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ay % ze. a &= & e ae) W. R. Gilbert to Mr. Monroe Memorandum . Rev] Abscam no to : .- 3. Government instructions’ ‘to Mel Weinberg, Special. - Agents, Assistant U. S. Attorneys; with regard to the manner of conducting investigations and personal conduct. — 4. Any Government . investigation or evaluation of Mel Weinberg's performance during captioned matter. : 5. . Any Government investigation of, or allegations received by, the Government regarding crimes conimitted by Weinberg during Abscam. 6. Any information received by the Government regarding ' Mel Weinberg's writing or ‘plans to write a book concerning Abscam. — - -7T. Any information regard the Chase Manhattan Bank D6 and/or Chase Manhattan Bank ne tgce [asthe Chase tae utilized by yc the FBI. during Abscam. . ; File review ‘should be conducted for any information reflecting guidelines concerning: 1. Undercover activities. 2. Preparation of FD-302's, 3. Operation of informants. With the assistance of Records Managemient Division, the . oxiginal Bureau Abscam file 87-147437 consisting of 23 sections and 1,340 serials was reviewed, Xeroxed, and redacted for production to U. S. District Court Judge George C. Pratt, EDNY, | and defense counsel for the above named individuals. ° On 1/19/81, authority for release of these documents was obtained from Francis M. Mullen, Jr., Executive Assistant Director, with the concurrence of Irvin B. Nathan, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department-of Justice, and discussions with. Thomas A. Kelley, Legal Research Unit, Legal Counsel Division. (BCD), and Robert F. Peterson, Civil Litigation Unit II, LCD. On 1/20/81, Thomas P. Puccio, Chief, Federal Strike Force, EDNY, receipted for original Bureau file 87-147437 and. - various communications concerned with undercover, activities (receipt attached). On the. same date, two letters were prepared by Lawrence ™ H. Sharf, Special Counsel, Federal Strike Force, EDNY, to U. S. District Court Judge George C. Pratt, EDNY, relative to ‘the above_ Bureau file and Brooklyn-Queens file 87-81067. Both letters are. attached. : ~ ~ _ CONTINUED - OVER