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cay WEN INle) oo. a Raecatt Ls HOSS . sores 7. Mr. Leavitt ++ — @he Attornwy Ceneral Nay 13, 1976 = 5 i 1 + wT bee pe L- rea RE ee = Fo ee CRS ey. ee ee ee - Mr. Decker - Mr, Mintz ~ ne T. ee =- Mr, McMah aeowe 1aoONn SQOCIALIET WORKERS PARTY, et ali, V. ~ Legal Research U: - Mr. Stassinos RTTORNNY GENERAL, et al. ° . (S.D.N.Y.) CIVIL ACTION 73 CIY 3160 ——— Nirector, FBI 1D ad fat Peet fet ee ese Ry memorandum dated April 33, 1576, you advises that the Court in canticned civil action may have keen mis- led by information supnliad ty the Burcau to the Vevartment suggesting bev we should resnona to alleeations of lsreak-ins mage in tha complaint and that, relying on that acvice, the Denartment Filed what Inter aoreared to be an erroncous ansver to tue cornlaint. You also indicated you were even troubling to find that the attorneys nandling this civil - £ nN were not officially advised of the errer for alrost 4 / rears after the cgomntaint wag filed. You then reconested nat va auvise yownrenmstiy on tvo voints: how did this secur and what nrocecures are beind imvlemented to insure that twill rot recur. You also wanted to know whether any “ Btatenents made by Devartmental personnel need toe be retracted ndfor clarifind. fo 4 “Ty By way of hecheround, plaintiffs filed the complaint in this civil action during July, 1973, The document contains hie srous alledations of specific wronddoing, including aa burqlary, mlectronic surveillance, and mail orsninds. For example, pnaraaqranhs £8 - 70 alleqa that “fejn or about 5-24-73, ww unigeantified verseng broke into the apartment of vliaintiff Admin. a J _- Comps « SYSHCTAtiC catmoaiqn . . . harassnent 2cainst S°P [and YS2] fu.aiere — 6 5 and spy upon then by means of warrantless electronic tne «6SUTrVedllance, unauthorized opening and ronitoring of mail, a ht Vorman Oliver in Grockiyn, New York, . . . [and that] foJn (x inforration and belief, the persons who . . . participated in y, the burclaries . . . were agents of the F.3.2., ... ." Aare, Die The co>jlaint also ‘contains qenrral allecations. Paragranh 33 meapam_Vetedifiea: -"Nuring er about the year 1949 and continucusly “Dee AO. thareniter, the defendant fuklie Officers . . . aqread .. Ant, Dire rio'fause agents of the U. S. Coveranent to engaga in a at 2 fe i] Gan. ine, dent. buralary, and other illeaal means.” a gM TE, eee Plan. A7E eal.’ veal ay a - ‘ . ES Lr ty oD | tr Tisncaa b E seven y Pie NOTE last page) Deccre ind “MAIL, ROOM [—] “TELETYPE unit / an) ped BPO : 1878 0 - $49-9: i : : . o a