committee on Assassinations

U.». Douse of Representatives

3369 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

11-14-78

November 14, 1978

supple surely

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the

United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C. 20530

Attention: Mr. Robert I. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with the Committee's investigation of the

assassination of DI. Martin Luther King, Jr., it is requested

that the FBI provide the Committee with the name of an agent

assigned to security matters in Atlanta in 1968. The follow-

ing descriptive data is furnished to provide a basis for that

identification:

The individual is a white male who was approximately

34 years old in 1968. He is approximately 6' to 6'1" tall,

dark hair, with

a smooth complexion. He was assigned to

Atlanta's

security squad, had some

supervisory responsibili-

ties, either as an assistant or relief supervisor.

He was on

the squad for

approximately four (4) years prior to 1968.

The individual may have been of Italian extraction or had

Italian sounding surname.

He was neither an accountant nor a

lawyer.

He possibly came from an eastern city.

In the Atlanta *

office, he sat near Alan Sentinella and Alder Miller.

It is further requested that this matter be handled on

an expedited basis.

ST 2-1172%0-1305

Protes Blabs

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and

Director

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62-11229041 NOV 16 1978

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Date

11/9/78

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

(62-117290)

(ATTN :

CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT,

RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION)

FROM: N

SAC, ST. LOUIS

(62-5097)

SUBJECT? HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

BUDED: 11/13/78

BREKYE

Re Bureau teletype to Chicago and other offices

dated 11/8/78.

A)

Enclosed herewith are copies of the following

communications concerning JAMES COOPER GREEN,

dob 1/7/47.

St. Louis indices contain no

reference to JIM GENOVESE.

FD-9 in SL file 15-17227 captioned

"JOE DEE ROSE; ET AL; TFIS" (Serial 64);

FBI Identification Record for JAMES COOPER

GREEN, JR.,

FBI #432 338 F (Serial 63) in

SI file 15-17227, blockstamped and

serialized on reverse page;

St. Louis letter to Birmingham dated

3/30/78 from

control file 87-24046

Be JAMES C. GREEN appears in

1306

REC-80

Memo to SAC, St. Louis, from SA MARSHALL P.

GORHAM dated 11/8/78 captioned "Miscellaneous

Bureau

(Enc - 6)

1

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on the

SI 62-5097

B)

Information Concerning, JAMES COOPER

GREEN, JR." (SI file 62-0-19478) •

The Bureau will note that attached to

this memo are xerox copies of indices

cards concerning JAMES COOPER GREEN, JR.

The following observations are furnished

concerning those indices.cards.

-SI file 44-700 was destroyed on

7am eir 162 eves destroyed on

28. St Etle 26-31372 was destroyed

approximately 5 to 8 years ago.

Enclosed herewith are copies of the following

communications concerning DALLAS BARR, aka

JERRY MILLER:

Letter dated 10/4/77 from H. EBERHARDT to

FBI, St. Louis, and Treasury Department,

Criminal Enforcement Division, St. Louis,

Missouri;

Letter to H. EBERHARDT dated 10/11/77 from

the SAC, St. Louis.

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMA

WALTER I- FANATROI, D.C.

SAMUEL 1

INE, OHIO

STEWART

SKINNEY, CONN.

YVON 2 URATHWAITE BURKE, CALIP.

CHARLES THONE, NCER.

CHRISTOPHER S, DODD, CONN,

HAROLO E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT % EDGAR, PA.

mrao. to use Seet Committee on Issassinations

(202) 225-1624

U.&. House of Representatibes

3369 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT.

November 14, 1978

Ree cus

+ 1616-77.

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the

United States

Department of Justice

washington, D.C. 20530

Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

On November 7, 1978 in response to a request by the

House Select Committee on Assassinations dated February

3, 1978 and modified by letter on

october 12, 1978, the

Federal Bureau of Investigation provided the Committee with

a two volume set of photographs of FBI agents who were assigned

to Atlanta in 1968. EX-109 REC 1662-117290-1307

Prior to the delivery of these volumes, representatives of

the FBI indicated that four (4) photographs were unobtainable

through the agents personal files. They further stated that

two of these four were pictures of agents assigned to the security

Squad. At that time, members of the Committee's staff were

informed that every effort would be made to obtain other photo-

graphs of these agents.

T] NOV 17 1978

At the time of delivery and in subsequent conversations,

-he Committee was assured that the two volumes contained, along

with "fillers", photographs of all agents assigned to Atlanta for

Thus the ominous noted in paragraph two

were corrected.

A troubling aspect of the pictures provided, however, was

that one photograph, number 16, is markedly different from the

rest both in quality and the age of the person at the time the

photograph was made.

If this picture was, in fact, that of a member of the security

segious, questions are raised about the fairness of the

to

effectively employ them for the purpose of identification.

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The Honorable Griffin B. Belly

Page Two

It is requested that the FBI state one (1) whether the

person who appears in the photograph was a member of the security

squad and two (2) if he is a former agent named Jack Rose.

addition, to complete the written record with respect to this

response, the Committee requests that the Bureau provide the

Committee with an unsealed list of names of the agents depicted

in the photographs, without any correlation to the numbers of

the photographs, as well as a statement that all of the photographs

sought by the above-referenced request were provided.

As the information sought by this request has already been

compiled, it is requested that a response to this request be

made immediately.

Sincerelyi

12 PoT Bet

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

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LOUIS STOKES, QHIO, CHAIRMAN

RICHAROCON PREYST, MI.C.

SAMUEL LA, JEVINE, OHIO

D.G,

STEWART

DEKINNEY, CONSY.

JONNE DRATH'NAITE DURKE, CALIF

CHARLES

6, NEBR.

CHRISTOPHER J. DODO, COMN.

HAROLO E. FORD, TENN.

TROL

JYER, MICH.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT I. EDGAR, PA.

House

(202) 225-4624

Ree Ei5

16-16-75

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Select Committee on Assassinations

U.E. Mouse vi Bepresentatioes

3369 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

November 15, 1978

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C.

Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with the investigation into the assassina-

tion of DI. Martin Luther King, JI., it is requested that the

FBI make special agent James J. Rose available tọ be inter-

viewed by the staff of the Committee.

It is further requested that the FBI search its records

and provide the Committee with any

written documentation

which would establish whether or not agent Rose was present

and on duty in Atlanta on April 4, 1968, and if he was present

at what time he went off dutyrEl lo

that day.

As agent Rose wMI

a possi Le fitness in 2901

1308

in our public

hearings prior to Novembe

e 23, 1978, the Committee requests

that this matter be handled on a priority basis.

Sincerely,

17 NOV 17 1978

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

GRB: am

Ron Heller

62-119290

NEC

6 1978

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TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

ATTENTION: CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT

PROM WO

SAC, CINCINNATT

SUBJECT:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

Enclosed are original and three copies of letterhead memorandum

concerning telephonic interview of SAC THOMAS W. KLICHENS, JR. by GAYL

OPPENBERG, Staff Member, captioned committee.

Bureau (4 In cs. CLOSURE

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In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Onic

Career 3, 297:

HOUSE SELECT COMICIEE ON ASSASSIUANIONS

Thomas W. Kitchens, Jr., Special Agent In Charge, Cincimati,

Ohio, was interviewed telephonically October 31, 1978, by Cayle Oppenbers,

house select comttee on Assassinations.

She advised that

Kentucky, during 1907 or 1960 to the Police and an IBI Agent to withdraw

protection fron Dr. Ring. She stated that the FBI Agent has been identified

as SAC Kitchens.

Hiss Oppenberg was advised that SAC Kitchens was not assigned

to the louisville Division until 1972 and that in 1967 he was assigned to

IBI Icadquarters, Washington, D.C. and in the Spring of 1967 was transferred

to Inoxville, Temessee, as Ássistant Special Agent In Charge. She was also

dvised that SAC Kitchens has no present recollection of bell or Ridley and

hat he certainly had never received any money fron either of them.

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The Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

Attention: Mr. Robert Keuch

Director, FBI

FEDERAT GOVERNNEND

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

1 - Mr. Long - Enc.

1

- Mr. Foster - Enc.

1 - Mr. Mintz - Enc.

November 9, 1978

2 - Mr. Coulson - Enc.

1 - Mr. Heller - Enc.

In accordance with Attorney General Order 116-

56, this remorandum advises that thomas W. Kitchens, Jr.,

Special Agent in Charge of the Cincinnati, Ohio, Field

office was intervicwed on October 31, 1978. A memorandum

setting forth ir. Kitchens' account of this interview is

enclosed for your infornation.

Enclosure

2/18/84

1 - Personnel file - Thomas W. Kitchens, JI. - Enclosure

MAIL ED 6

Assoc. Dir.

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WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.

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(202) 225-4624

Select Committee on Assassinations

U.E. House DE Lepresentatives

3369 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

November 14, 1978

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the

United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C. 20530

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

The

subcommittee investigating the circumstances surrounding

the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, JI., has obtained authori-

zation to be furnished any and all information maintained by

the Federal Bureau of Investigation, concerning and/or received

from Charles Cabbage (Memphis, Tennessee), during the period

March 1, 1968 through June 1, 1968.

Submitted herewith is the release executed by Mr. Cabbage,

and accordingly, it is requested that the Federal. Bureau of

Investigation prepare for delivery, all Headquarters and Field

Office files and subfiles of any nature pertaining to this

individual for the period enumerated.

As time is extremely crucial in this matter, your prompt

attention is greatly appreciated.

Very truly yours,

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Chief Counsel and Director

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CHARLES SIGNE, NEDR.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.

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FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROYERT W. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

Select Committee on Assassinations

U.E. House of Representatines

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

I, the undersigned, hereby authorize the Federal Bureau

of Investigation (FBI) to release any and all information which

it has or maintained concerning me, and/or which it has received

or obtained from me, including such information which may have

been revealed to the FBI on a confidential basis, during the

period from March 1, 1968 through June 1, 1968 to the Select

Committee on Assassinations of the United States House of

Representatives (Committee) and its staff. By this authorization,

I knowingly and voluntarily waive whatever rights I may have to

withhold disclosure of information in the possession of the FBI

to the Committee and its staff.

Signed:

Charlar 2.

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SUBJECT. HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

Director's Sec'y _

STAFF REPORT

INVESTIGATION INTO THE ASSASSINATION OF

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR:

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Mr. Ryan

Mr. Foster

AN ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF

THE' DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

M1""

PURPOSE:

Ult.

To summarize captioned report, furnish internal

observations, identify items of media interest and recommend

that certain

observations concerning the report be furnished

to the Department of Justice and the HSCA.

SYNOPSIS:

In connection with the investigation into the

assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and resulting

public hearings, the HSCA plans to release captioned report

on 11/27/78.

A copy was provided the FBI and our objections

and observations concerning the report should be submitted

to the Department and thee

A bIR 245/73.

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Details set horth Ichapter-by-chapter summary of

report, which concludes the FBI and Department remained con-

sistent in the belief that Ray acted alone in killing King.

Although investigation was pursued in search of a conspiracy,

investigation in this area was limited, with the issues of

Ray's finances and possible family involvement still undeter-

mined.

This resulted from the FBI's preoccupation with the

fugitive investigation.

9 NOV 21 1978

Report states that, based on a review stevidence

in FBI files and techniques

employed by the Department and

the FBi to resolve leads,

the HSCA review has not disclosed a

basis for confidënce in the official conclusion that Ray

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The HSCA believes that the grand jury, search

warrants, immunity grants and court-authorized electronic

surveillances could have been used to produce more effective

The FBI is criticized for its "one way street pos-

ture" and not fully utilizing local police expertise, failure

to pursue leads conflicting with protection of our public

image, and violating the constitutional rights of citizens and

the defendant. The HSCA found no evidence that any deficiences

in the investigation were directly or indirectly the result

of what the Committee describes as the "Bureau's well-docu-

mented hatred for Dr. King and his movement."

Our observations are that the HSCA summary of facts

regarding the Murkin investigation is accurate and well docu-

mented, but also contains other information and conclusions.

Major

observations which should be provided the Department

and the HSCA are: removal of identities of Agents in the in

vestigation below the level of Section Chief; that the

Attorney General left up to the FBI the decision on where to

file the complaint against Ray; that the FBI was restricted

in use of court-authorized electronic surveillance, contrary

to HSCA view; final determination if electronic surveillance

violates constitutional rights of individuals rests with the

Department, not the FBI; that our informant coverage of hate

groups would have been adequate to learn of any group's in-

volvement in King's assassination; that the HSCA fails to

objectively detail the extent of FBI interviews with Ray's

relatives; that the HSCA analysis fails to address the central

point as to whether or not it determined Ray's guilt or

innocence; and the use of inflammatory, nonessential language in

cern so the report

he report primarily designed to malien the "'bl. Items oi con-

ern in the report, as to informants, relations with the Roya.

Canadian Mounted Police, Privacy Act and classification are set

forth.Ke

Items in report likely to be subject of media

attention are general findings, such as FBI's preoccupation

with identifying and locating Ray, which resulted in a limited

effort to detect a conspiracy; the FBI's failure to pursue

investigation of Ray's family, involvement of hate groups, or

identification of Ray's financial sources; that HSCA review

has not disclosed basis for confidence in

• the official con-

clusion that Ray acted alone; that the FBI failed to pursue

leads which conflicted with protection of its public image;

that our investigation violated constitutional rights of Ray

and his attorney-client relationship; and that the HSCA found

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no evidence that any deficiences in the investigation were

results of the

"Bureau's well-documented hatred for Dr. King

and his movement."

The report shows no final conclusions as to the

guilt or innocence of Ray or the involvement or non-

involvement of any persons. It is anticipated that additional

HSCA reports will be issued regarding our security investiga-

tion of King, the HSCA's investigation of the assassination,

and the HSCA's complete findings in both the security ana

assassination investigations of King.

RECOMMENDATION:

That approval be granted to forward to the Department

and the HSCA the attached letter and memorandum listing our

observations and objections concerning captioned report.

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DETAILS:

BACKGROUND:

For the past two years the HSCA has been conducting

investigation into the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.,

reviewing pertinent FBI files and interviewing present and

former Agents familiar with the aspects of our assassination

and security investigation of King. After holding several

days of public hearings in the King case during August, 1978,

the HSCA resumed hearings on 11/9/78 and issued a Staff Report

scheduled for release 11/27/78.

An advance copy of this report

(attached) was received by Legal Counsel Division on 11/7/78,

transmitted by HSCA Letter to the Attorney General dated

11/6/78. This letter advised that the report should be re-

viewed by appropriate officials of the Department of Justice

and unless notified otherwise within five days, the HSCA would

assume the Department has no objection to publication of the

report in its entirety.

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THEY MMM

On 11/0/78 Mr. Robert L. Keuch, Deputy Assistant

Attorney General, Criminal Division, advised that HSCA Chief

Counsel and Director G. Robert Blakey agreed to extend the

deadline for review of captioned report and submission of

observations

of same to the close of business 11/16/78.

Copies of captioned report were furnished appropriate

officials at FBIHQ in order that the report could be reviewed

for classification, privacy rights, sensitive informants and

methods and inaccuracies.

Advance copies were also furnished

to the Director, Mr. Adams and Mr. McDermott.

Based upon

review at FBI Headquarters the following consists of a chapter

by chapter summary of captioned report with internal observations

where appropriate, highlighting portions of the report likely

Also set forth are our objections

and observations which should be furnished to the Department of

Justice and the HSCA within the HSCA deadline of 11/16/78.

I. INTRODUCTION

SUMMARY:

Because of counterintelligence operations against

King and SCLC during the 1960's, the HSCA faced the troubling

question as to whether or not the FBI could conduct a thorough

and far-reaching criminal investigation into the assassination.

Besides this over-riding issue, the AscA attempted to re-

solve if the Justice Department properly exercised its

authority

over the direction and conduct of the investigation, if

available investigative resources were committed to identify and

locate person(s) responsible, what was the nature of the

FBI's coordination with and use of local authorities and

was the investigation conducted with due regard for the con-

stitutional rights of citizens, investigative targets and

the defendant.

OBSERVATIONS: None.

II. THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION

SUMMARY :

This chapter identifies Agents at various levels

0f

supervision in the King assassainaton (MURKIN) both in the

field and at FBIHQ. Their duties are described. Then follows a

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narrative of the crime, the immediate response of the Department

and the FBI, details concerning the identification and location

of Ray, his

extradiction from England and his

guilty plea in

Memphis on 3/10/69.

OBSERVATIONS:

(1) The HSCA's narrative summary of facts regarding our

investigation to identify and apprehend Ray is accurate and well

documented.

This is based on a random comparison of selected

footnotes with material content.

This chapter is however,

supplemented with other information and HSCA conclusions.

(2) The identification of Agent names in this report

is a concern. In previous reviews of our King investigation the

Senate Select Committee in 1975 and a Task Force of the Department

of Justice in 1976-1977 agreed at our request not to publish

the identities of Special Agent personnel below the level of

Section Chief. Although no written verification was received

from the HSCA

on this point, Mr. Blakey has orally stated to

representatives of the Legal Counsel Division and the CIU

that the HSCA would also follow this practice. It is not done

so in this Chapter or in Chapter IX where the

security case

agent in Atlanta is identified by name. This matter should

be brought to the attention of the HSCA, particularly with

an Agent's identity could jeopardize his personal safety.

(3) On page 28 the FBI's investigation cost figures

show marked decrease in cost and miles driven on a nation-

wide basis after Rays's arrest. Although figures quoted

are accurate, it should be pointed out to the HSCA that in

any major investigation the cost and miles driven will be

reduced drastically after its initial stages. At first

the investigation is broadly based with leads in many areas.

As the investigation narrows, the cost and miles driven will

logically decrease.

III. COORDINATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTVENT OF JUSTICE

AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

SUMMARY :

This chapter identifies Department of Justice

personnel which had the ultimate responsibility for conduct of

the King assassination investigation. In its

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role" the Department was furnished "sanitized and digested"

information by the FBI, which maintained the course and

direction of the investigation.

Excluded from the case

were U.S. Attorneys in large cities where major portions

of the investigation were conducted. Also discussed

are personnel relations between the Department and FBI

officials at the time, the "arrogant independence of the

Bureau", failure of the Department to supervise and control

the FBI and the Bureau's "apparent inbred fear" of Department

Cited are specific instances

of difficulty between the Bureau and the Department, such as

notifying the Department after the fact regarding filing the

complaint against Ray in Birmingham; criticism by the

Director of the Attorney General's public statements on the

case; and FBI resentment of a Department official being sent

to London to handle Ray's extradiction. Examination of these

and other instances helped gain an overall understanding

of the quality of the King assassination and the roles played

therein by the Bureau and the Department.

OBSERVATION:

With respect to the filing of the complaint against

Ray, on page 45 it states "there is no indication in FBI files

that the selection of a filing location was discussed with

the Attorney General in Washington until after the fact"

•

This criticism was also made by the filce of Professional

Responsibility (OPR) of the Department during its review of

the king case. However, according to an internal memorandum

of the Birmingham Office, the United States Attorney in

Birmingham informed the SAC that he had contacted the Attorney

General who stated that he authorized prosecution of Ray,

but he (Attorney General) was not aware where the process

was

to be filed since that was a decision for FBI officials.

