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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR i | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 November 6, 19890 MEMORANDUM TO FILE RE: ATLANTA DEATHS AND MISSING PERSONS I met yesterday afternoon with Attorney General Civiletti, Assistant Attorney General Drew Days, Assistant Attorney General Philip Heymann and Mr. Monroe. We reviewed the Bureau's assistance provided the Atlanta investigations to date. All agreed that support similar to that provided in Buffalo had been promptly made available in Atlanta. Urgent requests fa assistance, from Commissioner Brown and Mayor Jackson prompted the Attorney General to review our jurisdiction to determine whether we were warranted in taking further investigative action. The recent death ef the 15-year-old black boy provides another incentive. Various jurisdictional theories including civil rights theories were discussed with the consensus in the Department that ground for investigating, on a preliminary basis, under the kidnap statute was the most defensible theory. The Attorney General asked for a draft, to be prepared by Mr. Days, and approved by me, whch would in letter form to Mayor Jackson advise that he was now authorizing and requesting additional assistance by the FBI in the Atlanta area which would supplement, but not duplicate the work of the Atlanta Police Department. This morning Mr. Mullen showed me a telegram to me from Mayor Jackson dated November 5, 1980, received at 23:39 Z. While the telegram contains some pejorative references to our withholding jurisdiction, it calls for as much assistance as we are able to provide and invites me to contact the Mayor personally. A newspaper article appearing in the Atlanta Constitution indicates that Mayor deitacrm Jackson made further statements suggesting that Headquarters was somehow obstructing the SAC in providing assistance and - (St Mr. Mullen eee g A - Mr, Revell “ f “U/ if, } a oo - Mr. Steel a / ht AL ae WHW:mfda vA \ ae d a eo t