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. +. we . _ “TELETYPE TO ALL SACS RE: CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, etc. EXERCISE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (THE PRIVILEGE AGAINST SEL F-INCRIMINATION) IN DECLINING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL ADVISES "INASMUCH AS ANY DECISIONS REGARDING IMMUNITY WOULD AT THIS STAGE BE PREMATURE, WE ARE SPECIFICALLY CONCERNED THAT NO PROMISE OR EVEN INFERENCE BE COMMUNICATED TO ANY AGENTS THAT SOME UNDERSTANDING WITH RESPECT TO IMMUNITY HAS ALREADY BEEN REACHED, " 7 EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE MADE AWARE THAT REQUESTS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR DECISION AS TO WHETHER PRIVATE COUNSEL WILL BE PAID FOR WITH GOVERNMENT FUNDS. QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF COUNSEL SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE LEGAL COUNSEL DIVISION, FBIHQ, NOTE: Based on memorandum to James Adams from J. Stanley Pottinger, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, captioned "Advising the New York Division of the Surreptitious Entry Investigation, " June 14, 1976. eo yEih Ext. Alfars.. 2. Labarctory | isp Fin. & Pors. 2... legal Corn... Lp. ae Gan. Pye eee Flan. & cvak Linge tat: Vagreeetee ain. a & file tery J Fa ont | ne esta lal: ener eer ~2-