The HSCA had access to this memorandum in Birmingham file

44-1740-1005. While it is true that no documents could be

found indicating a filing location was discussed with the

Attorney General before the fact, the Birmingham memorandum

indicates the Attorney General was willing to leave location

selection up to Bureau officials.

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IV. COORDINATION BETWEEN THE BUREAU AND OTHERS

SUMMARY:

Here the HSCA comments upon the FBI's relationship with

will gain

of the agency itself.

To the FBI the outside world was

divided into friends and foes and a "curious conflict" arose

When a potential witness had a "questionable or anti-Bureau

reputation" and thus was seen as

• a threat to the FBI's public

image.

The "one way street" posture of FBI

precluded possi-

bility of a close working relationship with local authorities

on matters within their expertise.

While cooperation between

the FBI and local

authorities in Memphis was harmonious, the

limited distribution of infomation from the FBI during the

on-going investigation remained an excellent example of the

extent to which the FBI guards the substance of its on-going

cases.

OBSERVATION:

On page 52 the above HSCA statement concerning the

"one way street"

posture of the FBI is unwarranted and should

be corrected.

Our relationship with local authorities in the

MURKIN investigation was highly satisfactory and productive.

The Committee report describes our relations with Memphis

authorities as "harmonious".

Further, in its own investigation

the HSCA asked the FBI on two occasions to mediate a matter

with a local police department.

This may not have been

possible if our one way relationship with local authorities

is described accurately by the HSCA.

V. PROTECTING THE BUREAU'S IMAGE

SUMMARY:

In this chapter the HSCA cites examples where con-

cern for our public image made us reluctant to pursue leads

in the Murkin investigation. These were: (1) Refusal to in-

terview am editor because he

was a "rabble-rouser and hate

monger" after he claimed Ray's brother told him of a conspiracy

in the assassination.

(2) Monitored activities of an investi-

gative reporter working on the assassination and avoiding inter-

view with him; (3) Restricted covering of several investigative.

leads which

were associated with District Attorney General

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Jim Garrison in New Orleans, a controversal figure. Io support

its allegation that the FBI

supplied information to assist

friendly writers, the HSCA cites one article which was sub-

mitted to the Bureau only for editing and a proposal to assist

writer Gerold Frank. This proposal was initially approved,

but later rejected.

The HSCA then concluded Frank must have

received assistance because "striking similarities to the

FBI reports covering the same subject matter" appear in

his book.

OBSERVATIONS:

(1) Un page bo or this chapter paragraph two, the

late of Ray's guilty plea is 3/10/68. This date should be

3/10/69.

(2) The HSCA states on page 58, paragraph 1 that,

underlying memoranda regard the reporter

was a clear concern

on the part of the FBI that "a private

investigative reporter

would break the case before the nation's largest and most

famous investigative agency."

This statement is a good

example of pure conjecture by the Committee and removal of

the statement should be requested.

(3) In spite of the statement of former Assistant

Director Bishop that the Bureau did not cooperate with any

author on the King case and HSCA statement on pages 61-62 that

no evidence to that effect was found in FBI files, the HSCA

still attempts to leave that impression. It should also

be

pointed out to the HSCA that the "striking similarities" in

the author's book could have resulted from the data in possessior

of the Department or local prosecuting authorities, and not

the FBI.

VI. INVESTIGATIVE METHODOLOGY

SUMMARY:

The HSCA states that conspicuously absent in

Murkin were investigative methods such as search warrants,

electronic surveillance, immunity grants, and the gran

jury. The use and advantages of a federal grand jury in

an investigation are discussed along with the reasons.

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the FBI did not employ its use. Primarily, the HSCA believes

this method could have been useful in handling uncooperative

witnesses, Ray's brothers, suspects who were members of

hate groups or any other individuals who could not normally

be relied upon to be totally candid in interviews with FBI

Agents.

With respect to electronic surveillance the HSCA

faults our failure to utilize court authorized monitoring

upon passage on 6/19/68 of the Ominious Crime Control and

Safe Streets Acts of 1968 which permitted such use in certain

crimes, including murder. The Committee is critical of our

one request to conduct non-consensual electronic surveillance

of Ray's sister and brother-in-law, citing as "insubstantial"

our basis to apprehend Ray and reduce the stresses and tension

placed on the national

security subsequent to the death of

King: It further states that such surveillance, if installed,

would almost certainly be judged illegal under the 1968

constitutional standards and would violate the rights of

surveillance targets. Later withdrawal of this proposal

was a clear indication of the Bureau's

consider conspiratorial involvement of the family or the

damage this investigative approach could have done to any

prosecution of Ray's family.

OBSERVATIONS:

(1) As the HSCA points out in this chapter

officials of the Deartment and the Bureau interviewed by the

HSCA were

in general agreement that a grand jury investigation

was unnecessary and would not have aided the investigation. Ray

was offered an opportunity to appear before the Federal Grand

Jury in 1970, but he refused.

(2) On page 76 the HSCA notes that despite the

potential for imaginative investigative efforts offered by the

use of court authorized electronic surveillance in the Ominous

Crime Control and Safe Streets Acts of 1968, there were no

further attempts to implement same. It should be pointed out

to the HSCA that even after passge of this act, the FBI was

precluded by Departmental Order from using court authorized

electronic surveillance in criminal cases. On 6/19/68 when

President Johnson signed Title III of that statute into law, he

publicly stated "the policy of this administration has been

to confine wire tapping and eaves-dropping to national security

cases only... This policy, now in its third year, will continue

in force".

President Johnson went on to say that on that

date he instructed the Attorney General to assure this policy

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was followed by all law enforcement officers. Subsequent

attempts to obtain Attorney General approval to seek a court

order in criminal cases were disapproved, citing this policy.

Therefore,

the "potential for imagikative investigative efforts

offered by the act,"

according to the asCA, was not available

to the FBI. Also, the HSCA has personnel familiar with

passage of this act who can be consulted as to its application

concerning the FBI.

On page 74, the HSCA states that the willingness

of the FBI to propose electronic surveillance against Ray's

family, after recognizing internally its unconstitutional

nature, showed an absence of concern for the rights of sur

veillance targets.

This recognition of unconstitutionality

of this

surveillance was recorded in an internal FBI memorandum

discussing all legal aspects of the installation. It should

be pointed out to the HSCA the final determination as to such

legality rests not with the FBI, but the Department of Justice,

which can approve or disapprove

the request.

VII. JAMES EARL RAY - THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF INFORMATION

SUMMARY:

This chapter explores steps taken by the Department

of Justice and the FBI to interview Ray, noting that he may

have information in his possession regarding a conspiracy.

In detail the report documents that no interview of Ray was

conducted in England or during his flight back to the United

States.

Following this guilty plea in March, 1969, con-

sideration was given to directly approaching Ray and, under

Department authority, interview was conducted 3/13/69 by

SAC Robert Jensen.

The report states, supported by Jensen's HSCA

interview, that an inadequate Miranda warning was given Ray.

Ray refused a second interview by Jensen on 3/14/69 and sub-

sequently refused to appear before the Grand Jury in 1970 and

to be interviewed by the Department of Justice Task Force in

1976.

This chapter relates that local authorities, in

violation of a court order, furnished the FBI copies of three

letters from Ray to his attorney,

Arthur Hanes.

These copies

were forwarded by the Memphis Field Office to FBI Headquarters.

SAC Jensen acknowledged in his HSCA interview initialing two

memoranda, but stated that the letters were volunteered to

Several other examples of mail intercepts were noted,

and the HSCA concludes that such activities were illegal and

potentially injurious to prosecution of Ray.

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OBSERVATIONS: None.

VIII. THE CONSPIRACY INVESTIGATION

SUMMARY:

This chapter gives the Department

and FBI view to

support the conclusions that Ray acted alone in killing King.

The HSCA believes, based on review of FBI files, that from the

start there was a

consciousness within the Bureau of a conspir-

acy possibility and memoranda to this effect are cited both

in early stages of the investigation and subsequent to Ray's

capture.

The HSCA concludes that its review of evidence

within FBI files and techniques employed by the Department

and FBI in the case has "not disclosed a basis for confidence

in the official conclusion that responsibility for Dr. King's

death does not extend beyond the triggerman."

The HSCA outlines the defects it found in our con-

spiracy investigation as

(1) conspiracy leads were resolved

solely by establishing alibis of potential co-conspirators

on the day of and several days before King's death. (2)

limited effort to investigate involvement of hate type

organizations. (3) total reliance on field interviews to

resolve conspiracy and funding questions, grand jury not

utilized.

(4) failure to focus on Ray's

family, noting

witnesses during significant pre-assassination periods and coin-

cidences between Ray's own story of Raoul and association

o on or got ang as on coden-

(5) no significant effort was made to

determine the extent of criminal involvement of Ray's brothers.

(6) failure to check alibis of John or Jerry

Ray at time of

the rifle purchase and John Ray's alibi on the day King was

killed.

(7) no efforts to investigate

Ray's brothers

through interviews of their associates.

OBSERVATIONS:

(1) Some of the HSCA's findings outlined above

closely parallel findings of the OPR Task Force and are there-

fore already in the public domain.

The Task Force determined

that more investigation could have been

conducted concerning

Ray's brothers and

that sources for Ray's funds are still a

mystery.

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(2) On page 92 the HSCA states, other than can-

vassing informants during various stages in the investigation,

the Bureau's investigation of possible hate groups involve-

ment was

"both limited and unimaginative." The HSCA fails to

note that regarding hate groups in 1968 our informant coverage

was more than adequate to detect information of such substance

as

a hate group plotting assassination of King. The HSCA

fails to take this into consideration. Further, alibis of key

hate group officials were checked out and ant any positive

information received alleging hate group involvement was

thoroughly investigated.

(3) The HSCA notes FBI emphasis on interviews of Ray's

relatives, but no objective effort was made to provide in

detail the extent of such contacts. The files reflects relatives

of Ray

were interviewed on approximately 102 separate occasions.

The majority of these, in the period of a few months, in-

volved verry ray, brother, 22 interviews; John kay, brother,

18 inverviews; Jerry Raynes, father, 15 interviews; Carol

repper, sister, 14 interviews; donr

Gawron, step-father, 16

interviews; Albert Pepper, brother-in-law,

4 interviews; and

Susan Donian, sister, 5 interviews.

IX. HOOVER, COINTELPRO, AND THE ASSASSINATION INVESTIGATION

SUMMARY :

One example of COINTELPRO activity against King is

outlined in this chapter.

There follows statements by Bureau

and Department officials interviewed by the HSCA that our

COINTELPRO efforts had the ironic effect of increasing the

intensity of our investigative efforts in the assassination.

Examples are given of Agents who worked on both the security

and assassination investigation. Regarding Mr. Hoover, the

HSCA implies that his scribbled

notes on memoranda indicate

closest attention to details of the investigation regarding

conduct of his Agents or image of the Bureau.

Files reflect

Hoover placed neither positive or negative additions or

restrictions on the scope of the investigation. In its

concluding paragraph, the HSCA states that while there were

serious problems with the investigation, both in the FBI's

failure to pursue conspiracy possibilities and disregard for

constitutional rights of citizens and the defendant, there

is no clear evidence that these deficiences or any others

were directly or indirectly caused by the Bureau's well

documented hatred of King and his movement.

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Ryan to Mr. Bassett Memorandum

Re: House

Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)

OBSERVATION:

(1) As outlined in observations in Chapter II, the

HSCA should be requested to remove identities of Agents

below the level of Section Chief. In this chapter two Agents

who handled the

security and assassination investigation of

King in Atlanta

are identified.

GENERAL COMMENTS:

(1) The analysis does not state whether or not the

HSCA determined if Ray actually killed King.

No doubt future

findings in this regard will be issued. However, it is believed

that any analysis of the Department and FBI's performanance

in the assassination

investigation cannot be complete without

an assessment of Ray's guilt or innocence. In this regard,

the HSCA's analysis fails to address this

central point and,

therefore, its value to the American people is weakened.

(2) It should be pointed out to the HSCA that the

FBI objects in some instances to the language in the report

which is considered inflammatory, nonessential to the facts

of the case, and obviously used to malign the

FBI. These

instances are: page 43, paragraph 1,

"agency's arrogance";

"reckless

"insatiable

curiosity"; page 80,

paragraph 2,

"no less than three Ietters";

page 92, paragraph 1, "a simplistic view of the law of

conspiracy"; and page 98, paragraph 3, "patently illegal."

(3) On page 81, the report discusses receipt of

information from an informant of the Memphis Field Office

on August 6, 1968.

This information, so specifically written,

tends to identify

this informant.

The HSCA should be re-

quested to delete the specific date and any reference to

information coming from a Memphis informant.

Unless this

action is taken, it will be necessary to classify this por-

tion of the report.

Also regarding informants, reference is made to

page 57 where it is stated that to monitor the activities

of an investigative reporter, Bureau sources were inter-

viewed in a variety of locations, including a Houston radic

station, The Houston Chronicle,

the Pacific lelephone com-

pany, the Sultan Room in Los Angeles, and the Rabbit's Foot

Lounge in Los Angeles.

While this passage does not tend to

identify any specific individuals, the FBI would prefer the

HSCA avoid such direct reference to the location of FBI

sources.

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Ryan to Mr. Bassett Memorandum

House

Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)

Other than the above, release of the report pub-

licly will not identify FBI sources, informants or sensitive

ongoing operations.

(4) With respect to FBI relations with foreign

agencies, Harry brandes of the royal canadian Mounted FoLICe

(RCMP), Washington, D.C., was contacted on November 15, 1978.

concerning various

references to the RCMP in captioned report.

This representative advised there are no objections to information

regarding the Reme except in lootnote 321. Lt was satisfactory

to report information involved, but the documentation should

not be attributed directly to the RCMP.

Therefore, the HSCA

will be requested to delete footnote 321. 0)

(5) It is anticipated that additional HSCA reports

will be issued regarding our security investigation of king, and

the HSCA's investigation of the assassination and HSCA com-

plete findings in both the security and assassination investi-

gations.

(6) The Privacy Unit has advised that, since the

report was created and is controlled by the House of Representa-

tives, the provisions of the Privacy Act do not apply.

CLASSIFICATION:

Captioned report was reviewed by the Projects Unit,

Document Classification and Review Section. It was determined

nation came from the Aßl can be removed. Therefore, bj

leleting footnote 79 Cthis paragraph will be unclassified

are no problems concerning the report

NEWS MEDIA ITEMS:

The following items extracted from captioned report

are believed to likely be the

subjects of considerable media

attention:

1. Of interest will be HSCA general findings, such

as the FBI's preoccupation with identifying and locating

which resulted in a limited effort to detect a conspiracy in

• the case. Also noted may be the FBI's failure to pursue

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Re: House

Select

Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)

investigation of Ray's family more aggressively, inadequately

investigating possible involvement of hate groups, and

failure to identify

sources of Ray's finances.

2. A finding which may be of interest is that the

HSCA review

"has

not disclosed a basis for confidence in the

official conclusion that Ray acted alone." This finding

may alert media interest to the effect that the HSCA has come

up with

"something" which will be announced later.

3.

The FBI failed to pursue leads which conflicted

with protection of its public image.

4. The investigation violated the constitutional

rights of Ray and his attorney-client relationship.

This

resulted

from interception, in violation of a court-order,

by local

authorities of letters Ray wrote to his attorney

while in jail.

Copies of these letters were received from

local authorities by the SAC, Memphis, and forwarded to FBIHQ.

The HSCA found no evidence that any deficiences

in the assassination investigation were the results of the

well-documented hatred for Dr. King and his move-

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Misistant Atiorney General

Criminal Division

Attention: Ir. Robert I. Keuch

Director, FBI

HOUSE SUGECT CONJITTEE ON ASSASSINAJIONS (ESCA)

SCAFF REPORT

IIVNSTIGAZION INTO THE ASSASSINATION

OF DR. VERDIN LUCHB3 KING, ÜR.:

ANJ MALISIS OF TEE PERFORMANCE OF

THE DEPARIMENE OE JUSTICE AND THE

FLDERAL BJREAU OF ILVESZIUATION

1 - Mr.

J. B. Adams

1 = Mr: H: W. Bassette -

_ • Mr. H. Nº

Public Arfairs Office

I = Pegal counsel Division

November 16, 1978

1 - Criminal Investigative Div.

1 -

Mr.

Ryan

1 - Mr. G.

J. Foster

FEDERAL GOVERNENT

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm. -

Deo. AD Inv..

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs..

Crim. Inv..

Ident..

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Rec. Mgnt.

Tech, Servs.

Training -

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Telephone Rm.

Director'

s Secy

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Retarance is nude to letter to the Attorncy

General fcon G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director,

HECh, datou Hovender S, 1973.

this letter attachod a staff

roport of the HSCA entitled "Investigation into the Assassi

nation of Dr. Martin üuther Ring, Jr.: An Analysis of the

Performance of the Departnent of Justice and the Federal

Bureau of Investigation."

Anticipatea release dace of this

repoct is Novenber 27, 1978.

Referenced letter requestea this report be

revioved by appropriate officials of the bepartment of

Justice anä, unless the USCA is aûvisea othervice within

five days, the ISCA will assume that the Department has no

objection to publication of the document in its entirety.

On November 8, 1978, ir. Robert i. Keuch, Deputy Assistant

aciorney General, Crininal vivision, advised that nir. alakey

agiced to extend

the deadline for review of captioned

report and sumission of observationg of sano to the close

of business Lovenber 10,

1978 R80-281 R80-28162-

20-1315

Enclosed are un original anà one copy ai a memo-

candum containing the FBI's observations and objections to

contents oi captioned report.

It is requested that you

furnish a copy of the enclosed memorancon to the ESCA.

Enclosures - 2

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Mr.

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B. Adams .

Mr.

J.

J. McDermott

N. Bassett

Public Affairs Office

Legal Counsel Division

Criminal Investigative Div.

Mr. D.

Ryan

Mr. G. J. Foster

November 16, 1978

HOUSE SELECI COMMITIRE ON ASSASSINAVIONS (USCA)

STAFF REPORT

INVESTIGAZION INTO THE ASSASSINATION

OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.:

AN ANALYSIS OF SHE PERFORLIANCE OF

THE DEPARTENT OF JUSTICE AND IHE

FEDERAL. BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

3|18/84.

Reference is mado to letter to the Attorney

General Eron C. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director,

ESCA, wated November 6, 1978.

This letter attached a scafs

reposi ci the ESCA entitled "Investigation into the Assassi

nation of Dr. Martin Lucher King, Jr.: An Analysis of the

Performance of the Department of Justice and the Federal

Bureau of Investigation."

Anticipated release date of

this report is Novenber

27, 1973.

Referenced lettor requested this report be

reviewed by appropriate officiuls of the Department of

Justice and, unless the ESCA is advised otherwise within

five days,

the fiSCA will assune that the Department has no

objection to publication of the accunent in its encirety.

On November 8, 1978,

kir. Robert I, Keuch, Deputy Assistant

Attorney General, Criminal Division, advised that Mr. Blakey

agreed to extend

the deadline for revier of captioned

repori and submission of observations of same to the close

of business November 16, 1978,

After a revier of captioned repori by appropriale

officials at IsI Headquarters (FBISQ), the following abjec-

tions and observations concerning its contents are set forth

information of the Department of Justice and the ESCA.

