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—~2Q- a] ¥ to certain investigative personnel of the Internal _ Revenue Service. There seems no fully effective means to stop the cynical, speculative chain reaction of rumor and hypothesis that has been all too evident in recent weeks. We can, however, continue to assure ourselves that those in our emp loy/ whe—he-ve—some—famttrartty—with-th “investi~_ gation} behave with extraordinary circumspection. This has been my continual instruction to employees of the Department of Justice. . In addition to efforts already under way to try to determine if the Department has been the source of past leaks in this matter, today I have asked the Acting Assistant Attorney General for Administration, who has had no prior involvement in this investigation, to launch a systematic inquiry using any and all departmental resources he sees fit. I have also directed Chief Kelley to cooperate by making available FBI personnel to assist in the inquiry as needed.