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re re ae fe fem ere ei ere ees ee ORL ee) eee Sea’ ee yo ¥. FROM :3. G. Deegan Tay SUBJECT: \the Departrent's request, for inventories of pertinent files, key offices such as Atlanta and New York, vr a ePhoenn Sots FO. a ee-oh . SEES. qh nn: , UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Oop. AD Ace, 4M d ee a ° ° 1 - Mr. R. J. Gallagher _ 4, emorandum lei. J. A. Mints 0 tet - | ifZ f 2 - it. FW. BR. Pannell Eat, AMeiny / ar. We RB. Wannaii ly! 74° DATE: 12/16/75 ote MARTIN LUTUER KING, JR. SPAR: rd for a This informative memorandun to file éiscussion held 12/15/75 by Supervisor rs Intelligence Division, with Robert burp. ys Crimina ection Chief, Civil Rights Division of the Department, concerning a project underway involving Departmental review of King and related files. 7. LAL. len see Eee VEC VOY Inasmuch as we have canvassed all field offices, at inquiry wes made of Hurphy as to whether or not the Department visualized some time reviewing field files. He statec thet this might occur but, if 60, it wovld likely be on a limited bacis. For exanple, *pepartmental Personnel] mivht visit some = eee Fee ee wee ee = ee ose bre Attempt was mde by QJ to obtain some assessnent as to hor long this project woulé continue, Murphy advised that early next week, definitely before Christms, the Civil Rights Division will furnish the Attorney General a status report which will emphasize the enormity of the task givcn then if all relevant files were actually to be reviewed. It is intended that the Attorney Gencral be told that it is impossible for the limited number of personnel nor ecsigned to this progect (three individuals, including Assistant Attorney General Pottinger), to complete the task of reviewing all serials in - all files unless they were given years to do Bo, Murphy visualized the possibility that the Attorney General might assign a stafi of attorncys who would work on the file review for several nonths. Geert rrw me /CE — . " Because the Departuent requested as tro~pitst 4 file to b viewed that of King’s former close ya ns Be as as to the Rade GQ -F IAG Ra ‘ VOB PLES Chiphiiyp = Wen 441 jan 2 1976 eT