It is requested that the ESCA give consideration to modifi-

Assoc. Dir. _.

cation of its report in line with the below:

Dep. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv. -

(1) the identification of Agent names in this

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs._

report is a concern. In prévious revious of our Ring inves-

Crim. Inv. -

tigation, the Senate Seleci Committee in 1975 and a tasks

Ident..

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ini

House Select Commitice on Assassinations (ESCA)

Staff Report

Investigation

into the Assassination

of Dr. Martin Lutho: king, Jr.:

An Analysis of the Performance of

the Department of justice and tho

Federal Burcau of investigation

forco of the Departmont of justice in 1976-1977 agrood, at

our request, not to publish the identicios oi Spocial agoni

personnes below the level or sociion Chick, Although no

written verification was seccived from the HSCA on this

point, Mr. Blakey has orally stated to roprosentatives of

the FBI that the ESCA would also follow this practioc. It

has not done so in soveral parts of the report, notably the

last section vhose the socurity case Agent in Atlanta is

identificd by nanc. It is bolioved, particularly with cerer-

ence to the King socurity case, that disclosure of an Agent's

identity could jeopardize his

personal sufoty.

cost figures show marked decrease in cost and milos driven

quoted arc accurate, it chould be noted chat in any major

investigation the cost and milos driven will be reducca

dcastically afcor its initial stages.

tigation is oroadly baaod with loads in many areas.

investigution narrous, the cost und milos driven vill

logically decrcase.

(3) With respect to the filing of the complaint

against Ray, on page 45 it is stated "there is no indication

in Isi files that the selection of a filing locacion vas

discussod with the Attorney

• Genoral in Nochington until

aftor the fack."

This criticism vas also mado by the Offiac

of Profassional Responsibility (OPR) or the Department

auring its revion ot tho King case.

internal chorandun of the Birmingham oilice, ording to

United Btates Actorney in Dirninghom infornod the Special

Agent in Charge (SAC) that he

I contacted she Attorney

General, tho stated he authorized prosecution of Ray, but ho

(Actornoy General) vas not aware whore the procoss was to be

filod sinco that vos a decision for FoT olficiali.

the ESCA

had acceos to this nomorandum in Birninghan fila 44-1740-

1005. While it is crue that no documents could be found

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House Soloct Conmittoo on Assuscinations (USCA)

Stair Roport

Investigation into the Assassination

of Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr.:

An Analysis of the Performance of

the Department of justicc and tho

Fedoral Bureau of Investigation

indicating a filing location sos discussed with the Atcorney

Conoral before the fact, the Birminghom monorandum indicaics

the Attorney General was willing to leave the location sclec

tion up to Buccou officials.

(1) On page 52, the HSCA statoment that the "one

ray strect" posture of the rBI precludo possibility oi a

close working rolationchip vith local auchoritioo is unvar-

rantod and should be corrociou.

Our colutionship with

local authorities in the King murder (LUNtI) investigation

was highly catisfactory and productive. Even the Connittee

roport doscribos our relations with Menphis authorities as

"harmonious."

Furthor, in ito oun investigation che

• HSCA

asked the FBI on two occusions to mediate a mattor with a

local police department.

thic nay not have baen possible

if our one-way relationship with local authoritios is

described accuratcly by the lisch.

(5)

On page 55 or this chaptes, paragraph to,

the dato of Ray's guilty plea is March 10, 1968. this dato

chould be harch 10, 1902-

(G) the ISCA states on page 58, paragraph i, that,

"undorlying the lomar menos" is a clear concorn on the parc

of tho FBI that "a private invostigativo roportor would

broak the case botoro the nation's largust and nost ianous

invostigative agonoy." this stutenent is i good exanplu oi

puce conjecture by

the conmittee, and renoval or tie state

ment is requested.

(7) In spice of the statement of fornor Assistant

Dircotor Bishop that the Burcau iû not cooperate with iny

auchor on the king case and HSCA stutemont on pages 62-u2 cnat

no ovidonce to that eftoct was found in fBi files, the lucA

still atcenpts to lcave that improcsion. It is also notou

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House feloat Commitcee on Assassinations (ESCA)

Start Report

Investigation into the Ascossination

of De. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

An Anulysis of the Pertormance of

the Department of justice and the

Federal Sureau of Investigation

the "striking similarities" in the author's book could have

casulted from data in possossion of the Department or 100a1

proscouting authoritios, and not the Fbi.

(8) On page 7G, tho ESCA notes that despite the

potential foc imaginative investigative effosts offerco by

the use of court-authorinod cloctronia surveillance in the

Omnibus Crime Control anữ Sale Streets Acts of 1068,

thore

ware no further attempts to implement same. It should be

pointed

out to the HiSCA thut oven after passage of this act,

the FBI was precluded by Departmental Ordict from using

court-authosized clectionic survoillance in criminal cases.

On June 19, 1968, when Precident Joinson signed Title III

of that statute into law, he publicly stated "the policy of

this doministration has been to contine wiretapping and

cavasdropping to national security cacos only. .. this

policy, now in its third year, vill continuc in force,"

Prosidont johnson went on to say that on that date he

instructed the Attorney General to assure this policy vas

followed by all luv enforcement officors. Subsoquont

attempts to obtain Attorney General approval to cool a

court ordor in criminal cases vere disapproved, citing thio

policy.

Therefore, the "potential for imaginative investi-

gative

offorts offored by the act," accoruing to the ESCA,

was not avuilable to the FBI. Also, the HSCA has personnel

familiar with passage of this act who can be consulted as

to its application concorning the FBI.

On page 74, the ESCA states chat the willing

ness of the fbi to proposo electronic surveillance ¿guingt

Ray's family, alcor recognizing intornally its unconstitu

tional naturo, showed an absence of concocn for the rights

of surveillance targeto.

This rocognition of the unconutir

cutionality of this survoillance wus recorded in on

incernal

FBI nonorandum discussing all legal aspoots of the instulli

tion.

It should be notca that the final determination us to

duch

logality rosto not with the FBi, but the Department of

Justice, which can approve or disapprove the request.

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kouse Sclect Committee on Acsassinations (USCA)

Staft Report

Investigation into the Assassination

of Dr. Hactin Luthor King, dE.:

An Analysis of the Performance oi

the Department of Justice unü the

Foderal Bureau of Investigacion

(10) On page 92, the ISCA status, other than can-

vassing informants during various stugee in the investiga-

tion, the Bureau's investigation of possible hate groupu

involvoment was "both linited and unimaginativo." the HSCA

fails to note that sogarding hate groupe in 1968, ic is

bellovod our infornant coverage vas more than adequate to

detoo: intormation of such substance as i hate group plot

ting ascusaination of king-

The nocA fails to take this

into considoration.

Further, allois of koy hute group oifi-

dials verc chockeú out and any positive information rocoivod

alloging hate group involvomont vas thocoughly investigacca.

(42) In Section VIII, the LSCA notes FBI cmphasin

on incorviono of Ray's relatives, but no objective effort

was mado to provice in detail the cutent of such contacts.

the file rollocts relatives of Ray vore intervievod on

approxinately 102 sepacate occagions.

The majority of those,

in the poriod of a low months, involved Jersy Ray, brocher,

22 intervicus; John Ray, brother, 18 intervious; jorty

Raynes, Father, 15 intervicwo, Carol Poppor, Distor, 11 intor

views; Albert Popper, brother-in-law, four interviews; Susan

Donion, sistor, five

interviewsy and

John Gavion, stop

father, 16 intorvieus,

the analysis doos not stute wnother or not

the HSCA dotermined if ray actually killed King. No coube

Suture findings in this icgara vill be issued.

Howevery

• 1€

is belloved that any analysis of the Department's and FBI's

performance in the assassination invostigation cannot be

complete vichout an assosoment of Ruy's guilt or innoconce.

In this segard, the ISCA's analysis Fails to adurous this

contral point anú, chorefore, jes value to the American

poople is veakoned.

(13) It is noted that the ISi objects in sono

instonces to language in the report which is consiucrud

inflammatory, nonessential to the facts or the case, anu

obviously uscü to malign the IBI. Those instances aro:

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House Select Committee on Aasuscinations (HSCA)

Stalf Report

Investigation

inco the Assaccination

of Di. Martin wuther King, Jr.:

An Analysis of the Performunce of

the Dapartment of Justice and the

Fodoral Bureau of Investigation

page 43, paragraph 1, "agency's acroganco", page 57, para-

graph 2,

momo"; page 75, paragraph 2,

dicregara", pago

or paragraph 2, "impot table curs noto

page 30, paragraph 2, "no less than Chree lottera"; page 92,

paragruph i,

"a simplistic viow of the law of conspiruey";

and page 98, paragroph 3,

(14) On page 81, che report discussos recoipt of

infornation from an informant of the Henphis Field Officc

Auguot 6, 1008.

this intormation, so spocificolly

written, conce to identify this informant. the ISCA should

dolete

the specific date and any referenco to infornation

coning from a Momphis intormant.

Unless this action is

taken, it will be necessary to classily this portion of

the roport.

Also ecgarding informants, roforence in made to

page 57 vhere it is scatca that to nonitor the activities

of un investigative reporter, Buroou sources vore inter

vioved in a vuricty of locations, including a Houston radio

station, the Housion Chronicle, the Pacific Pelephone Cou-

pany, the Sultan Roon in L05 Angeles, and tho Rabbit's Foot

Lounge in los Angeles.

While this passage does not tend to

iucntity any opocific individuals, the Fai would prefor

#SCA avoid cuch dircat rotorence to the location of rBi

SOUrCOS.

Ochor

than the above, reloade of the report pul

Licly will not idontily FBI sources, informanto or condicivo

ongoing sporationa.

(15)

with cospoct to FbI relations with foreign

agencico, a ropresentative of the Royal Canauion Mounted

Police (RCMP)

was contacted on Novender 15, 1978, Concern

ing various rescences to tho RiP in captioned icport.

Thío ropcosontative advised thore aro no objoctions to(l)

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Dougo

Solode Committed on Assissinations (HOCA)

Scalf Roport

Investigation into the Acoassination

or Di. Martin

Luther king, Jr.:

An Anulyuis of the Perfochance of

thn Dopartnent of duszico und thu

Eceorul Burocu of Invostigution

references concorning thu RCMP rcopi in lootnotc 321.

It

vas satisfaccory to coport snic nucion involvou, but the

CLASSIFICAXION

•On page 22, paregraph 3, boginning with "Prosti-

chitudy bastenuer.

• •," should be clossificd unless the

Lace the information came from the IBI can be remove.

mazetore, by renoving any rogurunce to footnote 794 01

this

paragluph

vill bo unclassifiou.

Ochor than the abovo, thore are no proulchs con-

cotning the report us

to classification.

NOTE:

See memorandum D. Ryan to Mr. Bassett dated 11/16/78,

captioned as above.

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1O : DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290),

ATTN: CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY. UNI!

FROM: LEGAT, MEXICO CITY

(175-14) (RUC)

SUBJ: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE. ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

ENCS:

IS I COPY OF A MEMO, PREPARED BY

SA JOHN J. FOARDE

- PERIALNING: 10

HTS INTERVIEW WITH ASCA STAFE MEMBERS

IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ON 9/28/78/0

Countin:

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CONFICENTIALO

MEX 175-14

Upon review of the Mexico City file, it appears

that the information in question is set forth in an LiM

prepared in the Mexico City Office under the caption

"JAPES EARL RAY, aka;"

and dated 7/24/68. The information

provided by MANÚELA ÁCUIRRE MEDRANO begins at the bottom

of Page 12 and continues through the top of Page 10,

recalled, the version in the possession of the Staff

members,

which pertains to her information, is considerably

condensed and covers no more than three-quarters of a page.

This, presumably, was a decision made in the Memphis Office

for the sake of brevity. C

OBSERVATIONS

the interview lasted about one hour, and forty-

fivo minutes and the atnosphere was cordial throughout

It appears that the fiSCA representatives were trying to

establish a basis

for requesting that Bureau authority be

granted to interview MEX 24 and/or a copy of any report

prepared by the source atter he spoke with MANUSLA AGUIRRE.

• Staft members that under normal

destruction schedules, it would be unlikely that the

original information would still be retained in Mexico

City files.

A review of our files conducted after my

return to Mexico City discloses that any report which

may have been prepared by MEX 24 concerning this aspect

of the investigation is no longer available in our files. C

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FILE (175-14)

10/20/78

LEGAT, JOHN J. FOARDE, JI. C

CONFIDENTIAL

HOUSE SELECT CONMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

Re Butel, 9/13/78.

By appointment, the writer met with Staff

members of HSCA at 10:00 AM on 9/28/78 at

the House

Washington, D.C.

MI. EVANS, Chies Investigator; LOUIS PARISI, Staff

Investigator, and GERALD HAMILTON. (O

Most of the questioning was handled by HAMILTON,

who began the interview by stating that HSCA had been

charged with the responsibility of determining all the

facts surrounding the assassination of Dr. MARTIN LUTHER

KING and that they were attempting to conduct an inpartial

and objective investigation, and were not "out to get"

any individual or agency in the U.S. Government, or

elsewhere.

The writer was asked to furnish a brief outline

of his Bureau services, which he did. C

Staff menbers pointed out that the author,

WILLIAM BRADFORD HUIE, had stated in a book that RAMON del

RIO of the Federal Judicial Police, had checked a hotel in

Guerrero, Where JAMES EARL RAY, using the name

had stayed during the fall of 1967.

Their information indicated that HUIE was told this

by the hotel manager and reported it as something which

took place prior to the assassination, and that HUlE ha‹

not chocked directly with Del RIO. They said that Del RIO C

Classified by 6073

XGDS

Category

Date of Declassification:

Indefinite

JJF/esj C

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had been interviewed by Staff members, and stated only

that he would not have made such an inquiry except upon the

orders of his superior in Mexico City, who at that time,

was General JIMENEZ DELGADO.

They said that they had not

been able to interview JIMENEZ DELGADO, and had been told

that he was aged and infirm.

The writer stated that he

had not seen JIMENEZ DELGADO for approximately ten years,

and that he was probably at least in his 60s at that time. &

Staff members showed an understandable degree

of confusion concerning the various police agencies which

function in Mexico, and asked for a

definition of the word

"Jefatura". They were told that this refers to the

Metropolitan Police of Mexico City,

They were familiar

with General RAUL MENDIOLEA and asked whether he would have

been involved in the investigation in 1968.

The response

was that MENDIOLEA, in 1968, was not connected with the

Federal Judicial Police, which he now heads, and was the

Chief of the Riot Police of the Mexico City

• Police

Departnent.

For this reason, it was considered unlikely

that MENDIOLEA would have been directly involved in the case. C

Some questioning dealt with the identities of

official agencies used by this office in handling the

investigation.

It was pointed out that official agencies

were used in connection with some aspects, and that they

were certainly all alerted regarding RAY's possible presence

in Mexico, and that appropriate record checks were undoubtedly

conducted

with the major Mexican agencies.

In addition,

Mexican agencies were helpful in some individual instances

when it became necessary to check out reports on "look-alikes"

in remote areas of the country. It was pointed out that

there was no single Mexican agency on which this office

relied for any major or substantive portion of the investigation. C

A question was asked as to whether RAY's alleged

interest in marijuana would have been reported by this office

to other agencies.

The response was that

it would normalLy

have been brought to the attention of the U.S. agency within

the Embassy handling narcotics matters at the

time, and may

also have been reported to the headquarters of that same

agency at the Washington level. C

One or two questions were addressed to the major

thrust of the investigation in Mexico, i, in resolving the

expended in locating RAY as a fugitive, or

questions which would normally present

themselves in a murder C

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investigation.

The writer stated that our principal objoctive

was the location of the subject himselt, but that all personnel

were alert to information which might have been useful in

resolving questions concerning the assassination itself. &

Staff nembers made it clear that they had access

to Bureau reports concerning the investigation, and, after

a hurried conference, made available one such report, which

was apparently prepared by the Memphis Office.

They

explained

that it was part of their responsibility to attempt to resolve

the question of motive.

They said that the Bureau, when

presented with this question, had called attention to RAY's

reported statements in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, during an

encounter with some Negro sailors,

The Staff members pointed

out that they had located the woman to whom this account is

attributed,

in the town of Atotonilco, Jalisco, and she was

interviewed during their visit to Mexico during the summer

of 1978.

They said that this woman, MANUELA AGUIRRE MEDRANO,

not now support the version of

the incident which she

furnished to a source of this office in 1968, Specifically,

she now says that there were no racial overtones to the

incident, or to RAY's reaction or attitude toward the

Negroes.

She reportedly claims that

RAY, known to her

GALT, became incensed because he considered hor his girlfriend,

and believed

that one of the Negro sailors was trying to

occupy her time

and attention.

She allegedly stated to

Staff invostigators that she does not recall that RAY

expressed any antipathy or hostility toward Negroes, as a

race.c

The Staff menbers described this as a discrepancy

which they feel obliged to resolve.

three sources mentioned in the report, they know the

identities of the first two, but that the third source is

The hey knows

They said that of the

unknown to them by name.

They did indicate that they know

the symbol number of this source.

They indicated that they

considered it important to their investigation to interview

the source, or at least, have access to the report furnished

by the source at the time.

They said they had been assured

by at least one other Agent that this source was considered

highly reliable, and that there was no reason for the source

to have fabricated or embellished the information furnished

to him by MANUELA AGUIRRE. The writer responded that he

could not be certain of the identity of the source, but

believed that he knew which source was being discussed, and

very fully endorsed the statements attributed to the other

Agent. C

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• TRANSMIT VIA:

• Teletype

• Facsimile

EX Airtel

FBI

PRECEDENCE:

• Immediate

I Priority

• Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

• TOP SECRET

SECRET

• CONFIDENTIAL

EFTO

CLEAR

Date _

10/20/78

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CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL ATTACHED

TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290)

ATTN: CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT

FROM:

EGAT, MEXICO CAT'S (875-119 CRUCE

SUBJ:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

Enclosed is one copy of a memorandum, prepared

by SA JOHN J. FOARDE, Jr., pertaining to his interview with

HSCA Staff Members in

Washington, D.C., on 9/28/78. ¢)

Re Butel

ENCLOSU 78.

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Bureau (Enc.

(1 - Foreign

_ - Mexico City

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Assistant Attorney Gencral

Civil Division

ANDIRAS gOVERNIT

1 - Mr. Bassett - Enc

(Attn: Mr.

Foster)

1 - Mr. Mintz - Enc.

october 23, 1978

2 - Mr. Coulson - Enc.

1 - Mr. Heller - Enc.

Assistant Director

Legal Counsel Division, FBI

REPRESENTATION FOR SPECIAL AGIT

THOLAS J. DEAKIN DURING DEPOSITION

OILER ALPFARANCES BEFOR

ASSASSINACIONS. (ISCA)

Enclosed for your information is a letter from

Special Agent Thonas J. Deakin to Attorney Gencral Griffin B.

bett, requeseing that the department provide legal counsel

for his deposition and any other appearance or intervion be-

fore the House Selcot Cormittee on Assassinations.

Special Agent Deakin requested that Jack B.

