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or . Jeet 6, 1980 ) MEMORANDUM TO FILE . / “A TAU) wa nf y [ RE: ATLANTA DEATHS AND yISSENG..PERSONE—— 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 far 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 of the 15-year-old black boy provides another incentive. Varione surisdictional theories including civil rights theories were discussed with the consensus in the Department that ground for investigating, on a fensible basis, under the kidnap statute was the most defensible theory. The attorney General asked for a draft, to be AY prepared by Mr. Days, and approved by me, which would rr al letter form to Mayor Jackson advise that he wes 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 mrning Mr. Mullen ghowed me a telegram to me from Mayor Jackson dated November 5, 1980, received at 92.20 tihila the talanram anntainge anmea nainrativa Ge 4535597 te Wiss CHE LELSGTaM CUNnLasns SURE pejocravra.ve 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 Jackson made further statements suggesting that Headquarters Exec AD inv. Exec AD Adm. it Exec AD LES Ls Aust. Dic: Adm. Servs. Fa \t Crim. Inv. iv ident. Intell. Loberstery Legal Come. _ _ Plon. & lnsp. __ § Rec. Mgnt. Tech, Servs. —_— ~ Training Public Als. OH. | Telephone Ray __ Director's Sec'y. =MAIL ROOM EJ]