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TE ea neat a el Memorandum to T. W. Leavitt Re: SURREPTITIOUS ENTRIES ieee 4 66-816 alia 66-8160 The AG advised that although the complaint had € been filed three years ago, certain “error" had not been brought to the attention of the attorneys handling the civil action, though it appeared records at FBIHQ and in the New York Office reflected the inaccuracy. 76, the Department was furnished our explanation as to how the discrepancies occurred, and what steps we were taking to remedy same in the future. In his 4/29/76 memorandum the AG also indicated his wishes that the Bureau furnish information as to whether or not any public (or executive session) statements made by Department personnel (including Bureau personnel) concerning surreptitious entries, need to be retracted and/or pS 2 a Oe pe ae Se ee ae Dhe te Ne i CE RS Qr é clarified. In a memorandum of 5/28/76, Legal Counsel Division recommended that INTD review all Departmental statements including those by FBI personnel, concerning break-ins, to determine whether any of such statements referred to by the AG needed to be retracted and/or clarified. These statements were to include public speeches by the Director, AG, and other Departmental and FBI officials as well as their testimony before congressional committees. As we are not in a position to know what testimony has been given by Departmental officials or what speeches such officials may have made concerning surreptitious entries, Douglas R. Marvin, Special Assistant to the AG, was contacted on 6/21/76 by Inspector James C. Farrington, Legal Counsel Division. Mr. Marvin advised the FBI should only respond as to its own personnel in regard to paragraph three of the AG's letter of 4/29/76, and he would obtain the information as it pertains to Departmental personnel. (This should be confirmed in writing when the communication transmitting the results of our survey of speeches and testimony of Bureau personnel is sent). -4- CONTINUED - OVER oe ee we em ee ee er ge ee