Solerwitz and Alan Wolin be retained to represent him.

Your expeditious handling of this would be appre

ciáted.

/ - ENCLOSURE

Inclosure

C-4

EX-109

1978

til

OCT

62-111910-13/9X:

16 NOV 7'z 1978

- Personnel file - Thomas. J. Deakin - Enclosure

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm.

Dep. AD Inv.

Asst, Dir.:

Adm. Servs.-

Crim: Inv. _

Ident.

Intell.

Laboratory

Legal Coun..

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Adm. Serv.

Crim. Irv.

lent.

Mich.

Laboratory,

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Room 7659

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Washington, D. C. 20535

October 13, 1978

dies.

'Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General

U. S. Department of Justice

Washington, D. C.

20530

Dear MI. Attorney General:

I have been advised that I will be asked to give a

deposition before the staff of the House Select Committee on

Assassinations regarding my knowledge. of FBI Counterintelli-

gence Programs relating to the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This is to request legal counsel in connection with giving a

deposition and any additional appearances, including testimony

before the Committe. I believe I need legal counsel to pro-

tect my personal rights and to negotiate the matter and scope

of my testimony.

It is my understanding that MI. Jack B. Solerwitz,

• 170 Old Country Road, Mineola, Long Island, New York

11501,

• (516) 742-4300, and his associate, Mr. Alan Wolin, have been

afforded clearance for access up to "Top Secret" information

by the Department because of their representation of other

FBI Special Agents in regard to matters involving this and

other cases.

I request that Mr. Solerwitz and MI. Wolin be

afforded the same clearance in regard to representing me

in this matter, and I would appreciate the Department

reimbursing me for the cost of their legal counsel.

Sincerely yours,

Gloria jOatin

Thomas J. Deakin

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TO :

FROM :

SUBJECT:

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm.

UNITED STATES GOVERNONT LI INERAL BURRAY OT INVESTIGATION®

Dep. AD Inv.'

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Asst. Dir.:

Memorandum

Adm. Servs.

Crim. Inv..

1 - Mr. Bassett

Ident. -

1 - Mr. Ryan

Intell.

Laboratory

- Mr. Mintz PATER: 1176/78

Coulson Legal Coun.

1 - Mr. CregaPATE:

Plan. & Insp.

Attn: Mr. Gray

Rec. Mgnt.

Tech. Servs.

Mr. D. Ryan

1 - Mr. Foster

Training

1 - Mr. Clark

Public Affs. Off.

Telephone Rm..

Director's Sec'y—

HOUSE SELECT COME IN IS ASS NEE

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PURPOSE:

To advise

SA John J. Foarde, Jr, indicates HSCA may

have violated its oral agreement with regard to

eliciting information from Legat personnel and to

recommend that, it warranted, this matter be brought to

the immediate attention of the U.S. Department of Justice

and the HSCA by Legal Counsel Division. Cl

DETAILS: Legal Counsel to Director memorandum of 4/4/78;

captioned as above, copy attached, set forth the details

of a 3/17/78 meeting between G. Robert Blakey, Chief

Counsel and Staff Director, HSCA, and FBI representatives.

Blakey was then advised of the extreme sensitivity of Legat

operations and he agreed, among other things, that any

HSCA. interview of FBI Legat personnel would be structured

to avoid discussion about FBI sources and methods: (4)

was

SA John J. Foarde, Jr., assigned to Mexico City,

interviewed by the HSCA on 9/28/78.

The attached

confidential communication from SA Foarde, captioned as above

and dated 10/20/78,

summarizes matters discussed during that

interview. Pages two and three of this communication indicate

that ISCA stafI members have questioned FBI Legat personnel

about specific sources in violation of Blakey's agreement. &

RECONMENDATIONS:

1318

That Legal Counsel Division review the

attached

documents to determine whether it would be appropriate to

protest the HSCA interview of SA Foarde in light of thecon

ference with Blakey on 3/17/70.

-(c)

NOV 21 1978

DJC : WD

CONTINUED" "OVER

APPROVED:

Director

Anna Dir.

Dep. AD Adm.

Dep. AD Inv..

Adm. Serv. -

Crim. Inv.

ident.

Inceil,

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Laboratory

Legal Coun

Plan. & insp.

Rec. Mant.

Tech. Servs.

Training

Public Afts, Off,

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ROSE SEE COMET OU ASSASSINATIONS

CONFIDENTIAL

That, if warranted, this matter be brought to the

immediate attention of D.A.A.G. Robert I. Keuch, USDJ, and

a protest lodged with the HSCA.

APPROVED:

Pam. 40 Adm.

Dep, AD Inv.

Adm. Serv,

Crim. Inv.

frient.

Intell.

Laboratory

Leral Coun.

Tech. Servs.

Public Alis. Off.

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LEGAL COUNSEL ADDENDUM:

DOC:alj

CONFIDENYZAL

It should be noted that each Legal Attache that

has been interviewed by this Committee has been advised

that he is not to furnish the source of any information

concerning the assassination of President John F. Kennedy

or Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., where that information

originated from Mexico.

They were further advised that

if

questioning continues or they are pressed for sources

of information, they are free to leave the interview and

should immediately contact Legal Counsel at FBIHQ. It is

conceivable that Committee staffers have attempted to

solicit sources of information from our Legal Attaches.

In many instances, the Committee is aware from detailed

file reviews that the FBI obtained information from

sensitive sources.

It is Legal Counsel's view that the

potential harm to

• the FBI from these interviews could

result from the publication of this information by the

Committee and not from the interviews themselves.

It is

suggested that this publication problem again be dis-

cussed with Mr. Robert Keuch of DOJ to insure that the

Committee's report does not jeopardize our sensitive

investigative operations. (e)

APPROVED:

Director

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm.

Dap, AB Iriv:

Adm. Serv.

Crim. Inv:

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Intell.

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FINITED STATES GO

eNMENT

wai.

Memorandum

UNITED STATES DEPART

ENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

ABs0z. Dix..

Dog. ADD Adas.

Dop. AD lar.".

Asst. Dir.:

Ades. Sorts

Crime, tor..

TO : The Director

FROM : Legal Couns

CONFIDENTIAL DATE: 4/4/78

Mr. Faster d

Laboratory

Loged Come.

Jack, sores..

Training

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Telephone Ra..

Dimactor & Soc'y —

SUBJECT: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

PURPOSE: The purpose of this memorandum is to relate

the details of a conference between G.

Blakey, Staff Director for captioned Connittee, robert

cerning the Committee's inquiry into the activities of

James Earl Ray in Mexico!] (C)

DETAILS: On 3/17/78 Russell Jean Gray, JI., Section

Chief, Intelligence Division, SA Drew Clark,

Records Management Division, and SA Danny O. Coulson,

Legal Counsel Division,

met with G. Robert Blakey, Chief

counsel, captioned Committee. This meeting was held in

order to advise MI. Blakey of the extreme sensitivity of

the FBI's liaison capabilities in Mexico. Mi. Blakey was

advised that the FBI enjoys an excellent working relation-

ship with representatives of the Mexican Government.

This

relationship, however, is considered highly confidential

by the FBI and the Mexican Government.

Any publication or

jeopardize this relationship and would in all probability

that Government: (a)

MI. Blakey was extremely receptive to the FBI's

position and advised he understood the problem. He further

advised that the committee had no intention of doing

anything that would jeopardize this relationship and

that it was in the best interest of all parties that this

type of relationship continue.

He advised that the

Conmittee vould consider any interview of FBI legal attaches (C)

1 - Mi. Adams

1

- MI. Leavitt

1

1

- MI. GIay

- Mr. Mintz

2 - MI. Coulson

220/86Somacyn245852

cassified by Ap3clegcl

Declassify on: bADR 3/3/83

124,326

(CONTINUED - OVER)

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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

ENCLOSUS

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Memorandum to the Director

RE: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

to be classified "Top Sécret." He further advised that

the interview would be couchéd'in such a way as to

Indicate only the activities of James Earl Ray in Mexico

CONFIDENTIAL

He advised that he would so instruct his staff

and that if at any time our legal attaches had problems

during interview, they would be free, of course, to leave

or to make contact with Legal Counsel Division representa-

tives. (e)

RECOMMENDATION :

(¿That the Legal Counsel Division specifically

brief FBI [legal attacheslas to the type of questioning

they can expect from staff personnel during interview and

to instruct them of proper procedures for responding to

stalI questions.

It should be noted that briefing and

interview will be conducted at washington, D. C. i

Direstor

ASs0=. Dir

Dep. AD InY.

Adm. Serv.

Crim. Inv.

Went.

intell. Wue

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PIOUSE SELECI COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONE CHSCAL

BUDED 11/28/78

BY LETTER DATED 11/14/78, THE HSCA, IN CONNECTION

WITH ITS INVESTIGATION INTO THE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER

KING> JR., REQUESTED DELIVERY OF ALL INFORMATION IN POSSESSION

i OF THE FBI CONCERNING AND/OR RECEIVED FROM CHARLES CABBAGE,

I MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, DURING THE PERIOD MARCH IN L968 THROUGH

JUNE 1. L9b8.

FBI HEADQUARTERS FILE 100-448131 AND MEMPHIS FILE

100-4528 DISCLOSED CHARLES LAVERNE CABBAGE, BORN 4/8/441

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SOARIMENT CANUSTO

PAGE TWO DE HQ DOLT UNCLASE FIO

MEMPHIS? TENNESSEE, WAS INVESTIGATED FROM 1967 TO 1972. CABBAGE

WAS A MEMBER OF THE INVADERS A MEMPHIS YOUTH GANG WHICH HAS

BEEN THE SUBJECT OF HSCA INQUIRY CONCERNING THE KING ASSASSINA-

TION INVESTIGATION•

MEMPHIS PROMPTLY REPRODUCE ONE LEGIBLE COPY OF EACH

_FILE AND SERIAL RETRIEVABLE CONCERNING CABBAGE FOR THE PERIOD

MARCH INHILE THROUGH JUNE LA 19G8. ANY ITEM CONTAINED IN FILES

WHICH CAN NOT BE READILY REPRODUCED SHOULD BE FULLY DESCRIBED

IN THE COVER PAGES OF AIRTEL TRANSMITTING MATERIAL.

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TELETYPE

FM DIRECTOR FBI

SAC MEMPHIS

RE: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS EHSCAI

NOTE: ATTACHED TO LETTER OF 11/14/78 WAS A WAIVER BY CABBAGE

AUTHORIZING RELEASE TO THE HSCA ANY AND ALL INFORMATION

CONCERNING HIM. THIS TELETYPE CONFIRMS TELEPHONIC IN-

STRUCTIONS TO ASAC. RICHARD BLAY OF MEMPHIS AT 10:30 A-M.

11/20/78 DEADLINE NECESSARY IN VIEW OF CURRENT PUBLIC

HEARINGS OF HSCA WHICH HAS INCLUDED TESTIMONY OF CABBAGE.

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—ini

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1 - Legal Counsel

Division

(Attn: Ir. R. Heller)

I - MI.

Bassett (G. Litzenberg)

1 - Mr. Ryan

11/30/78

1 - Mr.

Foster

1 - Mr.

Brekke

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SACS,

Atlanta

New York

San Francisco

From: Director, FBI (62-117290)

ELSUR

OHOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

Buded: 12/15/78

The HSCA has requested access to any materials

relating to electronic surveillance of any kind for Reverend

Martin Luther King, Sr. and Reverend A. D. King, father and

brother respectively of deceased Civil Righes Leader

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The purpose of this request is to determine if the

named individuals

hears or mentions) of electronic surveillance of any

have been the subject (target onls ind over

including wiretaps, microphone, or consensual telephone and

body recorders since January, 1964. A review of the Elsur

indices at FBI Headquarters

Indicates that receiving offices

may have one or both of the individuals listed as being subject

of electronic surveillance.

Receiving offices

are instructed to review pertinent

indices and investigative files and retrieve all communica

sions, logs, or other material pertaining to electronic

a surveillances, including those electronic surveillances in

"which one of the participants turnished consent, that may be

available for the period commencing 1/1/64. Furnish two legible

Identify any information

contained in retrieved material which must be protected and

reasons for same. Classified

10 10 94 are a versa

forwarded.

ST 1lgaterlal 1e to be suitably

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Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs.

Crim: Inv. -

Ident. -

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Airecl to sACo, Ablenta, Mer Yorii, San Francisco

to: Elour, House Select Co-nittee

on Assaucinations (HECA)

62-117290

11l responses to claur request chould include a

ctaterent that cisur indicen and concral indices have boen

corched in the nores included in the request and all copro-

pricte files reviered.

The nanco of the individunla conduct-

int the certches and rcvicua should alco he set forth in the

laterial 1s to roach til headquarters, Attention:

Conrressional Inauiry Unit, by the close of business 12/15/78.

If unable to scot the deadline, auvise fut licadquarters

NOTE: This is to obtain material from field offices in order

to respond to the HSCA request from Mr. G. Robert

Blakey, Chief Counsel,

HSCA, dated 1106/78.

This matter

has been coordinated with the Legal Counsel Division.

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

Mr. BassettiNg

FROM

: D. Ryan

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

577719

SUBJECT:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON

ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

DATE: 11/8/78

1 - Mr. Boynton

1 - Intelligence Division

(Attn: Mr. Steinbeck)

1 - Legal Counsel Division

(Attn: Mr. Heller)

1 - Mr. Bassett

1 - Mr. Ryan

1 - Mr. Foster

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm..

Dep. AD Inv..

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs..

Crim. Inv..

Intell. -

do wit Laboratory

Legal Coun.

Plan. & Insp

Rec. Mgnt.

Tech. Servs.

Training

Public Affs. Off.

Telephone Rm.

Director's Sec'y

PURPOSE:

To furnish information concerning the documents the HSCA has

indicated it may publicly disclose when the public hearings reconvene on

11/9/78, concerning the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

SYNOPSIS: HSCA is scheduled to reconvene its public hearings on the

assassination of Dr. King on 11/9/78.

As the HSCA has done previously,.

copies of those documents which may be referred to or made public

during those hearings were furnished to Mr. Robert L. Keuch, Deputy

Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, by HSCA letter dated

10/30/78, with the request that the Department review them.

Mr. Keuch,

in turn, requested that the FBI ascertain whether there would be any

objection to the public release of those documents.

He requested that

the TBI advise him of the resilEt. 2? that review by 11/6/18.

62.

The material contained in Groups 1 and 5, reflects various aspects of

The material, alfurnished, was broken down 240-1321

into five groups.

the criminal investigation into the King

assassination, including

photographs of various documents; FD-302's reflecting interviews of

witnesses and relatives; and investigation into the financial records of

those relatives. Group 2 contains documents from various security files

pertaining to King which appear to cover the gamut of the security

investigation of King. Because of the nature of these documents, they

were reviewed for classification by the Projects

eument Classification

and Review Section (DCRS), Records Management

Group 3

contained FD-302's reflecting the interviews of several witnesses ià DEC 5 1978

teletype reflecting the interview of James Earl Ray; and a letterhead

memorandum reflecting investigation conducted in Mexico. Because ofthe

sensitive nature of Legat operations this letterhead memorandum was

ENCLOSURE ewed for classification by the Projects Unit.

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"'ENCLOSURE IN BULKY ROOTI"

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Memorandum to Mr. Bassett

Re: House Select Committee on

Assassinations (HSCA)

Mr. Blakey has been previously briefed regarding Legats and the necessity

to avoid public exposure of their operations. Group 4 contains material

related to the administration of the MURKIN case, including cooperation

between agencies, and those investigative techniques proposed and used.

Those techniques mentioned were elsur and misur, and the interception of

Ray's mail while incarcerated in Shelby County, Tennessee, jail.

A review of the material in the five groups reflects that,

generally, no objection should be made to its disclosure. Some of the

material in Groups 2 and 3 is either classified or reflects a sensitive

Investigative method or operation involving a Legat' and an objection to &)

possible disclosure of that information has been made to Mr. Keuch and

Michael Eberhardt, HSCA Staff Member. This material is being returned

to Mr. Keuch on 11/8/78, for transmittal to the HSCA. Mr. Keuch is

being advised of our specific objections to public disclosure of some of

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DETAILS: The HSCA is scheduled to reconvene its public hearings per-

taining to the assassination of DI. Martin Luther King, JI., on 11/9/78.

Previous HSCA public hearings were held in August and September, 1978,

regarding the Martin Luther King,

Jr., and John F. Kennedy assassinations.

As expected, those hearings generated considerable media attention,

particularly with the appearance of James Earl Ray as a Committée

witness. Once again, Ray is expected to be called as a witness, and

this, along with Mark Lane's (Ray's attorney) allegations of FBI

participation in a conspiracy to kill Dr. King and expected HSCA inquiry

into the Cointelpro program, is expected to rekindle media and public

interest in these hearings.

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Memorandum to Mr. Bassett

Re: House Select Committee on

Assassinations (HSCA)

Mr. Robert L. Keuch, Deputy Assistant Attorney General,

Criminal Division, made available a letter to the Attorney General from

G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director, HSCA, dated 10/30/78,

hearings. a number of documents that the HSCA may refer to in its public

A copy of this material is attachment one to this memorandum.

As was done prior to HSCA hearings in August, Mr. Keuch requested that

the FBI review the material to determine any objections to its release

during the hearings.

The Committee requested that the Department relate

the results of the review of the material by 11/6/78.

The material, contained in the attachment to the letter of

10/30/78, was arranged

in five groups. The following is a synopsis of

the subject matter found in each group with particular emphasis on Group

2 and part of Group 3, both of which contain material of a sensitive

nature.

Group 1: Contains photographs of documents which James Earl

Ray signed with his true name or aliases, including Alabama automobile

dance studio (Q 259); receipt from Aeromarine Supply (Q 74); contract

from Birmingham National Bank for safe deposit box (K 6); check from

Indian Trails restaurant (Q 405); bank robbery note from London, England

(Q 389); and two FD-302's of Grace Hayes Stevens, resident of the

Memphis boarding house from which Ray shot King.

Grace Stevens has

become part of Mark Lane's entourage and is expected to give testimony

refuting the information in those FD-302's.

Group 2: Documents in Group 2 are copies of material furnished

to the HSCA from various security files pertaining to King, Southern

Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Communist Influence and Racial

Matters (CIRM), Sanitation Workers' Strike, Cointelpro, and others.

Some of the documents are the same ones furnished the Senate Select

Committee (SSC) during its review of the King case in 1975. At the

HSCA's request, copies of these documents were retrieved from the SSC

and processed for delivery to the HSCA.

In general, Group 2 consists of 138 serials relating to the

following aspects of our security investigation of King and the SCLC:

initiation of investigation of King and the SCLC; King's association

with Communist Party officials; authorization and installation of

telephone and microphone surveillances against King and SCLC; criticism

of the FBI by King; documents showing internal debate between Mr. Hoover

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to see a to do wot to a to i wored

Memorandum to Mr. Bassett

Re:

House Select Committee on

Assassinations (HSCA)

and the Intelligence Division over the extent of communist influence in

the Civil Rights Movement during 1963-1964; counterintelligence and

discrediting actions taken against those carried out in the Black

Extremist and Communist Party-USA Cointelpro files; meeting between

Mr. Hoover and King in 1964; 1968 monograph concerning King disseminated

throughout the Executive Branch of Government; and Sanitation Workers'

Strike, Invaders and Poor People's Campaign documents, all of which

relate to activities of King in the latter months of his life and his

trip to Memphis where he was killed.

