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.* 019 (Rev. 8-20-79) . - 2. ‘ * ~ é; ‘ Exec AD Adm. * - Exec AD Inv. . Exec AD LES ___ ore . Asst. Dir: Adm. Servs. — Crim, Inv. _c Ident. Intell. Laboratory Legal Coun. Plon. & Insp. —_ Rec. Mgnt. Tech. Servs, ___ Training Public Affts. Off. _ Telephone Rm. __. Director's Sec'y — Readers write Presidentialorders = 0 _ Eight years ago, we had Watergate. Today wehaveAbscam. ‘In Watergate, the President of the United States, as the chief executive, directed his FBI to limit an investigation of a crime com- mittee. It met with the universal moral indignation of all authorities in politics, in the news media, in the legal profession, and in the academicworld. © _ In Abscam, the President directs his FBI _instead to investigate ¢rimes committed, to ‘tempt the representatives of the people, in. " Congress, in accepting bribes (of money paid by the people in taxes). Then he directs his Attorney General to prosecute them and try to put them in jail. So far, this has met with the general approval of the same authorities.: : .. Ihave talked about this with quite a few ; people and everybody seems confused about ‘why the first is worse than the second. Can _anybody enlightenus? 2.) = See ee Concord, Mass. © _—- Pieter J. van Heerden The Washington Post - . Washington Star-News : Daily News (New York) ‘ ; The New York Times - ; The Wall Street Journal The Atlanta Constitution The Los Angeles Times __.____ Chris ‘foe 22 ; ; _ ~* Qaghecinggy) 72 Date )- > l _ vo ASAC Weldon Kennedy, Boston, ‘ealled and left the following -.. "name and address for yous” ~“"' +- ve & . wet Ele MEE ABS oa eos ; PAA A BAT Soe rie C syuv. Pieter J. VanHeerden , munese P Holden Wood Road ~— Concord, Mass. 01742 ER EE FBI/DOU