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m+ Od PATTEM OY pete, vi a <i achentndee temeeeetataeear ie , ' NaS rt phen wrt ‘ ° mj wie be mente en ¢ ~ F,. pee ; ae pate: Stes , . - “ aT 5 et June 10, isn os eo. eB 700~ _~y537909— 7 Sait - Mrs. Faith Seidenberg re eee re eee Vice-President for ‘Tegal Athiire _ : a enna arent Owational Organization for Women— oT. 1404 State Tower Building. Se ue Syracuse, New York 13202 | “ I have your letter of May oft 1971; in which youexpreszs sit. the concern of your organization over the policy of this Bureau of - limiting our Special Agent position to males. I would like to out- -. line for you the considerations which make our policy imperative. . - Our policy is based on a careful, objective evaluation of all pertinent factors germane to the operations and effectiveness of the FBI, particularly those inherent in the broad range of - _ hallenges which Special Agents must satisfactorily meet to enable ” - his Bureau to properly discharge the responsibilities entrusted to: © _ it and do so with optimum return to the public trust. Lis notthe ~ intent of the FBI to confine this position to males without there ==. being every good reason to do so. ~ . rue =. Fae m The FBI is responsible for investigations in upwards ¢ of 175 lassifications in a nation of over 206 million persons in the 50 ©... states and Puerto Rico. Accordingly, our force of Special : is comparatively small considering the sparse deployment of it, ae the magnitude and diversity of the population, and the wide variety .. of investigations our Special Agents are called upon to undertake. — : Le Therefore, the very basic tenet of our operations is flexibility in terms of majntenance of a staff we may properly and promptly deploy. We hire only one breed of Special Agent, the one who will be snipe Toleen - and able to perform all duties of the Special Agent position. We do . Mets — not need nor do we hire specialists or anyone with the understanding . vost. { Braaeco.— that aésigaments would be in any ro short of the full range of perm Le pos . foe : wo ch aki “ comet ——— L P23 Mr. Bishop (Dikect) vee en a | as = ean tat (Direct) Tele. Room re J Based on memorandum, Bassett to Callahan, RGH-bil, 6/8/71. Mr. Beaver = ee