Based on a review of documents in Group 2, it appears obvious

the Committee in its public hearings and its final report plans to cover

the entire King security investigation and related cases, including

events which eventually brought him to Memphis in 1968. It is not clear

at this point if or how the HSCA plans to connect these documents with

the actual assassination. However, one aspect of the HSCA's investigation

has been to determine if the FBI was in any way responsible for or

involved in King's death.

On 10/29/78, HSCA Staff Member Michael Eberhardt was advised

that a number of documents in Group 2 contain classified information.

These documents were not reviewed for classification at time of delivery

to the HSCA.

Mr. Eberhardt was advised that these documents would now

be reviewed for classification and returned to the HSCA prior to public

hearings so the Committee will know which data in the documents is

classified and should not be publicly disclosed.

Documents in Group 2 were reviewed for classification by

personnel of Projects Unit, DERS

11/8/78, for delivery to the HSCA.

and see being resumed te in matton

surrounding the initiation of the King security investigation, mentione

in several documents referred to above, the possible use of this materia.

by the HSCA was discussed and coordinated with SA Michael J. Steinbeck,

Intelligence Division.

Group 3: Documents contained herein are a teletype from

Memphis, dated 3/13/68, reflecting the interview of James Earl Ray by

SAC Robert Jensen; several FD-302's of bartenders in Los Angeles,

California, who were acquainted with Ray; land a letterhead memorandum

which sets forth the results of investigation conducted in Mexico to

verify Ray's past activities there (e)

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Memorandum to Mr. Bassett

Re:

House Select Committee on

Assassinations (HSCA)

"The letterhead memorandum in this group synopsizes investi-

gation conducted in Mexico and specifically mentions investigations

conducted by sources there. Due to the specificity of that investigation,

possible public disclosure could result in a negative impact on Legat

perations.

4/4/78 (copy attached),

and Mr. Blakey is receptive to the Bureau's

position in this area. Additionally, this letterhead memorandum was

reviewed for classification by personnel of the Projects Unit, and is

being returned with the other documents to Mr. Keuch on 11/8/78.

Group 4: Documents contained herein concern a variety of

topics related to the MURKIN investigation.

These documents pertain to

the following: the initial FBI interview of James Earl Ray (see Group .

3); FBI memoranda concerning cooperation between Department of Justice

and the FBI; the initial Department of Justice request to the FBI to

investigate the assassination; four documents related to possible elsur

and misur coverage of Ray's relatives, the Peppers, and his brother,

John Larry Ray; intra-Bureau communications regarding obtaining of Ray's

mail while incarcerated in the Shelby County, Tennessee, jail; Bureau

instructions to all field offices to pursue all leads; several memoranda

pertaining to dissemination policy of information to the Department of

Justice; several documents concerning Louis Emanuel Lomax, a writer

associated with Charles Stein; a Deloach memorandum regarding a meeting

with the U. S. Marshal; several documents setting forth NCIC and computer

application in solving MURKIN; a memorandum of Mr. Hoover reflecting a

meeting with the Attorney General; and a teletype to appropriate field

offices directing "full coverage" be given to Ray's relatives.

Based on the documents contained in Group 4, it appears that

he Committee plans on covering several sensitive areas regarding th

BI's policy and handling of the following: the operation and disseminatio

of information between the FBI, Department of Justice, and other related

agencies; possible illegal activities on the part of the FBI in the

proposed electronic surveillance of Ray's relatives; and the obtaining

of Ray's correspondence with his attorney and others while incarcerated.

The other documents contained in this group appear to be of an innocuous

nature.

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:..

Memorandum to Mr. Bassett

Re: House Select Committee on

Assassinations (HSCA)

Group 5: Documents contained in this group are primarily

FD-302's reflecting interviews and investigation conducted of James Earl

Ray, Jerry William Ray, and his wife, and Albert and Carol Pepper.

Additionally, there are several FD-302's reflecting investigation into

the financial records of those relatives.

A review of the material contained in the five groups reveals

the material does not involve any intormants, classification, or

sensitive investigative methods or operations, with the exception of

previously mentioned material in Groups 2 and 3.

As was previously addressed in D. Ryan to Mr. Bassett memorandum

dated 8/11/78 (copy attached), the consideration of the privacy of

individuals mentioned in the material released to the HSCA under the

auspices of the Freedom of Information-Privacy Acts (FOI-PA), is the

responsibility of that Committee.

That memorandum dealt with an analysis

of the documents provided by the HSCA for review by the FBI prior to

their public hearings in August, 1978.

For the most part, no objection should be made to the release

of the information set out above, with the exception of that part of the

material contained in Groups 2 which is classified and the letterhead

memorandum in Group 3 which sets torth sensitive Legat operations in

Mexico Mr. Keuch is being furnished with a copy of the material

contained in Groups 1-5 for return to the HSCA. Our strenuous objection

to the public disclosure of any information that is classified or which

reveals sensitive investigative operations, as contained in Groups 2 and

3, has been pointed out to Mr. Keuch so that he can advise the Committee.

Also, Mr. Keuch has been advised that much of this material is similar

to that previously furnished by the HSCA for review prior to their

public hearings in August, and, as such, though much of the material has

been released under FOI-PA, only routine excisions have been made;

therefore, the documents are not, in their entirety, in the public

domain.

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ADDENDUM:

JTA: jm1%

RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION

11-9-78

Subsequent to the submission of this memorandum, Mr. Keuch

advised on 11-8-78 that the HSCA contacted him, complaining that extensive

classification of documents in Group 2 and one document in Group 3

prevented desirable public disclosure and would adversely affect HSCA

plans for public hearings scheduled to reconvene 11-9-78.

Following a discussion between Mr. Keuch and Mr. David Ryan,

Bureau Security Officer, it was decided to send three classifiers

to the HSCA offices during the evening of 11-8-78 and recheck the

documents to determine if by removing certain words from the classified

portions, the document could be declassified and thus publicly released.

SAs J.W. Gerblick, K.I. Klossner, L.B. Strong and J.I. Aldhizer, Document

Classification and Review Section, met with HSCA officials between

is orate renant one got detest ceo one sane acoration

from a foreign government source

accomplished, although the HSCA insisted the document is essential to

its public hearings to be held 11-10-78. Mr. Keuch was telephonically

contacted on this document and agreed that no declassification was possible

and he will consult with Mr. Blakey on 11-9-78.

Regarding the remaining classified documents in Group 2,

it was agreed that the FBI would retrieve the HSCA copies, effect,

if feasible, a word-by-word review of the classified portions and

words which

could result in the declassification of the documents.

The revised version of each document, along with copies that were

classified originally, will be returned to the HSCA, which can compare

the two versions to determine if the unclassified documents are adequate

for use in public hearings. Hearings concerning the documents in

Group 2 are scheduled to commence 11-17-78. Prior to that date, HSCA

representatives will meet with FBIHQ classification personnel to

discuss documents as to any issues the word-by-word review fails to

resolve.

Copies of the revised-documents will-be retained in the

records su the Congressional Inquiry Unit. ENSSURE iS BEiNG RETAINED

ENCLOSURE

Fl66, 42-117290.

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BY OERS AND 2

RE-EXAMINEO

REVISIONS RESORTED. INO REUISION

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THE ABOVE WERE DEUVERED TO

FBEHO IS ATMCHMENTS TO ASCH LETTERS

DATED 10/30/18, 4/2, 1/9, 1/13/18.

THESE DOCHMENTS WERE REVENED

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• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

TO

:The Director

FROM : Legal Counsi

DATE: 4/4/78

Ma. Faster d

SUBJECT: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

PURPOSE: The purpose of this memorandum is to relate

the details of a conference between G. Robert

Blakey, Staff Director for captioned Committee, [con-

cerning the Committee's inquiry into the activities of

James Earl Ray in Mexico, C

DETAILS: On 3/17/78 Russell Jean Gray, JI., Section

chiet, Intelligence Division, SA Drew Clark,

Records Management Division, and SA Danny O. Coulson,

Legal Counsel Division, met with G. Robert Blakey, Chief

Counsel, captioned Committee.

This meeting was held in

order to advise Mr. Blakey of the extreme sensitivity of

the FBI's liaison capabilities in Mexico. MI. Blakey was

advised that the FBI enjoys an excellent working relation-

ship with representatives of the Mexican Government.

This

relationship, however, is considered highly confidential

by the FBI and the Mexican Government.

Any publication or

public release of this intormation would seriously

jeopardize this relationship and would in all probability

result in the curtailment of our liaison capability with

that Government. (C)

MI. Blakey was extremely receptive to the FBI's

position and advised he understood the problem. He further

advised that the Committee had no intention of doing

anything that would jeopardize this relationship and

stated

that it was in the best interest of all parties that this

type of relationship continue.

He advised that the

Committee would consider any interview of FBI legal attaches

OR CONTINE?

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Memorandum to the Director

RE: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

to be classified "Top Secret." He further advised that

The interview would be couched in such a way as to

Indicate only the activities of James Earl Ray in Mexico

na would in no way reveal the source of the intormation

or any FBI liaison type operations in Mexico. C

He advised that he would so instruct his staff

and that if at any time our legal attaches had problems

during interview, they would be free, of course, to leave

or to make contact with Legal Counsel Division representa-

tives. &

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Legal

they can expect from staff personnel during interview and

to instruct them of proper procedures for responding to

It should be noted that briefing and

interview will be conducted at Washington, D. C.

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1.

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Fr. Fassett

8-17-78

1 - Legal Courses

D. Ryan

D11s10n

1 - Pubile Affalra.

OffiCe

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINAFIONS

1 - Mr. Bassett

U. 3. HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES (FSCA)

- HE. Ryan

1 - Mr. Poster

• PURPOSE: To furnish Information which may be subject of publle

hearings of the ESCA during neck of August 14-19, 1978.

DETAILS: The ASCA 1s scheduled to hold InItial pablle hearings

Into the assasaination of hartin Inther FinE, I5., durine the

week of August 14.19, 1978. Hearings will receite considerable

sedle attention and 1111 raportedly include testinong of

Janes Earl Ray.

On August 8, 1978, Mr. Robert 1. Keuch, Deputy

Azaletant Retorney General, Criminal BIvisIOn, nade avallable

a letter to the Attorney General IrOn 0. Robert Blakey, Chief

townseL and Director, asch, dated Aurast 8, 1978; enclosing

a package of material unien the hote bay reter to In 148 pubLlc

hearings. A copy of this package of naterial 18 attachment one

to this nemorandus. Hr. Reuch requested the FBI revien the

material to determine any objoctions to release of 1t during the

hearings.

In 1ts letter, the ESCA desired a response fron the

repartment by, August 11, 1978. Mr. Reuch requested to be

verbally advised results of our revlen on that date.

The material appears to be copies of documents

contained in our Investipation of fine's assassination.

summary, documents relate to the folloning: FD-302'8 of

Individuals providins, Intornation concernine the riflo,

kinosulars and autonobile used by Ray In the assassination:

Items of evidence containing Ray's fingerprints, such as change

of address eard, laundry tioket, etc; statements of Individuals

interplexed at scene of the crime, the rooning bouse In Hemphis

and Pay'e residence in Atlanta folloninE the assassination:

FD 302's concerning the rerolver found in Ray's possession when

arrested in London; documents regarding the FBI's interview of

Ray after his arrest: letter dated February 18, 1969, fron Ray

to his attorney fercy foreman authorizing sullty plea; letter

£20n Ray to Senator Eastland dated March 14, 1969, denying he

k1lied KINg; letters fron Ray to the court regarding Foreman!

disnisszl, and requesting a new attorney and a reversal of 19a:

sentence: and Identification DIVIsIon records of Ray and Als

brothers John and Jerry Ray.

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ROUSE SULBOT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

A revier of this material by the Congressional

Inquiry-UnIt (CIU) reveals the material does not Involve any,.

Informants, classification or sensitive snyestizative methods

of operations.

The Freedon of InforuatIon-PrIYaey ACts (POIPA)

Branch has adrised that nost of these documents were released

under the Freedon of Information Act (FOIA) subject to

routine excisions, including identities of persons for privacy

PERSONS.

(Attachment two contains a copy of documents as

released under POIn). Although he are concerned with the

privaCy of individuals, ne cannot object to release of this

MateriAl for prIvacy reasons. Release of our documents to the

HSCA vas an authorized means of disclosure under the Privacy

Rot. In any subsequent release, privacy of Individuals Involved

18 the responsibllity of the aScA.

thererore, for above reasons, He should offer no

objections to release of this information, and Fir. Keuch M111

be addised to this erfect by cle.

tie will also be advised that,

as stated In the HSCA letter, these documents except for

IdentIficatIon DIVIsIon rocords of Ray's brothers and those

marked as court Exhibits, Here given out under rolA. However,

routine excisions vera made, and therefore the documents are

In their entirety in the publle domain.

not

It Is the opinion of the CIU that the nature of this

material furnished by the HSCA could at begt be described as

"bland".

It 18 belleved the RSCA 15 seeking sensationallBu

and publlelty and therefore 1t 1e unllkely 1t3 hearings n1ll be

Inited to areas covered by the attached documents. In

addition, the Department of Justice and fBI were given only

three days to revion this naterial and state 1te objections,

If any.

Mr. Keuch nas contacted on this point and agreed to

protost this short deadline to the HSCA.

A representative

of the Inal Counsel DIVISIOn (LCD) 1111 a1s0 bring this point

to the attention of Air. Blakay 1n effort to secure sore time

for future revsen of documents subject to public hearings.

This natter has been coordinated with Ron Feller,

IBRal blaIson and CongreSBIOnal AlfalrE Unlt, ICD,

E. P. Beckuith. Disclosure Section, FOIPA, and S.

P. RIBEIN,

Operations section, FOIPA Branch.

RECOMMENDATION: Hone. For Intornation.

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TWE-aMO 11/9/79

HOUSE SELECI COAHITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS U.S.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

(HISCA)

PURPOSE: To furnish information concerning the

documents the HSCA has indicated it may publicy

disclose when the public hearings reconvene on

11/9/78, concerning the assassination of Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

RECOMMENDATION: None, for information.

COPY OF ABSIRACI FOR THIS SERIAL IS PLACED IN FILE

IN LINU OF THE MAIL WHICH HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED

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1 - Legal Counsel Division

(Attn: Mr. Heller)

1 - Mr. Ryan

Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

1 - Mr. Fosterovember 27, 1978

Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Director, FBI

Mr. Robert I KeLCiDeN GOVERN

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTED ON ASSASSINATIONS.

U.S, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HISCA)

Refcrence is made to the letter to the Attorney

General from G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director,

ISCA, dated October 10, 1978, which requested certain materia

trom the FBI concerning the assassination of De. Martin Luther

King, Jr.

Enclosed are an original and one copy of a memorandum

in response to referenced letter. It is requested that you

furnish a copy of the enclosed memorandum to the HSCA.

Enclosures - 2

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, Is to

1 - Legal Counsel División•

(Attn: Mr. Heller)

1 - Mr. Ryan

1 - Mr. Foster

November 27, 1978

JOUSE SELECT COMMITIRE ON ASSASSINATIONI

I.S. NCUSE OB REPRESENIAPIVES (ASCA

Reference is made to the lotter to the Attorney

doneral fror d. Hobert Ilaker, Chict Counscl and Director,

TIsCh, datod October 10, 1978, which requested cortain material

fron the FLI concorning the assassination of Dr. Fartin Luther

the atove-reforenced request was modifled on

October 2, 1278, Ly ISCA Staff Terber Gerald Familton, who

arrecd to a cut-oft date of january 1, 1957, to present and

linited the fiold offices Involved to ilbany, kansas City,

Fittsburgh, St. Louls, and Seattle.

On Hoverbor I6, 1978, ESCA Staff Momber Gerald

Danilton was advised that the files on Ben Edmondson bad

been processed and were ready for review at FBIHO.

This completes the response to the above-referenced

ISCA letter.

Whore information 1s not provided, it 1s because

It is either not retrievable or it is subject to the

Itemorandum of Understanding.

MN: Jmn jmn

ORIGINAL AND ONE FURNISHED ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL

NOTE:

See Director, FBI, letter to the Assistant Attorney

General, Criminal Division,

Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch,

dated 11/27/78, captioned as above.

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ATIONAL FORM NO. 1

SLY 7973 ADITIO.

GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

TO

: Mr. Adams

DATE:

10/24/78

FROM

Tar.

Colwell

ні-ви

SUBJECT:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON

ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA);

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

1 - Mr. Colwell

pimachk 1 - Mr. Biamonte

1 - Mr. Bassett

1 - Mr. Boynton

1 - Mr. Mintz

1 - Mr. Moore

Mhs

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Crim. Invo-i

Fin. & Pers.

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Director's Sec'y-

E

To advise you results of inquiry made of Headquarters and Field

Division personnel concerning allegations of unauthorized disclosure of

information emanating from the above committee made by G. Robert Blakey,

Chief Counsel and Director of the committee. All personnel querried denied

Mr. Blakey's allegations.

DETAILS:

EX-IL4 REC5062-117290-1324

By letter dated 9/26/78, G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director,

HSCA, directed a letter to Attorney General Bell in which he expressed concern

of possible physical endangerment to two committee witnesses, Oliver Patterson,

Jr., and Clarence Haynes. Mr. Blakey continued in his letter that the FBI

was notified that the committee had information indicating possible physical

harm to Mr. Patterson and Mr. Haynes by Jerry Ray, a St. Louis, Missouri,

area bank robber and brother of convicted assassin James Earl Ray.

Mr. Blakey stated that in his letter the FBI was apprised and in view of the

fact that the information had come from a confidential source of the committee,

it was absolutely necessary that neither Mr. Patterson nor Mr. Haynes learn

that the committee had ultimately provided this information; and it was under-

stood by the committee that the FBI would have the Agents advise Mr. Patterson

and Mr. Haynes of this possible endangerment to them without any indication

that the committee was the original source of the information.

NOV 27 ^7A

Mr. Blakey's letter continued that the committee had received informa-

tion that the FBI did not act responsibly in the treatment or dissemination of

this information and, as a result, a source of the committee may have been

compromised. The information allegedly regarding the endangerment was

cingular in nature and could be attributed only to a committee source a one

other person.

• XEROX

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Memorandum to Mr. Adams

Re:

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ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

Mr. Blakey also alleged that he had been told that the FBI regarded

this information as frivilous. By his letter of 9/26/78, Mr. Blakey requested

that the FBl conduct an investigation to ascertain if Mr. Patterson was advised

that the committee was the source of the information relating to him and that

Mr. Haynes was also in danger.

By teletype to SACs, St. Louis, Springfield, and Kansas City, under

above caption dated 9/29/78, these Field Divisions were requested to respond

to Mr. Blakey's allegations and have done-so by subsequent communications.

Oliver Patterson, Jr., was interviewed by sAs Dennis D. Mattes and John P.

