Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: RYAN, D.
To: BAILEY
Document date: 06/20/1979
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD_NUMBER: 124-10182-10310

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE_NUMBER: 62-117290-1439

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

RYAN, D.

TO: BAILEY

TITLE:

DATE: 06/20/1979

PAGES: 14

SUBJECT: HSCA, ADMIN, PROCEDURES

DOCUMENT TYPE:

ORIGINAL

CLASSIFICATION:

REVIEW DATE:

STATUS

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

05/01/1997

Redact

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

UPDATE DATE:

02/12/2001

RESTRICTIONS:

JFK Act 6 (4)

COMMENTS:

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

soc. Dir. i man

Dep. AD Ada. _

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Dep. AD lav. _

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION:

..Asst. Dir.:

Ada. Servs. _

1 - Mr.

H. A. Boynton, hails

TO

1 - Mr. W. O. Cregar

DATE:

6/20/79

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Training

1 - Mr. J.

SUBJECT:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

Public Affs. OH. -

A. Mintz

Telephone Ra..

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (ISCA)

- Mr. N. F.

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1 - Mr. D.

1 - Mr.

D.

Ryan

• Clark

PURPOSE:

1 - Mr. J. T. Aldhizer

To record details of the FBI's review of material

furnished by captioned Committee in accordance with

the .10/5/77 Memorandum of Understanding (MU)

Department of Justice and the HSCA.

between the

SATAINED

SLATED

SHOWN

SYNOPSIS:

The HSCA material (approximately 4,463 pages) was

received by the FBI on 6/12/79 and

reviewed in

accordance with the 10/5/77 MU. Review by FBI Headguarters

(FBIHQ)

Records Management Division (RMD), Intelligence Divis

sion (INTD), Criminal Investigative Division (CID), Laborat

tory Division (Lab), Technical Services Division (TSD), and

Legal Counsel Division (LCD) was completed on 6/15/79.

of information to be disclosed which constituted permissible

objections under the MU or factual errors were discussed

HERZ

HSCA former Chief Counsel G. Robert Blakey on 6/15/79.

with

Blakey resolved the matters raised by accepting certain alter-

native language.

Any objections or suggestions rejected by

Blakey did not go to the merit of a permissible objection

under the MU.

Details of the matters discussed with Blakey

are set forth. Certain matters were coordinated with the Cen-

tral Intelligence Agency (CIA) as required.

The Department

of Justice (DOJ) was advised by letter on 6/18/79 that the

FBI review had been completed and that Blakey had resolved

the permissible objections by accepting certain changes.

FBI

review, just concluded, concentrated on infolmation con-

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stituting a permissible objection under the MU or a substan-

tive, factual error.

This

memorandum should not be construed

a definitive commentary on

the HSCA material.

Committee

praise for the 1978 FBI leadership is set forth, as well as

before the ESCA.

two committea quotea from PREe-30

Webster's testimony

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CONFIDENTIAL

Memorandum D. Ryan to Mr. Bailey

Re:

House

Select Committee on Assassinations

RE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

SA Aldhizer discussed the following matters with

Mr. Blakey:

Item 1: On page 156, paragraph 5, the report states,

• . • "the committee was able only to review the files of the

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)." The FBI objected [u)

ing revised wording:

the to 107-

review 'the files of

the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP),

obtained by committee subpoena from local authorities."

Item 2: On page 159, paragraph 6, the report states,

I' In a conversation with a female acquaintance later reported

to the FBI,

Jerry's response to a general question concerning

his brother's involvement in the assassination was:"|' (fUl.

The FBI objected to this passage because it tended

to identify an FBI informant'

Mr.

Blakey agreed to the

revised wording of "In a conversation with an acquaintance,

Jerry's

general response to a question concerning

his

brother's involvement in the assassination was:"

Item 3: On page 195, line 2, it is stated that "One

of the informants was dead and

the other, when contacted by

the FBI at the Committee's request, refused an interview,

fearing his life would be endangered if his identity was

(v)

The

FBI objected to this passage because it tended

to identify FBI informants.

Mr. Blakey agreed to a substitution of this sen-

tence, which is as follows:

"The informants were either

unavailable or uncooperative. (26) "

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DENTIAL

Memorandum D. Ryan to Mr. Bailey

Re:

House Select Committee on Assassinations

Item 7: On page 217, small paragraph numbered 4, the

report states,

"The committee

identified the FBI informant

in SCLC without the assistance of the FBI.

He acknowledged

his former informant status in a committee interview in which

he was also

the Bureau: "asked about the nature of his relationship with

The FBI objected to this wording because it implied

that the HSCA learned of informant's identity through a

review of FBI files.

Mr. Blakey agreed to a revised wording of this sen-

tence, which

is as follows:

"The committee learned of the

identity of the FBI's SCLC informant when he acknowledged his

former status in a committee interview.

He was asked about

the nature of his relationship with the Bureau:"

Item 8: On page 240, paragraph 7, the report states

that the FBI's conduct was

"morally reprehensible, illegal,

felonious, and unconstitutional."

The FBI objected to this

statement in discussing the FBI Counterintelligence Program

because

the HSCA, in its

report, failed to point out suffi-

cient evidence to warrant such language. Mr. Blakey refused

to make any change in this statement.

Item 9: On page 247, paragraph 1, the report states,

["washington instructed the FBI legal attache in Ottawa to con-

duct a similar

review of Canadian passports, with the assis-

tance of the Royal canadian Mounted Police (4) #

The FBI objected to this statement because it tendec

to refer to the FBI's relationship with a foreign intelligence

service. (Ku)

Mr. Blakey agreed to revise wording in this para-

graph, which

is as

"Washington requested Canadian

authorities to review Canadian passport records. : (127) "

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CONFIRENEIAL

Memorandum D. Ryan to Mr. Bailey

Re:

House Select Committee on Assassinations

Appendix-Volume XIII - MLK

Item 1: On page 117, last paragraph, the panel

report, in paragraph 32, lists

the results of fingerprint

comparisons on numerous photographs.

In paragraph 33, the

panel report states that the HSCA panel, in examining these

reports,

agreed with earlier findings of the FBI. However,

the report stated that "In addition, the panel determined

that the previously unidentified photograph 115, developed

from a, coupon from Eric S. Galt to Modern Photo Bookstore,

bears

an impression made by the left thumb of James Earl Ray."

It was pointed out to Mr. Blakey that this sentence

is misleading and

incorrect in view of the fact that the FBI

initially identified photograph 115 as an impression of Ray's

left thumb, and

therefore the HSCA only confirmed this finding.

Mr. Blakey agreed

to make the following changes

in

the report:

(1) On page 116, under photograph

115, the l

number of 326 was added in parentheses following the word

"Store"; (2) on page 117, information concerning the identifi-

cation of photograph 115

would be listed in the correct chrono-

logical order under paragraph 32; (3) the sentence in the last

paragraph

on page 117, in paragraph 33, beginning with "In

addition," would therefore be deleted.

Item 2: On page 127, bottom of the page, under item (c),

there appears the sentence _"The FBI received this specimen

from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on June 4, 1968. "I (e) 4)

(ud The FBI objected to inclusion of this information

because

it disclosed the FBI's relationshipp with a foreign

intelligence service. Mr. Blakey agreed to delete this

sentence.

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