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ae ce ao —| Th J ot g YT ww Tat ne Poa y ~~ Avsoc. Ur. Dep. AD Adm... Aga! Talephone Rm. > rector S067 we ~~ ee) TELETYPE UNIT (__] Dep. AD in Bir. adm. Serv. Ext Abbgur Fin. & Pec Gen. ine, Ident. _ las peclion ing gecivon Intell, ok Loooratacy Lage! Cov Rec. Mgnt. Training ou. Within the past several days news stories nave indicated that surreptitious entries were conducted by the FBI within the past five years and that I have previously stated and testified before the Congress that surreptitious entries in domestic security investigations terminated in 1966. Obviously, such news stories imply directly or indirectly that I (1) knew otherwise, and/or (2) that my advisers in the FBI knew about these entries and failed to advise me of them. I would like to state at this time that when I yo i spoke initially at a July, 1975, press confzrence and stated "fh — that there were no entries in the domestic security area a after 1966, I knew of none. JI have certainly never aithorize2d any, and frankly, I was never told of any. I was speaking with the best knowledge that was furnished me at the time. . My press conference statement relied upon a July, 1966, — memorandum wherein Mr. Hoover instructed that no further oan tae : gurreptitious entries were to he pialaat oY b ba” ty — — ... nel. In addition, I relied upon 2 odd lZ ngs a current Headquarters personnel who were queried about this martes) -- prior to this conference, “~~ — ROT RECORE” Plan. & Eval. ... — 46 JUL 12 1976 4 oo “ 4 . Toph: ee | Fsisood