Joyce of the St. Louis Office who in signed affidavits acknowledged the inter-

view with Mr. Patterson; however, denied identifying the HSCA as a source

of any information. SA Mattes states that during the interview with

Mr. Patterson, he asked Mr. Patterson if he (Patterson) knew Clarence Haynes,

to which Mr. Patterson replied in the negative. SA Joyce is currently on

special assignment in the Louisville Division. He also denied revealing to

Mr. Patterson during interview that the HSCA was the source of information

concerning or initiating the interview. Both SAs Mattes and Joyce advised

they did not inform Mr. Patterson directly that Mr. Haynes may be a victim

of a retaliatory act.

SAs Paul Babuchna, Jr., and James T. McManus, assigned to the

Alton, Illinois, Resident Agency, Springfield, Division, furnished sworn

affidavits denying the disclosure of the source of information (HSCA) during

their interviews with Clarence Haynes residing in Granite City, Illinois.

Both SAs Babuchna and McManus advised that they notified U. S. Probation

Officer James Parker of their desire to interview Haynes in order to locate

him. SA Babuchna also notified Granite City Police Department Detective

Anthony Eck of the possibility of physical harm to Haynes. Both SAs Babuchna

and McManus denied ever discussing this information with any representative

of the news media.

Legal Counsel John Mintz in contact with Supervisory SAs Ronald Heller

and Section Chief Danny O. Coulson determined that neither had divulged or

disclosed information concerning the committee to any news media representa-

tives.

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Memorandum to Mr. Adams

Re:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

Assistant Director Donald W. Moore, Criminal Investigative Division,

advised that in interviews with Deputy Assistant Director James O. Ingram,

Supervisor Joseph A. Krahling and SA James D. Carey that each assured

Mr. Moore they had absolutely no contact with the news media regarding

this matter. SAs Krahling and Carey also advised that during their telephonic

contacts with the Field regarding this matter, each Field Office was cautioned

that in no way should the source of this HSCA information be attributed to the

HSCA.

It is noted that information was furnished to the Kansas City Field

Division for informational purposes only. This information was closely

held within the Kansas City Office and no investigative activity was generated

as a result of the aforementioned teletype of 9/29/78.

Inspector Boynton, Public Affairs Office, advised the following

personnel of his office, as well as himself, denied the unauthorized disclosure

of the HSCA information to anyone, including members of the news media, in

the Washington, D. C., area: Thomas B. Coll, Thomas J. Harrington,

David E. Cassens, Stephen D. Gladis and Jeffrey W. Maynard.

In summary, it has been determined through interviews of appropriate

personnel that no member of either the Fieldor Headquarters was responsible

for any unauthorized disclosure to the news media regarding HSCA information

nor was the HSCA source compromised by any of our personnel.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the aforementioned information be furnished by Mr. Adams to

Mr. Blakey in response to his letter of 9/28/78.

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1 - Criminal Investigative Division

(Attn: Mr. Hale)

1 - Legal Counsel Division

Assistant Attorney General

Attn: Mr. Heller

Criminal Division

November 28, 197

Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch

1 - Mr. Bassett

Director, FBI

MODELI COTIRRE

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- Mr. Ryan

1 - Mr. Foster

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (ESCA)

Reference is made to the letter to the Attorney

General from G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director,

HSCA, dated October 20, 1978, which requested that the FBIHO

and field office informant files be provided for an indi

vidual to whom an offer to k1ll Dr. Martin Luther Kings JX.,

was made.

Enclosed are an original and one copy of a memo-

randum in response to above-referenced letter. It is

requested

that delivery of one copy of the memorandum be

made to the HSCA.

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In above-referenced letter, the HSCA noted that

in re-interviewing the individual to whom an offer was made

_to kill Dr. King,

he admitted to a confidential relationship

with the FBI.

This individual, Russell George Byers, whose

identity had been previously provided the Committee, had

been opened as a "target" in October, 1975, and closed in

By Bureau teletype to St.

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Louis, 10/31/78, St. Louls

was requested to verify that Byers revealed his confidential

relationship to HSCA and reason for his refusal to give a

waiver to Committee.

St. Louis advised Byers told HSCA that

he was interviewed several times but never considered him

self an informant. He refused to give a waiver as he

to use this as.

before HSCA.

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Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

NOTE CONTINUED:

A review of his FBIHQ and St. Louis informant files

Indicates Byers was opened under the "TECIP," and was never

paid for any information he furnished. There is no indication

that Byers, during 1975-1976, ever considered himself an

informant.

Based on the above and discussion with Mr. Keuch,

Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, this

matter was presented to SA Martin V. Hale, Criminal

Investigative Division (CID), on 11/8/78.

As stated in

Addendum to St. Louis teletype to Bureau, 11/1/78, CID dio

not interpose an objection to review of the FBIHO

St. Louis informant files for Byers (Bufile 137-42744;

SLfile 137-16541), by HSCA.

On II/9/78, Michael Eberhardt, HSCA Staff Member,

reviewed above-mentioned files at FBIHQ.

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1 - Criminal Investigative Division

(Attn: Mr. Hale)

1 - Legal Counsel Division

(Attn: Mr. Heller)

1 - Mr. Bassett

Hovenber 28, 1973

1 - Mr. Ryan

1 - Mr. Foster

HOUSE SELIGI COITIIITEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (ESCA)

Reference is made to the lcbtcr to the Attorney

General fron G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director,

ESCA, dated October 20, 1978,

winich requested that the

FBIHO and field offico

Infornant files be provided for

an individual to won an offer to kill Dr. Martin Luther

King, drey was nade.

This is to confirm that the BIll and pertinent

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ORIGINAL AND ONE FURNISHED ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL

See Director, FBI, letter to Assistant Attorney

General, Criminal Division,

Attention: Mr. Robert L.

Keuch, dated November 20, 1978, captioned as above.

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FEDERAL GUYLINMENT

1 - Legal Counsel Division

(Attn: Mr. Heller)

1 - Mr. Bassett

November 24, 1978

1 - Mr. Ryan

1 - Mr. Foster

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

Reference is made to the lettors to the Attorney

General from G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director,

FISCA, dated October 30, 1978, and November 7, 9, and 13,

1978, which requested, in connection with the HSCh's investi

cation into the assassination of br. Martin Luther king, Jr.,

that certain documents the Committee planned to use in its

hearings be reviewed for any objections that could be made

to the possible public release of the information contained

cherein.

As previously discussed with Mr. Keuch, the FBI

has several specific objections to the public release of:

some of the information referred to above.

These include

objections to the release of information of a classifled

nature; material relating to the identity of a source or

informant; and material pertaining to Legal Attache opera-

tions.

Adaltionally, It was pointed out that the informa-

tion initially furnished the HSCA was excised under

procedures that were not intended to satisfy the privacy

considerations of the Freedom of Information-Privacy Acts,

and hence, the decision to publicly release that informa-

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memorandum in response to above-referenced letters. It 1s

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Assistant Attorney General

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NOTE:

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The material referred to in the four letters

rom G. Robert Blakey was reviewed for classification pur-

poses by members of Projects Unit, Document Classification an

Review Section, and subsequently, was returned appropriately

marked.

On 11/15/78, this material was picked up by Louis

Parisi, HSCA Staff Member, for delivery to the HSCA.

The specific objections referred to in the letter

and attached LHM were made to Mr. Robert L. Keuch, Deputy

Assistant Attorney General, who indicated he would make

them known to the Committee.

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1 - Legal Counsel Division

(Attn: Mr. Heller)

1 - Mr. Bassett

- Mr. Ryan

1 - Mr. Foster

November 24, 1978

HOUSE SELECT CONTINTEE ON ASSASSIMATIONS

U,S. HOUSE OF REPPESDITAIIVES (ISCA)

Reference is made to the lettors to the Attorney

acneral from G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director,

ISCA, dated October 30, 1978, and lovenber 7, 9, and 13,

1978, which requested,

in connection with the HSCAls investi

cation into the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, JI.s

that certain documents the Cormittee planned to use in Its

hearings be revieved for any objoctions that could be made

to tho possible public release of the information contained

thereln.

As was requested, these documents were reviewed

prior to their use in the FSCA's public hearings, and specific

objections to the disclosure of parts of those documents havo

been made to Mr. Fobert I. Keuch, Deputy Assistant Attorney

General, Grininal DIVISIOn IT.

Yeuch stated that he would

advise the committee of these objeculons.

On lovember 15, 1978, Louis Parisi, ISCA Staff

Herber, picked up the documents referred to in the four

letters referenced above for return to the HSCA.

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ATTORNEY GENERAL

NOTE:

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Genera dated in per 24o 19at captioned as opert.

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• UNITED STATES GQVERNMENT

Memorandum

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Assoc. Dir..

Dep. AD Adm.

Dep. AD Inv.

Ats. Bes

TO

FROM :

SUBJECT:

The Director

DATE: 11-17-78

Top come th

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINA TIONS (HSCA)

1-=1

PURPOSE: To advise of the appearance of SA James J. Rose before

captioned Committee on 11-17-78.

SYNOPSIS AND DETAILS: On 11-17-78 G. Robert Blakey, Chief

Counsel and Director of captioned Com-

mittee, requested SA James J. Rose (Albany, New York, Office) to

appear and testify before this Committee concerning allegations of

misconduct made against him by former SA Arthur Murtagh as

reported in Mark Lane's book, "Code Name: Zorro, " on pages 158

through 160 in Chapter 19 (attached).

6

SA Rose appeared before captioned Committee on 11-17-78

and denied Murtagh's allegations that he "jumped for joy, literally

leaped in the air" on hearing that King was shot. Rose, in responding

to questions from the Committee members, testified that he could not.

remember exactly what he said to Murtagh but recalled saying that

King was a threat to the national security. He further stated that

these were views based on his opinion and not based on intormation he

obtained as an FBI Agent. Rose, at the conclusion of his testimonys

was excused. Assistant Director Mintz appeared with SA Rose as counsel

at his request.

RECOMMENDATION: None. For information.

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AFRIL 4, ATLANTA

by Mark Lane

Artaur Murtagi, the vetcran FBI agont, said:

Theday that King was shot, I was at the officc, Icav-

ing for the day, with an FBI agent who was at the

supcrvisory level. He was a young man, twenty-nine

to thirty-two years old, handsome, nice disser-

rcasonably intelligent and the women were crazy

about him in the office. Ic was friendly with me.

We heard the announcement, that King had been

shot, as we vero preparing to leave. This agent

jumped for joy, literally laped in the air, yelling,

'They got. Zorro! They got the son of a bitch! I hope

he dies!"

As we punched our salmon-colored cards out, the

agent explained to me how King was nothing but a

"Goddamn Communist" troubiemaker anyway. Then

wve heard that King had died. Again, he was elated.

He just went crazy with joy.

I said,

"For Christ's sake, they killed a gicat

icader," and as we walked to the parking lot, we had

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a discussion. The agent told me how King had been

ruining the United States; that he was dividing our

people; that he was Communist-dominated; and that

"if the lazy goddamned niggers had worked,

in-

stead of demonstrating, they could make it just like

anybody eise in this country-for example, the Ital-

ians and the Irish!"

Following the murder of Dr. King a number of Ameri-

can cities were set on fire. The Attorney Goncral was able

to view part of the conflagration in Washington, D.C. A

federal

decision was made to investigate the crime.

Murtagh said that the Department of Justice called upon

the FBI to investigate. Hoover sent the request to the

SAC in Atlanta. The SAC there turned it over to the in-

telligence unit- the Destroy King Squad. The very people

who had illogally harassed him when he was alive, includ-

ing the agent who celcbrated when he died, were really

in charge of the investigation. Memphis had the early Icad

material. The Bureau in Washington directed the early

stages of the investigation. But it ivas directed out of At-

lanta by the Destroy King Squad after a day or two.

Telctype leads would come in, and the case supervisor

would assign the leads to various agents. "Now the assigu-

ing of leads would make a lot of difierence," said Murtagh.

"Up until civil rights were pushed hard in the sixties, I

was never assigned to civil rights work at all. Only when

they got to the point where they had to get some answers

would they assion anybody like me. They had been as

signing old-time Southera agents to handle civil rights

How did the fact that those assigned to investigate

King's death had been members of the get-King Squad

aflect that etiort? "I think they might not have gotten the

right answer on a lot of these things simply because there

was no will to get the right answer." said Murtagh. "They

didn't want to ask the right questions. The fecling against

King, in the Burcau, was so strog," said Murtagh, that

if the Burcau had had advance information of an assas-

sination plot against King,

and no onc else know about it they would sit on it.

And Ict King get killed

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wrapped up and get out of it. I think there was senti-

ment in the Bureau, also-an extreme sentiment, at

all costs, to keep the blacks from making any in-

roads.

I would not depend on an investigation, by the

people I knew, to be very accurate. Statements came

out from the Bureau, within twenty-four hours of

each killing, that there was no conspiracy involved in

the deaths of President Kennedy, Dr. King, and

Bobby Kennedy.

I talked about conspiracy in Atlanta regarding

King, and thought about it in the Kennedy case. I

was told that tve weren't to think about conspiracy.

Our jurisdiction was very flimsy anyway, since King

wasn't a government official. What were we doing

investigating it?

I feel it was a political decision. I don't think the

crime was ever investigated. In fact, I'm convinced it

was never investigated. It wasn't investigated like the

Mississippi killings, it wasn't investigated like

Hoffa disappearance. It wasn't even investigated as

well as King was, when he was alive. I think even-

tually, if everybody keeps pushing, eventually some

way, sometime, the whole thing will break open—

you'll probably find a conspiracy.

Maybe it's a movement. You've got to be able to

think in terms of the fiendish minds of people in

counterintelligence. If we're right, the King killing

was some kind of a counterintelligence scheme,

cooked up by somebody and it could be anybody.

It could be anyone who could manipulate things in

such & way to get them to happen. I think it can be

done, and I think it was done.

There are too many questions about Oswald and

Ray. How did they get all the way across the coun-

try? And where the hell did the money come from?

How did they have their identities covered? No guy

like Ray can do that sori of thing on his own. It jus!

didn't happen that way.

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TRANSMIT VIA:

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FBI

PRECEDENCE:

• Immediate

• Priority

• Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

• TOP SECRET

• SECRET

O CONFIDENTIAL

DEF TO

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Date

11/24/78

TO:

FROWNL

SUBJECI:

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290)

ATTN: CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT,

RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION

SAC, MEMPHIS (66-2197) (P)

CHOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON

ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

BUDED: 11/28/78

Re Bureau teletype to Memphis dated 11/21/78.

Enclosed for the Bureau are four items containing

information re CHARLES LAVERNE CABBAGE.

The enclosed items represent retrievable

information maintained by the Memphis Office re CHARLES

LAVERNE CABBAGE for the period 3/1/68 through 6/1/68./

Memphis indices contain a reference on the hame

CHARLES CABBAGE, Memphis file 44-1987-Sub-B-502D. This

Is the MURKIN file which was sent to the Bureau in July

1977.

It is suggested the Bureau may desire to review

this reference in connection with captioned matter.

REGiO

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1 - Legal Counsel Division

Attn: Mr. Heller

1 - Mr. Ryan

- Mr.

Foster

Assistant Attorney General

criminal Division

Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch

November 22, 1978

Director, FBI

FIERRE GONESENT

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

Ữ. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

Reference is made to the letter to the Attorney

General from G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director,

HSCA, dated October 31, 1978,

which requested delivery of

certain material from the FBI concernins the assassinatio

of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Enclosed are an original and one copy of a

memorandum in response to referenced letter. It is requested

that you furnish

a copy of the enclosed memoramdum to the

ESCA.

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1 - Legal Counsel Division

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1 - Mr. Ryan

1 - Mr. Foster

November 22, 1978

HOUSE SELECT COTTITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (ESCA)

Reference is made to letter to the Attorney

General from G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director,

ASCA, dated October 31, 1978, which requested delivery of

certain material fron the Ibt concerning the assassination

of Dr. Martin Luther KinGs Jr.

ISCA Staff Member Gerald Hamilton advised on

Novenber 8, 1978, that Iten I should be disregarded inasmuch

as that information was retrievable through the Departmont

of Justice.

This confirms delivery of Iton 2 to HSCA Staff

Henber Phoebe Orr on Noverber 22, 1978, at rBIHQ.

This confirms delivery of Items 3, 4,

5, and 6

to SCA Staff Member Lance Svendsen on November 8, 1978,

at FBINA.

This memorandum completes the response to the

above-relerenced hocA letter. where Intormation is not

provided, it is because it is either not retrievable or

it is subject to the liemorandun of Understanding.

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General, Criminal Division,

Attention:

Mr. Robert I.

Keuch,

dated November 22, 1978, captioned as above.

Sipinacmse

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8131 HOUSE OFFICE DUILDING, AMMEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20518

MR. ALDHIzee

October 31, 1978

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C.

20530

Attention:

Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear MI. Attorney General:

In connection with the investigation by this Committee

into the circumstances surrounding the death of Di. Martin

Luther Ring, JI., the assistance of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation is requested in regard to the following matters:

1)

Prepare for delivery the London Legat Memo

re:

Alexander Anthony Eist.

2)

3)

Prepare for delivery any St. Louis Field Office

files identified as King Security, for the

period covering January 1963 through December

1968.

Prepare for delivery, from the New Orleans Field

office File captioned MURKIN: 157-10673

FroM:

ASAC Sylvester

TO:

SAC, New Orleans

Date: 4/15/68

Re:

Instructions from Assistant Director Rosen -

Ie Garrison's interest in MURKIN investigation.

4)

5)

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Prepare for delivery, also from the New Orleans

Field Office File captioned MURKIN: 157-10673-258

TO: SAC, New Orleans

FrOm: ASAC Sylvester

Date: 4/17/68

Prepare for delivery; from the St. Louis Field

Office File captioned MURKIN:

FroM:

Memphis

То:

Director

62-117290-1

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rain

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Page TWO

6)

Prepare for delivery, from the los Angeles

Field Office File captioned MURKIN: 44-1574D-397

The materials requested herewith, are for potential

use as exhibits in the upcoming public hearings, therefore,

it is requested that the Department of Justice as well as

the Federal Bureau of Investigation, make the appropriate

review in accordance with the Committee's standing agreement.

The Committee will reconvene with hearings into the

would be greatly appreciated.

very truly yours,

1.0093665

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

UNITED/STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Memorandum

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

SECRET

CONFIDENTIAL

TO

Assoc, Dir.

Dep. AD Adm..

Dep. AD Inv.

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs.

Crim. Inv.

Ident..

Intell.

Laboratory

Legal Coun.

Plan. & Insp.

Rec. Mgnt.

Tech. Servs.

Training

Public Affs. Off. _

Telephone Rm..

Director's Sec'y=

SUBJECT:

S.71

: Mr. W. O. Gregar WUP

DATE: 11/21/78

1. - Mr. J. A. Mintz

1

- Mx. H. N.

Bassett

1

- Mr.

D. W. Moore

1

Mr.

W. 0. Cregar

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON

ASSASSINATIONS

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

1 - Mr. J. E. Nolan

SEE REVERSE

SIDE FOR

PURPOSE:

CLASSIFICATION

OStetter

ACTION

To provide to the Crimnal Investigativé Division

background material for preparation of the Director's testimony

before captioned Committee on 12/11/78.

