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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 } MAT 1962 ECITION ; ‘ GSA GEM. REG. NO. 27 le {° x Felt as UNITED STATES GC" “yo Mohr af Rosen m4 M. emorandum Al Wie y Callahan a Campbell —__- ee . . Casper ony TO : Mr. Bishop DATE: 6-20-72 Cleveland Dalbey Marshall us Ly” ( Miller, E.S, FROM : M . A (@) Ponder an - Walters a Tele. Room —__ { MO GEORGE LESTER JACKSON (DECEASED) Mr frmtboas b Mrs. Neenan __ "SOLEDAD ERS" CRIMINAL RECORDS 9] Onur Remymemo 6-13-72, setting forth the criminal backgrounds of captioned individuals. Mr. Gray requested a draft of a proposed factual letter to the editor of The Washington Post" which he noted did not neces- sarily indicate that he would actually send such a letter. draft of a A proposedAetter to possibly send to "The Washington Post" is attached. Z It is noted, however, the letter is necessarily limited in scope, since information concerning the juvenile records of Jackson | was BIC furnished confidentially to the Bureau and is not suitable for public cussion by the Bureau. It is additionally noted that the timeliness of a reply' is now questionable, since the editorial appeared on June 6th, and the sorditt- histories of captioned individuals have been previously set forth in detail in , other publications. The Angela Davis trial, which prompted editorial men- ~ ~ Fe tion of the records of captioned, is also settling down in the public mind and” “Gy the wisdom of rekindling of controversy concerning it is debatable. ow < Hostile press elements are undoubtedly seeking opportunities | to depict Mr. Gray as "anti-press" and the Post could be characteristically a expected to balloon any response in instant matter out of all proper propor- tion in an attempt to discredit and smear Mr. Gray and the Bureau. It would ,= _ thus appear advantageous for the Bureau to conserve our ammunition for a E Ss more worthy contest, such as a direct attack on the FBI. eo , “EXM2 REC- 22 YY. SOS 2 a draft of < My it is therefore respec y suggested that the attach idAetter E: ge Lag be sent to "The Washington Post" for the reasong_cited-above. a [ai RECOMMENDATION: 16 JUL ae 3 A letter not be sent to "The Washingtop with their misleadings6m1 mments in \ te ay” 6th editorial... Spice i) 51 UL Beach op - Enclosure Ors Mr. E. S.: Miller - a, 1 -Mr. Kinley - Enclosure 1 -Mr.M. A. Jones - Enclosure JRH:djm (7)