Gassified fy

ACTION:

90479472335

Declassis

Qn:

JADR

That this memorandum be furnished to the Criminal

Investigative Division to assist in their preparation of the

Director's testimony.

DETAILS:

Classified by

has det

DeclassAr on OADR5/4/63

111211,326

APPROVED:

Director

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm.

Dep. AD Inv,

Adm. Serv.

Crim. Inves 155cm

Ident._

Intell.

Laboratory

Legal Coun

Plan. & Insp.

Rec. Mant.

Tech. Servs.

Training-

Fustic Afs, Of,

In the list of items the HSCA may pose to the Director,

item number 10 was "Whether the FBI would advocate or undertake

special means to secure prompt technical surveillance of

investigative targets, whether

organizational or individual."

REC-16

If it were determined that technica

might provide information not obtainable through use of a less.

intrusive technique, the FBI would promptly seek authority to

83 NOV 28 1978

CONTINUED OVER

66DEC 1 8 1978

Stent

CONEDENITAL

ALZ INFOPLATION CONTAINED

HERE I

EXCEE? WHENE SHUNN

OTHEWISE

Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

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CONFIDENTIAL

SE

Memorandum to Mr. W. 0. Cregar

Re:

House Select Committee on

Assassinations'

U.5. House of Representatives (HSCA)

employ such coverage. The FBI could, if the facts or

circumstances supported a reasonable belief that either

organizations or individuals were engaging in assassination

or knowingly aiding and abetting an assassination/on behalf

of a foreign power,] apply for technical surveillance authorizationle

either from the Attorney General on an emergency basis or

under a court order under the provisions of the new foreign

Intelligence surveillance Act of 1978, In the absence of

any indication of direction by a foreign power such applications

would be made to a Federal court under Title IIIC)

Intelligence Division liaison representative

discussed with Office of Legal Counsel of NSA whether it

would be possible for the Director in his response to address

in an unclassified statement the FBI's ability to request NSA

assistance or to address NSA's responsibilities to provide

information which they obtain to the Secret Service when it.

relates to a threat to a United States official. Mr. Michael

Smith, Office of Legal Counsel, NSA, advised that NSA would

prefer that the Direcior not refer to any NSA coverage in his

testimony. The Intelligence Division had submitted a draft

to NSA of a rather general paragraph dealing with our present

capability to request through the Attorney General information

from NSA relating to United States persons under special

circumstances. NSA, however, believed that any reference to

NSA coverage could lead to questions which would be difticult

to answer in an unclassified manner. #(C)

per approprie

letter did 9/9/83

agency

SEC

CONFIDE TAL

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Dar. AB Adm.

Den. AD Inv.

asst, Dir.:

Adm. Sary.

Crima Iny..

Ident.

Intell.

Laboratory

Legal Coun.

Plan

• Insp

Rec. Mant. 124510

Tech Ser/s

Training

Public Affs. Off.

Telephone Rm.

Director's Sec'y

SLO 085 22307 332

PP HQ

2 8 No: 78 20

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BUREAU

¿ICATION

COMMUNICITIUNS SECTION

DE SL

P 282001Z NOV 78

FM ST. LOUIS (62-5897)

VTO

BUREAU (62-117290), PRIORITY

BT

UNCLAS

ATTENTION CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT, RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION.

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

AT 11:52 P.M. NOVEMPER 27, 1978 OFFICER WILLIUS HAGER, & TH

DISTRICI, ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN PD, TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED THE

ST. LOUIS FBI OFFICE AS FOLLOWS:

AT 8:38 P.M. NOVEMBER 27, 1978 JOHN LE RAY, BROTHER OF JAMES

EARL RAY, WAS ARRESTED BY OFFICERS OF THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN RD.

FOR ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO KILL AND BURGLARY. HE IS PRESENTLY IN

JAIL UNDER ARREST NUMBER 3-4736, -POLICE DEPARTMENT COMPLAIMI

DE38

NUMBER 181051.

52-117790335

V.35,

BA. DEC

1970

OFFICER HAGER FURTHER ADVISED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A IELEPHONE

CALL FROM AN UNNAMED INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFYING HIMSELF AS JOHN L.

RAY'S ATTORNEY, CALLING FROM WASHINGION, D.C. THIS PERSON ADVISED

690-73

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PAGE IWO SL 62-5697 UNCLAS

OFFICER HAGER THAT RAY WAS SUPPOSED TO TESTIFY BEFORF THE SENATE

COMMITTEE ON NOVEMPER 28, 1978.

THE ABOVE IS FOR INFORMATION.

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FD,-36 (Rex. 7-27-76)

§ TRANSMIT VIA:

• Teletype

• Facsimile

[x Airtel

TO :

SUBJECT:

FBI

= =i

PRECEDENCE:

• Immediate

• Priority

[ Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

C TOP SECRET

• SECRET

• CONFIDENTIAL

DEETO

• CLEAR

Date

12/6/78

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290)

(ATTN:

CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT)

ADIC, NEW YORK (92-4564)

"ELSUR

¿HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE. ON

ASSASSINATIONS

ReBuairtel to NY, 11/30/78.

The elsur indices of the NYO do not show that Reverend

MARTIN LUTHER KING, SR., and Reverend A.D. KING have been the

subject (target only of electronic surveillance. prior to or

after January, 1964.

There are several overhears pertaining to Reverend-

MARTIN LUTHER KING, SR.

and A.D. KING.

As per instructions

set forth in referenced

airtel,

the files containing these

overhears have not been reviewed.

INDEX

Bureau

(RM)

KEG- 83

I- New York

(I- Congressional Inquiry Unit ST-113

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(4)

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DEC 13 1978

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NY 92-4564

The general indices of the NYO have been reviewed

and contain no indication that Rev. MARTIN LUSHER KING, SR.

and Rev. A.D. KING have been the subject (target only)

electronic surveillance prior to or alter January, 1964.

Conducting the eleur indices and general indices

searches were MYRA

V. GALEANO and SA DAVID I. CRADDOCK.

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FD-36 (Rev. 3-24-77)

TRANSMIT VIA:

[aT'eletype

[ Facsimile

@ Airtel

FBI

PRECEDENCE:

[ Immediate

I Priority

• Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

• TOP SECRET

• SECRET

• CONFIDENTIAL

ДЕЕТО

I CLEAR

Date 12/7/78

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

ATTN: CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT

FROM:

SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (66-672B)

SUBJECT:

MELSUR

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

(HSCA)

Re Director airtel to Atlanta, 11/30/78.

San Francisco Elsur, general

Hearnap and

Informant indices negative regarding REVEREND MARTTI

LUTHER KING, SR. AND REVEREND A. D. KING.

San Francisco Elsur indices searched by DIANE

AMBROSE, general and Hearnap by ANNE DECAIRE and Informant

indices by DENAIRE RIGNEY.

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Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

Attention: Mr. Robert I. Keuch

Director, FBI

1 - Ir. Bassett

1 - Ir. Ryan

1 - Mr. Foster

December 1, 1978

1 - Legal Counsel Division

Attn: hir. Heller

1 - Admin. Services Div:

Attn: in. Rolander

HOUSE SELECI COMITIEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENIATIVES (HSCA)

Reference is made to the three (3) lettors to the

Attorney General Irone. hobert blakey, chiet counsel anc

Dircetor, ICCA, dated Wovenber 13 and 14 (2), 1978, which

requested, in connection with the ISCA's investiration into

the assassination of De, Hartin Luther King, Jr., that the

Committee be provided the names of all Special Agents of

the Atlanto. Field Office assigned to the security squad; that

the identity of a Special Arent assigned to that office be

providca; and that cortain information relating to the photo-

graphs of Special Agents, previously furnished, be provided.

Enclosed are an original and one copy of a memo-

ranaum in responsc to the above referenced letters.

It is

requested that delivery be made of one copy of the attached

menorandun.

Enclosures (2)

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Spinacanie

NOTE: Above three requests relate to previous hscA request

of 10/12/78, in response to which two albums containing the

photographs

of 360 Special Agents, including those of all

Agents assigned to the Atlanta Field Office during the period

1967-1968, were provided.

On 11/15/70,

PF9-12m

-17290-1591

meeting between SA Ronald

Heller, Legal Counsel Division; SA Bertil W. Rolander,

Division 3, and members of the Congressional Inquiry Unit,

DiviSiOn

It was decided that, during a meeting arranged

with Mr. Blakey, the names of those Agents assigned to the

security squad would be provided to the Committee Add

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm..

Dep. AD Inv.

Asst. Dir::

Adm. Servs.

Crim: Inv.

Ident. -

Intell.

Laboratory

Legal Coun

Plan. & Insp..

Rec. Mgnt.

Tech. Servs..

Training

Public Affs. Off.

elephone Ru

irectorts Sec y-

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it was decided that the committee

should beadised

that

special Agent assigned to the Atlanta Office who best

NCLOSURE

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HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

fit the description lurnished was SA Rose; however it would

be pointed out that this was not irrefutable.

Same date, during a meeting between SAs Heller

and Brekke, William

WeDD, hoCA stall Member

and Mr. Blakey,

the list of Atlanta Arents was furnished and their photo-

graphs were verified as being in the photo albums. SA James

Rose's name was furnished to the HSCA under conditions de-

cribed above.

The photograph albums referred to above were

sealed by Mr. Blakey and given to SA Heller for delivery to

Mr. Keuch, DAAG.

In the letter of 11/14/78, HSCA requested thai

lelivery be made of an unnumbered list of names of those

individuals appearing in above-mentioned albums.

In view

of the fact that the disclosures that were made during the

meeting on 11/15/78 satisfied the Committee's requests in

this area, this list is not being provided.

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1 - Mr.

Bassett

- Ir. Ryan

1

- Mr. Foster

1 - Legal Counsel Division

Attn:

Mr. Heller

1 - Administrative Services Div.

Atth:

Ir. Rolander

December 1, 1978

Merica

ігн,

ciluit

nt

Encles

12IL2

HOUSE SELECE COLTITTEE ON ASSASSIATIONS

U.S. HOUSE OF IOPTESTICATIVES (ISCA)

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv.

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs..

Crim: Inv. _

Ident..

Intell..

Laboratory

Legal Coun.

Plan. & Insp.

Rec. Mgnt.

Tech. Servs.

Training

Public Affs. Off. _

Telephone Rm.

Director's Sec'y

MAIL ROOM

NH 55035 DocId: 32989742

Page 208

Reference is rade to the three (3) letters to the

Attorney General from 4. lobert Blakey, Chiof Counsel and

Director, Ison, dated November 13 and 14 (2), 1978, which

requested, in

connection with the ESCN's Investigation Into

the assossination of DI. Martin Luther Rins JE., that the

Conmittee be provided the names of all Spocial Aconts of

Atlanta Ficld Office asairned to the socurity squad; that

the identity of a special iront assigned to that office be

provided; and that certain infornation rolating to the photo

graphs of special arents, previously furnished, be provided.

In response to the lict requect for the names oi

a11 Atlante Agonts assigned to the socurity squad, this

Infornation was furnished to Hr. Blakey on Noverber 15,

1978, during a meeting vit sAs

Ron licller and fron II.

Brelke, which tool place at Cornittee headquarters.

With respect to the ESCA roquest for the name of

the

• Atlanta, Agent fitting the description provided by the

Connittee, the neme of the individual vo vao determined

to best fit that description vas furnichod to 1r. Blakey

during aforcentioned meeting-

In the ESON letter of Hovenber 14, 1978, pertain

ing to the appearance of a cortain photograph in the two

albuns preyiously furnished, coveral questions vore posca

concerning that photograph.

As cxplained to willian lobb,

FISCA Staff Counsel, on Hoverber 15, 1978, the photograph

in question was di

a rerber of the Atlanta security squad;

however, it was not a photocraph of SA James J, Rose.

Cormittee letter states that

"serious questiono are raised

about the fairness of the photographs supplied..." if the

photograph vas that of a security squad Agent.

It must be

pointed

out to olarify the written rcoord, as tos orally

TWB: bjr (8)

62-117290-1337

ORIGINAL AND ONE SENT TO ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL,

CRIMINAL DIVISION, ATTENTION:

MR. ROBERT L. KEUCH.

SEE NOTE PAGE. 2-

ENCLOSURE

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HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

done for Mr. Webb prior to the receipt of this letter, the

initial HSCA request for Atlanta Agents' photographs stated

that "To the extent possible, these photographs

should depict

the agents involved

as they

appeared in 1967-1968 or as close

thereto as possible."

The photograph in question was

obtained from the personnel

• file of an Agent who had retired

and, hence, all photographs, with the exception of the one

furnished,

had been destroyed. Therefore, to the extent pos-

sible, the

best photograph was furnished.

The HSCA requested that an unnumbered list of all

individuals appearing in the photograph albums be provided.

As it was verified that all pertinent Atlanta Agent photo-

graphs were provided,

and a list of those Agents was also

provided, the all-inclusive list is not being

furnished.

Criminal Division, Attention:

FBI, letter to Assistant Attorney General,

Robert I. Keuch, dated

December

1, 1978, captioned

as above.

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STEWART I:

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16-14-78

Vero do Posess, tro

КАСТ 1, ПРИ, РАЇ

0800 273-021

Select Committee on Essassinations

Tha, "ouse d aepresentatibes

WASHIMOTOM, D.C. 89818

November 13, 1978

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C.

20530

Attention: MI. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, room 2113

Dear MI. Attorney General:

In connection with the investigation into the circumstances

surrounding the assassination of DI. Martin Luther Ring, JI.,

ve request that you provide the Committee with the names of

all agents who were assigned to the security squad of the

Atlanta ortice of the federal Bureau of Investigation during

the period between January 1967 through May 1968. In addition,

to the extent possible we request that this list also include

indicationg of supervisory positions held by members of the

sguad.

Due to the urgency of this request, we respectfully request

your immediate attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

S. Dolur Blab

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

letter cleRas

AAGA CRiM Di

12-1-78

TWs: bjR

GRB: kmh

62-117290-1337

ENCLOSURE

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LOUIS STONES, OM:O, CHAINMAN

-PEACE PROYCE, N.C..

SAHNEL L. DENSE, OHIO

-I. RI. PAUSTPOR, D.C.

STEWART B. MC KINHEY, CONN."

• YE LIDATINIA:, & DUMKE, CALIF.

CHAPLUS THONF, PILOR.

CUR'STOPPINI DO,D, CONN.

HAROLO 5. SANYER, MICH,

PINOLD E. FORD, TENN.

:. CHO J. FREMIAI, IND.

FORGET H. LUGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4524

Ree cus

14-16-77

Brekke

Select Committee on Essassinations

.%. House of Representatives

9369 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

November 14, 1978

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the

United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C.

20530

Attention: Mr. Robert I. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

On November 7, 1978 in response to a request by the

House Select Committee on Assassinations dated February

Federal Bureau of Investigation provided the Committee with

a two volume set of photographs of FBI agents who were assigned

to Atlanta in 1968.

Prior to the delivery of these volumes, representatives of

the FBI indicated that four (4) photographs were unobtainable

through the agents personal files.

They further stated that

said the eat me ence see coms assigne to the security

informed that every effort would be made to obtain other photo-

graphs of these agents.

At the time of delivery and in subsequent conversations,

the Committee was assured that the two volumes contained, along

with "fillers", photographs of all agents assigned to Atlanta for

the requested period.

Thus the ominous noted in paragraph two

were corrected.

A troubling aspect of the pictures provided, however, was

that one photograph, number 16, is markedly different from the

rest both in quality and the age of the person at the time the

photograph was made.

62

1117290-1351

If this picture was, in fact,

that of a member of the security

squad, serious questions are raised about the fairness of the

photographs supplied and the resulting ability of the Committee

to effectively employ them for the purpose of identification.

ENCLOSURE

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The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Page Two

It is requested

that the FBI state one (1) whether the

person who appears in the photograph was a member of the security

squad

and two (2) if he is a former agent named Jack Rose.

In

addition, to complete the written record with respect to this

response, the Committee requests that the Bureau provide the

Committee with an unsealed list of names of the agents depicted

in the photographs, without any correlation to the numbers of

the photographs, as well as a

statement that all of the photographs

sought by the above-referenced request were provided.

As the information sought by this request has alreadybeen

compiled, it is requested that a response to this request be

made immediately.

Sincerely;

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

GRB : wwh

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Mr.

Ron Heller

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WALTER

L.PAUNTPOY, D.C.

"E TONATHYIN, TI DUNKE, CALT.

OPH-41. 2900.COMM.

NO I, FORO. TOON.

FLÙTO S, PITHIAN, IND.

LO! ПТОЕВ, ОНЮ, ОЧАІЖНАМ

SAMUEL L. DIVINE, OMIO

УТІМАНТ В, МСКІНСТ, СОМИ.

CHARLES THONL, KIBE.

нечого 8. КАМуКА, мН.

(202) 225-8626

Select Committer on Assassinations

E.S. Mouse of Acpresentatibes

8369 HOUSE OFFICE DUILDING, ANNEX?

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

November 14, 1978

Rec. 210

11-14-78

BROKie

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C. 20530

Attention: MI. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Dear MI. Attorney General:

In connection with the Committee's investigation of the

assassination of DI. Martin Luther King, JI., it is requested

that the FBI provide the Committee with

the name of an agent

assigned to security matters in Atlanta in 1968.

The follow-

ing descriptive data is furnished to provide a basis for that

identification:

The individual is a white male who was

34 years old in 1968.

approximately

He is approximately 6' to 6'1" tall,

dark hair, with a smooth complexion.

He was assigned to

Atlanta's

security squad, had some supervisory responsibili-

ties, either as an assistant or relief supervisor.

He was on

the squad for approximately four (4) years prior to 1968.

The individual may have been of Italian extraction or had an

Italian sounding surname.

He was neither an accountant nor a

lawyer. He possibly came from an eastern city.

In the Atlanta

office, he sat near Alan Sentinella and Alder Miller.

It is further requested that this matter be handled on

an expedited basis.

Sincerely,

GRB: wwd

cc:

Ron Heller

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G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

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FLOYD J, FITHIÁN, IND,

ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA.

LOUS STOKES OHIOS, CHAIRMAN AT SEX, CONTE

SAMUEL, L

STEWART

CHARLES TherE, NEBR.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.

(202) 225-4524

Rec. CiVi

12-4-78

Select Committee on Assassinations

H.S. House of Sepresentaties

9369 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

November 28, 1978

FIDERAL GOVERNATE

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the

United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C.

Attention:

Mr. Robert I. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

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Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with the investigation by this

Committee into the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther

King, JI., it is requested

that the Federal Bureau of

Investigation prepare a written statement outling the

following:

The history, organization and function of the

"Press Office" which came under the jurisdic-

tion of Division 8; including

1r

a) the personnel assigned to that office,

b) the person or persons directly responsible

for the day-to-day operation and management

of that office, from its inception through its

As time is of the uznost importance in this matter,

VER. 62-111390-1338

your written response is söffcited by December 8, 1978.

Very truly yours,

1. 0olste

Robert Blakey

Chief_ Counsel and Director

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

Mr. William H. Webster

: Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Barbara Allen Babcock

ssistant Attorney General

PETERLE GOTIRANENI

Civil Division

Representation Requests of Thomas

Deakin, David Ryan and Theron Rushing

Attention:

Mr. John A. Mintz

Legal Counsel Division

DATE:

NOV 6 1978

RuSeibert: dow

Tel: 633-3359

Under cover of your memoranda dated October 23 and

¿November 2, 1978, I have received requests from special

COPY RETAINED

@Agents Thomas Deakin and Theron Rushing for private counsel

ain connection with their anticipated appearances before the

House Select Committee On Assassination

a similar rêquest from Special Agent Davia Ryan.

I have also received

Prior to making a decision on the requests for private

counsel, I would like the Legal Counsel Division to furnish

the Civil Division with a statement, as required by 28 C.F.R

$50.15(a), indicating whether the Agents were acting within

the scope of their employment with respect to conduct likely

to be examined by the Committee, and whether representation,

either directly or through private counsel, should be provided.

Your conclusions and recommendations should include wherever

possible supporting data and at 922:

Should you conclude that representation is appropriate,

I would appreciate any distinctions that might be drawn between

the cases of Agents Ryan, Deakin, and Rushing, and those

other Agents called before the House Assassinations

fox whom representation was not deemed napessage-

In the event Mr. Deakin and Mr. Rushing wish to provide

us with any information relevant to their requests which would

be protected from disclosure by the attorney-client communica-

tion privilege, they should contact John Seibert of this Divy

sion at (202) 633-3359. Mr. Seibert has previously met with

Mr. Ryan.

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

104

: The Director

FROM : Legal Counsel

DATE: 13/6/78Lmn

SUBJECT: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this memorandum is to advise of

the status of

a request by captioned Committee for photo-

graphs of all Special Agents assigned to the Atlanta

Division during the security investigation of

DI. Martin Iuther King, JI:

DETAILS:

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv. -

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Septs:

Crim. Inv.

Ident.

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By way of background, captioned Committee, by

letter dated 2/3/18, requested

that the FBI furnish

photographs of all Special Agents in the Atlanta Division

assigned to the security investigation of Dr. Martin Luther

King, Jr.

On 2/10/78 this matter was discussed with

Mr. Robert L. Keuch, Special Counsel to the Attorney

General. Mr. Keuch

advised that the Drug Enforcement

Administration had received a similar request and that no

response should be made pending notification by the

Committee as to their purpose for this request and the

use of the requested photographs.

Enclosure

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- Mr. Ryan (Enclosure)

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- Mr. Coulson (Enclosure)

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Memorandum to the Director

Re: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

On 10/5/78 G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and

Director of captioned Committee, advised SA Danny O.

what Kind?

Coulson, Legal Liaison and Congressional Affairs Unit;

Legal Counsel Division, that the Committee had received

allegations of misconduct and possible criminal

Relit.,

activities on the part of one of the Special Agents

commitlee

7

Mandate

assigned to the Atlanta Division during the time of the

security investigation of Dr: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mr. Blakey stated that in order to determine the credi-

bility of the witness who made these allegations, it was

necessary for the Committee to display to him the

photographs of the Special Agents assigned to the Atlanta

Division during this time

: frame. At this time,

Mr. Blakey was advised that their witness would be able

to select any photograph as being identical to or

resembling any of the Special Agents assigned to the

Atlanta Division during that period and was requested to

furnish more details regarding the allegations.

Mr. Blakey

declined to furnish any further information.

On 10/6/78 this matter was discussed with

Mr. Michael Shaheen, Office of Professional Responsibility

(OPR), Department of Justice (DOJ) • Mr.

Shaheen advised

that it was his opinion that 'if the Committee had allega-

tions of misconduct or illegal activities by an employee

of the FBI, this matter should be brought to the attention

Of OPR, DOJ.

On 10/6/78 Mr. Keuch advised that he concurred

with Mr. Shaheen and instructed that before any photographs

were delivered to the Committee, they must first furnish

the nature and the details of the allegations to DOJ for

investigation.

Mr. Blakey was advised of the DOJ decision on

10/11/78 by SA Ronald Heller of the Legal Liaison and

Congressional Affairs Unit,. Legal Counsel

Division.

Mr. Blakey advised that the Committee was pursuing

a legiti-

mate inquiry fully within their Congressional mandate to

fully investigate the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King, JI.,

and stated that, if necessary, the Committee will secure a

subpoena for these photographs.

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Memorandum to the Director

Re:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE. ON. ASSASSINATIONS (FISCA)

On 10/11/78 Mr. Keuch advised that the Committee

would send the FBI a letter further clarifying their

original request of 2/3/78 for these photographs.

This

letter from Mr. Blakey to Mr. Keuch, dated 10/12/78, is

attached.

On 10/25/78 Mr. Keuch advised that after

discussing this matter with Mr. Blakey, he believes that

they are well within their Congressional mandate in

requesting these photographs.

Mr. Keuch further advised

that he has been assured by MI. Blakey that II the

Committee witness does not make a proper identification,

these photographs will be returned to the FBI and the

Mr. Blakey has further

Intorment mayCommittee will keep only the list showing the identities of

assured him that if a valid

be able to ranthose photographs displayed.

identification is made, the

savard sents aSCA will want to interview that Agent concerning the alle-

We might be.

"an gations made by the Committee's witness and they will

request his testimony before the Committee.

"setting

On 11/1/78 Mr. Keuch

advised that he believes the

FBI would be able to prepare a better photographic spread

than the Committee could and the Committee has

agreed to

the FBI making up the photographic spread. Mr. Keuch

requests that this photographic spread include both Agents

in the Atlanta Division during the King investigation and

a

large group of photographs of other Agents who

were never

assigned to the Atlanta Division.

Each photograph should

delivered to Mr. Blakey with the photographic spread.

On 11/3/78 MI. Keuch advised SA Coulson that

Mr. Blakey had advised him that the spread was needed

merely to refresh the recollection of a witness who had

numerous contacts with the Agent in question and to

assist him in recalling his name.

Mr. Keuch further

advised that the witness described the Agent as:

Sex -

male, race - white, approximately early to mid-30's,

clean cut, supervisory type, athletic build, approximately

5'10" in height.

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Memorandum to the Director

Re:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON. ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

The Congressional Inquiry Unit has prepared a

spread of photographs to

number 360 photographs. * meet this criteria that will

RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. It is requested that the delivery of these

photographs to the captioned Committee be authorized.

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ADDENDUM:

RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION 11/6/78 TWB: jmn

On 11/3/78, members of the Congressional Inquiry Unit,

Records Management Division discussed the proposed use of

the list of Special Agents, possession of which is to be

given to Mr. Blakey. It is the position of this Unit that

Mr. Blakey being given this list serves no useful purpose,

and may tend to compromise the identity or privacy of those

Agents whose identity is of no interest to the Committee.

The only reason for the list to be retained by Mr. Blakey

Is to assure that all Special Agents of the Atlanta Office

were represented in the photo spread, however, as the

House Select Committee on Assassinations has not previously

requested or received a list of Atlanta Agents no means of

verification by comparision is possible.

RECOMMENDATION:

It is recommended by the Congressional Inquiry Unit

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RICHARDSON, PREYER, N.C.

LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

SAMUEL L. DEVINE, OHIO

WALTER I. FAUNTROY,

D.C.

STEWART B. MCKINNEY, CONN.

YVONNE URATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHARLES THONE, NEDR.

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.

HAROLD E, FORD, TENN.

FLOYD I, FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT V. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

Select Committee on Assassinations

X.5. House of Kepresentatives

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.G. 20515

October 12, 1978

V

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C.

20530

Attention: Mc. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

By this letter our request of February 3, 1978 is

modified to include the photographs of all of the agents

assigned to the Atlanta Field Office, and those assigned

to the security squad.

The Committee understands that in

addition to the requested photographs, the Federal Bureau

of Investigation will include a number of photographs of

Bureau or Department personnel who were not assigned to

the Atlanta Field Office and that these photographs will !

be used as part of the Committee's photo array.

The photo-

graphs the Committee receives will be identified only by

від.

11/16,

photograph will be published unless that agent had been

identified. If an agent or former agent is identified, the

Committee would also be free to reveal his identity.

unidentified photographs would be returned to the Federal

Bureau of Investigation.

Your prompt attention to this matter will be greatly

appreciated.

spoke to

Kenchs

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S. Nobut Bleebsey

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Cousel and Director

Mr. Ron Helles

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November 3, 1978

FEDERAT GOVERNIENS

Mr. G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

Select Committee on Assassinations

U. S. House of Representatives

3331 House Office Building, Annex 2

Washington, D. C. 20515

Dear Bob:

stay the

Assoc. Dil

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Reference is made to your letter dated September 26,

1978, addressed to the Attorney General and marked for my

attention. You expressed concern regarding FBI handling of infor-

mation furnished by your Committee concerning possible physical

endangerment to two Committee witnesses, Oliver B. Patterson

and Clarence Haynes, and requested an internal inquiry be conducted

to ascertain if Patterson was advised that the Committee was the !

source of the information related to him and if he was advised that

Haynes was also endangered. You also requested that the appropriate

FBI personnel in Washington be interviewed to ascertain if informa-

tion concerning Patterson was improperly related to members of

the media.

STaN REC-20 / 2 - 117:-

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NOM 2& 373

An appropriate inquiry has been conducted and the Special

Agent personnel who conducted the interviews have furnished affidavits

attesting to the fact that they conformed to Bureau instructions and

did not advise either Patterson or Haynes of the fact that the Committee

was the source of the information that they might be in danger. It

should be noted in this regard that prior to the interview of Patterson

the Committee contacted him to inform him he would be contacted by

the FBI and he could have readily deduced the fact that the Committee

was the source of the information furnished him by the FBI, During

the interview with Patterson, he was asked if he knew Haynes, to

which he réplied in the negative. The Agents conducting the interview

have explained that Patterson was asked about Haynes in order to

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ascertain Haynes' whereabouts as expeditiously as possible.

Patterson was not advised directly that Haynes may also be a victim

of a retaliatory act; however, due to the line of questioning, it was

believed Patterson came to this conclusion.

Inquiries made at FBI Headquarters as well as in the

field of persons knowledgeable concerning this matter have not

revealed the existence of anyone who has been in contact with the media

concerning this matter,

I have been advised that Associate Director Adams orally

advised you on November 1, 1978, of the results of this inquiry and

he will ba available should you have any further questions in this

regard.

Sincerely yours,

jee!

William H. Webster

Director

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Director William Webster

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Nov. 18,1978

DESIDE SOURCE

The attached is abominable... What an indictment against

the F.BoI. and our country. It may not be possible to ever live

it down!

It is realized that you were not previously involved during

the 3e Edgar Hoover dictatorship. But you have been a member of the

select benefited

establishment. The establishment bears the responsi

bility collectively and individually.

Perhaps over time your talents can be directed to correct

bureaucractic parasitism. However the clock is running and there

is no time to lose.

Good luck!

A White Patriotic American

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King probers

hear ex-agent

WASHINGTON (AP) - A former FBI agent tearful-

ly testified yesterday that the bureau conducted "a 10-

year vendetta" against Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and

then botched its investigation of his assassination by

ignoring the possibility of conspiracy

But the House Assassinations Committee said there

is no evidence that the bureau played any direct role in

King's murder.

The panel's chief counsel said the only FBI role ir

King's death might be "possible indirect involvement:"

such as the possibility that the F BI's campaign to harass

and discredit King resulted in his presence in Memphis,

where he was assassinated.

The comments came as the committee began a four-

day public inquiry on allegations against the FBI.

*

Arthur Murtaugh, a former agent with the FBI in

Atlanta and now a college professor, testified that before

King was assassinated, the Atlanta FBI had 15 agents

assigned to electronic surveillance of the civil rights

After the murder, Murtaugh said, the investigation

was assigned to the intelligence division, not the criminal

division

. "It just defies reason to say that the same peopl

ho have engaged in a 10-year vendetta against Dr. King

should investigate his murder," Murtaugh told the com-

mittee.

He also said the investigation was made routine as

soon as James Earl Ray was identified as the assassin

and as a fugitive to be caught.

The idea that anyone beyond Ray was involved "was

pooh-poohed from the very beginning, Murtaugh said

'The bureau decided 24 hours after King was killed i

was not a conspiracy

Murtaugh broke into tears twice as he recounted the

campaign of wiretaps and dirty tricks designed to dis-

credit King and reduce his influence among blacks.

"It is not with pleasure that I, sit here and tell you

things about an organization I spent a lifetime in." he

said, as the committee room hushed.

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMA

SAMUEL L

NE, OHIO

STEWART !

-EKINNEY, CONN.

CHARLES THONE, NEBR.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.

(202) 225-4824

Hirese

Select Committee on Assassinations

H.E. House of Representatines

3369 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

November 28, 1978

Ree.Eiu

12-1-78

FEDERAI COVERNVENT

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The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the

United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C.

20534

Attention:

Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with the investigation by this

Committee into the circumstances surrounding the

death of DI. Martin Luther King, JI., it would be

appreciated

if the Federal Bureau of

Investigation

prepare for delivery, the following:

a)

All speeches and addresses given by j.

Edgar Hoover covering

the period January

1, 1964 through June 30, 1968.

b)

All available biographical data, including

a photograph and past assignments of SA Roy

Martin Mitchell.

As time is extremely crucial in this matter your

prompt attention is greatly appreciated.

ST-20

very truly

REC 38urS,

1. Bolut Blab

62-119290-1343

G. Robert Blakey

Chief

Counsel and DirectorEC 5 1978

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WASHINGTON, D.C.

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OFFICE OF ERRECTO

FEDERAL BUREAU OF WYESTIGATION

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

November 24, 1978

The attached correspondence

was sent to you by an anonymous

source postmarked Newark,

New Jersey.

Mr. Adams

Mr. McDermott

Mr. Bassett

Mr. Cochran

Mr. Colwell

Mr. Cregar

Mr. Joseph

Mr. Kelleher

Mr. Kent.

Mr. Long

Mr. Mintz

Mr. Moore

Mr. Boynton .

Mr. Bruemmer

Mr. Hotis

Mr. Howes

Mr. Steel

Tele. Room

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SUBJECT:

FD-491 (Rev. 1-17-77)

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

' Memorandum

: DIRECTOR

PLIM/CAS

: SAC, SEATTLE

(62-117290)

(62-2940)

DATE: 11/17/78

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HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON

ASSASSINATRONS) (HSCA)

ps

Enclosed are -

1

_ items.

These items are forwarded your office since:

[ All logical investigation completed in this Division

[X] You were 00 at the time our case was RUCa.

Enclosures are described as follows:

Original 302 re GEORGE BEN EDMONDSON, 10/27/78 at

Walla Walla, Washington.

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Assistant Attorney General

Crininal Division

Attention: Mr. Robert

Director, FBI

keuch

November 29, 1978

- Legal counsel Division

(Attn: Mr. Heller)

1 - Mr. Bassett

1 - Mr. Ryan

LOUSE SELECT COMINEE OU ASSASSIUARIONE I - Mr. Foster

TOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (ISCA)

Reference is nade to the letter to the Attorney

General fron ?. lobert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director.

ISCA, dated November T, 1978, which requested, in connection

the SCA's investigation into the assassination of

Dr. Martin Luther Kinf, Jr., that two documents be prepared

for delivery; and that the names of the Special Acents

assigned to the Legal Attache's Office in London during the

period of lay through July, 1968, be provided.

Inclosed are an oririnal and one copy of a nemo-

randun in response to above-referenced lotter. It is roquestee

that dolivery of one copy of the nemorandun be made to the

• Inclosures (2)

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NOTE On 11/13/78, SA Joseph Marion, Lialson Desk, Divlsion

Five, advised that the two Special Agents assigned

• London during the period in question were Alden C. McCray

to Legat,

and John I. Minnich, both of whom are now deceased.

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1 - ir. Bassett

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Ryan

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Foster

Hovember 29, 1978

HOUSE SELECE COMMITTES ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (ESCA)

Reference is nade to the lctter to the Attorney

General Iron &. Kobert Blakey, thier counsel and birector.

Hach, Dated November Ta 1914, Which requestca, In connection

vich

the HSCA's Investigation into the assaucination of

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, that two documents be prepared

fos delivory; and that the names of the Special Agento

assigned to the Legal Attache's Office in London during the

reriod of lay through July, 1968, be provided,

this 1s to advise that the two docunents referred

to above were elivered to Michael Eberhardt, USCh Staff

Venber, on 11/9/78.

The Spocial Agents assigned to the Legal Attache's

Office in London were Alden C. IcCray and John I. Finnichy

both of whon are now deceased.

With respect to the request rentioned in the last

paragraph of above-referenced letter, the response to this

request for review of documents is being handled by separatc

cormunication.

Assoc. Dir.

Dep, AD Adm..

Dep. AD Inv.

Asst. Dir::

Adm. Servs..

Crim: Inv. -

dent..

ntell.

Laboratory

Legal Coun.

Plan. & Insp.

Rec. Mgnt.

Tech. Servs.

Training

Public Affs. Off.

Telephone Rm.

Director's Sec'y -

HH 55039

ORIGINAL AND ONE SENT TO ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL,

CRIMINAL, DIVISION, ATTENTION: MR. ROBERT I. KEUCH.

NOTE: See Director,

FBI, letter to Assistant Attorney General,

Criminal Division,.

Attention: Mr: Robert L. Keuch, dated

November 29, 1978, captioned above.

62-117290-1541

ENCLOSURE

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'FD-302 (Rev. 11-27-70)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription

10/31/78

GEORGE BEN EDMONDSON was contacted at his home,

Route 2, Box 179, Walla Walla, Washington (509-525-2126),

where he is living under the assumed name of ALEX P.

BORMANN and employed by the Boise Cascade Company..

EDMONDSON was advised of the Bureau policy requiring

its own Waiver for the release of information and that such a

Waiver would authorize the Bureau to release all information

concerning him, even that which had previously been considered

confidential. EDMONDSON acknowledged that he understood the

Bureau policy and specifically stated that it was his under-

standing that his 1959 confidential FBI file would be released

to the House Select Committee on Assassinations, if so requested.

EDMONDSON also expressed concern that the House Select

Committee on Assassinations

would not be able to maintain proper

control of the information in his file, pointing out that

investigators for the Committee, to whom he has spoken, appear

to be a little young and lacking in experience.

EDMONDSON

stated,

however, that he would continue cooperate with the

Committee, and executed the following Waiver authorizing

release of information:

"AUTHORITY TO RELEASE INFORMATION

"I hereby authorize any Special Agent or other

authorized representative of

• the Federal Bureau of Investi-

gation bearing this release, to furnish to the House Select

Committee on Assassinations

all information in its possession

concerning me, including those records pertaining to my confi-

dential relationship with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

I realize that by authorizing this release I will disclose to

the House Select Committee on Assassinations any confidential

relationship I may have had with the FBI.

"/s/ George Ben Edmondson

"27 Oct 78

AT.I. IXE

/s/ Witness:

Robert A. Ibbotson

Special Agent

DATE 2111/86

Federal Bureau of Investigation"

Interviewed on

10/27/78_t Walla Walla, Washingtarile #

_SE 66-2940-12

byASA ROBERT A. IBBOTSON / ect

Date dictated

10/30/78

This document contain either cent to at distrio cod luside cou a is the property of the FBI and is loaned too

your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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